Vickie, Please pass along our thoughts and prayers to Terri. It' sounds like her radiation is more intensive than Rob’s, but we aren’t really sure how long he’ll be going through treatment after the first round. Rob also wears one of those masks. Both his mouth and nose are covered, but he has no problem breathing. He says a lot of it is where they’re concentrating the dose. Marcia and Rob From: mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:53 PM To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Medical Update Well, there you go. When I spoke with Terri Kositzke earlier today, and she said she was doing radiation every day, so I’m sure that rob has been doing it much more often than what I can keep up with and so I’m glad that Marcia clarified that information. So, I think that the rest of you should know that although Terri Kositzke was told when they removed the brain tumor she had, that more than likely the tumor was not cancerous, when they ran it through the lab, the results came back positive for cancer. She said they also removed part of the bone around the tumor, and while they believe they got it all, they are performing radiation treatments. Seems like she said she has had 19 and there’s 38 more to go. She told me what occurs when she goes through the treatments and that it doesn’t hurt, and that it takes about 10 minutes for each treatment. So what a pain, having to go to the hospital every day, for just about ahalf hour at most. She said that one time when they put the mask on her head they only opened up one nostril for her to breathe out of. She said they cover her mouth, so she was glad she was a person who can breathe out of her nose. So anyway, just thought I’d let you all know. She’s also still doing physical therapy on her left foot and says she still doesn’t have feeling in parts of her foot. So anyway, we had a great conversation and I’d like to request that people pray for Terri in her recovery process. Oh, by the way, she said that Larry Posont told her that mark martin had colon cancer, so I clarified the diagnosis of prostrate cancer and updated her on both mark’s and Rob’s condition. She sends her concerns and prayers along to both mark and Rob. Vickie Rolison From: Marcia Moses Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:18 AM To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Medical Update Rob’s had eight radiation treatments and he’ll start chemo a week from today, unless they change the schedule again, smile. Marcia and Rob From: mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:43 AM To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Medical Update Wow! Praise the Lord. So now I guess we can call you grossly unremarkable. smile. I guess if it wasn’t grossly unremarkable, there would be remarks about what was wrong. So, yay! God is good and time is on your side bro. Not such good news for our friend Rob, though. He’s had three radiation treatments and his first chemo therapy today from what Marcia told me this weekend. Take care and know that I’m really glad to hear this grossly unremarkable condition. Vickie rolison From: Mark Martin Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:38 PM To: MSB Subject: [msb-alumni] Medical Update 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.