Sunshine and Olly is in a weird place.
I’m hoping to find the balance between using this as my own creative outlet, and trying to benefit others by promoting their work, or sharing vital information.
Furthermore, as much as I get a thrill in seeing we’ve hit all Continents this month, (save Antarctica,) it’s also weird to share like this, but so rarely receive feedback.
As a longtime blogger, I know it’s par for the course, but still, it’s always nice when digital reality can lead to connection.
So let that be an invitation to any and all readers to please drop me a line some time, and let me know if S&O offers value to your day.
With respect to this post, my intentions are muddled.
I’ve had a bit of a shit week, (shit month, really,) and part of the fun was being diagnosed with skin cancer on my face.
The biopsy happened in March, so that month wasn’t so great either, and all of April thus far was spent waiting for surgery, then having it last Friday.
(Sad face emoji.)
Lots of people get cancer, and I’m not looking for sympathy.
(Well, maybe a little.)
Rather, I’m writing because I had this cancer on my face for 3 years, and saw multiple doctors about it.
Repeatedly, it was misdiagnosed, and/or I was told to live with it.
But always, it hurt.
Always, it was there in my consciousness: something is wrong with me.
I knew I couldn’t live with it forever, (despite being told to the contrary,) and on this round of dealing with the medical system, we got it sorted.
At least I hope so.
It could always come back.
But once you’ve had your face cut, scraped and burned, multiple times, with needles jammed in at the start, you get that message reinforced.
Listen to your body.
Trust your instincts.
If you think something is wrong, it probably is.
Get yourself checked, and don’t stop until you talk to the right doctor.
OK, I’m out.
I’ll (probably) be back tomorrow with a photography post.
Do you like them? Does it matter that I’m doing it again?
Please let me know, if you have a moment.
Sunshine and Olly 
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