MagicWishes

Thanks Ned! I have posted over there. Thank you kindly, sir! Scott

Judy, Oh how I wish I was in Key West! My second home!!! I own a magic shop in Gatlinburg, TN and I have KW memorabilia all over the shop. I first went down there in 90 when my in-laws lived in Big Pine Key. My wife and I spent our 15th anniversary there, and also spent a month down there last year in Dec as well as Fantasy Fest. I love seeing my friend Frank Everhart Jr at Schooner Wharf at night. He is one of the great bar magicians, and a super guy. I had planned to spend Jan & Feb down there but now this cancer thing has popped up and screwed up my life for a while. Scott

Thanks everyone! I saw the surgeon today. He showed me the PET scan and one of the tumors (I have two in the same lobe) appears to have penetrated the chest wall in the back just under my shoulder blade. He said he would probably have to remove 2 or 3 ribs, and if he removes 3, he may have to put some mesh in there to hold everything together. I have a question; when they cut the ribs, do they remove the entire rib, or just a section, and how do they rebuild it? I can't find anything online, and I was so stunned when he told me, all I could think about was getting home to get online and do some searching. The other tumor is right beside the sup vena cava but he doesn't think that it has attached itself to the vein, but he won't know until he gets in there. I may be talking to another surgeon, but it looks like either way my surgery will be the second week of January. They plan on doing a URL lobectomy. Any help or advice will be appreciated! Scott

That is really good Ned! LOL! Thanks for all of the wonderful replies and support. Because my doctors believe that I could have two separate cases of cancer at the same time, they staged me at 3A instead of 3B which is what I should be staged at with 2 tumors in the same lobe. The new proposed staging would make me a 3A, so they went with that. I could actually have 2 - 1A's! Thanks for all of the support! Scott

I have recently been dx with NSCLC adenocarcinoma stage 3A. I have two tumors on my upper right lobe. I meet with my surgeon tomorrow morning (12-22-08) do decide when we will have surgery URL lobectomy. I am a sleight of hand artist and entertainer. If I were a true magician there would be a lot less suffering in this world. The true magicians are the caregivers and families. "Kill the demon - lay him to rest Use all your muscle - put a knife in his chest If he quivers - if he ain't dead Pull back the covers - cut off his head Kill the demon!" Scott