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MotherMoonGoddess
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The results are in: I found out today that I do have Vulvar Cancer, but it is early stage so all I will require is a Simple Vulvectomy to remove the cancerous tissue and some of the tissue surrounding it. I am being sent to an Oncologist Gynecologist to have it taken care of. I plan to make an appointment as soon as possible as I do not want this to get any worse. Although I will be losing part of my vaginal lip, it is a small price to pay considering. As my GYN put it, I'll just be a bit lopsided looking. LOL
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***huggles to Julia***
I'm sorry to hear of your illness and you and your family will be in my prayers! Please keep us updated on how you're doing, okay? 
<3 Mare
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Aw, Julia, at least you know and are now taking action to beat this thing! Good thing it's in early stage. As for taking off some of the lip, who else is gonna notice but you and your husband? 
As you can see, you got a lot of supporters here on the boards and your little Sylvanian friends, too!
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Lop-sided sounds great! Balance is entirely overated and not very interesting!
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MotherMoonGoddess
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Words alone can not express the gratitude I feel towards each and every one of you. Thank-you for being there for me when I needed it the most. I have never been more scared in my life, but thanks to all of you I was able to keep a handle on it. Now that I know what I am facing I am feeling a tremendous sense of relief. My younger sister asked me how I could be so happy after finding out that I had cancer. I told her because I was finally out of the dark as to what was wrong with me and what I was going to have to do to take care of it. That knowledge took all the fear and uncertainty away and left me with a very real sense of peace. I have cancer, that is a fact, but I am not going to waste my time or energy on being upset about it. In the end it wouldn't change a thing. Again, thank-you for reaching out to me and helping me through this very difficult period. I will keep you posted.
So With A Lopsided Ummm!! 
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FANTASTIC NEWS MotherMoonGoddess!!!!
Now you just have to watch out for buses!?!?!
My journey of unwellness has been long and complicated. At various times they thought I had myeloma (bone marrow cancer) and then lymphoma (lymphatic cancer. It took eight years to get a disgnosis of something they can't cure  ! When I asked once how long I had to live my specialists' reply was . . "You could walk out of here today and get hit by a bus!"
When we all get that that "bus" is just around the corner . . . today, tomorrow, next year, next decade we can all get on with living NOW! Right now, and now and now and now! The moment is all we have. Make the most of each one.
And just so you get that being given a time to live MEANS NOTHING . . . I was given 6 months in 1992, 6 months in 1994 and 5 months in 2000 and I am still here . . . It just goes to show they never get it right anyway! Pays not to pay too much attention to what doctors say and listen to what your body is saying.
So for you MotherMoonGoddess your highest priority now is SELF CARE. Rest when you are tired, eat well and enjoy every mouthful (the health benefits of chocolate are highly underrated!!!), sleep, play, pray, laugh, love, cry and just be a fully self expressed humanBEING. The great thing about being "lopsided" is you can give up that tiresome game we all play that deprives us of an AUTHENTIC life . . . the game of looking good! I have spent too much of my life being a humanDOING and trying to look good! Giving that up has been very freeing!
Please do keep us posted. If the going gets tough . . . remember first things first . . . Just breathe!
We are all here for you!
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Can't resist sharing this little story which is one I gift all my friends who are feeling burdened by not being perfect or a bit different . . . Enjoy!
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. This went on daily for a full two years, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfections, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”
The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, and not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.”
“For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it’s the cracks and flaws that we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
So to all my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
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After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”
The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, and not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.”
“For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”
I can vouch for the truth in that proverb. If I hadn't developed an unhealthy obsession with Maple Town (and by extension all things cute and cuddly), these forums wouldn't exist. True story. I managed to annoy the ****ens out of at least two message boards in my quest, but if I hadn't tilted at this particular windmill, I never would've learned about Sylvanian Families in the first place, never would've been surprised to learn they had a game series, never tried to fan translate them, never joined the old forums for research...never have become a part of the community and tried to save it when the old forums closed.
Somehow, just being able to be a part of this particular conversation as a result makes me realize the trip down that long, convoluted road was all worth it. ^_^
But enough expository banter. I'm happy to hear that you've got a solid diagnosis and a solid treatment. Not happy to hear it was indeed cancer, but at least it sounds like you'll be rid of it with a minimum of fuss and heartache. A million different pills to treat everything from erectile dysfunction to hair loss and they can't invent one decent magic bullet for cancer...talk about screwed-up priorities. The Cure For Cancer shouldn't just be something you build in Sid Meier's Civilization, darn it. -_-;
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While I'm sorry to hear that it is cancer, I'm glad that it was caught early. You're really brave all I can say is continue to keep your spirits up!
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I also feel priveleged that you, Julia, wanted to share this time in your life with us all here on the boards.
Who of us when we started collecting Sylvanians would have ever dreamed or imagined that we would feel such a connection with people on the board, people that we have never met, that we could want to talk to them in our times of greatest need?
Maybe this is a true testament to the friendship and community that is Sylvania itself.
Charissa
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