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Also, didn't you do this..last year? < _ < >_> edit: no you didn't i'm crazy :D

you guys are so nice <3

Dad had his surgery a few weeks ago. He's a-ok. His lymph nodes were negative, which is supposed to be a good thing I think. They had to take a third of his stomach, so we're all joking that he got a free dietary plan. :)

He's going in surgery on Friday. : o

I don't come on Sals enough. I LOVE THE FORUM UPDATE.

<3 for the words thoughts etc everyone

I've meant to do this for awhile now. Anyway we're looking into getting dad into surgery Feb 10th at the earliest. He's going to Dartmouth. There's a 50% chance that he won't have to do chemo and all that, and only a 2% he'll die on the operating table. So that's good... Only thing I'm worried about...the doctor said that if it the cancer has spread to his chest they won't operate. Hopefully it hasn't...mom said it was a slow growing tumor or whatever earlier. We'll find out if it's spread sooner or later. Just gotta think positive for now.

In Helm's strange world, summoning is as broken as American education.

<3 Thanks for the kind words everyone :wub:

Just a heads up that there might be emo sounding complaining or general rambling in this entry. Anyway, my dad has been in the hospital since Friday. He has been in the hospital for pancreatitis three times now. For those who know the symptoms, he doesn't drink, or do any of those other things that can cause it which is an abnormality. It's just odd that he's gotten it so many times since he shouldn't have gotten it. But yeah, that's where he (and our family) spent our new year's eve and first day of 2012. That's not even the worst part though. He got diagnosed with duodenum cancer (yeah, that's a thing) on Saturday. There's a slow growing tumor that's around two inches in his duodenum that hopefully hasn't spread cancer to other parts in his body. I just don't know what to do. Our family has been talking about it, but I don't know who else to talk to. I know what it's like to be at the other end of having to hear about someone talk about their sick relatives and it's just awkward. I don't want to be selfish and just make my friends feel bad because they don't know what to do to help me. I also don't feel worried. Is that a problem? My brother's worried sick. He hasn't gotten any sleep and he's been crying a lot. But I haven't lost any sleep or shed a tear yet. Yeah, I'm worried, but like...I'm sure dad's gonna be okay. Should I be more worried? I dunno. I'm just so confused. :D

See you in a few days!

If there's nothing here, then assume that nothing much has changed. ;) For those who are interested, Canting Away is hosting a 24 hour festival that just started four minutes ago. Link to the event page is on merch's blog here EDIT: There were some changes in the festival, but we worked things out pretty smoothly. Thanks for a good beginning so far, I'll be on for the later festivities. ;)

That didn't stop us last year. :(

Change my event to a surprise event at 3.00. :)