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alantig
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But...  Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:59 pm |
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Puppy Monkey Alan!
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Not me, at least not today.
My wife had her first follow-up CT scan since she had her appendix removed last summer and it turned out to be cancerous. Doc came in and said, "I looked at your scan, and it's perfect. Totally clean." See you in a year. It was a big relief for her - I think there must be a sense of doubt until you pass that first hurdle. It's not often that you get to use 'lucky' and 'cancer' in the same sentence, but she had quite the streak with this - freak discovery when they did a scan for something else (she had zero symptoms - no indication at all that anything was wrong), it turned out to be low-grade, and it was all contained within the appendix. So, no chemo, no radiation, nothing. Just follow-ups.
So. Whee!
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:05 pm |
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The Last Hippie
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alantig wrote: Not me, at least not today.
My wife had her first follow-up CT scan since she had her appendix removed last summer and it turned out to be cancerous. Doc came in and said, "I looked at your scan, and it's perfect. Totally clean." See you in a year. It was a big relief for her - I think there must be a sense of doubt until you pass that first hurdle. It's not often that you get to use 'lucky' and 'cancer' in the same sentence, but she had quite the streak with this - freak discovery when they did a scan for something else (she had zero symptoms - no indication at all that anything was wrong), it turned out to be low-grade, and it was all contained within the appendix. So, no chemo, no radiation, nothing. Just follow-ups.
So. Whee!  take her out for a big valentine's day dinner and celebrate.
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Smiff
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:59 pm |
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I'm so happy to hear that Alan. I can't imagine how worried you must have been. 
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Rawburn
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:00 pm |
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Great news!
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:04 pm |
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DanO
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:07 pm |
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Charles
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:43 pm |
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Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine
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Congrats!!!!!!
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JohnG
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:10 pm |
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Boney Fingers Jones
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Buy a guitar to celebrate! 
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:18 pm |
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Yes...my real name is Steve..REALLY! ;)
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That's awesome Alan. Congrats to you both! Sometimes you just have to step back and feel thankful.
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Kid Bailey
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:41 pm |
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Great, great news. I hope you get the same good news with every follow-up.
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:43 pm |
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Awesome news!!!!
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:52 pm |
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The Pope of Pop!
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Wonderful news Alan! Glad you shared it with us.
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Rick A
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:44 pm |
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I am so very happy about the outcome. God Bless you and your family!
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alantig
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:00 pm |
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Puppy Monkey Alan!
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Smiff wrote: I'm so happy to hear that Alan. I can't imagine how worried you must have been. Horribly worried - I was imagining having to get my own drinks, do laundry, clean the house...  Seriously, though - thanks everybody. I can't say it was totally out of mind, but it wasn't something we sweated about every day. But we knew the test was coming, and there's always a nugget of doubt until you get past it. It was actually more of a concern going for the CT scan. The doc wanted a heavy contrast scan, which means dye, and she hadn't had a scan with dye in about 25 years because she had a reaction and stopped breathing. But this guy is really good, really reassured her, and provided good instructions on the script to make sure she was premedicated properly for the test. And it all went well. Today was a breeze compared to that.
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Geff R.
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:56 pm |
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I love Music & hate brickwalled audio
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Awesome & congrats!
I got less important but somewhat similar good news earlier in the week: I've been living in a lead & Arsenic contaminated area since 2001 & my first test for it ever came back clean.
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Jeff
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:30 am |
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Congrats to you and her, Alan! 
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Post subject: I Know Everyone Likes To Complain A Bit, But... Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:06 am |
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This is wonderful Alan as are you and your family.
Cancer has been very cruel to my family, and I will keep your wife in my thoughts.
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