[Coco] OT - been away for a bit

[Jim Cox]

Hi Ken:

I haven't been through anything like what you are going 
through, though my thoughts are with you.

Best regards.

-Jim

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:32:43 -0400 (EDT)
  Ken Carlin <carlin at nauticom.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> This seemed to be the easiest way to contact everyone at 
>once that might
> have emailed me recently.  I haven't been around much 
>and I wanted to
> apologize for not replying if you've emailed me.
> 
> Been a rough month.  I was diagnosed with a brain tumor 
>- it's on my
> pituitary gland.  It's been slowly growing to the point 
>of pushing on my
> optic nerve and causing me to lose some vision.  The 
>good news is that (a)
> they caught it, (b) it's not cancerous, and (c) they can 
>treat it with
> medicine instead of having to remove it.  The treatment 
>has already
> restored some of my vision, and I'm hopeful more will 
>return in time.
> I'll know how well the pills are working on my next 
>doctor visit.
> 
> If anybody else has been through this, I'd appreciate 
>hearing your story.
> 
> And it's good to be able to read the list messages 
>again!
> 
> --Ken
> 
> 
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