Wow, I just got caught up on this thread, so much going on!
A blog sounds great to generate outside interest.
I like the name you've all come up with.
Klue - glad to hear the cysts were benign, one of my sisters just went through the same thing.
As for eating the bacon - you only live once! My BIL was a vegan and ate only organic foods, he had to have a kidney removed because of cancer - he said, I ate that way and still got cancer, so now I eat what I want!