Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Night Before

Geo is having his second surgery tomorrow. This is the pre-planned nose reconstruction, it shoudl go mostly as expected the docs say, but based on the pathology from the surgery 2 weeks ago, they're doing some more cutting also. I'm mostly focused, mostly calm, but with occasional brief episodes of completely freaking out. Geo cannot for the life of him understand how this works as a system for managing stress. He finds my ways quite peculiar, hilarious and endearing.

Geo is made of steader stuff; he is patient and he never complains. Never. Well, every once in a great while he explains to me why he doesn't believe in complaining, but he covers all the complaints when he does so. I cannot for the life of me understand how this works as a system for managing stress. I find his ways quite peculiar, hilarious and endearing.

Plus, we are both just so freakin' happy that he's no longer having the excrutiating tumor pain. We are relieved. We are thankful. We are so lucky, lucky in Geo's doctors and the care he's receiving, lucky in our wonderful family and our friends who soothe us along the way, lucky in love. We're good; we are at peace. We do not recommend cancer as an enjoyable couples pasttime, but there is a whole new level of love and intimacy that we've acheived through this experience that is quite a gift, quite a gift.

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