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Thank you. 7 years and counting. It is never cured, but can be survivable, especially the slow growing grade that I have.

Media often get a diagnosis of Neuroendocrine Cancer wrong. For example, Steve Jobs and Aretha Franklin died from Neuroendocrine Cancer of the Pancreas, not Pancreatic Cancer. Very different! I have Neuroendocrine Cancer of the Small Bowel. Those of us with it are trying hard to raise awareness.

The cause of death has been given as Merkel Cell Carcinoma, a type of Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the skin.

@Doctor-Phibes We had a cousin do the genetic testing part of Ancestry and found a cousin we didn't know about. A childless Aunt had a child she gave up for adoption as an Army nurse in the Korean War. It could have been an episode of the TV show, "MASH".

@Mik That's really nice!

@George-K It can be difficult to trace back. My family is mostly from Virginia, so we can go back pretty far in the US and then UK. Ancestry does have some international resources, but they cost more, of course. Mr. Nanna's family is more interesting. They came from Europe to PA and then migrated all over the US. Lots of interfaith marriages...Quakers married outside the Meeting. Christians married Jews. Episcopalians married Methodists. Scandals everywhere!

@Doctor-Phibes We have been playing with it for a while. It can be interesting and highly addicting! Fun to search through history! Watch the source for a suggestion, though. A lot of them are just wrong. An official document, like a census, is just a name and date written by some illiterate census taker. Or the information comes from someone else's family tree and they got it wrong. Then the error takes on a new life. Our ancestors did things like name multiple generations the same name. Change the spelling of the name. Marry 3 times and name the kids with each wife the same name! Not marry at all and name the kids the same name. Wills are my favorite resources. That's where you can find the dirt! "To my 4th son, I leave nothing for dishonouring the family name." Hmmm! Now I know it's my family!

@George-K Finished it an hour ago. It was a pretty good one. I do NYT and the WSJ crosswords everyday. Gotta love retirement!

This forum world will be different without Larry. I agree with everyone. He could an SOB, but a dependable one. Just want to offer my condolences, too. RIP Larry.

Hi Brenda! I am actually a long time member, going back to the original pre-split Coffee Room. On Piano World, my forum name is Cool Nerd and I joined when I was looking for my piano. Obviously, I don't post much. Not sure I have much to add, but I always enjoy hearing the opinions and discussions of the members, except for some of the obvious "boys being boys" posts, which I just skip. Retired now from running a technology company, I and Mr. Nanna, moved back to my home state of Virginia (not far from Copper, I think) where we met in college. Two children and five grands. It is nice to see some familiar names again...89th, Rainman, etc. Thanks for asking, Brenda! Since we are the minority gender around here, I'm hoping mrs ilm replies, too!