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[Lightyear]

Great news Doc!  Good luck with your surgery and recovery.  Here's hoping that you have a least one hot nurse along the way! 

[sniper]

good luck bro, prayers are with you.

[eb2]

Just read this.  It is tough, but I hope all goes well.  Bona Fortuna!

[Highlander]

Keeping them crossed, Bill... keeping them crossed...

[Highlander]

Putting extra thoughts out for Bill who goes under the knife this Friday...

[dadagoboi]

How's it going, Bill?

[Dave W]

Hope everything went okay, he did say he expected to be offline a couple of weeks.

[Denis]

I hope everything's going well, Bill!

[Rob]

Same here Bill!

[Highlander]

You have not been off the radar my friend...

We all look forward to a swift recovery and finally getting that BillyBo sprayed, even more than me clearing the cobwebs from the shed...

[Pilgrim]

We just want Bill back!!  I'm deeply concerned, and I hope he's doing well!

[drbassman]

I'm back!!!!  Thanks to everyone for the wonderful thoughts and prayers before we embarked to Johns Hopkins.  We appreciate your love and caring more than we can put into words!  We really do have a wonderful community here and it always comes out when things are toughest.

Sorry it's taken me so long to send an update, but it took me a few days to settle in here at home after returning from Baltimore on Wednesday.  To be honest,  I just didn't feel well enough from the effects of the painkillers to sit on a computer, even for a few minutes.  My surgery went well.  It turned out that I had a tumor in my bile duct.  The cancer didn't spread to any other organs but some cancer cells were found in a couple lymph nodes.  So, I'll be undergoing chemo and radiation treatments when the doctors decide what that will entail.  That should start in 2-4 weeks.  I was elated and exhausted last Wednesday when we got home after a 7 hour drive.  It took me a few days to really recuperate.  I was only in the hospital for one week and then 5 days resting in a hotel waiting for clearance from my surgeon to travel home.

So, I'll spend the next few weeks getting my strength back and preparing for chemo and radiation.  Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.  The power of your collective caring is felt everyday by our family.  I'm back now and will try to contribute whatever I can!  I have lots of projects I can tackle while I'm off work, so there is a positive side to resting up!!!   

[Pilgrim]

Bill, that sounds about as good as it can be!  Not perfect, but it sounds like you will win this battle.  I'm DELIGHTED to hear it.

Hang in there, buddy!!

[TBird1958]

Take good care of yourself Bill, best wishes!

[gweimer]

Glad to have you back!  Glad things went well on this round.