detail. Cancer update: 1. Pain is... (detail click link)

Cancer update:  1.  Pain is moderate from Monday's surgery to remove a tumor from my chest, and the pain meds manage that well; 2. I'm sleeping about 75% of the time; 3.  Extreme constipation from the pain meds - after last night, I DO have some idea of what giving birth feels like - truly; proving at the same time that I don't have any active aneurisms or a propensity to stroke yet  :-)  :-(  . It was hell. Went to the homeless clinic today for meds for that; 4. The surgeon will call me back to a meeting within 2 weeks when the biopsy results come back; 5. I'm scheduled to meet with my oncologist in February; 6. Not supposed to lift more than 15 pounds the next 30 days, and I carry 2 to 3 times that to and from the White House Vigil 18 blocks each way... so that and weather may, MAY, slow my on-site activism down for a while... we'll see.