[Magdalen] What today's Stanford appt yielded.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Prayers and an amen for what Scott and Ginga wrote. And strength for this journey Mike. 
Lynn 

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On Jan 27, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

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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