Remember that big ol' party you threw for all your friends and neighbors as soon as you read about the ruby slippers working their magic for clear lymph nodes? Well we are unfortunately all the victims of premature party-ation. Further path analysis revealed a little bitty 1mm tumor in one of the sentinel lymph nodes.

A great big hurrah for the development of cytokeratin immunostains, right? Without which I would have gone blithely on my way....

In the meantime, going back to work has been really good for me. This weekend I hope to get a good walk on every day, since I won't be spending all day at the office. I'm sure the return to walking will be therapeutic as well.

Healing is going great. Hand strength and coordination, well okay I'm still a spaz, but I was never that graceful to begin with.

I have a bottle of Dom Perignon in the wine chiller (thanx Nancy L) that I have clearly labeled REMISSION for the future!