still no news

Still haven't heard any news from Dad and Benny. Mom and I are hoping they're safe and just caught up in travel. I'll let you know if I hear anything.

reached the foot

Mom and I finally reached the foot today! We're situated between two toes, which will keep us quite hidden. Dad and Benny should be approaching the knee soon, but we haven't heard from them.

news from home

Mom and I received word that Peg has gone missing. Dad and Benny said it happened early in the morning. Everyone is in a state of shock and Dad says they have no choice but to move out next thing tomorrow. Hopefully we'll meet up with them soon.

uncle james

We reached uncle James' house today but no one was there. Mom and I don't know what to make of it, we've been hanging around but no one has come. Mom says if he doesn't come by tonight we're moving on. Dad and the girls are doing fine though they told us there's a bit of panic going around in the area. They are going to head out after us soon.

good so far

As far as we know, dad Peg and Benny are doing okay. Mom and my journey has been a bit hectic, especially when we passed the pancreas and the kidneys. We're almost to where uncle James lives though, so I'm feeling confident.

time to leave

We’ve decided to move south as soon as possible, but we can’t all leave at the same time because it would be too suspicious. Mom and I are going first and dad is staying behind with Peg and Benny to make sure they're safe. I'm glad mom and I get to go first because that means we'll have the best change of seeing uncle James. I'll miss dad and my two sisters but they should be able to join us soon enough.

Mom and I are setting out tomorrow. I won't be able to post as much, but I will do my best to keep you all updated. Wish us luck!

shela

Today we received news that Shela has disappeared. Mom and dad are so upset, and I feel ashamed for not wanting to visit her. Everyone's hoping that she's just hiding for awhile, but we're all pretty certain she's been removed like her mom was. I guess we won't be stopping by the ovaries, sorry Shela.

semi-good news!

Semi-good news everyone, while we're evacuation to the foot we may get to stop by and stay with uncle James for a while! Mom says we'll have to pass through the knee anyway, so we might as well visit. She says we're still seeing Shela too, which will require a short detour, but her and dad are both pretty set on visiting, so I think we'll still go. Mom has been trying to contact Shela about our visit, but she hasn't heard from her in the past couple weeks. Hopefully she'll answer soon.

evacuation plans

Mom and dad are still trying to find the best place for us to hide out for awhile.



We were thinking about going towards the feet for a while, because other ganglions have survived fairly well there. If we went we might have to split up though, which none of us are too happy about. I'm not sure of any space where we could all stay situated comfortably. I was thinking maybe we could hide around the ankle, but dad said that would be almost as noticeable as the wrist. Between the toes would be a safer bet, but I'm not sure all of us could fit.

vacation update

Looks like we're not going on vacation to the brain this year after all. Mom and dad say it’s too dangerous. There was a sudden seizure in the area and Uncle Bill hasn’t been seen for weeks.



This is the last photo he sent us.

Though it’s not really a vacation, we might have to leave the wrist soon. I’ve heard recent updates that ganglionectomy is becoming more popular. We’re looking for somewhere to move where we might be less noticeable. Any suggestions? Is anyone else evacuating?

bad news!

Bad news guys, I just found out that my relatives in the pancreas received a negative diagnosis. None of us expected it, because they've been benign all these years. Mom says it's definitely too dangerous to visit now because there are likely to be some seizures in the area. Even though I wasn't looking forward to the pancreas as much as I am to the brain, and dental cavities, this is still really disappointing because it cuts a whole chunk out of our vacation. Also everyone's worried that our relatives might get seized. I'm hoping for the best, I'll keep you posted.







In honor of the present circumstances I thought I would post some pictures of my relatives in the pancreas. The first is my Aunt Bess, and the bottom two are my cousins Sara and Sid.

no visits to the knee for awhile...

As much as I tried to convince mom to let us visit the knee this summer, she said we don't have time if we want to visit Shela and still fit in Jen and Sharron and Bill. I don't really want to visit Shela but mom says she really needs our support and that we need to visit her in case she isn't around much longer. I don't know why she wouldn't be, because she's pretty young, but I guess young cysts disappear too.



Here's another picture of uncle James, he sent it to me yesterday. He say's he's sorry to hear we won't be visiting him but he says my mother's right.

the knee

Here's some photos of the knee. I'm still trying to convince mom to let us go to visit uncle James.



This is a little north of where uncle James lives, but I've always loved that area, so I thought I'd share it anyway.



This is where uncle James lives, I'm sure you can see why I want to visit him. I really love the knee, it's like the wrist but more spacious. I wish we could move there but mom says it's not suitable for ganglions.

getting excited for the brain!

Hey guys, I've been getting really excited about our trip to the brain. I thought I would include some photos that uncle Bill sent me of where we will be staying and some sights to see.



This is an overview of the area where we will be staying.


I love this one so much, isn't the terrain beautiful? I can't wait to visit the Cerebral Cortex.

Another beautiful tourist attraction, this is the Corpus Callosum.

Also, I thought this was worth sharing, this is an old map of the area when my aunt and uncle first moved in. We had a lot more relatives living in the brain then, but they haven't been as fortunate as my aunt and uncle.

itinerary!

Here's a little more on our vacation itinerary, we've added a couple more stops to the trip in order to visit a few more relatives.



This is where my cousin Shela lives, she's an ovarian cyst. I've never met her but my parents have been in contact with her for awhile. Her mother (my dad's sister) was recently removed, so mom says we need to visit her to provide emotional support.





We also have some relatives in the pancreas that we may visit, depending on how their testing goes. They go through routine testing every few months, and have lucked out so far, but there's always a possibility for things to go badly. If their next test proves benign, mom says we'll be able to visit them. If not it will probably be to dangerous.




This is my cousin James, isn't it a great picture of him? He started off near the wrist with us, but he moved to the knee a few years ago. I'm trying to convince mom and dad to let us visit him as well, so I'll tell you what they say.



Last but not least, here's my cousin Jen, she lives in the upper dental cavities. Jen's definitely the sweetest of my cousins, and I know my sisters really want to visit her, plus she's on the way to Bill and Sharron's.

vacation plans!

That's it for now, I'll post more soon.

Good news! My family and I are going to the brain this summer to visit my aunt and uncle. I'll show you some photos



Here's a picture of of my aunt Sharron and uncle Bill in front of their home. I'm really excited to visit! We don't get to see the colloid half of our family often because they live so far away. I'll post more about our itinerary once we start traveling.



Also, here's a picture of my cousin Ann, we'll be visiting her too, it will be nice to see someone close to my age. Most of the cysts around here are infants or old-timers!

family portraits

Hey guys! I've been doing a lot of genealogy lately and wanted to show you some of the great pictures I found of my ancestors!



This is my great-aunt Celia, a balantidium coli cyst. Can you believe how lavish the photograph is? I think we must have had some aristocracy in the family.



This is my great-uncle Bart, a colloid cancer cyst. Everyone in the family says he was really troublesome, but I wish I could have met him.



This is my grandmother Lorena, a retina cyst. She got removed before I was born, so I never got a chance to meet her.



This is my grandfather Sal, a glenodinium cyst. He was also removed before I was born. The photograph is really small, so it's hard to make out what he looked like, but I thought it was worth including.



Lastly, one of my favorites! This is my aunt Sharron and uncle Bill when they first got married, such a beautiful picture! You can tell they're in the brain by the landscape, isn't it wonderful?

I hope you guys enjoyed this! Tell me what you think, I'll post more soon!

my home

Also I wanted to show you where my family and I live.



These are the tendons in the wrist.It's a nice place to live because it's pretty safe, though there is a lot of external pressure. You get used to it after a while.

my family

I thought I would share with you some family portraits. I come from a long line of very pride-full cysts, so I have a lot of photographs to show. Hope you enjoy!



This first one is of my mother and father on their wedding day. Don't they look like a happy couple! They've been married for six years, which is quite a feat, and still going strong.



This is me on my third birthday, quite a debutant! Can you believe what I was wearing? Luckily I have much better fashion sense now then I did then. I'll show you some more recent pictures later.



This is a picture of me and my two sisters on our vacation last summer to the brain, talk about nerve central! We had such a great time, though I could tell Ma and Pa were ready to get back to the arm by then end of it. I'm really hoping we go back next year, or at least to the neck, though there's rumored to have been a few disappearances in the area. We'll see!