Disturbing news at the VA. I could use your prayers.

God is Good
Continuing to pray
Mike

Get well soon sir.

I am pretty sure that excess brass can cause chronic inflammation in the bowels... Smiles

Go see the specialist in the required fields of medicine.
VA for general care but see the right doctors.
Prayer for you.

Thoughts and Prayers for a speedy recovery!

Glad to hear some good news Ron.

Glad to here of the great news. More prayers sent.

Just saw this and will lift you up to He who holds you and all His creation in his hands.

August 25, 2015 update.

Well, as most of you know I have a chronic cough that just won't go away. A CAT scan to try to find a reason for the cough showed a number of scary nodules here and there inside me. Since then I have been seeing a lot of doctors and they have been trying to determine if the nodules were major problems or not. Most of the news I have gotten up until today was either "good news" or "to be continued..."

I saw Dr. T today. Great news from the CT scan of my sinuses and thyroid nodule biopsy! Benign nodule and likely there for years and just detected because of the CAT scan due to the coughing.
Inflamed tissue and infection in my sinuses. Surgery is possible, but not indicated at this time. I recently took an antibiotic and it got better, but not solved. So I get to take strong antibiotic for a month and an anti-inflammatory for nine days. The anti-inflammatory has side effects which are likely with the normal month or longer dosages. This nine day course starts strong and tapers off rapidly, i.e. 3 pills for three days, 2 pills for three days, and then 1 pill for three days. I have a follow-up in a month to check for improvement and in three months or six months to see if there has been any growth.

So we started with nodules on the thyroid and lung, and a lesion on the liver. We are now at the stage where the thyroid and lung are not a problem. The liver should be decided soon as I had the MRI last Friday. The liver did not really concern my primary care doctor, but is being checked out due to an abundance of concern.

I feel like I am about to wakeup from a bad dream and realize it was nothing but a dream.

Mrs. Brass and I will be toasting the great news soon!

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Originally Posted by BrassMagnet

August 25, 2015 update.

Well, as most of you know I have a chronic cough that just won't go away. A CAT scan to try to find a reason for the cough showed a number of scary nodules here and there inside me. Since then I have been seeing a lot of doctors and they have been trying to determine if the nodules were major problems or not. Most of the news I have gotten up until today was either "good news" or "to be continued..."

I saw Dr. T today. Great news from the CT scan of my sinuses and thyroid nodule biopsy! Benign nodule and likely there for years and just detected because of the CAT scan due to the coughing.
Inflamed tissue and infection in my sinuses. Surgery is possible, but not indicated at this time. I recently took an antibiotic and it got better, but not solved. So I get to take strong antibiotic for a month and an anti-inflammatory for nine days. The anti-inflammatory has side effects which are likely with the normal month or longer dosages. This nine day course starts strong and tapers off rapidly, i.e. 3 pills for three days, 2 pills for three days, and then 1 pill for three days. I have a follow-up in a month to check for improvement and in three months or six months to see if there has been any growth.

So we started with nodules on the thyroid and lung, and a lesion on the liver. We are now at the stage where the thyroid and lung are not a problem. The liver should be decided soon as I had the MRI last Friday. The liver did not really concern my primary care doctor, but is being checked out due to an abundance of concern.

I feel like I am about to wakeup from a bad dream and realize it was nothing but a dream.

Mrs. Brass and I will be toasting the great news soon!

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Sound like great new my friend.In the old days I would celebrate with some Jack Daniels.
I still love Jack Daniels TOO much , so I no longer buy it.

I am very happy for you..

You will be in my prayers Ron. Keep us posted.

Jay

Fantastic news. Glad to hear it! Prayers are answered.

great news Ron. It's nice to hear good news for a change.

God is sooooooooo Good!!
Great news
YEEEEE HAWWWW
Mike

Already done Sir,you keep after them don't get pushed to the back row,the VA is a lot Better than we give them credit for most of the time you'll want second opinion either way they told me months,then on second opinion I was told weeks instead of months stage4 now but I'm having more good than bad days now so I'm dusting off the shotgun and planning to get a few doves next week,then I'll get in some range time with the 06,my doctors don't want the recoil with this bubble on my brain,guess I'm next in line to meet up with Flex again.I'll See you on the other side my friend......

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Originally Posted by BrassMagnet

August 25, 2015 update.

Well, as most of you know I have a chronic cough that just won't go away. A CAT scan to try to find a reason for the cough showed a number of scary nodules here and there inside me. Since then I have been seeing a lot of doctors and they have been trying to determine if the nodules were major problems or not. Most of the news I have gotten up until today was either "good news" or "to be continued..."

I saw Dr. T today. Great news from the CT scan of my sinuses and thyroid nodule biopsy! Benign nodule and likely there for years and just detected because of the CAT scan due to the coughing.
Inflamed tissue and infection in my sinuses. Surgery is possible, but not indicated at this time. I recently took an antibiotic and it got better, but not solved. So I get to take strong antibiotic for a month and an anti-inflammatory for nine days. The anti-inflammatory has side effects which are likely with the normal month or longer dosages. This nine day course starts strong and tapers off rapidly, i.e. 3 pills for three days, 2 pills for three days, and then 1 pill for three days. I have a follow-up in a month to check for improvement and in three months or six months to see if there has been any growth.

So we started with nodules on the thyroid and lung, and a lesion on the liver. We are now at the stage where the thyroid and lung are not a problem. The liver should be decided soon as I had the MRI last Friday. The liver did not really concern my primary care doctor, but is being checked out due to an abundance of concern.

I feel like I am about to wakeup from a bad dream and realize it was nothing but a dream.

Mrs. Brass and I will be toasting the great news soon!

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Nice to hear good news keep us posted:bigsmyl2:[smilie=w:

That is the best news I've heard all week. God is great.

I'm happy to hear all this good news

Prayers sent for you and family that it all disappears and you have a complete and speedy recover.

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Originally Posted by SSGOldfart

Already done Sir,you keep after them don't get pushed to the back row,the VA is a lot Better than we give them credit for most of the time you'll want second opinion either way they told me months,then on second opinion I was told weeks instead of months stage4 now but I'm having more good than bad days now so I'm dusting off the shotgun and planning to get a few doves next week,then I'll get in some range time with the 06,my doctors don't want the recoil with this bubble on my brain,guess I'm next in line to meet up with Flex again.I'll See you on the other side my friend......

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Thank you for your prayers. We will all meet there eventually. Please don't look down on me because I want to wait quite a while longer!
In the end, all we leave behind are the memories of us. It is good to pass on our love for the sport and freedom to those that follow us so they can pass it on down the line.