Update, Oprah and a punter from the New England Patriots - From Lil' Sis

Hello,

I am one of the people that Tanya asked to update her blog while she is recovering from surgery.

Just to give you a brief background on me, I'm a freelance ghostwriter and have known Tanya all my life. :) We met when she was about 4 years old and have been tight ever since.

I wanted to report that her surgery lasted longer than the doctor anticipated, which proved to me that her doctor took the utmost care in performing his duty. She went into surgery at 11:45 am, and came out at around 5:54pm. She had her group of friends (or as I am going to refer to them as her "soul soldiers") wait with me and my partner.

After talking with her doctor (who used to be a punter with the New England Patriots), he happily advised that everything looked great and the chemo and radiation did their job. He will be checking the reports tomorrow (today) to verify this. So, as it stands as of this moment, it appears that the cancer is gone. If anyone can overcome it, that would be my sister, Tanya.


She came out of surgery and the minute she saw me, she wanted to know time, details and other pertinent items related to her surgery. Typical Tanya! However, in the last several years, I've noticed that while Tanya is one to cling to facts...she is also giving equal time if not more time to trusting the unknown and allowing herself to be vulnerable in the world's mysteries.

Once she was transported to he room, I leaned over and whispered to her in my best Oprah imitation, "Good Neeewwws!" and told her the positive outcome. She smiled and repeated it back. She seemed to already know somehow that things went well.


This quote remined me of her "inner knowing". I guess great minds think alike.

"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge." Albert Einstein


Till next time - Taryn