BS: Kendall's good news

Subject: BS: Kendall's good news
From: kendall
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 08:39 PM

Had a very good day today. I sold one of my cars, went to Boston to get a CT scan, then a laryngoscopy which showed no sign of cancer. Dr. Zeitels is very pleased with my progress, and as soon as the FDA approves his new procedure we will begin reconstruction of my vocal cords. He says I might sing again! When I voiced my concern that my insurance might not cover an experimental procedure he said to let him deal with that, and he implied, or I inferred that if they don't cover it he will. What a guy!
I could end up in the Journal of the American Medical Association as a Guinea Pig.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Ebbie
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 08:41 PM

Wonderful.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: gnu
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 08:52 PM

I knew it! I just knew he would do it no matter what! Hooray!!!! I LOVE to say I told ya so.... in this case.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: olddude
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 08:52 PM

I am absolutely thrilled ... how wonderful, gosh I needed some good news today ... how wonderful my dear friend

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 08:57 PM

I too am thrilled but the FDA?

Whatever......May their be dancing in the streets, a chicken in every pot, and free condoms for all!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 09:05 PM

Wonderful news, Kendall!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Mrrzy
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 09:12 PM

YAY!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 09:14 PM

Their?    THEIR??   THEIR???   Geeziz......Obviously I'm so excited I don't know whether to shit or spell correctly.

C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y

See....... I kan spel it rite.


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 09:18 PM

You don't look like a guinea pig, though! LOL!

That IS wonderful news, Kendalldarlin'! Thanks for letting us know.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 09:47 PM

Great!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: frogprince
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 10:02 PM

But you may not be able to do any more Tom Waits covers...

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Dave Swan
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 10:33 PM

Great news!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Amos
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 10:39 PM

Wal, he looks a LITTLE bit like a guinea pig....in the right light and all...



A

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Midchuck
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 10:47 PM

Hurry it up! If it goes well, We can have a rematch of the great dirty limerick shootout, next Spring or Summer. But you buy the booze next time.

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: SINSULL
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 10:56 PM

Why do pots need condoms, Spaw?

Good news, Captain. If that doctor only played the banjo...
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:32 PM

Sins, I thought it was why do the chickens need condoms?!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: open mike
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:44 PM

yipee! may the good news continue!!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: KT
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 12:47 AM

Hooray!!!!!   God bless Dr. Zeitels!!

Sins, we could get him a banjo, and Kendall can swap Banjo lessons for surgery! That would work for all three of you!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: alanabit
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 01:59 AM

It is news which a lot of us have wanted to hear. May there soon be more!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 02:24 AM

hooray!

from one guinea pig to another - an Xray of one of my feet is used in Podiatry teaching!

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 02:26 AM

And here tonight for one night only... "The Singing Guinea Pig"..... doesn't sound right though.... Pleased for you Kendall and hope it all works out well.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 02:37 AM

Seeing the title of this thread made a really good start to my day - reading Kendall's post made it even better!

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Micca
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 03:26 AM

I second That, Kitty, it lifted my spirits straight away, and then Kendalls post YAY!!! as someone else said. (Mind you I can't say I eever saw a Guinea pig in a hat and leather coat!) BTW Mary we know at least one Dr. that plays banjo!!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 04:01 AM

Fantastic news Kendall I am so pleased for you. It's a dull rainy day in the UK and your news has just made it so much brighter!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 04:10 AM

Good to hear the news, Kendall.
If you're a guinea pig, does that mean you get one of those big plastic balls to run around in?
Quack!
Geoff and the Ducks.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: I don't know
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 04:11 AM

May everything continue to go well for you.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 04:24 AM

Hmmmmmmmm

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 05:42 AM

So now you can tell us Kendall..............Just when did you start selling condoms for chickens filled with pot.   Frankly that ain't enough smoke for even a good hit! I figure it would take about 3 dozen or more to get reasonably goofed up and probably about a gross before you'd be ready to clean out the 7-11 of Hostess Snowballs.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 06:27 AM

Great news. Now we all await the reconstruction and the return to singing. After all those hospital gowns will you still sing; "I don't look good naked" any more?

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Slag
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 06:36 AM

Great news and congratulations! I'll be praying for your complete recovery!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 06:41 AM

Great news, my friend.

I don't know, y'all. Maybe there is a resemblance.

Have you ever seen the way people cuddle up with, pet guinea pigs? Does remind me a little of Kendall with the jacket on.

Dani

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: kendall
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 06:57 AM

Some even cuddle up with nothing on! ynuk nyuk...

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: maeve
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:00 AM

Welcome news, Kendall!

m

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Leadfingers
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:13 AM

That should put you in a good mood for Getaway Kendall - Or is that just a tad optimistic ?

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: jacqui.c
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:30 AM

It was a long day yesterday - we didn't get back to Portland until gone 6.00pm. However, given the good news, it was worth it.

I'm not sure that Kendall will be written up in the AMA Journal - that's not for surgery - but I think that there is a surgical journal that Dr Z will use. As for the cost of any reconstructive surgery - I think that Dr Z is trying to raise money to finance further work on his new procedure, once he had FDA approval for this work. He seemed quite optimistic that our insurance should cover the procedure, anyway.

In the meantime we are on six weekly trips to Boston, to monitor Kendall's progress and to check that the cancer doesn't return. This time we used the T both ways from the bus station, rather than a cab, and found that we can do that journey relatively easily and a whole lot cheaper!

I have put in a request with Dr Z that he should make sure that Kendall's new voice will harmonise with mine - he reckoned that we were raising the bar a bit to far with that one!

Midchuck - Kendall's got enough voice right now to manage a dirty limerick shootout. He is using another part of his epiglotis to produce sound - looking at the screen when they scoped him yesterday I could see some of the tissue there vibrating just as the vocal cords do.

I think that Kendall would make a pretty good guinea pig - he's very cute and extremely cuddly, most of the time and there are times when I wish that I could put him in a cage in the back yard! :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: My guru always said
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:48 AM

Oh what wonderful news, so very glad! Huge hugs to you both, fur or no fur!!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Bobert
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:58 AM

Well, if Doc Zee won't do the operation fir free, I will...

Doc Bobert (Have Tools, Will Travel)

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Severn
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 08:04 AM

Nice to know that you will be singing your songs and tellin' your tall tales to us again of your owner chord. You might even get to go down in the annals of medicine indtead of the cellar! Wonderful news!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: GUEST,Morti at work
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 08:26 AM

Huzzahhhh!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: SINSULL
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:00 AM

Micca - that doctor is married and female. Even a banjo doesn't make her my type.
LOL
The captain is in rare form these days ladies. Hope Jacqui packs the flaming undies for the getaway.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:08 AM

The possibility of having enough of a voice to sing is great. Talking comfortably would be enough   But the words that give me tears of joy are "no sign of cancer."

Dan

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Wesley S
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:33 AM

Great news. Thanks for the update.

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:48 AM

Well if you need additional funds for the procedure you could probably make a few bucks with the pot filled chicken rubbers...................

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Nancy King
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:52 AM

Excellent!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: MikeL2
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:44 AM

hi kendal

That's really great news. I am delighted for you.

I know just how you feel.

Regards

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: LilyFestre
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:49 AM

Kendall,

   When I saw the title of the thread...well, I smiled a big, deep, soul satisfying smile for you. After reading what your good news is....I am feeling pure joy for you. JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!   
    Truly....that is EXCELLENT news!!! Go kiss your beautiful wife and celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much love (even though I know you don't like all the mushy sentiments, I'm sending them anyway!)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:53 AM

Fantastic, Kendall! When Dr. Z mentioned what he's working on for FDA approval, you were the first "guinea pig" to come to mind.

Guinea pigs is cute -- ever read "Pigs Is Pigs"? I'll send you an electronic copy, if you'd like to read it.

The T from North Station usually works fine for us -- I've been trying to convince Tom to skip the train and drive to Wonderland. Leave the car and take the T from one end of the Blue Line to the other -- Bowdoin, right in front of Dr. Z's.

Dr. Zeitels RULES!!!

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: ranger1
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 01:56 PM

Well YAY, Kendall!

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: GUEST,Songbob
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 02:31 PM

Great news!

By the way, why are they 'guinea pigs?' They're neither from Guinea nor pigs, so whence the name?

Ah, well, off to Wikipedia for the answer.

Keep on keeping on, man!

Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Kendall's good news
From: ClaireBear
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 02:55 PM

Oh, Kendall -- what fabulous news! You two deserve a wonderful celebration, followed by an equally wonderful future.

Love to you both,
Claire