i can't keep up with your turning tables.

12/26/2011

i'm not in a particularly write-y mood, but here's the jist of things. christmas was spectacular. i was spoiled, as always, and seeing my family was wonderful. then it all came crashing down when my uncle called to say he has a rare form of cancer - essentially skin cancer, but on the inside of his ear/head. he had emergency surgery a few days ago that was meant to be exploratory/therapeutic and instead of the expected ear/mastoid infection, they found this shitty cancer. he's having another huge (12-16 hour) surgery again tomorrow, that will leave him deaf in that ear, as well as paralyzed on part/half of his face, and without any sense of balance. they're also harvesting most of the skin from his legs, which they will use to fill the space left by what they take out of his head, and he'll begin radiation treatment following the surgery. it's fucked up and terrifying, but it's his only viable option. i'm scared shitless, and can't even imagine what's going thru his head. so, all of this led to a family visit today. my brother drove josh to toronto, i took my parents, and we met at my unlce's place. i hadn't seen him in an embarassingly long time. it was a really hard afternoon, for everyone, i'm sure. they had let him out of the hospital for christmas, but my cousins and my aunt are taking him back today. if all goes according to plan, the surgery will take place tomorrow, tho i don't know when. please, if you pray, or meditate, or think positive thoughts, or do anything, please, please keep my uncle and our family in mind.