Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and a Wonky Appendix!
As many of you already know, in addition to living with chronic myelogenous leukemia since 2011, I also had borderline tumors of the ovaries in 2016. I had major abdominal surgery to remove all of my female parts, along with my omentum, twenty-five years ago. It took me a year to recover from that surgery, and I have been closely monitored ever since. Apparently, these types of tumors, even though they are slow-growing, can recur. Funny tidbit: I always thought that the longer you lived after a cancer diagnosis, the better your odds were at remaining cancer-free. Unfortunately, the opposite is true of these types of tumors. I see my original surgeon in Palm Springs, California, at the beginning of every New Year. This year (2026), just to be “on the safe side,” we did a CT scan, as I have had a nagging, on-again, off-again, dull ache in my lower right quadrant. Typically, a Tylenol takes care of the pain, but in my hypochondriac mind, I have been convinced for years that ...
