"Alea jacta est" (the die is cast)
- Julius Caesar, as his troops crossed the Rubicon River towards Rome
The heart surgeon met with us today, made a brief cell phone call to the lung surgeon, stepped back into the room and announced that he would be operating first. So much for doctors "arm wrestling" over who gets my body first as I previously forecast.
Chemo and radiation end October 8. Then heart surgery sometime after my body recovers sufficiently. Before Thanksgiving?
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| Sew me up; I'm getting cold! |
Finally I am getting some specifics on what has been a very uncertain medical situation until today.
So keep up the good thoughts as the roller coaster continues and my battle with the back yard weeds and bamboo, and with my cancer cells continues:
From Portland - Lynn
Consider yourself dusted and vibed and keep getting better!
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Well, at least you know which scalpel-wielder gets first shot. Doctors can be so unwittingly cruel when they withold information, seemingly unaware that the worst thng for a patient is the feeling of helplessness and lack of control over your own life. I watch Darla go through it all the time.
ReplyDeleteGood news is that with no shortage of obese Americans to practice on, the heart people have gotten really good at the heart bypass stuff. Piece of cake. Not sure how to represent pixie dust graphically, but consider some sprinkled!
Big Lynn, second Poppa Lynn-- that is awesome that your tumor is shrinking. 1/2 the size it once was--wow!! Very good news. I bet it feels good to know that there is at least a plan going on for the future, as to what will happen first and second. We will be covering you with pixie dust and support from afar. Good luck with all your blackberry weeds. -Jane
ReplyDeleteI'll make arrangements for a pixie dust tornado. Nice work on the 50% decrease in size!
ReplyDeleteLynn, I had the great fortune of becoming your good friend when we started law school together in the fall of 1972. You were always fun to be around, had more great stories than anyone, were sometimes wise and always mature even then, and were the most principled person I knew.
ReplyDeleteThe incident that I remember best is when a large group of us was playing co-ed volleyball adjacent to a basketball hoop. Three giant guys, one a former college shot putter, insisted on playing basketball, and their ball would constantly rebound on to the volleyball court and they and their ball would bang into people, and they just wouldn't quit. Neither I nor anyone else was going to do anything about it, but when the basketball came your way you grabbed it and heaved it as far as you could and in a booming voice told them what you thought of their behavior. I was in awe - who does that?
Lynn, it was great getting together with you at the last law school reunion in 2010, and I look forward to getting together with you in Portland or Washington, DC, and at our next reunion in Austin in 2015. Best, Bernie
Lynn & DE,
ReplyDeleteI hope it at least feels good to have a plan in place. I'm really sorry to hear you're having to have the heart surgery in the mix with all of this, but it sure does sound like you have very good reason to be optimistic.
Thinking of you, Lynn, and sending good vibes your way from Austin.
Tara K.
I agree with Brad; heart bypass ops are a piece of cake. I just ordered Pixie Dust from Amazon. Will be delivered by AirExpress (they use pixie pilots).
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