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@shanagirl Thank you for your words. I am actually feeling more positive now that things are on track. Yes, day of surgery may be a bit nervous, but that is OK, hospital stay is blah but oh well. I plan to be in an out in 3 days if surgery is on a friday. I will also bring along chargers to plug my phone into and get to look forward to steroids but I do find I can nap pretty well and have a nice sleep mask I can take there as well and listen to my rain.

As to the after surgery part, I will see and have a call with my cancer clinic social worker in January. If I am honest, I will be glad to get back to a more normal routine of Herceptin and the odd scan, echo and routine MRI. I like my quiet life over here where the most exciting thing for me is a good tv program, soap etc and what to throw in my air fryer next.

@goldensrbest Thank you I appreciate that, I know they would too. Learning finally stuff that has been going on for SIL and DB puts into perspective not jumping to conclusions if people are not calling as often and certainly gives some valuable info and for me not to assume it has anything to do with me.

I am making some air fryer frozen pizza , threw some black beans in as well to crisp them up. I quite enjoy the crispy beans and lentils.

I told the neurosurgeon as we were discussing symptoms etc that other than when on steroids, my eating as been fine, I imagine there will be some steroid actions again, if so, need rabeprazole but will find out later.

I have got to say the pizza and beans were super good. The air fryer just makes a wonderful crisp on top of pizza and the beans get nicely crunchy in there as well. Nice not to feel like I need to chop up the beans or other stuff and could use crunchy beans to mix into queso and chips or doritoes as a more nutritious snack. I also was too late for chocolate so just had a fingerful of peanut butter as a small dessert.

OK, got some answers. I found out SIL situation, have to keep quiet as she asked me not to say any details but she has a lot going on, DB is in the middle of all of it so I feel for him.

Brain surgery is definitely happening, he wants the cyst out of there and wants to see about removing mets that were already there. Once done, will have PT and OT and looking into services. They were very nice, need a presurgery checkup.

We also had to discuss my DNR. Typically I am a DNR person but have to be willing to be brought back or the surgery would not happen so signed off on being brought back during surgery. Also need to get a will done and official Power of Attorney as they said that younger brother could be contacted and we are estranged. Luckily will is pretty easy but need to get a legal power of attorney. All of that will be coming.

Surgery will be sometime in January.

I am not feeling nervous particularly because I was expecting surgery anyway, now just have to go through the steps, get services for possible OT, Pt, who knows. I am in own pocket and DB and SIL pocket as well. Life certainly can pile on but we will get through it.

I was really hungry by end of appointment so they took me to the drive in at Mcdonald's, I do appreciate having the same neurosurgeon as well.