As of July 23, 2024, I have been free of cancer. That’s when they completed the 2nd leg of my hysterectomy and removed my final ovary along with the 16cm mass that it was tucked inside, along with part of my bowel.

I haven’t said too much about this online, except for a handful of people here and there, because it didn’t seem real. However, the CT scan I had 2 weeks ago confirms that nothing has grown back, and I couldn’t be happier. All I have to do is take a hormone blocker and hope and pray that doesn’t mess anything up due to side effects to keep the cancer at bay and get regular scans for the next several years.

Current:

NONE

Past:

Arx - Lou, Quenia

Spirit Lake - Maureen
Ithir - Alexandria, Darinel

Games of Way, Way Past - Too Many Characters To Remember:

LegendMUD
Dimensions MUD
Tales of Ta’veren
AngealMOO II
Cuendillar
Tartarus
Firan

I’ve currently taken a break from gaming because in November I was told that I have stage 1A cancer, so I’ve been focusing on RL and myself for the time being. I tried out one game, very, very briefly, and didn’t feel I could give it any time or energy with the medical stuff going on. HOWEVER, I finished my last chemo treatment today so that’s some good news. I still have about 3-4 months to go with surgery and another surgery recovery, and who knows after that. Maybe I’m done with chemo, maybe they want another round.

The important part is I’m hanging in there and around, and once I have the energy to do something other than be a couch potato I’ll join the gaming and GMing world again.

I survived an appendectomy, and Cyrto Reduction Surgery with the HIPEC maneuver to help get rid of stage 1A ovarian cancer. Still sore, but home and surrounded by many purring felines. There’s not a lot a person can ask for in recovery but the purring faces of 5 cats.

Stalker Update - I installed a camera Friday morning off the railing of my deck. At 10:45 that night, on a lark, I decided to look at the live feed. I saw lights coming across the property and knew that guy came back again because he started flashing his light at the house again. He the moved to hide behind the tree. Then came back to flash lights at the house again.

My closest neighbors have been on the warpath since I told them what happened. One of them runs a daycare and has grandchildren living in her house, so they can’t have that crap around here. I called them after a few minutes of watching this guy and they came charging out and chased him back to the RV sitting on the property of where I observed the “creeper neighbor” being creepy.

The daycare neighbor had been researching the owners to see if she could find anything and came up with a picture of a not so great guy on the FB page of one of the listed owners pages. It turns out it was /that/ guy. They called the cops on my behalf. He had an outstanding warrant against him for failure to show to court. They arrested him that night but he got released later that morning.

I stayed with my sister last night. Time get the trail cams up now, which will have a pristine, clear picture. I didn’t get to see his face, so I can’t positively identify him, but the neighbors saw him. I filed for a peace order yesterday, which is our local version of a restraining order. So, if he comes onto my property now, he’s going to be arrested and held. I’m also filing criminal charges for what happened on Wednesday.

The cat who won’t leave my shoulder alone…

Asking a character if they would be willing to do an event IC, only to get an @mail telling you that they have this OTHER event they want to do instead of the one you ICly asked them to do because they are sure more players would be more interested in that event.

A couple of months later, schedule a similar event you asked about previously without going through them after they already indicated they were not interested in scheduling those types of events because you want to kick off some plots you also scheduled, only to get an @mail about stepping on their IC job.

. . . .

Kittahs… a video from 2 years ago and a picture from this morning:

https://imgur.com/gallery/wR1cWjm

I’ve been struggling financially for a long time now to the point where I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to pay all of my bills plus gas to get to and from work or buy groceries this week. This is all due to vet bills and car troubles that have piled up over the last year or two. I was informed today that I’m getting a 10% raise and it goes into the next pay check, which is hugely helpful.

My Jeep has been in and out of the shop at least 8 times this year for cylinders misfiring. It’s been to 2 different shops that can’t figure out the issue. It’s gone at a 3rd shop and that shop owner knows my dad, so has just expressed he’s willing to help me out to get the Jeep fixed both in parts and labor and also getting it paid. This is a huge relief.

Current:

Arx - Lou, Quenia

Past:

Spirit Lake - Maureen
Ithir - Alexandria, Darinel

Games of Way, Way Past - Too Many Characters To Remember:

LegendMUD
Dimensions MUD
Tales of Ta’veren
AngealMOO II
Cuendillar
Tartarus
Firan

I want to RP so badly but there are no Fantasy based MU’s out there.

Stalker Update - I installed a camera Friday morning off the railing of my deck. At 10:45 that night, on a lark, I decided to look at the live feed. I saw lights coming across the property and knew that guy came back again because he started flashing his light at the house again. He the moved to hide behind the tree. Then came back to flash lights at the house again.

My closest neighbors have been on the warpath since I told them what happened. One of them runs a daycare and has grandchildren living in her house, so they can’t have that crap around here. I called them after a few minutes of watching this guy and they came charging out and chased him back to the RV sitting on the property of where I observed the “creeper neighbor” being creepy.

The daycare neighbor had been researching the owners to see if she could find anything and came up with a picture of a not so great guy on the FB page of one of the listed owners pages. It turns out it was /that/ guy. They called the cops on my behalf. He had an outstanding warrant against him for failure to show to court. They arrested him that night but he got released later that morning.

I stayed with my sister last night. Time get the trail cams up now, which will have a pristine, clear picture. I didn’t get to see his face, so I can’t positively identify him, but the neighbors saw him. I filed for a peace order yesterday, which is our local version of a restraining order. So, if he comes onto my property now, he’s going to be arrested and held. I’m also filing criminal charges for what happened on Wednesday.

Wednesday night at midnight, as I was taking the dogs out, there was a man standing at the end of my driveway. I think he was my creeper neighbor who sometimes watches me as I walk the dogs during the daytime, but I can’t be sure. He’s definitely got stalkery behavior.

Startled, I went back into the house and shut off all the lights so he could not see where I was and hid between some windows. I then saw lights flashing outside and peeking through the window he was standing there with a light shining on his body, masturbating.

I called the police and they came, but of course he was already gone by the time they got here. Response time was 15 minutes. A kind officer stayed on the phone with me until a trooper arrived and checked out the property.

I have never felt so scared as I did that night. I went to my sister’s house after the trooper stopped by.

I’ve since bought blackout curtains, multiple kinds of cameras, and several floodlights. Spent all day shopping to get everything. Now I just need to get it all installed.

There still aren’t any original fantasy MU* games to play.

As of July 23, 2024, I have been free of cancer. That’s when they completed the 2nd leg of my hysterectomy and removed my final ovary along with the 16cm mass that it was tucked inside, along with part of my bowel.

I haven’t said too much about this online, except for a handful of people here and there, because it didn’t seem real. However, the CT scan I had 2 weeks ago confirms that nothing has grown back, and I couldn’t be happier. All I have to do is take a hormone blocker and hope and pray that doesn’t mess anything up due to side effects to keep the cancer at bay and get regular scans for the next several years.

I want to RP so badly but there are no Fantasy based MU’s out there.

Having had bowel surgery and having to recover from that because your bowel was wrapped around your potentially cancerous tumor and stuck to it, which apparently includes learning how to eat again and training your stomach to accept food. It’s been a rocky, painful, rollercoaster for which I hope that I’m on the other end of.

T-minus 3 days since I last lost the contents of my stomach due to extreme gas and bloat. Hoping to start including more foods again soon. BRAT and chicken are overrated.

I found a game to play, sure I wouldn’t be impeding on anyone’s fun while I dealt with medical issues, went out for cancer surgery, and it had closed. Just sad and disappointed that happened.

I survived an appendectomy, and Cyrto Reduction Surgery with the HIPEC maneuver to help get rid of stage 1A ovarian cancer. Still sore, but home and surrounded by many purring felines. There’s not a lot a person can ask for in recovery but the purring faces of 5 cats.

With much of the cancer stuff behind me, except for one lingering surgery that I still need to have, I want to help tell stories. . . but I am not playing anywhere to help tell stories because I haven’t had the energy to play games for the last 6 months. Blargh.

I miss GMing.

@mietze I feel this so hard while on cancer meds. I can only do 5 minutes at a time, but I have strawberries coming up!! And a few onions planted during “semi cold” season. And potatoes!!

It’s a start but not a finish by any means.