[Magdalen] Stanford update: I'm so happy I could just [spit].

[Ginga Wilder]

This is good news, Mike!

Ginga

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is sounding positive, Mike.  Hurray!
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> Marion, a pilgrim
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> On 8/10/2016 1:08 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
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>> Not really.  The spitting, that is.  Never been a spitter, and with a
>> bushy mustache, .. well, you get it.
>>
>> Yesterday I met with yet another set of new doctors at the dermatology
>> clinic ("We work as a team here."), and I don't know if it was the new set,
>> or just "the fullness of time", but Doogie Howser (
>> http://tinyurl.com/jucwx4z) basically said it's time to kick this sh*t's
>> ass and get me some relief (my words), and politely prescribed me a new
>> medication (one that DOESN'T require a bone marrow biopsy first) to be
>> taken in conjunction with an 8-week course of (drum roll) Prednisone,
>> starting high and tapering off.  I nearly fainted from joy.  Having dealt
>> with Prednisone many years before but with such results that couldn't be
>> forgotten even if I tried, I know what to expect.  But after 1.5 years of
>> this garbage, I'm sure I'll still be bowled over.
>>
>> Whew.
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