{"id":216,"date":"2017-09-16T17:20:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T23:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehallslonghaul.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2017-09-26T22:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T04:20:06","slug":"the-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehallslonghaul.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"7. The Wait Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in Yorkton – no cars<\/i> (we took off the licenses and stored them away), no home <\/i>(we rented it out for 10 months), BUT… we’re not empty-handed – we have CANCER<\/b>! Whoo hoo!<\/i><\/p>\n

Luckily, though, we are also wealthy with great friends and family. How can we complain? (ok… we can complain a little<\/i>…). (Ok…I complain a LOT!).<\/p>\n

But, in reality, we are so<\/u><\/i> lucky. \u00a0If we hadn’t planned this trip, we wouldn’t have gone for our physicals. \u00a0If we hadn’t gone for our physicals, we wouldn’t have done the FIT test, and if we hadn’t done that, we wouldn’t have found that lovely, little, BLASTED polyp! So, really<\/i>, how can we complain?<\/p>\n

Finding the polyp when we did has definitely saved me from a lot of grief in the future (it would’ve spread and could’ve ended with a colostomy bag) and maybe even saved my life. \u00a0The cancer I have is one of the “good” ones to get, and because we found it early, treatment will be even easier.<\/p>\n

From what Dr. Ross said during that fateful phone call, she thought the cancer was contained within the polyp. \u00a0That means it probably hasn’t spread anywhere, and\u00a0I’m<\/i>\u00a0 thinking that because of that, we should be good to go as soon as we talk to the oncologist about future check-ups, right? Right<\/i>?<\/p>\n

So, we got home by Greyhound on Wednesday about noon, and the waiting began. \u00a0When can we get back to our trip? \u00a0When can I talk to a doctor? \u00a0When will we get the all-clear?<\/p>\n

It has to be soon…. right<\/i>?<\/p>\n

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