Letter to Dr. Howell ll

Plastic Surgery, Dr. Howell II

Dear Sir,

All the cancer tests I have ever taken have turned out positive. The Dr. here in
Fayette gave me a PSA test for prostate and it registered 12 about 15 years ago
and said I better come in and get it treated before it killed me. I came in
and he sent me to Tuscaloosa and I got it tested and they said it was OK. He
tested 3 or 4 more times and it was always positive. And tried to send me
again. I didn’t go. Test worthless on me.

I year or two ago he tested a bump on face for skin cancer. I believed that test
and let him cut it out. Then there was a spot on head he tested. I went back for
treatment and he said wait and see what happens. Nothing happened.

I scratched a place and went to him again this year. He tested me for skin
cancer. I told him I didn’t need the test but he paid me no attention. The
place he tested was trying to bleed me to death that night and the nurse here
at Morningside assisted living called an ambulance to take me 1 ½ miles to
Fayette Hospital. Dr there got blood stopped with gauze and bandage around
head. The place healed up in about a week. It seems to be completely healed.

I have been waiting on younger sister to come and take to different Dr. and see
if I need operation. I am determined not to have it myself. If it kills me I
will just die happy and go on to the great beyond. I am 91 years old and have
lived mostly a long and happy life. Sorry If I have inconvenienced you. But I
am not coming unless someone drags me.

Yours Truly Fred McCaleb

My Daughter called this afternoon and said she would go by my decision.