I just got an email from a good friend in Japan who told me that a mutual good friend there has been diagnosed with intestinal cancer and will have surgery soon. Hirofumi ("Hiro") had a long history of stomach problems and he was in some kind of discomfort that way on his last 2-3 visits to ATL. I can't say, but that might have been his precursor to cancer. He had been seeing doctors for a long time, so he was not ignoring it.
Our worry is that Hiro is a very small man, with a fragile physical disposition. He will have to fight hard, but doesn't have a strong constitution for it. Hopefully he is a lot stronger mentally and spiritually--but I have my doubts.
So, please send him your best Team Mike (he was a regular member) Good Vibes to Hiro, and I'll keep you posted.
Mike
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Back Home, Early
We are back home, before lunch! They did not have to do a skin graft to seal the jaw area, so that cut the time for the procedure in half. We were prepared for a full day at Emory.
Dr. Roser was pleased with how it all went, and the swelling is much less than I thought it would be. In fact, I just had yogurt and some Ensure+, so already eating again. But, will be on a very soft diet until the follow up on May 13th.
The bonus Good News is that Roser removed most of the hair from inside my mouth, so I won't have to shave my lower gums any more. Life is good!
Terry went to the pharmacy to get the pain meds ordered. They will be needed less for jaw pain and more for me to cope with the reality that Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. That puts him just one election victory away from us taking up citizenship in New Zealand.
While this morning went a whole lot better than we thought, there is still a long ways to go with this stuff. Thanks for all of the Good Vibes--as always, Team Mike came through in a big way.
Mike
Dr. Roser was pleased with how it all went, and the swelling is much less than I thought it would be. In fact, I just had yogurt and some Ensure+, so already eating again. But, will be on a very soft diet until the follow up on May 13th.
The bonus Good News is that Roser removed most of the hair from inside my mouth, so I won't have to shave my lower gums any more. Life is good!
Terry went to the pharmacy to get the pain meds ordered. They will be needed less for jaw pain and more for me to cope with the reality that Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. That puts him just one election victory away from us taking up citizenship in New Zealand.
While this morning went a whole lot better than we thought, there is still a long ways to go with this stuff. Thanks for all of the Good Vibes--as always, Team Mike came through in a big way.
Mike
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