[Magdalen] Arrow prayers requested

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It's great that you are taking care of it right away!

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 Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sigh...not as thankful as I should be...
>
> Yesterday was another warm sticky day and after Pilates I decided to keep
> my strappy top on, since I didn't have to go back to the hospital. Still
> wearing it later when we went over to my sister The Surgeon for mom's
> birthday supper.
>
> And there on my chest, just too high to see without a mirror but usually
> hidden by my shirts, she spots a "pigmented lesion" that "could be a
> melanoma and must come out".
>
> I am due for annual dermatology check up this month but was going to wait
> till next month because I don't have enough spare money to pay him upfront
> (would then claim back from medical aid but it's academic).
>
> Anyway, Linda will carve said thing off me later this morning and send it
> to the lab. She's a neat skin surgeon as she's a burns expert and it's not
> the first time she's sliced up my skin.
>
> But I'm sure several other pubbies would agree with me that it would be
> pleasant to have a year without some kind of cancer scare.
>
> I've had plenty of skin cancer removed in the past from face, back and
> arms; but nothing recently that was a worry. The dermatologist made a map
> last year...I will still go see him after pay day but this can't wait.
>
> Sally D
>