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I am psychic!

It was only yesterday that I wrote about one of Edie's nephew, who we hadn't told of our health problems, discovering my blog, and thinking this may be a sign of things to come.

And no sooner do I mention that, then Naomi (one of the old gang, who I have mentioned in previous posts) sends me an email today, saying she was one of those who never bothered to check the web address in the signature line of all my emails.

I suspect she wasn't so much the one to discover it, as it was Mike, her boy friend, who actually uncovered it. Of course I have been known to be wrong on occasion in the past.

The thing is, Mike is also a Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) survivor, and he was recently in the hospital due to complications from treatment he was receiving for his lymphoma. I had sent him an email (and yes, I did visit him in the hospital also), before I knew he was in the hospital, wishing him well.

And yesterday, Mike got out of the hospital, so I have a sneaking suspicion that when he was checking back emails, he came across mine, and was just curious enough to check. I may also have expressed too much knowledge of NHL, for anyone not so deeply involved with it themselves, to have peeked anyones interest.

So stay tuned, it should be exciting times in the days and weeks ahead, as more and more people discover my previously closeted life. I only hope they are good times.

I can hardly wait.
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Becky said…
Well, this is exciting news.
6:50 AM
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