Mr Rogers famously said - look for the helpers. And the helpers I have found are why "kinda" is in the title. In October I went into the hospital at Yokosuka to have an enlarged lymph node checked. Today I am sitting in Virginia doing the last bits prior to treatment. What happened in between makes it not sooooo bad. October the PCP refers me to ENT. Things progressed to a biopsy and we just wait for news. In the mean time, Christmas. When the news finally came back I have cancer, my coworkers have been 100% supportive. My entire chain of command from top to bottom has been reassuring and ensuring I focus on getting healthy. For those I shared the news with at work - they have also been amazing. Just checking up on me and looking for any opportunity to show support. I told very few back in the US. Extra concern from so far away would turn to a burden as I would gain an additional responsibily of updating people. I looked at cancer centers in Japan and in the...
