[Magdalen] Medical update.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I think we're with you 'on the road' Mike...

peace
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
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From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 12:51 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Medical update.

> I should clarify that even though some measure of healing is clearly 
> happening, there still isn't any clear cure treatment going forward yet. 
> Maybe it will be continued Colchicine, maybe not.  And of course there's 
> still the lymphoma, and (God forbid) what they still might discover from 
> the PET scan.  So, definitely a time for cheer, as pain relief and 
> apparent attempts at healing always merit it.  But it's still dismally 
> depressing at how long everything is taking.
>
> Definite thanks and appreciation go out to everyone cheering me on, 
> though.  Really.
>
> [begin quote]
> Previous to Friday, I'd been put on Colchicine for the spread and healing 
> of existing nodules that later become the open wounds I've been dealing 
> with.  Friday, I had a great talk with my main Stanford doc during which 
> she both took me off the antibiotic I've been on because it was causing a 
> rash, and brought me to full dosage (it had been half, as a starter) of 
> Colchicine, and (remembering I'd been on half dose of it already), you 
> know what?  Friday I felt amazingly better.  Pain still there, but not 
> insanely so.  Then yesterday, Saturday, and today, Sunday, damn, it's 
> almost like I have feet again.  Wounds still healing, both on shins and 
> feet, but HEALING.  Even being exposed to air doesn't make for screaming, 
> like before.  Swelling, too, seems to be down.  Golly.
>
> :-)=
> [end quote]