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Many of you know of my mobility issues of the past two years. It’s been difficult to get a doctor to listen to me. Specialists kept blaming my autoimmune disorders, or even long covid at one point. I finally convinced a doctor that I might possibly have MS so she ordered MRIs.

My MRI this past Monday revealed a 6cm brain tumor. They think it’s benign but won’t know until they go in. I need two surgeries. One to sever blood supply to the tumor and then weeks later its removal. For those interested, here is the scan.

I need to come off of one medication before they will operate so I am looking at mid-January, early February.

I’ll take all the prayers and good thoughts you have. Thank you.

The Hike

The Hike
By Lucy Clarke
G.P. Putnam’s Sons,9780593422670, August 2023

The Short of It:

They wanted adventure. They got it.

The Rest of It:

Liz is burned out. Her marriage isn’t what she imagined, and work? More of the same. So she plans a trip to the mountains of Norway with her three best friends. As glamorous as it sounds, it’s a strenuous hike that not all have prepared for. The physical demands leave them exhausted and then when they realize that they aren’t the only ones on the mountain, and that someone has quite a bit to hide, things suddenly take a turn. Their little adventure turns into a game of cat and mouse.

Clarke has become one of those authors that I automatically read. Her last book One of the Girls was a zippy read and the pages just turned themselves. Same here. There was just enough time on the mountain to build up the tension, just enough background story to get a feel for each character, and the story wraps up quickly. I’ve been reading these types of quick reads lately and it’s working for me.

Have you read Clarke yet? I highly recommend her.

Source: Review copy provided by the publisher.
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