Subject: Baldauf Health Report
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:24:22 -0400

To all,

Dr.'s appointment (Dr. Fred Barker) went fine this morning.  The Dr.
read the reports and looked at the CT scans and MRI scans and is setting
up surgery for next
Tuesday (24th).  He described the operation as "tricky" and will have a
team of personnel there.  He's concerned about the proximity of the
tumor to Lesley's speech center.  We'll be going back in to Mass General
this week for another MRI done with some speech professionals present
(how that works I'm not really sure since I thought an MRI was a static
thing), and then back in on Monday for about 2 hours of pre-operation
tests and a final pre-operation consult with the doctor.  Then in
Tuesday morning for the operation.  At this point, we don't know how
long the recovery from the operation will take nor do we know the exact
post-operation treatment.  It will almost certainly be radiation,
perhaps with chemotherapy.  We also do not know the long term
prospects.  More will become clear after the operation and biopsy are
done.

Lesley is in reasonably good spirits and is feeling good with occasional
mild headaches that Tylenol pretty much takes care of.

Dave