Welcome back to another edition of Iqaluk in Calgary...coming to you from my couch in Edmonton.

I had my follow up Dr appointment on Tuesday and have been thinking about it ever since. The good news is that I have a shiny new cervix. The area they cut off has healed beautifully and I am now able to exercise again and do heavy lifting...which is a shame cause frankly that means the deep cleaning my apartment needs is going to happen. Sigh. I was very happy actually to hear that...my bike is in desperate need of use. The other news is that the bad cells may have spread upwards. The specialist will do more testing in September. Likely I will need another procedure in the fall.

I walked out of the office feeling a bit numb. I drove back to the office on auto pilot and it wasn't until I was driving home that I realized I had forgotten to eat lunch that day. The news could be worse, so much worse and I am grateful for the results I got, but it wasn't what I expected to hear. I figured it would be the results are back we got it all and other than your 6 month follow ups we won't see you again. So it took a few days to absorb.

And now I am ok with it. I know what to expect in September so that is a HUGE help. It makes it easier to just push it aside and not dwell on it. As the summer comes and then starts to close I am sure I will once again start to worry...lead up to the appointment, but for now...onwards.

I have been waiting to find out when I need to fly up North. It is soon, but no one has pin pointed a date. A bit frustrating. Today I finally said ENGOUGH and booked myself off on Monday. Yeah. Then I got on Facebook and sent a message to some friends from India who are having brunch on Saturday in Calgary and told them that they should get a table for 4. I hope they are as excited as I am. Then after work today I got on line and booked a 4 star hotel in Banff for Saturday night thru one of those discount pick your price online sites. I got a great deal. A treat for me. I haven't done much for fun lately so this will be great. I'm having supper with a friend who works there Saturday night. Sunday morning will be spent wandering around town and buying some tea. Then back to Calgary for a late lunch/early supper with another friend (who I haven't made contact with yet) and then back to Edmonton Sunday night. Monday I can sleep in, relax, do laundry and get my house in order. Phew, I'm tired already.

Should be a nice weekend treat for me.