It never rains but it pours...

[duane_kc]

Well.

I haven't posted about this, because I didn't want to post yet again more bad news from the mess that is my life, but.

Mom's been in the hospital for the last week. It's gone from "Well, she's got an infection and an abcess, we're draining it" (not bad, I know what that's like), to "Well, she's got a blockage in her colon and a perforated bowel, we're doing surgery today to find out what"...

..to "She's got colon cancer, it's malignant, and it's metastasized."

Mom's stated opinion on both chemo and radiation, (and she's more stubborn than I am,) is, to put it mildly, "FUCK NO! NEVER!". Dad and my sister haven't told her yet; they're hoping the doctor can change her mind when she wakes up tomorrow. And of course, I'm going to be in conflict with both of *them*, because it's her decision to make. She doesn't need to be browbeaten into accepting treatment she doesn't want. And I won't be a party to that.

Anybody want to take me to get drunk for the first time? Gods, I don't want to face this.