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Skin Cancer Surgery

I will be brief today as I need to sleep early tonight. I will be going through Moh’s surgery tomorrow due to skin cancer on my nose. I still cannot believe I have skin cancer at 27 years of age. I suppose I have the cocktail of medicines I have had over the years or the countless xrays I have needed. Still does not feel very real. I can only pray that the surgery goes well tomorrow and will not take the 8 hour maximum given.

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Skin Cancer Diagnosis

The fun continues and I am no longer surprised. For a long time I had a very small bump on the side of my nose. I brushed it off since I have numerous bumps, moles, and freckles. It was just another one right? That is what I thought at first at least. Early in the start of last year, I scratched the bump because it itched and it began to bleed. That was the start of a whole year of having a wound. When it was not covered in a bloody scab, it was crusted over in wound weep. It…

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Surgery Update

I made it through surgery without significant complications. That being said, I am in very significant pain. The articles I read online, saying that the surgery does not hurt a lot are liars. I absolutely do not recommend getting a double mastectomy unless you have no better options. I cannot move my arms and the general pain is so bad that I have been dry heaving even with anti nausea pills. My entire upper front hurts and I have a drain on each side that I have been emptying three times a day. I will attempt to post something a…

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Announcement Time

It is time to meet the accumulation of my work over the last year. Meet “Fragments of a Dreaming Mind”, a collection of edited poetry organized into book form. A little under 300 of my creative writing pieces with many of which will be familiar to the people that read here often. My usual themes…

Book of Poetry is in Progress For Publishing!

The final lap for publishing my first book of poetry is here! I just have to handle the final illustrations and cover art. The manuscript is fully done. A collection of some of my best work over the last year edited, improved and structured for better clarity. Illustration is expensive so I have started a…

Thank You For A Wonderful First Year

I went into blogging and poetry writing without too many expectations. Maybe a good outlet and a few cents from ads every once in awhile. It was mostly to build a better writing habit in a space where I actually felt pressure to produce. Even if nobody else showed up, the simple threat of someone…

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