Monthly Archives: October 2007

The results

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Hi,
Kristin and I want to thank you for your continued prayers.  I am up and around and doing quite well and I am actually leaving for Florida today for meetings with my fellow finance pros.

I want to give you an update on where we are in the process with the tumor in my leg.  The second pathology report cam back positive for cancer. Discouraging, yes, however this type of cancer is very treatable, so we are not too concerned at this point.  I will have surgery on October 17th to make sure that all of the tumor and cancer cells is completely removed.  On that same day I will have a CT scan on my chest to see if it has spread to other part of my body.  As it stands, the doctor believes that it probably has not spread anywhere else and that it is just in my leg.

What to pray for:
1. Surgery – going under anesthesia again and having all of the cancerous cells removed from my leg.
2. A quick and speedy recovery
3. That the CT scan would come back negative – that there would be no other evidence of this type of cancer anywhere else in my body.
4. Our rest in the Lord as he takes us through this process.   It is great to know we serve a living God who is with us in all things.

Again, the doctor said this is very treatable and there is not a real need for concern or worry, so please pray for him as well.

Thank you again for walking with us through this, we appreciate it.

John

Update from John

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Hi all,

I pray this finds you doing well! I wanted to give you an update on my surgery. To be honest, today’s visit with the doctor was hard. I went in to have my bandages removed from my calf. He explained that the pathology report came back as a different type of tumor than originally thought. This type of tumor, {name removed to prevent spam}, is actually cancerous. However, the doctor pointed out that it there is a 98% cure rate. He even went a step further to explain that he does not like calling this type of cancer a cancer since it is so treatable. He was not happy with the pathology report and is having it sent out for a second opinion. He said this type of tumor has been very hard to diagnosis.

So where doe that leave us? As it stands, he suggested radiation, or going back in and removing all tissue around where the tumor was. This would entail moving the nerve and taking some muscle tissue. Surgery has a higher success rate, so that is the option he recommended and we are going to pursue. That is, only if the second pathology report comes back positive for cancer.

So as it stands, I have another surgery date on October 17th. Prior to surgery they will do a CT scan on my chest to make sure it has not spread elsewhere.

Can you pray for us?

Specifically…

  1. That the second pathology report would come back benign.
  2. That if I need surgery that they will remove all of the tumor cells and that I will retain muscle function and nerve function in my calf.
  3. That the CT scan will come back negative and that the only instance of this cancer in my body will be located in my leg.
  4. Pray for Kristin, she has been my Florence Nightingale and servant who has provided for me. Pray for her work load as she tends to me.
  5. Pray for my sanity – all of you know me – I hate sitting on my bum in a recliner, but this is where the Lord has me – resting.

We know that the Lord is bigger than this and we are really not too concerned because he is the great healer. It is just a bummer it has to happen.

Thank you again friends – I appreciate all of you.