Hang in there Alan,  Good luck.



ED K7UC
-----Original Message----- 
From: Alan R. Downing
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 9:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Update on Alan

Since being diagnosed with prostate cancer in September of 2008, I have been
hospitalized 21 times, mostly for surgeries.  I know all about hospital
stays.  They are no fun.

Alan - N7MIT



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 7:24 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Update on Alan

someone needs to bring him a laptop and an HT. With a remote control, he =
can get on HF via the laptop and the HT is for local comms. I have been =
in the hospital without my equipment before and the one thing I have =
found is that hospital life is mind numbingly BORING.

-eric (n7zzt).

On Jun 7, 2015, at 6:59 AM, Tom Behler wrote:

> Thanks for checking on Alan, Ron.
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> Hopefully, he'll be back on here soon, so that he knows we are in =
there with
> him.
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> And, hopefully, the news will be encouraging as he proceeds through =
the
> testing and treatments.
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2015 8:16 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Update on Alan
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>                I just got off the phone with Alan, N7MIT. The medical =
tests
> he has undergone most recently revealed what appears to be cancerous =
nodules
> in both of his lungs. He will be undergoing biopsies in an effort to
> determine what treatment is needed to fight the type of cancer he has. =
All
> things considered, he was in reasonably good spirits and while =
certainly
> concerned, he is hopeful for a positive outcome.=20
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> Ron, K8HSY
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> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
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> Retired Professor of Marketing