# How is Mrs. Lieu? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063 "2003-07-08T19:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/1 "2003-07-08T19:22:44Z")
Wasn’t she going in for follow-up tests or surgery this week? How are things going? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/2 "2003-07-08T19:33:35Z")
I didn’t know she was ill! That may explain why Lieu didn’t respond to my page in the “Dutch Oven” thread. Hope everything’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/3 "2003-07-08T20:04:30Z")
Link to **lieu’s** thread: [We could use your prayers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=195179) ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/4 "2003-07-08T21:07:33Z")
I also was wondering how she was doing and how the tests came out. I hope all is well. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/5 "2003-07-09T17:26:27Z")
keep strong Lieu & Mrs. Lieu ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/6 "2003-07-09T17:29:37Z")
Still thinking of you and yours, **lieu**. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/7 "2003-07-09T17:31:01Z")
**Lieu** just posted a pretty positive update on the original thread. The tumor looks benign, but still tricky. Please see his post for details. StG ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/8 "2003-07-15T14:27:55Z")
Kind of you to inquire Eve and again, thank you all for your concern. I’d held off on any updates until we had something definitive and that came late yesterday afternoon. First, let me just state that we’re working with the very best doctors available and we have complete confidence in them. We’d heard several days ago that from the biopsied vertebrae they’d determined the tumor was benign. At first the radiologist had recommended a certain procedure that, while delicate, would have had her back up and active with several days. However, we’ve also been working with three neurosurgeons and their concern is that there’s so much damage to the vertebrae that replacement and a partial fusing of the spine is nevcessary to prevent it from failure in later years. Fact is, she’s going to have to go through a major surgery with reconstruction and bracing from the back and front, full day in the OR and a lengthy rehabilitation over the course of nine months to a year. We’ll do this in September so she can first get her sister married off. We’re thankful for many things now… that it was benign, that’s she’s young enough and healthy enough to get through this, that we can have kids later and we’re thankful fro the tremendous support of our family and friends. Again, thanks you all for your concern and wishes. She’s a neat, neat person and we’ll get through this okay. lieu ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/9 "2003-07-15T14:39:06Z")
good to hear. 🙂 Best of luck with the surgery. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/10 "2003-07-15T15:25:56Z")
Benign. What a beautiful word. I’m so glad. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/11 "2003-07-15T16:19:01Z")
**lieu** , I’m so relieved for both of you that the tumor is benign. I’m sorry Mrs. Lieu has to go through major back surgery – it’s a crazy world when that’s a lucky outcome. I hope her recovery goes smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/12 "2003-07-15T17:04:23Z")
\*\* lieu\*\*, so many things to be thankful for! It sounds like it won’t be easy for your wife, but I’m so happy for you that more children will be possible!! My prayers are still with you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/13 "2003-07-15T18:46:15Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/14 "2003-07-15T18:55:24Z")
Will she be allowed to laugh after surgery? Better save your heinous (that’s “_heinous_”) toilet humor for _us._ ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/15 "2003-07-15T19:09:44Z")
Eve’s right. My husband knows exactly how to make me laugh, and can’t turn it off. I wanted to kill him after my c-section. Save it all for us. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/16 "2003-07-15T20:16:09Z")
Lieu, that is great news! I’ve never understood why the medical profession chooses such words as _benign_ or _malignant_. I’ve always thought that it should be \*Good News \* and \*You Better Sit Down \*. It’s just easier on us simpletons. It sounds as though your spirits are good. do your best to keep them up and if either of the **Lieu’s** need a mojo boost, just send out the SDMB Bat Signal. We’ll do the rest. Like send a Farting Brigade or something. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/17 "2003-07-15T23:57:30Z")
All things considered…this sounds likes very hopeful news. Glad to hear that you both seem to be in positive spirits. Give us a shout in September if you need more prayers and good thoughts. dave ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/18 "2003-07-15T23:59:00Z")
Lieu, I had, when I was 13, some crazy back surgery for scoliosis that sounds on a par with what your wife’ll have to go through: The docs had to remove one of my ribs, then graft it onto some vertabrae, then attach nuts & bolts so they could latch on a couple rods. Hence, I feel as though I can strongly empathize with Mrs. Lieu. If either of you wanna e-mail me, go for it. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/19 "2003-07-16T00:02:12Z")
Ooh, a farting brigade. Finally something I’m qualified for. I’d better load up on the garlic, broccoli and cucumbers. Bwa ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063/20 "2003-07-16T02:01:26Z")
Still thinkin’ of y’all, pal. The benign diagnosis is the best thing yet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-mrs-lieu/187063.md?page=2)