Hello Again - 久違了。

Dear All, many have enquired through other venues when several days went by without new update.

本部落格沒有新消息才幾天而已，不少關心的親友們就致電或電郵詢問藹玲的情況。

Well, Dr. Hsieh (謝致政) met our patient in his office this afternoon. Here we are -

版主自然不敢怠慢，以下是今天到謝大夫門診的報告：

With results of tests and scans all point to lung, Eileen is in Dr. Hsieh's department now. He believes the benefit of getting rid off her cancer tissue by surgery. But there can be two to three alternatives depends on how good is her palmonary reserve. If excellent, the surgical with the aide of bronchoscopy means the excision will be more precise and the cut can be limited so that as much as her lung can be saved or if OK, the surgery ends up a lobectomy (removal of a lobe of her lung). Image living on 3/4 of one's lung for the rest of her life, Eileen will struggle with short of breath, no more heavy excercise and work. Or when the palmonary reserve is poor, Dr. Hsieh may skip the surgery at all and leave her with the only option - chemothrapy.

所有的檢測結果都把矛頭指向肺部，看來肺腺癌是八九不離十了。從數據和記錄上看，謝大夫認為開刀仍為上選。但視乎患者的肺活量，手術方法和結果也有不同。若肺活量上好，借助內視鏡，可以準確下刀，把切除範圍限制到最小；肺活量普通，則是要報廢幾乎一片肺葉，試想病患用餘下的四片肺葉過下半輩子的日子。用這樣的描述也許比較貼切，本來完好的四肢，突然少了一支胳臂或一條腿。若肺活量差，手術則根本就不予考慮，化療成了西醫的唯一選擇。

Depending on the availability of surgical slot, Eileen will either be admitted on this Sun. (May 30th) and have the surgery on next Tue. (June 1) or in hospital next Thur. (June 3) and surgery on Sat. (June 5).

視乎謝大夫的時間安排，要么是星期天（5/30）入院，星期二（6/1）開刀，或是下星期四（6/3）入院，星期六（6/5）開刀。

What about chemotherapy? Our patient will undergo chemotherapy about a month after lung surgery if she is going to have a lung surgery after all.


至於化療嘛，則是術後一個月後的事情。

Lots of information to gurgitate on. This is another day.

今天就先消化開刀的資訊吧, 別的下次再談。

週一在台北基督之家見到剛從中國國內短宣培訓經台返美的紹涵哥，曙光教會的主任牧師。倩芬師母幾年前罹患鼻咽癌，走過一段他們的死陰幽谷，他用過來人的身份鼓勵我們，十分受用。“那賜諸般恩典的神曾在基督裡召你們，得享他永遠的榮耀，等你們暫受苦難之後，必要親自成全你們，堅固你們，賜力量給你們。”這是他在為藹玲禱告時得到的感動。

不只如此，他還帶來教會和團契弟兄姐妹的問候。一同服侍十年有久建立的情感，相見的愉悅非言語可以形容。看到他舟車勞頓為中國教會的事工的擺上和付出的辛勞，不能不為他擔憂，唯有求神親自看顧保守，願神更加謙卑和大大地重用他。