[Magdalen] What today's Stanford appt yielded.

[Ginga Wilder]

Mike,
I am praying, and like  Scott, for 'hopefully nothing.'

Ginga

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Catharine Phillips <revcphillips at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Praying, Mike.
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Praying for nothing, Mike. (As in "hopefully nothing.") Clarity and
> > effective treatment followed by relief and good health. I guess that's
> > something...Praying, in any case...Scott
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:04 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I just wrote this to a friend who was greatly desirous to know how
> > things went.  See after that for more comments.
> > >
> > > [begin quote]
> > > Today's specialist opinion is that the rash on my trunk is still
> looking
> > and behaving like lymphoma, AND -- get ready -- the vasculitis on my legs
> > and feet is looking and behaving less and less like vasculitis.  Why?
> > Because the biopsy on the foot, which they're not done with yet, showed
> up
> > lymphocytes like on my trunk.  But they're not totally sure yet.  More
> > molecular testing on the biopsy.  But it's dermatology specialists'
> > considered opinion that it's very likely they are already redundant, and
> my
> > wounds no longer need wound care per se.  I'll be hearing very soon from
> Dr
> > Kim at Stanford Hospital for setting up an appointment.  Dr Kim is a
> cancer
> > specialist.  They also took more blood, and had me do a chest x-ray.  At
> > this point, the feeling I got when leaving today was that I possibly
> won't
> > be seeing my friends in Redwood City again.  I was also encouraged,
> HIGHLY
> > encouraged, to get my Clark appointment (currently 02/23) moved up post
> > haste.
> > > [end quote]
> > >
> > > (Clark, by the way, is my GP.)
> > >
> > > I'm waiting until the Dr Kim appt to know more before I tell Everett,
> so
> > hopefully I have something good to tell him.  I won't deny I'm worried,
> but
> > I also won't deny my own dance with mortality-thinking over the last year
> > has had me prepared for a while now.  Prepared for what?  Hopefully
> > nothing.  "Here, pop this pill and all will be well."  One never knows.
> > But that's just it.  One never knows.
> > >
> > > Please pray.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Catharine Phillips, MA, MDiv, CADC*
>
>
> *All will be well.  Period.  (Thank you, Julian of Norwich)*
>
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>