I haven't been around for almost three months and several of you have asked whether I'm okay and whether I'm still active on Ipernity. Here's what's been happening.

Back on March 22 I went in to emergency at the local hospital with what I thought and the doctors first thought was appendicitis. An abdominal drain was put in to drain off the expected infection with an appendectomy scheduled several weeks later. The abdominal drain, however, produced no signs of infection but rather a kind of mucous and I was sent on to a specialist in Seattle who diagnosed the problem as mucinous neoplasms of the appendix, basically a tumor of the appendix that was producing a mucous-like substance that would in time strangle my organs and that could also have been cancerous. I had surgery on May 9 and had my appendix, part of my colon, gall bladder, omentum and peritoneum removed and was in the hospital recovering until May 24th (15 days). Thankfully, there were no signs of cancer and I am recovering at home now, something that is proceeding very slowly. The doctor has said it will take two to three months to get my strength back, but we are, of course, hoping it takes less time. We are certainly expecting a full recovery by September and are planning to climb the crater at Mount Saint Helens in September or October.

In the meantime I hope to be back on Ipernity, though I can't promise a photo a day as in the past. We continue to hope that Ipernity will survive and that all the careful work of IMA will produce good results.
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Just a quick update (end of June). Back in hospital this past week with blood clots in leg and both lungs. Thus the lack of posts. Won't be posting again until very near the end of July.
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It has been quite a spring and summer. Just returned from my fourth hospital stay since the end of March (beginning of August), this time for an obstructed bowel, the result of scar tissue. Thus, once again, the lack of postings and comments. Hope to be back here by the end of the summer. In the meantime I'm wondering what's happening with Ipernity since I haven't seen any news for a while.