[Magdalen] Continuing prayers for Keith and for me

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

Thanks, all...I can feel the prayer support and it makes a difference as I
shift into a new and perhaps longer term coping pattern.

David...thanks for asking. We don't know for 100% certain that it was a
miss but the surgeon (my sister Linda) and the physician both think it
likely - he says he has seen it a number of times with local biopsies. The
target wasn't small and they had an Ultrasound guide but it's difficult for
the patient to remain completely still and breath holding given that it
hurts like heck. These lesions, all seven of them, have a vigorous blood
supply and that's not supposed to happen with fatty lumps.

Linda's not feeling particularly swayed in any diagnostic direction at the
moment though she's wondering if a different biopsy technique would be
better. At present we wait for the 24 hour Urine and the blood test for
tumour markers, both of which went to pathology yesterday.

If a further biopsy is needed Keith may head to Cape Town where there's a
top notch private hepatic surgeon (who's treating the father of one of
Keith's training colleagues) and a world class Academic department at
Groote Schuur Hospital. Keith is in Cape Town next week anyway, for work,
he just needs to get an appointment somehow.

Sally D
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 at 03:48 Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> I've been praying and will continue to do so.
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> Just one question:  You mentioned a radiologist missed on the  biopsy.....?
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> Or did I misread that?
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> David Strang.
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