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[Guest guest]

Juel,

I don't recall, but are you near or, have access to, a large hospital with a

good cancer

facility?? My heart goes out to you. {{{{{{{{Big hug}}}}}}}

--- captwildchild wrote:

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> The news just keeps getting worse. A bone scan on 5/17 revealed cancer has now

spread to the

> pelvic bone. Also there was some concern about the neck area. So an MRI was

ordered for Monday.

> Last night we got a call from the radiation oncologist saying that there is

cancer in the first

> vertebrae and we are waiting for an appointment to be scheduled with a

neurosurgeon. They may

> want to remove the vertebrae. Probably as quickly as next week. Otherwise they

will treat it

> with radiation starting Friday.

>

> We had the Dale's 3 daughters last night and needless to say all five of us

were crying. Sounds

> like 2 of them want to spend the entire summer with us. Their mom has given

the ok. They asked

> me how long he will live. I told them I cannot answer that because we just

don’t know, but we

> are of course hoping it will be years.

>

>

> I am hanging in there. Trying to take care of me as well as everyone else, but

it is hard.

>

>

>

> Peace on the journey,

> Juel

> captwildchild@...

> ************************************

> If you are going through hell, keep going. --Winston Churchill

>

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[Guest guest]

Will look for a post tomorrow night, Juel... Will be thinking of you and Dale.

--- captwildchild wrote:

> Thank you . I know I am not alone, this group and several others have

been good sources

> of support. I also have good local support. My dad called yesterday, they live

back east, to ask

> if they needed to visit now instead of August as planned. If Dale has surgery

(we see the

> neurosurgeon tomorrow) then I may have them come out right after. By last

evening Dale was

> coming out of his funk and we were able to laugh together.

>

>

> Peace on the journey,

> Juel

> captwildchild@...

> ************************************

> If you are going through hell, keep going. --Winston Churchill

>

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