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TODAY.....The Day of NEWS....The What is IT NEWS.......And it could be a lost worst! First, the surgeon said, "Yeah, just I like thought.....lymphoma. And he sounded if that was good news. I thought that he menth it was not a big deed....that it was benign. But after questioning...he said that it was malignant. and would have to be "taken car of". After getting the news behind us, I asked if he had done his "home work" I had given him. He said, "what was that?" and reminded him that I had told him to tell his wife what a great job she had done in dessigning his office. He said, "come with me and I will let you find out for yourself"....and we went looking for his wife. She was the beautiful blond that had escorted from the waiting room to our first stop. We then spend 20-25 minutes visiting with her, taking photos, and getting an indepth explatnations of the design and furnishing of their "top of the line" office. We documented with many photographs!

Next doctors stop was with the doctor that has my future in his hand. Turned out....he is the one that we knew well for a 3 year period 10 years ago in Toastmasters. We like him and his staff. We were his 19th patient for day...as of 1:45 PM. After lengthy visit, he summed up by saying it is not good what we have.....but we could have done a lot worst. How bad is it? That depends on a bone marrow test, a PET test, and a heart test to determine how much I can handle. We did the bone marrow test this afternoon, will do heart test tomorrow, and the PET test ASAP....probably Wednesday. The net result of these test will determine what stage am I in.....and that determinds how long I will be on ChemoTherpy. He is guessing that we are in the intermediate stage. Tomorrow we will go through an indocrination on chemotherpy which is not what I though it was. I assumed that it was like an X-Ray....but it is intravaneous feeling of special medication that attachs the cancerous cell. Each treatment will be an all day affair that does have some side effects......including loss of hair. The good news is that you save money on haircuts....until it comes back sometimes thicker...and with curls. How do you think Papa wll look with curls? Now that's a good question. We probably will not know the actual stage until next week when all test are back....but we will be well on our way by that time. Looks as though my hat collection might come in handy. It's been a good Day. We now know! J & J.

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