Mark
CreativeMountainGames.com
Where has Mark been?
Tough question for me to answer because I tend to be a fairly private person but it bears some explanation so here it goes…
Roughly a month and a half ago my mother began to get very ill. It wasn’t long before doctors diagnosed that she had colon cancer and would need an operation to remove a tumor. Just three weeks ago, now, she went in for surgery but afterwards it was discovered the cancer had matasticized and attacked her liver. While the tumor removal left some hope that she should be able to recover and live a long and healthy life if successful, the liver cancer in incurable. Doctors now have given her less than a year. I’ve been told that treatments for this type of cancer do little to stem the tide and would serve only to make the time she has left quite unbearable. She is not sure yet if she wishes to trade a few additional weeks of life for the quality loss that accompanies such treatments. She is otherwise strong (in mind, if not in body), getting her affairs in order, and we are making plans among the family to spend as much time together as we all can.
I got together with her yesterday and she questioned how I had been taking the news and ongoing situation, and we had a long heart-to-heart discussion. She damned near chided me for being recently reclusive (which has extended beyond EN world, of course.) While it is still a bit difficult for me to focus on much beyond what is happening to her, I can’t deny that it helps no one for me to withdraw from daily living. With that in mind, I am going to make a better effort to stay on top of things and take each day as it comes while making the most of things with family, such as they are.
I’d like to thank everyone who has posted or Emailed well wishes. It has been very helpful to hear such things these days. I’d further like to especially thank alsih (Mark), Shadeus (Eric), MoRuss (Russ) and PC (Kevin) for their additional help in handling things while I have been errant. I think it is about time to kick it into high gear with CMG (among other things) and do as much as I can to make mom proud in the time she has left. So, with that, I am back.
Tough question for me to answer because I tend to be a fairly private person but it bears some explanation so here it goes…
Roughly a month and a half ago my mother began to get very ill. It wasn’t long before doctors diagnosed that she had colon cancer and would need an operation to remove a tumor. Just three weeks ago, now, she went in for surgery but afterwards it was discovered the cancer had matasticized and attacked her liver. While the tumor removal left some hope that she should be able to recover and live a long and healthy life if successful, the liver cancer in incurable. Doctors now have given her less than a year. I’ve been told that treatments for this type of cancer do little to stem the tide and would serve only to make the time she has left quite unbearable. She is not sure yet if she wishes to trade a few additional weeks of life for the quality loss that accompanies such treatments. She is otherwise strong (in mind, if not in body), getting her affairs in order, and we are making plans among the family to spend as much time together as we all can.
I got together with her yesterday and she questioned how I had been taking the news and ongoing situation, and we had a long heart-to-heart discussion. She damned near chided me for being recently reclusive (which has extended beyond EN world, of course.) While it is still a bit difficult for me to focus on much beyond what is happening to her, I can’t deny that it helps no one for me to withdraw from daily living. With that in mind, I am going to make a better effort to stay on top of things and take each day as it comes while making the most of things with family, such as they are.
I’d like to thank everyone who has posted or Emailed well wishes. It has been very helpful to hear such things these days. I’d further like to especially thank alsih (Mark), Shadeus (Eric), MoRuss (Russ) and PC (Kevin) for their additional help in handling things while I have been errant. I think it is about time to kick it into high gear with CMG (among other things) and do as much as I can to make mom proud in the time she has left. So, with that, I am back.
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