Some kind of "Introduction"

There's still family and friends that doesnt know my cyst has come back, so in this case, I wont be introducing myself as I normally would. I dont know what the chances would be of people that I already know will be reading this (or anyone else for that matter), but I won't take my chances. Too many questions and sympathy aaaw's comes from that and that's not the reason I'm writing this.

I'm writing this for others to read, wether its just out of interest, curiosity or you might be struggling with the same as I do. And its a little bit of something for me to do on days I'm not able to do much else.

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