Hang in there, Sweetie. And I would be honored for Lynn to share my
bracelet!

Hugs, DeeTee

I should mention that the losing the roof part was just an expression - no
structural damage was actually done!

nann, i hope the surgery is Easy with a capital E and that your
surgeon can do it laproscopically.

of you that young men call "juicy" is a lymph node....... <<

lol. at least you still have your sense of humor.

i'll be sending good vibes your way tomorrow.

hugs,

diane

Nann,

still thinking of you and sending healing thoughts, wisdom for the drs to
know what the heck you are dealing with and fix it once and for all. Prayers
that all goes well and it is something fixeable and that you heal quickly.

Prayers going out for Lynne too.

and it sounds like things "have been insanely busy lately" for you, too!
that choir must have sounded super!

seems like you have all the pre-op stuff out of the way for tomorrow's
surgical procedure.  my thoughts and prayers are ongoing that all goes well
and that you do get some answers.  you cracked me up with your "juicy"
quip.<g>  somehow, humor always seems to help.  my fingers are crossed re:
you being off fosamax for awhile, too.

i once tried to "walk" one of our cats out on a leash, years ago.  he kept
wanting to be in "rub my belly" mode, and had a bad case of floppsies and
playing yarnball, instead of walkies.  i think he thought the harness and
leash were on him as a challenge for his ability to entangle himself and
wrestle with it.  so, i gave up on leashes for cats.  i'm always amazed when
anyone can walk a cat on a leash.  puddin' must look so cute on a leash.

i'm a little more than halfway through harry potter.  it's really a good
read!  i know i'm enjoying it.  hope you are, too.

that's a sweet idea about the bracelet.  i still wear mine and think of lynn
because of it.

lots of love and hugs,

kate

Ok, I'm almost done reading through all the posts I downloaded through
Sunday
morning.  Things have been insanely busy lately.  If any of you heard about
a
small church in NE Michigan lsing its roof Sunday morning, that was one of
our churches when 12 members of the St. Paul Episcopal Church Gospel Choir
from Flint pretended they were a choir of 50.  This was the second year
they've come up and sung for us and it was again wonderful.

On other stuff:  My PCP signed off on me last Thursday at my physical and
urged me to be patient with the process all these specialists are torturing
me with.  He was sympathetic to my cries of having more interesting things
to
do, but agrees that the enlarged lymph nodes should be checked out in light
of my weird labs.  We're doing my follow-up bone density in hopes of
gettting
me off Fosamax for a while.  Cross your fingers, that stuff is a pain to
take.

My dentist signed off on me Thursday PM - only one little hint of a cavity
that he'll fill next month before it becomes more of a problem.  Good idea,
with my lousy teeth!  We'll start on the next crown after the first of the
year.

Drove cross-state to see my surgeon Friday.  Everything's on to "pluck out"
a
lymph node this Thursday.  He said they were definitely enlarged on CT, some
were really "juicy".  sigh.........  a real sign of turning 50 when the part
of you that young men call "juicy" is a lymph node.......  He's holding out
hope of doing it laproscopically, but may need to make an incision large
enough to get his hand in.  1-3 nights in the hospital, but Mike has
services
Sunday, so hopefully only 2.

Friday evening through Sunday noon was mostly taken up with the visiting
choir, though I took Saturday off for some housework, rest and college
football.  (Go Gators!)  Yesterday we went walking at a nearby state park
with Puddin' Cat on his leash and plum wore him out.  Much too sunny of a
day
for a cat as hairy as he and he won't jump in the lake as a dog would.

In and amongst all of this, I've been reading Harry Potter which Mike got at
the library Friday.  Need to get to finishing it so Mike can have it!

We'll leave for Petoskey either tomorrow afternoon or Thursday morning,
depending on when they schedule me - they can't tell me a time until
tomorrow.  Luckily they have a decent and affordable Hospitality House there
where we have reservations.  Please cross your fingers that somewhere
between
this biopsy and the hematology appointment next week we finally get some
answers about what's going on!

Oh, and an update on Mike's cousin-in-law, Lynn (no "e", it turns out).  Her
cancer is all breast cancer, with metastases to various places.  From the
email we got last week: "Today we met with the oncologist.  She said that
Lynn is not a typical case.  Lynn doesn't have any outward symptoms (pain,
discomfort, soreness, etc.) which typically is found in a cancer patient.
She also conferred with about 6 of her colleagues to get their opinions.
She suggested that Lynn does an anti-estrogen treatment.  This will starve
and reduce the cancer - hopefully putting it into remission."  She's already
started on the treatment.  I'm adding Lynn to my DeeTee bracelet for now.  I
know it'll be alright with our genorous-hearted DeeTee.  ;-)

Nann, I love Church, but my favorite part is the singing...What a blessing
that they shared with you...
Praying for Lynn and of course You and Mike...
Hugs Cindy

Sending Good Thoughts,
{{{{Lynn,Nann }}}}

GrampaHugs,
Alex,

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Nann I can't take either Fosamax or Actonal [which is basically half
the dose of Fosamax]. I take and have been taking since it came out,
Evista. Can be taken with meals- is taken daily - and I have no side
effects. Not sure what the down side of Evista is but that other stuff
gave me heartburn which I don't have ever so don't want that.
Duckie

............ We're doing my follow-up bone density in hopes of
gettting

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