I don't know Don Nelson, but it's always good to hear about someone who has survived such an ordeal. Add another pint to your toast. :-)
Godfrey On Mar 9, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Good news for those of you who know, or at least know of, Don Nelson, > the Pentax-shooter who's the organizer of the Grandfather Mountain > Nature Photography Weekend. > > I expect you'll recall his ordeal with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a year > and a half ago and the nasty recurrence he had last summer. It was > quite the ordeal he went through in the fall: Very aggressive > chemotherapy and radiation, followed by bone marrow transplant and > other nastiness. He's been a long time recovering and staying away > from > just about everyone and everything, due to the pounding his immune > system took (he's had to have all his childhood vaccinations again). > > I just got an email from him informing me that the test results he got > Wednesday show all clear. > > Now cancer is kind of like a mutual fund: Past results are no > guarantee > of future performance. But the news was the best news he could have > gotten so I'll be raising a pint to him this evening even if *he's* > not > allowed alcohol any more :) > > Looking forward to seeing him at GFM! (Which is now only about two and > a half months away!) > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
