Kurt need your email address again

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Hi Kurt!

The program that this bulletin board truncates email addresses (I guess for

privacy

purposes) so I do not have the full address. Try sending it to my email

(goutbuster @

yahoo . com - no spaces of course, I just did it this way to overcome the

security). I

will be happy to look up some stuff for you. It seems as if you have a lot to

think

about in order to make a good decision. I am happy that the surgeons are not

leaning

towards malignancy as pancreas masses are very hard to detect and because of the

nature of pancreatic cancers, surgeons try to err on the side of being too

aggressive.

I am not knowledgeable at all about hernias or other things that could be

causing

your " lumps " but if I run into anything that describes something like that I

will pass it

on too. I can understand too why the FNA of the cyst wouldn't be recommended if

it

is a very debris ridden. dense, or fatty. Any spillage into the peritoneal area

would be

painful and possibly lead to infection. As well as you have worry about how

accesible

the cysts are to the needle - you have to be careful of intestines, blood

vessels,

nerves, etc. But surgery is also very complicated.......With the pancreas,

there is

just no easy answers...it is all a trial and error thing with lots of luck

thrown in. No

wonder surgeons and endoscopists are fairly wishy-washy in their advice!

I am a Mac User...always have been, hopefully always will be. We have saved up

enough money to purchase a new lap-top for home use but I am hesitating because

of the cost of the monthly ISP charge. I am loath to add on another monthly

bill. And

it seems that with computers, like cars, once you buy they just cost and cost

and

cost.........So that is why I am relying on the one at work, however tenuous the

link

may be for now.

Sod farming is very popular in our area because we live in a marshy, loamy part

of

the state. In fact, we are surrounded by drainage canals that are all that keeps

the

fields from being underwater basically year round. We too are spoiled in the

quality of

the soil - the best in country I think. Wyoming would definitely not be a

gardening

state - too dry, too alkaline...but maybe I can have a bunch of containers and

talk the

ranchers into giving me their horse manure. I wasn't aware that the

Californians were

into Wyoming too. I was hoping that staying away from the mountain areas that I

could avoid them. The Gillette area is basically a very quiet, subdued, dry,

dark and

private place from what I can gather from infrequent visits. I just know that

it was

common for us to drive the stretch between Gillette and Buffalo and only meet

one

car on the opposing lanes on the freeway (this is about an hour driving). This

appeals

to me greatly....the privacy, the quiet, the complete darkness at

night..........

So, I will look things up for you to have ready when I get your email address!

Laurie