Thanks for the kind words. The surgeon said that he wanted to give the
pathologist enough time to do some more extensive testing (I think he
mentioned doing more stains than he would normally do). He did say that
he saw nothing more than the nodule that "picked up" (lit up?) in the
recent scan, and that he removed a good margin around that.

I also was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I could go home. Just one
night in the hospital! The thing that surprised me the most was how much
better I felt as soon as the doctor removed the tube (I guess the
drainage tube) from the incision. Almost immediately, I felt better.

David A.