Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

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In March of 2024, I had to have the tail of my pancreas removed because a cyst, which had been discovered a year prior when I was worked up for appendicitis, changed from looking fluid-filled to looking solid, which was suspicious for a malignancy. The surgery was done robotically at UIC, by a doc who is currently regarded as the world's leading robotic surgeon. I felt so fortunate to be in such good hands. A bit of a hike from Algonquin,, in the appropriately named Far Northwest Suburbs, but entirely worth it.

My undergraduate nursing degree is from the University of Rochester, in New York, which is also where I first worked as a nurse. Full teaching hospital, lots of research, and a very good reputation locally, regionally, and nationally. It forever set my standards for what I consider acceptable.

I often used to tell parents that we all wish for our children to be unique academically, musically, artistically, athletically, etc, but medically, we want them to be ordinary. Wishing you a prompt return to "ordinary" good health.