tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post8555438653260606883..comments2023-11-03T12:44:19.948+01:00Comments on Orwell's Picnic ~: Well, that was excitingHilary Jane Margaret Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-69747263632223930142011-02-10T03:01:45.581+01:002011-02-10T03:01:45.581+01:00I'm glad to hear the good news!I'm glad to hear the good news!JohnJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10266279598834981249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-43856264667611465112011-02-09T20:46:40.420+01:002011-02-09T20:46:40.420+01:00Oh, yuck, I'm sorry you were worrying about th...Oh, yuck, I'm sorry you were worrying about this when you also had roommate worries. And in a foreign country too! I hope the Belvedere Torso is consoling. - KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-22528014737655391692011-02-08T20:57:55.507+01:002011-02-08T20:57:55.507+01:00He's German. Trained in the US.He's German. Trained in the US.Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-31453475023228237422011-02-08T20:51:21.666+01:002011-02-08T20:51:21.666+01:00Considering you're on that unfortunate part of...Considering you're on that unfortunate part of the planet that sits south of the Alps, I'd venture to say that you probably DO have cancer. The diagnoses of Italian docs are almost without exception the opposite of what the fact is. <br /><br />You might recall my oft repeated story of two trips to a medical institution in Rome to determine that I indeed had a hernia, something I had suspected. They were "relatively certain" that's what it was.<br /><br />Shortly thereafter, a US surgeon friend visiting me in Rome determined the same "absolutely" with merely a firm press on my abdomen as we stood in a coffee bar. His exam took about four seconds, possibly five. <br /><br />Caveat infirma...Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-5663279193311628432011-02-08T20:08:19.857+01:002011-02-08T20:08:19.857+01:00My aunt had fibroids, and she's going strong (...My aunt had fibroids, and she's going strong (though slowly, as she's nearly blind) at 81. In fact she's one of the only other family members who still goes to Mass... When I visit it's deep in whitecap suburbia, and I take her to her local parish for the folksy NO Mass with altar girls and treacly electro-organ. She's tough though, like you. (She puts up with my withering critique.) <br /><br />And I'm glad to year you're going to be well. <br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com