[rinaina]

Some of you may recall that I had a tumor in my major salivary gland that required surgery due to my Sjogren's Syndrome and increased risk of Malt Lymphoma. The surgery was a partial parotidectomy which basically means they make a huge incision around the entire ear, (very similar to a facelift incision), try to avoid the facial nerves and remove the tumor and part of the parotid gland. Well,now I have another tumor on the other side and it needs to come out. I am trying to hold off a bit so that we can vacation in China. You can't fly for a month following this surgery. This will be surgery number 6 for me in the past 10 years so I am a little down about it however, I know all too well, it could be a lot worse.