I received an email from his assistant, Mandy. The words may have come from Doc, but they were written by her. I suspect, knowing Doc's penchant for perfection that they were fairly close. Besides, about a month ago, he left a bit of a teaser, from a medical practitioner who had given him X amount of time. Doc had gotten a second opinion from another medical practitioner who offered to try to extend Doc's life with aggressive therapy.

Regardless, it is unknown if Doc will be back. If he isn't, if he never makes it back to LJ, then I know he'll be all over, rather than in one place.