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To: old-ager; All
Thank you for posting this, old-ager, and thank you all for praying for me! Here's what's happening: I was having coughing and shortness of breath for some weeks, so I saw a pulmonologist. They did a biopsy, and I found out earlier this week that the mass in my right lung is indeed cancerous (which is weird, since I've never been a smoker). Yesterday they did an MRI of my brain, and the good news is, they found nothing! ;-) Tomorrow I get a PET scan to see if any cancerous cells have spread elsewhere in my body, and I meet with the oncology team to plan treatment going forward.

But I am baptized, which means that anything that happens to me has to go through my loving heavenly Father. My trust and confidence are in the Lord.

And just to show you that I am not wallowing in doom and gloom, here is a picture of me from the other night, on National Tequila Day, when I made margaritas and my wife made burgers on the grill!


35 posted on 07/26/2023 9:59:26 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Lutheran pastor, LCMS)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Prayers up for your full recovery, Charles Henrickson.


38 posted on 07/29/2023 12:22:03 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Tomorrow I get a PET scan to see if any cancerous cells have spread elsewhere in my body, and I meet with the oncology team to plan treatment going forward.

On your Facebook page you mentioned that the PET scan detected no spread to the rest of your body. Any more updates? The good news is it appears to have been detected early which is key.

39 posted on 07/31/2023 4:07:36 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
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