On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:29:33 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

I have friends here that care, other readers please ignore.

We were at Mayo Monday and Wednesday.

We now have a course of action and treatment.

Diagnosis is 99% sure that Mary's disease is primary light-chain
amyloidosis involving her heart and gut. The 1% doubt that will be
resolved with lab results not yet available concerns the particular
form of the disease but it's really a matter of i-dotting and
t-crossing confirmation of other diagnostic results.

This is an incurable disease, a form of cancer. It's akin to leukemia
in that it involves white blood cells, different in that it involves
different white cells.

****, ****, ****. Condolences to both of you, Don.


Mary's sense of humor is undiminished.

Good. Have you called Drs. House and/or Wilson out of retirement yet?


We noted this evening that Rochester is 90 minutes bed-to-bed. That's
an easy commute. We'll probably be doing that with some frequency.

Suckage.

--
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim