Hi Etymon, not much at the moment, going through the mill with my health so not doing much I'm afraid mostly lack of enthusiasm and energy. I really should start picking up my laptop though would probably keep my mind of everything else.

Should get his results today.

Dang! Hurry up Doc! Hurry up!
Well, I meet with my surgeon this month coming for a recap on some testing done on my heart. His nurse called me and said I am stable, and there is no need to come in and see him. But then I got a letter in the mail for me to go in and see him.
My issue was or is ?? a medialstinal mass inside of my heart. That type of mass, for my situation, is called a "pericardial cyst".
On record, as far as I can tell on the internet, through research, there are very few documented cases of a cyst like that resolving itself. The remedy is surgery only. I was told that it is or was 7cm x 13cm but considered as a spring water type cyst because the liquid inside of it is watery and not fiberous, structured, nor firm. In such a case, the cyst, in my case, is benign. Had it been the other way, it would have been malignant.
As the case was though, I finally got into the testing 6 months later than my yearly exam (third time for testing - aware of it for going on 4 years).
So I went in for the ultrasound and told the fellow (I later learned he had trained the gal who had performed the prior ultrasound. They both have been on board at the hospital for over 30 years.) about what I would like to see when he came across it. As it was, I told him what I was told. He looked for it - not a trace of it. He showed me the ultrasound video from the 18 months before, and there it was. I asked him the size of it. He said it was the size of a Hostess Twinkie inside of the pericadial sac that contains my heart. He shrugged but was obviously truely amazed.
I'll follow up with my surgeon to see if he knows something other than these observations I am pondering.
Miracles do happen, Huw. I'll be praying for you!

The waiting is not easy. That is for sure!
I have an anxiety disorder - Neurocardiogenic Syncope. In bad situations, I can pass out, though I have not as of yet. It is from stress. There is no "cure" for it nor medicine other than to remove myself from emotional stress, which is why I should be divorced before the end of the year. Married about 21 1/2 years (can't go into the details on that in public), but just too much stress. I live with my son in his 36' RV while he is at his Uni. This has been my residence for over two years. I am finally just starting to feel not so jittery. So when I was comptemplating heart surgery, it liiterally dizzied me to think upon it - stress! I can only imagine for your family and your poor wife. :(

Got a call from the Dr this afternoon and they have confirmed it is cancer. So now at least I know what is going on.