the phone call finally comes
November 6, 2007We finally got the pathology results from the Mayo Clinic late this afternoon and the word is benign. Yay! The tumor contained dysplasia which means it was on its way to becoming cancer, and would have definitely been cancer if we’d waited much longer, but there was no cancer yet. So we are done, done, done. Out of the woods and out of the tumor business. Wahoo!
Dr. Devine said it is possible that particular section of the colon might try to sprout another tumor in the future so Morley will need a check up in six months, another in a year, and regular check ups after that, but if another one sprouts it will be easy to remove it if its caught early. Dr. Devine mentioned there is a colorectal doc here in Atlanta who is a graduate of the Mayo and asked if we wanted him to send copies of Morley’s medical records to him so he’ll have them for Morley’s follow up exams. Let me think about that for a second: heck, yeahhhh!!!
I don’t mean to dwell on this, but can you even imagine how we’d feel right now if we’d allowed that first surgeon to do what he wanted–to remove that entire section of colon and give Morley a permanent colostomy–for what turned out to be a benign tumor? I honestly don’t know if I would have lived long enough to forgive him, truly I don’t.
Morley is going to make an appointment to see the first surgeon just to talk about what happened in hopes it might make him a little more open minded with the next guy who comes along with Morley’s condition. Who knows why his mind was so set on there being only one workable solution, but maybe Morley’s experience will help him realize his ”fix it once and for all” approach is not always the best medicine.
Anyway, that’s all behind us now and we got the best possible news today. We are over the moon with happiness around this house tonight.
Love
Susan and “Good As New” Morley
Fantastic! We were all awaiting the final results.
If the Atlanta surgeon had done the deal, you all might never have known that it was unnecessary. You know that there must be other unsuspecting souls walking around with unnecessary colostomies. So sad.
Greetings Susan and Good as New Morley,
It brings great satisfaction and joy to me to hear your absolutely great news. Not that I expected anything else! Again, I can’t wait to tell the church about the final word. We have a saying around the church, “If God said it, that’s it!” He said, I am the Lord who heals you! I can imagine your bliss, please know we are rejoicing with you. Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
Be Blessed!
Pastor’s Terry & Terri Payne
Temple of Praise Worship Center International, Inc.
P.O. Box 3356
Riverview, FL 33568
Email: tpwci@aol.com
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy and excited for you BOTH! I hate that you had been put through this horrible roller coaster ride. I would definitely be making a visit to your first “so called” doctor and his partners to discuss their failures as medical professionals!
Morley you are certainly a blessed man in more ways than one. Susan you are certainly still one of a kind!
I am so happy for you. I buried my Dad two years ago because of a Dr. like the one in Atlanta. Daddy’s tumor was not malignant either and I ask him the day before the surgery to please not be so drastic unless he was sure that it was malignant. I felt my Father was to old to endure such a bad surgery but he did not care and now we have a tremendous void.
Like you said I will never live long enough to forgive him. I wish there was something I could do to avoid this from happening to anyone else.
I live in the Atlanta area also.
Teresa