The bad news: This story is closely based on recent personal experience. The good news: My long-term prognosis is excellent, although I might need surgery to keep it that way. (I'm awaiting the results of the biopsy, but even if it proves to be cancer, it would have been caught early enough that surgery should remove it entirely.) If I skip a Friday posting, you'll know I'm in hospital.

Writing is definitely therapeutic.

As always, all feedback welcomed.