Happy Thanksgiving to all of my wonderful LJ friends!

My dad's dermatologist called today and told him the sore on his forehead was something called squamous cell carcinoma. He'll meet with her on December 5th to discuss the treatment, which apparently involves lasering it off. I looked it up online, and it doesn't seem to be too serious. It's easily removed, and doesn't spread. Thank God for that

My dad had his second cataract surgery yesterday. Everything went perfectly, for both eyes. The eye doctor is really impressed. So, of course, today Dad goes to the dermatologist and finds out that this sore on his forehead is most likely basal cell carcinoma. They took some scrapings today, and he'll go back in two weeks for the results. If ( Read more... )

I'm kind of speechless about the election results. Good God, what have the people in my country done?

I just realized that it's been a month since I last posted. Time flies, doesn't it ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who showed such concern for me. We were very lucky, here in Southern Palm Beach County. We had some wind and rain, but that was it. We never lost power; we never even lost the satellite TV. No damage at all in my neighborhood, there isn't even a single puddle lingering in my community. We really dodged a bullet here.

So, Hurricane Matthew is bearing down on the east coast of Florida, where I just so happen to live. I have to admit, I'm terrified. In 8 years we've never really had to deal with a hurricane, so I suppose we're due, but that doesn't make it any easier.

A big thank you to aswanargent for the lovely birthday card. First one of the year! And it was so beautiful!

44 on Thursday, I can't believe it. Getting old ( Read more... )

Be warned, this is long and might involve curse words ( Read more... )