unclemick
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Yep - hang in there dude.
heh heh heh
heh heh heh
Anyone in touch with OAP?
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KB
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Hope things turn around for you.
Dawg52
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Thanks for the update. You have had some back luck up to now but it can change in your favor as well. Best of luck and God bless you.
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Best wishes OAP. Stay strong and positive.
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Hang in there, OAP. I am adding mine to the group's good wishes for better days for you.
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Sending my good vibes your way--and hoping you're strong enough to carry this big load of well wishes, OAP!
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Take care, OAP. The folks at Mayo know what to do...........
I am praying for you..........I lost my sister to cancer on Aug 30th, so it is fresh in my mind.
Her oncologist told me her WILL gave her 3 more years than she should have had, so we have comfort in that...........it's all about the WILL to survive....
I am praying for you..........I lost my sister to cancer on Aug 30th, so it is fresh in my mind.
Her oncologist told me her WILL gave her 3 more years than she should have had, so we have comfort in that...........it's all about the WILL to survive....
Anyone know what happened to OAP's Blog? I tried to access it today, and it was gone. Did he say anything about discontinuing it? I know he was going to be leaving San Francisco for the Mayo Clinic. Hopefully, he will start the Blog back up again, or keep up his communications with us through the ER Forum.
OAP - I wish you well. Take care.
OAP - I wish you well. Take care.
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He posted some personal family information lately, and maybe thought better of it (or got an earful) and took it offline. I was able to read the blog last night (or maybe it was this morning), but not now.
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I was cajoled, prodded and threatened by a very good friend on this board to get my padded posterior to Mayo, and so I did. Impressed is too mild.
Right to the point: My tests and results.
Tuesday 8:00AM- Blood Venipuncture= Everything normal except low red blood cell count.
Tuesday 9:00AM- Mid-Stream Urine= Everything perfectly normal.
Tuesday 11:00AM- CT Full Body Scan = Lots of nifty masses and compost pile leftovers to look at tomorrow.
Wednesday 8:00AM- Nurse spends 30 minutes verifying that all my records were interpreted by her and the doctor. He is reading the summary as we speak.
Wednesday 8:30AM- Dr. Leibovich (specialist in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Metastatic Disease) gives me his professional opinion on each and every mass/tumor/nodule/cyst/abscess and assorted other intra-abdominal trash.
1) Lung nodule - Non-cancerous and most likely a granuloma in the process of calcification. Has been evaluated by Dr Wigle a Thoracic Cancer specialist. Appointment for 1:00PM with Dr. Wigle is cancelled for lack of need. Not an issue.
*** Has not grown between Feb. CT-Scan and most current scan on Oct 10.
2) Liver cyst - Very tiny and completely without a blood supply, a feature that the Dr. says is very common in older people.
*** Has not grown between Feb. CT-Scan and most current scan on Oct 10.
3) Kidney mass - He compares it to similar tissue nearby and says it is a combination of scar formation and dried blood because it keeps shrinking from CT to next CT. Meaning it is being slowly re-absorbed. He feels that (based on pos-op pathology report)I had a T1a size with Furhman grade 2 and that I am very unlikely to have metastatic disease. And that CTs and MRIs confirm that.
Friday 7:30AM CT scan with smoothie (banana) and iodine dye. Lots of angles.
Friday 9:15AM Appt. with Infectious Disease specialist
4. Abscess capsule - After a CT on Tuesday and one on Friday with Smoothie and dye, the infectious disease Dr. (full professor) called the radiologist for a real-time discussion of the resulting CT scan and said: "The radiologist and I concur that your abscess is gone and their is no fluid in the abdomen. Get the PICC line removed at your conveience, stop Imipenem." Blood work shows no microbes.
So, here it is Saturday 14-Oct-2006 and I have been given a very good report on my health and a very good outlook for 10 year success rate. A new lease.
I'm wondering if a quick face-lift and a trip to meet the Japanese honey might be a nice reward. Yeah, I'm wondering.
Thanks for asking. (I erased nothing)
Right to the point: My tests and results.
Tuesday 8:00AM- Blood Venipuncture= Everything normal except low red blood cell count.
Tuesday 9:00AM- Mid-Stream Urine= Everything perfectly normal.
Tuesday 11:00AM- CT Full Body Scan = Lots of nifty masses and compost pile leftovers to look at tomorrow.
Wednesday 8:00AM- Nurse spends 30 minutes verifying that all my records were interpreted by her and the doctor. He is reading the summary as we speak.
Wednesday 8:30AM- Dr. Leibovich (specialist in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Metastatic Disease) gives me his professional opinion on each and every mass/tumor/nodule/cyst/abscess and assorted other intra-abdominal trash.
1) Lung nodule - Non-cancerous and most likely a granuloma in the process of calcification. Has been evaluated by Dr Wigle a Thoracic Cancer specialist. Appointment for 1:00PM with Dr. Wigle is cancelled for lack of need. Not an issue.
*** Has not grown between Feb. CT-Scan and most current scan on Oct 10.
2) Liver cyst - Very tiny and completely without a blood supply, a feature that the Dr. says is very common in older people.
*** Has not grown between Feb. CT-Scan and most current scan on Oct 10.
3) Kidney mass - He compares it to similar tissue nearby and says it is a combination of scar formation and dried blood because it keeps shrinking from CT to next CT. Meaning it is being slowly re-absorbed. He feels that (based on pos-op pathology report)I had a T1a size with Furhman grade 2 and that I am very unlikely to have metastatic disease. And that CTs and MRIs confirm that.
Friday 7:30AM CT scan with smoothie (banana) and iodine dye. Lots of angles.
Friday 9:15AM Appt. with Infectious Disease specialist
4. Abscess capsule - After a CT on Tuesday and one on Friday with Smoothie and dye, the infectious disease Dr. (full professor) called the radiologist for a real-time discussion of the resulting CT scan and said: "The radiologist and I concur that your abscess is gone and their is no fluid in the abdomen. Get the PICC line removed at your conveience, stop Imipenem." Blood work shows no microbes.
So, here it is Saturday 14-Oct-2006 and I have been given a very good report on my health and a very good outlook for 10 year success rate. A new lease.
I'm wondering if a quick face-lift and a trip to meet the Japanese honey might be a nice reward. Yeah, I'm wondering.
Thanks for asking. (I erased nothing)
haha
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Congratulations Man, you must feel likea kid on the first day of summer vacation.
Have fun and don't be a stranger.
Ha
Have fun and don't be a stranger.
Ha
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WooHoo!
I recommend celebrating with some Ella ( :)...Bluella and the Ken Burn's Ella Fitzgerald album are my faves at the moment. You can't help but get up & dance with joy (at least on the inside-) to Duke's Place and Betcha Nickel!
I recommend celebrating with some Ella ( :
)...Bluella and the Ken Burn's Ella Fitzgerald album are my faves at the moment. You can't help but get up & dance with joy (at least on the inside-) to Duke's Place and Betcha Nickel!
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Great news!!! and ty for the update and a BIG Thank You for whom ever pushed you in the right direction.
Brat
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The greatest of news!!
The Mayo is a wonderful institution, but Rochester in the winter isn't.
My daughter once told me that short of a friend who has appointed themselves your personal matchmaker, Table for 6 is the best singles intro program in the Bay Area . Go for it!
The Mayo is a wonderful institution, but Rochester in the winter isn't.
My daughter once told me that short of a friend who has appointed themselves your personal matchmaker, Table for 6 is the best singles intro program in the Bay Area . Go for it!
REWahoo
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Congratulations on the good news and thanks for sharing it with us.
Here's hoping you've got many more years to perfect your skills at being a dirty old man.
Here's hoping you've got many more years to perfect your skills at being a dirty old man.
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OAP......pretty nice. As one who has had his share of scares/work/tests,
I think I know how you feel.
Your blow by blow update reminds me of a Christmas letter sent
(without my input) by a former S.O. I will save that story; maybe for the holidays.
JG
I think I know how you feel.
Your blow by blow update reminds me of a Christmas letter sent
(without my input) by a former S.O. I will save that story; maybe for the holidays.
JG
