Holly & Shannan in 2020s

Oh, wow. I swear Holly and Shannan from the office of my first Cali dentist blocked me a while back because they didn’t seem to like me contacting them on Facebook. At least I thought they did because I ran their names out of curiosity a while back and nothing came up so I automatically assumed I was blocked. I did think it was a bit weird that they would suddenly do that, though. I mean, just for saying hi?

Then just now, I was making future decorative email drafts for Tom out of pictures from a wallpaper app when I noticed Holly was one of the share suggestions on Messenger and I was like wow, where did you come from all of a sudden?

So I checked and sure enough, I could pull up her profile. Then I checked Shannan’s and found that she’s been battling stage three colon cancer two months after losing her Dad to this disease. I guess she beat it, though, because she returned to work and said her oncologist said everything is looking up. I looked it up and her chances of survival in five years are anywhere from 53% to 78%.

She may not have wanted to be friends with me but she was always very nice so I hope she makes it. But then I remember poor Aly. Cancer in one breast that was taken care of. Then it showed up in the other one which was also taken care of. Then she got ovarian cancer which would have killed her had it not been for the sepsis.

Anyway, I swear I couldn’t pull up either account before so I’m seriously wondering if they blocked me and then unblocked me in hopes of me checking out Shannan’s profile and making a donation. She has a GoFundMe account for medical bills. Fucking disgusting and sad that one has to do that, too. Only in America does one get to drown in medical debt.

Last I saw, her older daughter was getting chubby just like her mom but now she looks great. She’s only 14, though. She’ll likely pack it on later in life. So that makes both Holly and Shannan to have dealt with cancer. Wonder how the retired Dr. H’s health is. I thought she too, blocked me a long time ago after I sent a message saying hello and wishing her luck but I don’t know. It doesn’t seem reasonable that any of them would have blocked me for anything I said. Facebook is often glitchy so who knows? Her name is too common to look up, not that it matters anyway.

Last updated June 17, 2024