Is it wrong?

I spent some time with mom and dad this weekend and during a discussion about mom's plans for surgery, it came out that the doctor who performed the biopsy told her it was so small he may have gotten the entire thing out while performing the biopsy. So, my thought is...if it was that small, and most of it is likely gone, if not all...at her age, should she even bother to have anything other then a lumpectomy? Apparently the doctors also informed her that her type of breast cancer was not the aggressive hereditary type, but may be more a function of age. With what I went through with my surgeries, my question is, is it wrong to possibly tell her to think about just letting it go???

Sleeping

It seems it comes and goes, and right now it comes. My hip pain that is. For a time, it seemed to be getting better. As of late, it appears to be regressing. It does not help that Miss Kitty likes to sleep on my hips at night. This may be in part for shared body heat and in part to avoid being rolled over on if she sleeps by my side.

I am working

My feet still hurt at the end of the day. My hips still hurt when I try to sleep on my side, more to follow, due to the amount of time I spent in a prone position. I am still totally, completely and utterly exhausted at the end of a long day, but I am working. I am glad to a) still be around to work, b) able to work, c) have a job to work at, and d) making enough to pay the rent by myself because apparently my roomie cannot be bothered....very heavy sigh!

Kidding, right??

The women's health clinic at the VA called me very concerned because I was wayyyyyyyy (yes, emphasis on way) long overdue for a pap smear......really? So the biopsy they did on my uteras a year and a half ago didn't count? My GP said the last thing he was worried about were the possible results from a pap smear. Evidently, that did not translate to his staff.

Again, whoever said that noone ever died from a hot flash obviously never had one. In researching the issue on the internet, it appears that acupuncture may be the answer. I am willing to try anything that doesn't involve taking more pills or vitamins.