{"id":282,"date":"2013-08-31T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apa-letterpress.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2013-08-31T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T14:49:17","slug":"mike-anderson-apa-708-diagnosed-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa-letterpress.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"Mike Anderson (APA #708) diagnosed with cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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APA-O-Gram<\/span><\/p>\n
Note of interest for members of the<\/div>\n
Amalgamated Printers’ Association<\/div>\n
www.apa-letterpress.com<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Mike Anderson diagnosed with cancer<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

I don’t mind sending out these “APA-O-Grams with good news such as the most recent one regarding Jen Farrell. But this one I really don’t like. Here’s the message from Mike’s wife Suzanne:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Mike (Anderson) has been diagnosed with cancer.\u00a0\u00a0He asked me to email you.\u00a0\u00a0We had been planning for hip surgery for September 4, after an orthopedic surgeon ruled his hip pain was due to arthritis (from the x-rays).\u00a0\u00a0We tried cortisone shots and physical therapy – which didn’t do much & he stopped.\u00a0\u00a0The earliest surgery we could get was Sept. 4.\u00a0\u00a0In the pre-op appointments in August, our primary care doctor became suspicious that the symptoms sounded more like cancer than arthritis . . . confirmed by blood tests showing high white cell count et al and then lack of appetite, increasing pain.\u00a0\u00a0He ordered a CT Scan which did show cancer – unfortunately it’s invasive and in the liver, lymph nodes of abdomen\/stomach, lower lung, and bone (hip\/pelvis).\u00a0\u00a0Mike went in yesterday for a liver biopsy and results will take 5 days.\u00a0\u00a0We meet with an oncologist on September 10.\u00a0\u00a0Right now we don’t know the primary site or the grade or the prognosis.\u00a0\u00a0We do know it’s serious.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0All of the family and has been notified of this and word is out, so you are free to let others know about this or to forward this message.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Please consider deleting others’ email addresses before forwarding.\u00a0\u00a0I’ve been notifying people in a series of emails, so some others have already been notified.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The Big C was not on Mike’s agenda, and this has spun us 180 onto a new path.\u00a0\u00a0He has a Kindle Fire and checks his messages.\u00a0\u00a0If you want to contact him, his bedside cell number is 443-684-1983.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He wears earphones for TV and may not hear the phone – you may have to try a few times.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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