Sitting In The Car After Cancer Surgery

By Erin McGee Ferrell

Written 2019-10-18

Head Hurts.

Jaw Hurts.

My Sinuses Hurt.

My Brain Feels Tuned.

My Eyes Feel Tired.

My Emotions Are All Used Up.

My Tears Are Used Up.


I feel relieved.  I want to get under my covers with the pain killer and sleep.  I want to rest this next week and dream until refreshment comes.  Last week, I waited as if in a raquet ball court - nervous energy.  Vitamin 8, basement and shaving dog.  This week, I want to wait for the biopsy results in a different way....in bed, lost in sleep and story, in my studio.  Quiet and still.


The dawn has not come yet - my chances for good news is 50%.  When the coast is clear and the world is good...then I can finally take that sigh...for a while at least.