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Health Stuff
By: RevJohn77 Date: March 3, 2013, 8:10 pm
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Hi everyone,
I haven't been on for quite sometime. Kind of taken a back seat
to anything involving my computer including Facebook and games.
I've just been trying to do a few different things and working
on other things with my wife as well as doing some nice riding.
Quite a few years I was diagnosed with a small goiter on my
thyroid and all has been well until recent days. It has recently
started to cause me some problems - so I have had an ultrasound
and an MRI preformed. I saw the OTO (throat doctor) on 2/26 to
go over the MRI results and he recommended surgery for full
removal. He said he has done over 400 thyroidectomies and this
is the largest thyroid goiter he has seen. It is compressing
over 50% of my windpipe and can cause major problems if not
taken care of ASAP. Because I have so many nodules and the gland
being as big as it is - I need to see an endocrinologist (blood
specialist) and have biopsies done to see if there is any cancer
present. He asked his nurse to schedule this quickly because he
would like to operate on it ASAP. I also need to have some other
clearances done quickly so I can schedule this properly. If all
goes as planned, the surgery is either on March 19th or April
25th - much depends on the endocrinologist's findings. None the
less, it will happen. They plan to get me on as soon as they
can. The OTO went over all of the possibilities with Aggie (my
wife) & me - which was very good, but also made us aware of the
risks involved. The risk is based on the massive size of my
thyroid. Normally thyroid surgery is outpatient and usually
about 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. But my surgery will take
approximately 3-3 1/2 hours and is in-patient with a 1 or 2 day
hospital stay. So, next step is to get all of the ducks in a row
so we can move forward and take care of this situation. Any and
all prayers are requested for me, as well as for Aggie who is
going to have her hands full with a not so patient patient.
Thanks everyone. I do have faith in the Great Physician and am
praying that he guide the surgeons hands and all who are
involved in this surgery.
God bless - John :)
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Re: Health Stuff
By: portabill Date: March 3, 2013, 8:15 pm
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Prayers, John.....
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Re: Health Stuff
By: bholmes Date: March 3, 2013, 8:26 pm
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I'll keep you in my prayers John. Hopefully it all goes well.
Keep us posted and let us know if we can help in anyway.
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Re: Health Stuff
By: ccriderstaff Date: March 3, 2013, 10:27 pm
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Hello John, I will pray for you.
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Re: Health Stuff
By: TL*5 Date: March 4, 2013, 9:18 am
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Praying for you Jon, Anything you need.
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Re: Health Stuff
By: JasonLester Date: March 4, 2013, 1:29 pm
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Praying for you
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Re: Health Stuff
By: Spanner Date: March 16, 2013, 11:58 am
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My Brother we are still here and pray that the best possible
outcome for you and your family is seen. God Bless you.
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Re: Health Stuff
By: RevJohn77 Date: March 25, 2013, 11:04 pm
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Update on pending thyroid surgery. I have been seeing all sorts
of specialists in order to get surgery clearance. Today I took a
6 minute stress test together with heart imaging. I get the
results on Wednesday morning. Then that afternoon I have to get
a biopsy on the thyroid for post-surgical treatment. If there is
any cancer - it will change the post-op treatment. So far still
scheduled for April 25th. Please keep my wife and I in prayer.
We are comfortable in the Lord with this process, but our
humanity slips in and we are also anxious. We know that we are
not be anxious, but it does creep in. I will try to update prior
to surgery when I know more about wh :)at it will entail. Thanks
for praying. God bless. :)
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Re: Health Stuff
By: SteveWasion Date: March 27, 2013, 12:02 pm
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Just seeing this.
I'm sure you know that for you (but perhaps not for your wife)
this is a win/win.
If God wants you to be here, you'll be here.
Having been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2005 (after
a devastating motorcycle accident), and then with Prostate
Cancer in 2010, I often wonder why I'm still hanging around. I
had the right half of my thyroid removed about four years ago, I
guess for giggles since cancer was suspected, but after the
fact, not detected. I've been scoped and poked and looked into
and through so often that I wonder sometimes how I'll find time
to ride. The thing is: other than the incessant testing, none
of these diagnoses have changed my lifestyle a whit (though old
age seems to be making something of a difference). I continue
to work full-time at a prison. I continue to serve Christ and
my church as an adult Sunday School teacher and a Deacon. You
know, sometimes it seems like "I can do all things through
Christ, who strengthens me."
So it appears that God has already decided my fate, and I'm just
waiting for the other shoe to drop, but really? I mean, God
knows - I don't. So far, the blessings of my diagnoses have far
outweighed the curses. Think - FOCUS. Either of us could be
taken out by a truck on our next ride. Either of us could have
been taken out by a multitude of trucks on hundreds of previous
rides. Were we? I can only speak for myself, but, I don't
think so. God will keep me around as long as He wants to keep
me here.
The last thing I want to do is to abandon my wife and my
children and my grandchildren to this sick and sinful world, but
when God says, "Let's go", I'll be gone. No regrets. God is
good - ALL the time.
Just the same - praying for you and the missus. Please
reciprocate.
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Re: Health Stuff
By: RevJohn77 Date: April 8, 2013, 4:57 pm
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Thank you Steve. My wife is very much a prayer warrior and has
complete faith. The problem we all face is that our humaness
sometimes gets in the way and we don't focus on Him as we
should. As I write this it is 17 days until surgery and we know
that the Great Physician will see us through.
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