It was Hatari, PF.

Wish we were in Cleveland right now. :(

Anyway, looking forward to seeing OF and his lady on the 19th. Two very special people!

Mrs. and I tried very hard to find some red, white and blue patriotic panties to send to PF to use as the "PIR (Pixies in Residence) flag," but alas, none quite met the high standard we place on this noble symbol of Pixieland.

For me, it looks like on the 18th, I'll be taking some pre-surgery tests at the hospital here in anticipation of surgery on the 24th to remove the cancer nodule on my lung. The cancer is actually (and I may have said this before somewhere) a sneaky little set of cells from the colon cancer I had removed three years ago. The nodule is very small and the surgeon is an exceptional doctor that did my bypass surgery back in 2002. He indicated that there's about a 99.5% probability he can get it all and while removing this nodule, will try to assure no other suspicious activity is present.

Cancer was caught VERY early. The doctor's said that a small nodule would be considered any in the 0-3cm range. Mine is less than 1cm and probably could not have been detected much before now. That's good news.

Bad news is that I'll probably be gone from Pixies for the 3 or 4 days I'll be in the hospital; and, after I get home it may still be a bit before I'm up to sitting at the terminal and typing very much; but, hopefully that won't be that long.

:thumbs:

Well, that gives you these six days to visit here! :) (positive spin here)

Great news DB. That sounds like the best sentence I've ever heard when the word 'cancer' was in it. :thumbs:

I have a friend whose hubby has colon cancer as well. His sneaky little bits ended up by his pancreas and can not be removed. Your news sounds 849257285742957 times better. You will be in my thoughts. I know the Dr. will send you home cancer free!

(sympathetic head bobs) to DicksBro. And to Lilith.

Sounds like you've got the right doc on the job, DB. Sending good thoughts and healing energy your way.

DB that is really good news. My thoughts are with you too.

Sorry to hear that db, sounds like your in good hands though. Best of British luck from Baron :-)

Thanks everybody. I really appreciate your kind words. I am lucky. I do have a great doctor, lots of great people praying for me or sending good vibes my way; and, a lot of faith in my Lord. As I told a friend, what's the worst that can happen ... I get an invite to Heaven? See ... no worries. ;) And, like jseal said, I still have a few days before the surgery and I won't be gone long. :thumbs:

Glad they caught it early DB will keep you in our prayers!

Thanks, jay-t! :thumbs:

Surgery has been pushed back to August 7th. Evidently the doctor or hospital had a problem and called. They wanted (at first) to move it up, but that just wasn't possible and so the date of August 7th was chosen. So, on the positive side, that gives me a couple more weeks at Pixies before I'll be gone for a little while. :thumbs:

Ha! That just means that you'll have a couple more weeks to take my Winnah's Trophy from from me! Very crafty!

Whatever works, DB. Hope it does.