Tri-Tip with Spicy Lao Jeow Som
And a Mami update.
Che Update: I finally got to pick up my little boy yesterday. He passed at the age of 17-years-old on August 27, 2024. We cremated him through his regular veterinarian. And it took them 18 days to “process” him. You can imagine I was calling them once a week to find out where the hell he was! I was freaking out thinking they’d lose him or something.
Mami Update: I know some of you are wondering about Mami. I REALLY appreciate y’all NOT DM’ing me to ask. Giving me some space. Sometimes one hundred individual DMs from well-meaning youse can get overwhelming and most days I don’t want to talk about the issue. The process has been so slow that there are chunks of time where we don’t know anything. I promise to always update you when we know more.
Mami has stage four colorectal cancer.
We talked to the oncologist (male) and he said…I’m gonna paraphrase…”Radiation ain’t gonna do shit.” He suggested surgery to remove the cancer, followed up by chemo. Which seemed weird, because I was thinking to myself, “Why wouldn’t you start with chemo because it seems less invasive?” What the fuck do I know?! I ain’t a damn doctor. Then we had a face to face consultation with Mami’s surgeon (who is a woman!) and she diagnosed Mami with Stage 4 colorectal cancer. BUT! From what they can tell, the cancer is localized in one area and doesn’t appear to have spread anywhere else. Which is good news. Mami said she liked the surgeon. Mami is scheduled for a PET-Scan tomorrow. Then we’ll know more.
You know what else? The surgeon suggested Mami do chemo first.
When is the surgery? I don’t know. How many rounds/days/months of chemo? I don’t know.
And that’s all I know. I’m hopeful!!!!!
The good news is that now I have to get early colonoscopies because of it! So…yay for me? Nothing like getting a camera shoved up your ass several years earlier than anticipated.
