RE: [prayer] long and not too fun.
Posted by: kevin.s.schroeter <kevin.s.schroeter@...>
with you!
In His Spirit,
Kevin
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From: Danny Southard [mailto:dsouthard@georgefyoung.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:22 AM
To: churchbass
Subject: [CB] [prayer] long and not too fun.
Okay, this first part is from my younger brother Dion, who is a church
bass player, though as of yet not a church bass member:
"I just got back from seeing doctor #5! I do have a mass, which he
confirmed, in addition to the gyne- comastia on my right side. It means
that instead of being something that no one cares about, it has to come
out, and sooner rather than later. They will probably do an "excision
biopsy", which means that they won't cut me twice. I am just hoping that
Cigna will cover it, because it seems to be something that they don't
feel is entirely necessary. The doc also said that I should be more
concerned with what is causing these growth, because both gynecomastia
and mass are incredibly rare at my age (34). He cited three main causes:
(1) smoking major amounts of pot (as much as I would probably enjoy
that, I don't smoke pot at all), (2) steroids (ummm, not unless I have
missed something, so that's out), and (3) a tumor, possibly in the
brain, or elsewhere in the body (ok that is a good one, and scary as
hell!!!)."
I got this message three weeks ago, but as I'm still having difficulty
worrying about anything other than my wife, I chose not to tell you
guys, partly because of why Chris always tries not to share burdens, and
partly because I'm just stupid. So, okay, I can mention my car, but I
can't mention my brother. Whatever; I guess I mentioned the car because
it puts stress on my wife. Well, it isn't just my one brother anymore.
My youngest bro also has problems, and though he's a serious
hypochondriac, there is a germ of reality in what he wrote me two weeks
ago:
"I had an MRI last week on my back and saw the doctor today. I have a
herniated disc, which means possible surgery or Physical Therapy and
Traction. If they decide to do PT and it fails, my only other option is
surgery. AND I HAVE to do something, because if I don't the nerve will
eventually be crushed and the paralysis would be permanent. So its a
gamble no matter how you look at it."
He goes on in even more dramatic fashion, but the doctors did choose PT
for him, thought he says he's not responding well and is in even more
pain. I think he wants surgery, but I don't think the doctors will fail
and paralyze him. Anyway, I still didn't mention anything to you guys,
for whatever reasons that now escape me.
I know what you're thinking: What an incredible deal! But wait, there's
more! Now my dad has admitted to having chest pains off and on for the
last month or so, and now he's in the hospital. Basically, his potassium
level dropped to 2.9, and his heart rate is about 39 beat per minute,
which I didn't think was possible to achieve while conscious. Today at
2pm he is having a cardiac catheter put in; they also found a mass on
his genitals so they are running new prostate tests to rule out prostate
cancer (which would explain the low potassium levels). He will need to
have a pacemaker put in as well (not today though), so he will be in for
a while this time around.
Okay, now I admit that this is totally too much for me to handle on my
own. Not that I'm "handling" anything other than how I react to all
this, but even that is becoming overwhelming now.
Though I assure you I have done nothing in my life to make myself worthy
of comparisons to Job, I am beginning to get a feel for what he must
have felt like. Of course, my children are doing fine, so it's not the
same thing by a long shot. Anyway, I'm beginning to sound like a country
song, and I hate country. Well, I like Big Country, but that's another
story...
Prayers would really be appreciated.
dAN
"But I didn't. I only knew that you'd know that I knew. Did you know
that?" - Casanova Frankenstein
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