YAHOO.

Just received the following from Neil:

"Dear Bruce,
Sorry we are just now catching up with our E-mails 5 days after the
surgery but we just got home. Chris stayed with me in the hospital so we had
no access to the internet until now. Anyhow, the surgery went very well. The
tumor was huge, as big as a Rugby ball, but Dr. Weiner is pretty sure he got
it all. There was one spot where it went right up to the femur and he won't
know for sure if it is completely clean until he sees the margins (tissue
sample pathologies). Even if that spot needs cleaned up he is sure a little
more radiation will do the trick. That would be after we finish off three
more rounds of chemo. If all goes to plan I'll start back into chemo the
first week of March and be done by the end of April. My plan is to get back
to work sometime in May and be doing two and half mile walks, unassisted, by
midsummer. Right now I can get in and out of bed and up from most chairs and
I can even go up and down stairs with effort. It's possible I may have to use
a walking stick for long walks and I will always have a noticeable limp but I
intend to rehab as much as possible. The biggest pitfall to avoid right now
are the "hospital" infections: staph; MRSA and a particular common one
lately, C-diff. These could be as potentially threatening as cancer right
now, but so far so good on that front. You can share any of this with anyone
who might be interested along with our gratitude for everyone's thoughts and
prayers."