[Magdalen] My Surgery May 19th

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I am very sorry to read about your coming surgery.  You will be in our
thoughts, and we hope all goes as planned.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Those of you on Facebook know that my surgery is tomorrow at 11 AM.  I will
> have a bilateral mastectomy for a recurrence of DCIS, a non-invasive,
> nearly benign, completely contained breast cancer.  I am grateful for your
> prayers for me, for John and my family, and for my medical team.
>
> Grateful,
> Ginga
>
>
>
> Thank you.
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > My surgery is scheduled for 11 AM, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.  I will be in
> > hospital overnight.  I appreciate your prayers.  John will update after
> > surgery on my computer.  My recovery should take 3-4 weeks.  I’ll be on
> > email as soon as possible, as you might guess.
> >
> >
> > My surgeon says that this surgery should go easily.  He does not expect
> to
> > find invasive disease.  I will have a bilateral mastectomy only.  Any
> > reconstruction, which I do not plan on having, would be at a later date.
> >
> >
> > Surgery is more than a month away.  I have 20 hours of continuing
> > education to do before then, Ginny will visit and take services at Good
> > Shepherd, and some complement of our sons' families will be visiting at
> > that time too.  Plus, senior warden's tasks have increased tremendously
> > since our PiC's wife died and he has taken a leave of absence.  Whew!
> > Don't have time to worry.
> >
> >
> >
> > All is well.
> >
> > Ginga
> >
>