Scheduled

Hi all... The surgery is scheduled.. May 24th.. Graduation day for the seniors at Hamilton High School, where I teach Marketing.  This is a missed opportunity for me as I will not be able to congratulate those students that I have had the pleasure of getting to know and respect during their high school career.

Dr. B explained the procedure, they will go in with the DaVinci Robot and try to take out only the tumor.  This is a relatively easy procedure and not very invasive.  However the tumor touches the middle of the kidney which is where the mojo happens.  The concern is that if too much of the mojo is taken then the kidney is not longer viable, and we now move from a partial nephrectomy to a full nephrectomy.  In the case of a full nephrectomy the robot is abandoned and they cut me open to remove the kidney.

I am actually leaning toward the full nephrectomy because the recovery time is faster.  I know that sounds strange, however in a partial, the kidney itself has to heal after reconstruction.

As we were a few weeks ago and even a few months ago, the Cobley's are good mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Personally, I am tired, not physically but mentally.  Today was rough, I was short with my students and others.  This is totally outside my character.  I do not say this for sympathy or attention, I say it because it is what it is.

This is what cancer does.  It grinds... We grind back.  The grinding wears on me, and us.  This being said tomorrow is a new day!  I will rest tonight, and will face my students and others with the respect and dignity the deserve.  My cancer will not affect how I treat others.

I think this is the first time I have vented on this blog or on Hannah's blog. I apologize.  I needed it.

God is good.  Sometimes as His follower I need to learn to rely on Him more.

Eucaristia.