Right at the moment I am awaiting with interest the lab report on last Wednesday's biopsy of a mass in my mediastinum. That's the space in the center of the chest between the lungs.

The laid-back tone of the previous paragraph is because of several factors:
1. I've enjoyed excellent health for almost all of my 76 years. I seem to have selected the right grandparents.
2. I'm a constitutional optimist, and a stoic, so I don't waste emotional energy on what is unknown and/or beyond my control.
3. My doctor tells me there's about an 80% likelihood that it's a lymphoma.
4. If a lymphoma, there's a substantial possibility that it's benign.
5. Even if it's cancerous, it's highly treatable, says the good Doc.
6. Refer again to #2.

Dave Oesterreich