And so shall we start as the green skinned menace:

Well, the Healer and his acolytes have now spoken and deigned to explain a bit of the ritual that was used upon the poor mortified flesh of this gobbo.

The foul thing that was removed at least seems to have been entirely removed.  It was, however, a fouler abomination than they had suspected at first.  Most of the demon spawned are some chthulu spawned polypoidal mass, but of course, this gobbo contracted a different variety because he just can not seem to do anything normal.  No, the demon spawn that was afflicted upon this gobbo was a variety that oozed and slithered and coated things like an ameobic monstrosity.

To tear the foul beast forth, the healers had to peel and flense and skin the innards of the gobbo, leaving a bleeding mass behind.. but a bleeding mass that so far has proven clean of affliction.  The news from the priestery however is that still more needs done, more rituals performed to purify and cleanse this greenskin's system.

Healing continues, letting the bleeding mass bleed less but when it is better, the newest rituals begin and the gobbo will again be thrown onto the altar of the Divine.  Once a week for two months shall the greenskin be thrown forth to be plied with the brew of hope, the brew to keep the demons away.  And thus shall this year end and the new begin, upon the altars of the acolytes.

Now.. from the player:

First, the good news. Pathology says that the only muscle cells that were removed with the tumor showed negative signs for cancer. This is good because it means that the cancer hadn't penetrated into the muscle wall.

Now.. the bad news. The cancer is G3T1. This means Fastest growing but 'only' invaded short of the muscle wall. However it manifested in an unusual manner. Though according to the doctor, there is little about this tumor that has been 'usual'. Instead of being a polypoid mass, this tumor instead manifested more like a thickening of the wall of the bladder, sort of like a carpet. This means that in removing the mass, the doctor basically skinned over half of the inside of my bladder. This certainly explains the types of pains I have been having.

Doctors say that I need to focus on healing currently and in a couple of weeks they will start the immunotherapy. This will involve me going into the doctors for a couple of hours once a week to be .. filled to the brim with a substance to kick my immune system into focusing on my bladder. So, Through December and January I will be going in for immunotherapy. How will it effect me? Doctors can't really say at current time. How long will the skinning of my bladder take to heal? weeks to months.

second day post surgical update

A hunched over mass of rags stumbles into the guild hall, making his way past guards by answering queries with a low snarl backed by a red eyed glare that would do Nargipoofufu proud after a five day drunk on.  Carefully stepping over a slumbering kitten, he makes his way to the bar to retrieve a chilled bottle of apple cider.

Rummaging briefly through the empties scattered widely by last night's "celebration", he grabs a clean stein and hobbles over towards the fireplace.

  Righting a small ottoman, the bedraggled traveller climbs onto it and takes a seat.  One heavy foul smelling boot drops, then a second hits the hearth as the form makes himself carefully comfortable. Squelching to the left and right, he nests, like some deformed green cat, into the cushion.



Drawing forth a deep sigh of relief, he fills the flagon with the chilled amber brew as the robotically attired 3PO stalks over to demand the stranger's name.  Pegging the cork from the cider off of 3PO's head, he leans back carefully, clears his throat and mutters "Boy, ah guess ah rillah must look a sight, but ya'll knows mah as da lil green menace Alyxyn.  Ah figger'd and stop by tah let ya know how tings ahr doin."



"Dis mohnin ah checked in at da healah's temple on tahm.  Aftah all, ya duzn't wanna piss off a healah bah being late, as dey kinna hate tah be late in dere own prayahs on da fields uf da great god Golf.

In ennah case, da healah un dere acolytes showed up un throwed out my clan un started mah prep werk.  First dey stript mah naked un secured me on dere sacrificial altar.  Let muh tell ya, dat had mah worried.  But it got werse frum dere.  Den dey sed "open wide un take unto yerseff de offerin frum ahr god".   At dat point it wuz good dat dey had muh strapped down az dey took holds "little Alyxyn" un sed "Wider!!" un proceeded tah insert the shaft of a divine nine iron right inta him!  Ah thinks Golf must be a racist God un dat his faithful were gunna keep mah frum enny breeding!  But oh were blessings seen as that divine nine iron drew forth a mighty unholy beast frum within mah!  Dere wuz much fighting in blood but da beast lost and was trapped buh duh priests to be studied latah.



While ah may be sore un semistoned, duh mightah green skin is safe in healing from de birth uf a trulah larger den expected bouncing baby tumah.

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Now, in RL.. the tumor that was removed was a lot larger than the docs had expected.  Apparently filling about half of my bladder.  They don't think there was any muscular involvement (which is good) but now we have to wait for the labs to look the little monster over.  Meantime I get the joy of being intimate with a tube and bag for a few days.

I am at home again and barring unforeseen circumstances, the catheter should be removed Monday.  Healing is going to take longer due to the sheer volume of tissue that had to be removed but.. things should get better.

We Hope

Robert/Alyxyn

The tiny Green Menace gets Greener

For those that weren't here for mah tahk wit GBoss, ah figgered ahd restate wot's happenin wit me heah.  Howevah, az ah wants dis tah be az clear ah possible ahl post it in yall's English Standard:

I have been having problems with a kidney stone, so I went to the healers and in the process of dealing with the kidney stone (that was the size of a quarter), they also found a mass that defied divination.  Thus they had to remove a little of it and let the mechanically gifted gnomes look at it.  Their results were:

invasive aggressive cancer in the bladder.

Currently it appears the tumor is limited to the lining and mucus membranes of the bladder which is a good sign. What the blasted gnomes can not eliminate is the possibility of the tumor penetrating into the muscular wall of the bladder which would be well up there on the 'bad' thing scale of occurrences.

The present plan is to let me continue recovering from the kidney stone removal/biopsy from last Monday ( Oct 26th ) so that swelling will go down. There will be another procedure scheduled about Nov 12th which will be another general procedure in which the gnomes will bonk me on the head in order to work on me while I sleep.  This process will also involve inducing temporary paralysis due to the proximity of some nerves to the tumor. This procedure will involve the removal of the tumor and more precise determination of its invasion. If all things go well in this procedure, the tumor would be removed and some additional immunotherapy over a few weeks time frame would put paid to this problem. But.. if the tumor was more invasive than able to be seen currently, then the situation would need to be reevaluated and new options looked into.

At present, the healers are upbeat and positive. They are a bit confused due to my age and other factors that really would not have indicated any likelihood of the cancer but.. what happens happens right?  In the grand scheme of things, what is one tiny obnoxious greenskin anyway?

I am just hoping to see one of those rumored 'naughty nurses' though obviously I won't be very able to play with them much if I do *sighs*

Alyxyn/Robert