thanks Ken and good luck to you also
Rascal
make your last dance, your best dance
Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you
answers." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Ken & Janet Olson <olsonfam@iserv.net> wrote:
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>> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:12:37 -0500
>> From: Scott Lane <rsb7424@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Thanks to my Friends on the DML
>>
>> update!
>>
>>> Hi to all on my fav DML people.
>>
>> I have gone from being told a few weeks ago, that I should get my
>> affairs in order, to a new possibility of beating this thing, quite a
>> difference. Two doctors told me that my situation was hopeless, but
>> another came along and sent me to a couple of specialists with hope.
>>>
>>> It seems that I have a tumor growing INSIDE my spinal cord near my brain
>>> stem. This is NOT a good thing. I was suffering some severe pain and onset
>>> paralysis a few months ago and it looked as if I might be diagnosed with
>>> Gehrig's or MS, but the symptoms would disappear for a while. Then, the
>>> symptons did NOT disappear and the pain became unimaginable. My spinal cord
>>> was choking itself off inside my backbone, ouch, that hurts!
>>> So, as it is, I am heading to the Mayo Clinic on Sept 29th for another
>>> neck exam. On the 30th, one of the best surgeons in all the world will
>>> examine me and do surgery if everything looks good from there. Now, do you
>>> THINK I would have a chance at this if we had nationalized health care???
>>> and yes, I buy my own health insurance.
>>> In the meantime, I am on some intense pain and steroid drugs. This is a
>>> cancer that usually metathesizes throughout the body and goes here near the
>>> end. I have no other cancers, only this one place. This odd example is what
>>> attracts attention and has been a blessing for me because it is so unusual.
>>> So, with luck, love, and the touch of the The Great Dakota maker in the sky,
>>> I will have this surgery, inside my spinal cord, (dangerous as one can
>>> imagine), and be on my merry way for another fun 50 years or so. I have had
>>> the tumor a long time and it has grown very slowly, but it is found and it
>>> shall be attacked!
>>> Right now, I can type, relax, watch football, but no
>>> driving.....ughhhhh...sure miss that one...damn....but I am going to pull
>>> through. So many people sent so many inspiring and fun emails to me I can
>>> never thank all of you enough. You are all so neat and a fun group to hang
>>> with, even if its just online.
>>> Updates as I get them,
>>> God Bless America and God Bless all of YOU,
>>> Rascal
>
>
> Good luck. My thoughts are with you. My wife had a cancer diagnosis last
> year. A rare, nasty type (not the same as yours) and she is doing fine so
> far. Thank God for American medical research and technology. I hate to
> think how nationalized health care would treat you.
>
> Ken
> '97 Dakota LB 2WD (still in the shop)
>
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