Totally unimpressed with the Friends' Season Finale. Watching ER now, last 15 minutes of the show coming......COULD be interesting.........

Other things on my plate.......

My Dad has some kind of mass that is affecting his pancreas, stomach, gallbladder, small intestines, and I think liver. Found out all this information today, which really, the story just started unravelling in the last week or so.

Depending on bloodwork tomorrow, he can find out if he can just have an operation, or needs to be hospitalized, get the bilirubin under control with the use of shunts and then be operated on.

If they open him up and see that the mass is not contained, they will close him up and put him under chemo and radiation. If it is operable and a major vein is not in the way, all will be good for removal. Can't remember if he would need chemo and radiation after.

Long operation.....probably 8 hours. Done at a MAJOR cancer hospital by a pancreatic specialist...top of the line doctor. Both mom and dad seem strong/positive. May be in hospital 7-21 days, average stay is 10 days for this procedure.

I'm handling this well for now.....maybe I'm just in denial of how serious this could be...

They've never mentioned malignancy vs. benign...yet.

Good thoughts will be appreciated.