[msb-alumni] Re: Medical Update

  • From: Lucy Edmonds <lucyjean11@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 20:00:48 -0400

Well Mark, if everything is normal, they either say grossly unremarkable, or 
grossly normal. Sounds like things are doing pretty good. Still, lots of 
prayers are coming your way. Rob, same goes for you. I hope to call both of you 
as soon as I can. Love , Lucy Edmonds class of 73

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> On May 27, 2014, at 11:38 PM, "Mark Martin" <mbmartin1984@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I got the results of my ct scan and chest x-ray.  Other than the fact that I 
> have a cyst on my left kidney, everything looks good internally.  Whoever put 
> this thing together has a unique perspective I must say.  It reads something 
> like this: heart grossly unremarkable, lungs grossly unremarkable, kidneys 
> grossly unremarkable, liver grossly unremarkable and so on.  You get the 
> drift.  My prostate is enlarged but I guess there shouldn’t be any real 
> surprise with that.  It seems to me that with my innards pretty much being 
> regarded as grossly umremarkable, it almost seems as though the technicians 
> are disappointed that they didn’t find a bunch of tumors and cancer and the 
> like.  So what I am wondering from you brains out there, is what might the 
> opposite of grossly unremarkable be? The next thing now on the agenda for me 
> is a second opinion from a doctor at Beaumont Hospital scheduled for June 19. 
>  If he offers the same options as I now have, those being prostate removal or 
> radiation, then I will need to decide between the two doctors for treatment.  
> As much as I don’t like the idea of having my prostate taken out, I don’t 
> think I will do radiation.  Thanks to all of you who have posted your kind 
> thoughts prayers and good wishes, and as well to  all your prayers and good 
> wishes from those of you who have communicated personally as well.  I will 
> keep you all tuned in to as we move forward from this point.
>  
> Mark Martin, 73.
>  
>  
> <Mark.vcf>

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