Hey all you fantastic deviants who also happen to watch my little corner of this gargantuan but often amazing community,

Some of you know from the amazing 's recent journal that I underwent surgery on the 22nd. It was pretty minor, just a procedure to remove a mass on part of my thryoid. Well, they biopsied the sucker and even though the odds were in my favor against it being cancer, that's exactly what it turned out to be.

So I go in for surgery number two next Thursday (April 5th) to remove the rest of my thyroid. Later, I'll receive a radioactive iodine treatment and an x-ray to identify the presence of any lingering cancer cells (unlikely). But after that, I shouldn't need any further treatment, because thyroid cancer is not very aggressive at all.

I'll be on synthroid or similar medication for the rest of my life, but thankfully, my life isn't going to be shortened by this at all. I'll count myself extraordinarily lucky if this is the worst health problem I have to experience. It's not much fun being sliced and stitched and it really is going to suck to spend another night away from home in a hospital bed, but I'll get through it just like I did the last time.

So even though I've been kind of slow with the art so far this year, once I'm healed up and back to my old shenanigans, there will definitely be more sculptures and jewelry forthcoming.

As always, thanks for reading!


Rachel