A word from California Peggy, in case this isn't already old news

[DFW]

She says her procedure went well, she is home and feeling as well as can be expected, and is now awaiting the test results.

From 7 years ago at one of our favorite places in Düsseldorf:

[niyad]

1. Thank you, DFW, for the update. May the news be good.

And thank you for sharing that photo.

[riversedge]

2. Keep the faith. So glad things went well.

[gademocrat7]

3. Great photo, DFW

Sending healing hugs and love to California Peggy.

[DarthDem]

4. Thank you, DFW!!

Healing thoughts and wishes and all light and love to California Peggy. I adore the pic.

[Scrivener7]

5. Thanks, DFW!

[spanone]

6. Thank you!

A quick recovery Ms. Peggy❤️

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Awwww. . . Thank you so much, my dear DFW! How very kind of you.

We had such a great time with you and your lovely wife 7 years ago!

[DFW]

8. Hard to believe it has been that long!

I'm glad you two got to see some of the local "sights!"

[Lionel Mandrake]

12. I'm so glad we exploited your hospitality when we could.

Cologne is local by comparison with, say, Frankfurt am Main, but as I remember it was something of a trek from Ratingen.

I also recall a discussion of how to spell Neandert[h]al. One of my biologist friends explained that a specific epithet like neanderthalensis, once named, can never be changed. So the "h" will always be there.

[DFW]

14. In German, there are two generally accepted spellings for the word for "valley."

Some write "Thal" and some write "Tal." The H is silent, so both versions are pronounced the same.

[pandr32]

9. Thank you for the good news!

[blogslug]

10. Thank you!

Yay, Peggy!

[1WorldHope]

11. Miss Peggy os Golden!

[malaise]

13. K& R

Thanks

[electric_blue68]

15. Good to hear, TY! Good Luck California Peggy!

[AllaN01Bear]

16. eggscllent.

[Raine]

17. Thank you for the update ...

Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞

[SergeStorms]

18. Much obliged, DFW.

And get well soon, CalPeg.

[wendyb-NC]

19. Than you for the update

I hope she's recovering and getting needed rest. I'm hoping and sending lots and lots of good vibes and prayers that she has nothing to worry about in the results. Thank you for sharing that fantastic photograph.

[DFW]

22. That is in front of the Koelner Dom

It has become one Germany’s trademarks. During World War II, Allied precision bombers were instructed to flatten Köln but spare the cathedral, which they were amazingly able to accomplish.

Unfortunately, all I had was a cheap Sony digital camera, so I couldn’t really capture the grandure before which they were standing. It was cold, but we were spared the usual rain—not a given in the rainy Rheinland.

[summer_in_TX]

20. Wonderful pic of you all, DFW!

Sending love and prayers for a good outcome to you, dear CP!

[Randomthought]

21. I love this!

Facing cancer diagnosis myself it is so encouraging to see people living their lives joyfully.

[DFW]

23. We know just what you mean.

If it’s any encouragement, my wife has battled cancer twice, and beaten it both times.

The first time was breast cancer when she was 49. She went through the whole cycle: operation, chemo, radiation, and a month at a cancer patient wellness/rehab spa (considered a standard part of cancer treatment in Germany, and covered by insurance).

The second time was 15 years later, when she was diagnosed with “the Murderer,” a rare form of uterine/ovarian cancer that only strikes women who are slender or of advanced age. It is called the Murderer because it is so silent, it is never discovered until it has spread, and it is too late to contain. It is always fatal, EXCEPT: my wife was that one patient in ten thousand who had it discovered in its initial stage, purely by accident. The surgeon who performed the six hour operation said she just might be that one woman who survives the diagnosis. That was nine years ago, and she is still with me, cancer-free (as far as we know, anyway). So, sometimes, you DO get lucky. Never forget that!

[Randomthought]

25. Thank you.

All the est to your wife and California Peggy , of curse.

[DFW]

28. Thanks for that.

Earlier this month, and nine years after my wife's victorious battle with the Murderer, here she is, three weeks ago, in Rio de Janeiro, very much alive and comfortable in her 73 year old skin.

[Randomthought]

31. Beautiful

[DFW]

32. She is one of those rare people who can even brighten up a sunny day in Rio

Some people win lotteries. I won something even more important.

[AKwannabe]

24. Love you CA Peggy

As you love others!

Be well

[Diamond_Dog]

26. Keeping good thoughts for you, Peggy.

And thanks DFW for the great photos!

[CousinIT]

27. Hoping all goes well for our California Peggy!

She is one of my favorite DUers.

The test results had better be good news!

[bif]

29. Positive vibes heading her way!

[Phentex]

30. Speedy recovery!

Thanks for the update