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[orrpeople]

Good morning pond!
3 days of teaching left! The high school job ended up being a good gig. I will miss the kids, but I won't miss the piles and piles of grading (and always feeling behind!).
Next year is really up in the air because of E's work (he may end up in Sacramento for 6 months - or as long as 2 years).

 

[sourland]

Good morning Pond. Glad the school year went well Orr.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

My biggest concern with chemo is the collateral damage to healthy organs & what it'll take to get them back to where they belong.

My brother, who was eaten up with cancer in the lungs, lymph nodes, kidneys & brain, and maybe liver, too, lost his battle yesterday morning. Just 61 in February. Only two of us left now; me & the youngest sister, coming 65

I'm so sorry to hear that Whites.
Cancer sucks for sure.
And I understand I was beat up for a long time after my transplant. But if do it again if need be.
Just one of those things..... You hate.
But love at the same time.
Chemo has saved countless lives.
And the next generation of genetic medicine will probably save many more than ever.
Fight the good fight Whites.... We got your back.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Wow! Incredible! So sorry about the hip! Sounds like surgery was successful - I hope your recovery is swift!

I'm basically back to normal... Sort of.
Every day or two I feel just a slight bit better.
Hip still gets sore easy if I start to over do it.
But it was instantly better than the broken one I had.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Dang. Still a rough thing. Prayers for you and your family!

X2

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Her kids were grown and in college and living away from home... Her husband was polinating anything he could.... so it was time to go...

deb

I understand... My point is I see little jabs here and there and I find it sad.....I never met many men that were bad.
It really seemed like when I was in the Air Force the guys I hung out with.... It was there wife's that seemed to be spreading their legs for every dang single airman that came their way.
But I'm beginning to thing that that is more of a military base thing......

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I hate being in that position when you're stuck with what the doctors advise but something inside you just knows it's going to make things worse before they get better.
It's the lack of knowing and finding your life is suddenly in the control of complete strangers who you don't quite trust.
I hope it works out for you Mr Whites.

I totally trusted my doctor's.... And I was amazed at the technology that excited m existed back in 1997.... It all deserved do overwhelming at the time.
It seems funny when my doctor referred to Bone Marrow transplant as primitive...

 

[LittleLakePhil]

No words to suffice my friend so just a sincere hug and a prayer.

Amen

 

[LittleLakePhil]

This is one of the saddest things I've read in a while .I hope your immediate family treats you better than your extended family. I feel selfish saying how close my family is except one brother and his kids . we are tight . even my stepsister's children are close to us . My cousins on my dads side re close don't know mothers family that well . The ones we were close to are all gone . But you got pond family now and we get it. We would never pull the chair out from under you at Thanksgiving dinner . Them folks got no manners

Well three weeks longer than I thought you would wait

Couldn't line anyone up to take me.... Plus the weather was pretty cold and wet...

 

[chickisoup]

Well, evidently he cares and also knows you very well.

Knows me too well!