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  • WaterNerd
    WaterNerd Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So sorry for your loss. Prayers to you and your family Kevin
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
    — Abraham Lincoln


  • First_Warrior
    First_Warrior Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thoughts and prayers for your Dad and you and your family Kevin. Stay strong.
  • firehouseguy
    firehouseguy Posts: 996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys. It’s really nice to see these responses.
    Cigars were made to be smoked, whiskey was made to be drank and women were made to be loved. The only thing I try to age is myself. 
  • Puff_Dougie
    Puff_Dougie Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So very sorry for your loss, brother. Keeping you and yours in my prayers.
    "When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • RootHog
    RootHog Posts: 21 ✭✭✭
    Prayers for peace and comfort
  • TX98Z28
    TX98Z28 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just seen this horrible news! Kevin my condolences to you and your family. If you need anything at all feel free to ask.
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  • firehouseguy
    firehouseguy Posts: 996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you all, we are working through this. Not much else to say, but the thoughts are appreciated.
    Cigars were made to be smoked, whiskey was made to be drank and women were made to be loved. The only thing I try to age is myself. 
  • Puff_Dougie
    Puff_Dougie Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to y'all who have prayed for my family in the past. Renewed prayers would be much appreciated...

    1. Mrs. Puff's mom, who has been recovering from a broken hip, has been diagnosed with cancer and is scheduled for surgery on July 5th. Hoping it's localized and not in the lymph nodes. 

    2. Our 16-year-old (Sam) is prepping today for an endoscopy and colonoscopy tomorrow, which will tell us if the meds he's been taking for the last several months have worked, or if he will need surgery to remove a section of his small intestine. 

    3. I'm still sorting out job options - waiting on three possibilities and need wisdom on what path to take.

    Thanks!
    "When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • firehouseguy
    firehouseguy Posts: 996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You’ll be in our prayers!
    Cigars were made to be smoked, whiskey was made to be drank and women were made to be loved. The only thing I try to age is myself. 
  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Praying still, Doug.
    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis
  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,527 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Praying for you and yours Doug.
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  • NorCalR1
    NorCalR1 Posts: 4,200 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thoughts and prayers for you and the family Doug

    If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience :D
    If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....

  • jlmarta
    jlmarta Posts: 7,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and yours, Doug. 

    Cancer surgery is a scary prospect but techniques get better all the time, as does the success rate. Be strong, my friend. 

    I can kinda relate. I’m currently recuperating from a re-section of my small intestine, though not cancer related this time.  Still not fun, though. 
  • IndustMech
    IndustMech Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Keeping you all in my prayers 

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
    Let's eat, GrandMa.  /  Let's eat GrandMa.  --  Punctuation saves lives

    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry to hear about all that...I'll keep you all in my thoughts.

    Keep us informed on all fronts.
  • Albinfk
    Albinfk Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Praying for you.
  • Puff_Dougie
    Puff_Dougie Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, brothers. Sam had his scopes today, which confirmed he will need to have surgery in the next two months. We'll meet with his GI doc next Wednesday to discuss details. 
    "When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best of luck to Sam; my wife had that surgery and it saved her life. I hope the stresses you all are shouldering ease up soon. Keep your chin up.
  • RootHog
    RootHog Posts: 21 ✭✭✭
    Prayers through this difficult season
  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,527 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Requesting prayers for my mom, her recent vertigo resulted in a broken hip and since the surgery she's been out of it. Driving down now.
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  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Momma Yak will be in my prayers.
    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis
  • IndustMech
    IndustMech Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom, Chris

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
    Let's eat, GrandMa.  /  Let's eat GrandMa.  --  Punctuation saves lives

    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • NorCalR1
    NorCalR1 Posts: 4,200 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thinking positive thoughts and sending our prayers to you and the family Chris

    If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience :D
    If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very sorry to hear this, brother.  I'll be thinking of you in the days to come. 

    On a related note, I once wrote a research proposal concerning post-surgical confusion in hip surgery patients.  Hip surgery has been noted to have just about the highest incidence of confusion of any surgery, and no one knows exactly why.  It can be quite scary for the family. 

    Possible causes include pain, hypothermia, blood loss, micro-clotting leading to transient ischemic conditions in the brain among others.  Interestingly, one thing I saw in my researching the research was that accupuncturists put the needles in the hip region to treat confusion.  A possible link?  I don't know.

    The good news is that it usually passes in a couple weeks, and they usually have no memory of it.  It's like, one day they wake up and suddenly you've got your Mom / Dad / whoever back.  So, if you see it, be patient, it will most likely resolve. 

    (And don't yell at the nurses, it's not their fault, and it doesn't help.)  
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  • genareddog
    genareddog Posts: 4,450 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Praying for you and your family, Chris.
  • Sleddog46
    Sleddog46 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry to hear this. Chris, you and your family are in in our thoughts and prayers.
    You can't dispel Ignorance if you retain Arrogance!
  • jlmarta
    jlmarta Posts: 7,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You and your mom are in my prayers, Chris. Hang in, brother...
  • KenpoKnight
    KenpoKnight Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Prayers to you and your mother, Chris. Stay strong and it’s nice that you can be there for her. 
  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Prays Chris