Tomorrow's the day . . . and it's almost here.

My surgery to remove the cancerous tumor in my right lung happens tomorrow, Monday March 16th. Mine is the first case of the day.

I have to be there between 5 and 5:30 a.m. The surgery is slated to start at 7:30 a.m. PST. It could take 4 hours to accomplish.

All the months of diagnostics, xrays, ct scans, blood work and etc. will culminate tomorrow.

And yes, I'm scared.

The enormity of this surgery is now hitting me. I am working on staying calm throughout the day. My daughter will be here later today so she'll drive me to the hospital.

The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The irony is not lost on me.

I hope that you will keep me in your thoughts! My deep thanks to all who respond. It means a lot.

Today, I attended El Segundo's Farmer's Market for the first time in months! It was great.

Today's trip to my Farmer's Market -- The last one, for some weeks . . .

The time stamp on my computer is different from DU's.

Right now my computer says it's 8:07 p.m. here in California.

Checking various threads shows that DU has gone to daylight savings time, or something resembling that.

Is that what's happening?

It feels like Spring's here in MB's Farmer's Market!

FINALLY. I have a surgery date.

For those of you who may not remember the back story, here's a couple of links:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036153011

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220893845

Apparently, scheduling a surgery takes longer than you might expect. But there are various things that need to happen before scheduling. For instance, the drug I'm on (Tagrisso) needs to be on board for 90 days. I just passed that date a few days ago. Also, an appropriate hospital needs to be on the list (it is.) and the doctor doing the surgery needs to have privileges there, which she does.

I don't yet have a time when the surgery will start. But the day is definitely fixed:

MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2026.

There are other small procedures to be done, but this is the important one.

Now, I need to ready myself, my psyche and my body, for this unprecedented surgery. I've never had a surgery like this before and it looks a little scary. All my joint replacements got to be routine. This is not.

As I did before, I will give each response a rec when I've read it.

My love and thanks to all of you!

Manhattan Beach's Farmer's Market Photos From Today . . .

It has been awhile . . .

I have an Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, and there's something I need to do.

I have some text messages on my phone and I need to transfer them to my desktop's email. I don't have email on my iPhone!

Does anyone know how to do this? Is it even possible?

Thanks in advance!

I felt like playing in my light box tonight . . . Here's a couple of pics.