Winters Wages asked me to pass along his latest news to the Mudcat community. As many of you know, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma about a year and a half ago, and has been undergoing chemo therapy off and on. For awhile the treatments were succeeding in shrinking tumors, eradicating most of them. Lately, though, he is not responding to treatments, and new tumors are appearing. He is scheduled for bone marrow surgery at the end of May or the first week in June. He is in the hospital under isolation until the surgery, and is scheduled to be released in July if all goes well.

Winters Wages is Lloyd (he's fine with using his name here), a warm guy with an easy laugh, a great friend to many, and a fine chantey singer and melodeon player. Please send good wishes and light candles for him. I know he will be moved by your support.

chanteyranger