Best Laid Plans

I’ve been away longer than I anticipated, and I’m here to say it’s going to be a while yet before I’m back.

Back in March I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was scheduled for surgery in April and went on a blogging hiatus to give myself time to recuperate. I had a vision of how things were going to go. I’d have my surgery, spend a few days in the hospital, then come home and have another couple of weeks to recuperate. I’d get some editing done, maybe some fresh writing – I even took a couple of books with me to read in the hospital.

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans . . .

The surgery turned out to be a lot more complicated than expected and took a lot more out of me than I counted on. I got no reading done in the hospital, I didn’t even have the energy to crack open one of the colouring books I took with me. I slept a lot, and I stared mindlessly at the little T.V.

When I came home again the recuperation also did not go as planned. There was no editing, no writing … There’s been a lot of napping, T.V. watching, trying to get comfortable sitting in the living room. It was almost three weeks before I had the energy to crack open a book to read. It has not been a fun time.

And now, in two days, I’m going back to the hospital for a second surgery. I have no idea how long I’ll be in there, nor how long it’ll take me to get back on my feet again afterwards. A lot will depend on how the surgery goes.

Wish me luck, and I’ll see you in June (hopefully).