[Magdalen] Arrow prayers requested

[Sally Davies]

Thanks everyone - still waiting - had hoped for some news yesterday. I'm
very physically tense but worry free most of the time and have slept well,
so I would say that the prayers have been most effective.

Sally

On Thursday, 14 January 2016, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Arrow prayers Sally,
>
> What a sequence of events you are having.
>
> gentle hugs too - Cady
>
> On 1/13/16, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Prayers for you, Sally.  The wait is hard.
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:41 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >> Great to have it taken care of, and have peace of mind!
> >>
> >> 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 8:22 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > All done, sitting with a mug of tea and feeling a bit shaky and
> trembly
> >> > from the stress and not least the adrenaline in the local anaesthetic.
> >> >
> >> > My sister is a fine surgeon and I am so grateful to her.  The sample
> >> > now
> >> > gets sent to the lab and we'll see what comes back, should be by
> >> tomorrow.
> >> > If it's a nasty I would have to have a wider excision and probably
> >> > sentinel-node biopsy. If not then all I have to worry about is
> >> > strapping
> >> > the wound so it doesn't form a lumpy scar.
> >> >
> >> > Sally D
> >> >
> >> > On Wednesday, 13 January 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> >> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > 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 <javascript:;>
> >> > > <javascript:;>>
> >> > > 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
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>