Good news, everybody!

(I need an audio clip of "Futurama" Professor Farnsworth to say that for me.)

Had a diagnostic mammogram this morning... it was NEGATIVE. I followed that with a six-month check in with my surgeon, and he says everything looks great. I don't need to see him again until August. I see the oncologist and radiologist in the next few weeks for similar,periodic check ins, and anticipate nothing but more good reports.

And the good news continues.... Dave was diagnosed a diabetic three weeks ago. What a shock and a blow and a heart breaker for him. But in this short span of time, though, his blood sugar down from 259 (awful) to 138 (nearing normal), he's changed his eating habits (had made friends with salads and oatmeal), and is feeling a whole lot better than he had been (he'd been complaining of fatigue, poor sleep, constant thirst, among other things—all symptoms we didn't think to tie to diabetes).

So he's on his way to getting this under control. It's along road, we know. It's not going to disappear in a matter of weeks, we know. While he's missing things like Chinese food and ice cream, he knows those things will come back, in moderation, some day soon.

So, it's been good news all around today. OK, we had snow and sleet and that sucks big time, but the rest of the day has been sunny and bright.