F*^$ Cancer - Page 11

Flasch186 · 12-31-2020, 06:50 AM

That doc might not have even been a real doc but instead sent from GOD when no one was looking

Good to hear Jon

Edward64 · 12-31-2020, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Flasch186

That doc might not have even been a real doc but instead sent from GOD when no one was looking

Good to hear Jon

tarcone · 12-31-2020, 08:12 AM

GrantDawg · 12-31-2020, 08:37 AM

Good news. Jon, you know I am not far from you (about half way between the hospital and your house actually). Please let me know if there is something I can do for you.

miami_fan · 12-31-2020, 09:08 AM

Great news.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-31-2020, 10:19 AM

And now she calls me a little while ago terrified as they've given her dye to do a bone scan later. Concerned because her iron levels were low earlier in the week & did not improve with an IV iron infusion.

This rollercoaster ride has too many dips but the worst ones are usually when you aren't expecting them. Today is 19 days since we've seen her and the helplessness is very real right this moment.

Thomkal · 12-31-2020, 10:21 AM

Fantastic News Jon! I hope you find a little bit of New Year's magic to get her that hospital bed because it sure sounds like she's ready to come home

Kodos · 12-31-2020, 10:21 AM

Great news, Jon. You all sure as hell deserve some.

Thomkal · 12-31-2020, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Fantastic News Jon! I hope you find a little bit of New Year's magic to get her that hospital bed because it sure sounds like she's ready to come home

Of course you had to ruin my happy post, thanks a lot buddy!

I hope this scan is more from a element of caution than any real concern

JonInMiddleGA · 12-31-2020, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Of course you had to ruin my happy post, thanks a lot buddy!

I hope this scan is more from a element of caution than any real concern

Believe me, I understand. I'm living it minute by minute and can't figure out which way things are heading either.

Best I could come up with earlier was that after two days of running like crazy trying to solve practical stuff, this morning feels like losing balance on the edge of a cliff ... while blindfolded.

Will was heading out for a lunch with a college friend that's in town, so for the first time in 18 days I felt like I had to ... downplay something while still compelled to be honest enough to say something.

"some tests to try to get to the bottom of her iron issues" was what I went with. If he calls her while driving - which is not unlikely - then my understatement will get outted but, fuck, I'm just doing the best I can over here.

While on a cliff edge, blindfolded.

JonInMiddleGA · 01-01-2021, 10:40 AM

Doctor visited her in the past hour, NO sign of anything in a bone from her head to her feet.

The can't certify the hip area as cancer-free cause, microscopic stuff etc so there's still treatment ahead (TBD) but this was as good a report as we were gonna get and a tremendous report considering the stark terror of yesterday.

She's coming home Monday is what we're told this morning. I will save the absolute unspeakable clusterfuck that all the administrative aspects of that have been (and getting worse), I refuse to let their baffling bungling bullshit rob us of appreciating this latest news.

rjolley · 01-01-2021, 11:19 AM

That's great news, Jon. Very glad to hear it.

I hope everything smooths out with the admin side but it's better than the admin side going smoothly and other things being a clusterfuck, so there's that...

GrantDawg · 01-01-2021, 12:19 PM

Fantastic!

PilotMan · 01-01-2021, 12:23 PM

That is very good news man.

sterlingice · 01-01-2021, 03:31 PM

Good, good news. Hopefully 2021 looks up for you and your family

SI

JediKooter · 01-02-2021, 01:46 PM

Very good news indeed!

JonInMiddleGA · 01-03-2021, 04:34 PM

She's home, settled in. I think everybody is gonna doze lightly while her pain pill kicks in.

Next news -- aside from my eventual airing of grievances about administrative issues -- probably 1-2 weeks away, whenever she can get an appointment with her new lead doc.

My sincerest thanks to you all for your patience and your kindness.

sterlingice · 01-03-2021, 04:36 PM

I always hold my breath when this thread is bumped but sounds like modestly good news (as status quo is mostly good right now).

SI

Thomkal · 01-03-2021, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

She's home, settled in. I think everybody is gonna doze lightly while her pain pill kicks in.

Next news -- aside from my eventual airing of grievances about administrative issues -- probably 1-2 weeks away, whenever she can get an appointment with her new lead doc.

My sincerest thanks to you all for your patience and your kindness.

Happy New Year Jon

Edward64 · 01-03-2021, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Happy New Year Jon

rjolley · 01-03-2021, 05:41 PM

Glad to hear, Jon.

Ben E Lou · 01-03-2021, 06:01 PM

Just caught up on this roller coaster. Glad to see things are a bit more settled now.

JonInMiddleGA · 01-03-2021, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Just caught up on this roller coaster. Glad to see things are a bit more settled now.

You're the guy who drives up in his truck juuuuuust as the last box is unloaded at the new apartment aren't you?

miami_fan · 01-04-2021, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Happy New Year Jon

What he said.

Breeze · 01-04-2021, 11:22 AM

Praying for the best for your guys.

Lathum · 01-04-2021, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

She's home, settled in. I think everybody is gonna doze lightly while her pain pill kicks in.

Next news -- aside from my eventual airing of grievances about administrative issues -- probably 1-2 weeks away, whenever she can get an appointment with her new lead doc.

My sincerest thanks to you all for your patience and your kindness.

glad you are settled.

MacroGuru · 01-08-2021, 08:49 AM

Awesome news Jon!

Coffee Warlord · 01-10-2021, 09:15 AM

Haven't posted about my mom in awhile.

1) She made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas.

2) I don't think she's making it through another one.

Her esophagus is completely closed, hasn't been able to eat anything aside from liquids in quite some time. Rail thin. Collapsed last night, refused the ambulance my dad called. Collapsed again overnight, this time she's willing to actually go to the hospital.

She shoulda gone last night, and I tried to talk her into it, but I'm pretty sure she's convinced if she goes to the hospital, she's not getting out.

edit: As far as the cancer specifically, it hasn't spread, but it's very much looking like it's not going to need to.

Kodos · 01-10-2021, 09:29 AM

I'm so sorry, Coffee. What an awful, heartbreaking situation.

Thomkal · 01-10-2021, 10:06 AM

What an awful thing for your family to be going through Coffee.

I'm so sorry :::hugs:::

miami_fan · 01-10-2021, 10:18 AM

Ugh, that is brutal Coffee. I hoping for the best for your mother and your family.

sterlingice · 01-10-2021, 10:23 AM

I'm sorry CW

SI

rjolley · 01-10-2021, 11:30 AM

Sorry to hear that, Coffee. Prayers to you and your family.

Coffee Warlord · 01-10-2021, 11:45 AM

I'm kinda reaching the point where a part of me wants this to be over. She's getting ... possibly already passed ... the "this isn't living" point.

thesloppy · 01-10-2021, 11:47 AM

That sounds really tough, so sorry for you.

Lathum · 01-10-2021, 11:59 AM

Tough to hear CW.

cartman · 01-10-2021, 01:30 PM

I know it is a tough thing to discuss CW, but have y'all thought about hospice care?

MizzouRah · 01-10-2021, 01:57 PM

So sorry CW.. prayers to you and your family.

JonInMiddleGA · 01-10-2021, 01:58 PM

I'm very sorry CW

Breeze · 01-11-2021, 06:52 AM

Sorry CW...

Coffee Warlord · 01-18-2021, 01:27 PM

Short version - she passed today. I made it to the hospital just in time before she died.

MizzouRah · 01-18-2021, 01:34 PM

Prayers to you and your family CW.

Thomkal · 01-18-2021, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Short version - she passed today. I made it to the hospital just in time before she died.

I'm so sorry man (((hug)))

rjolley · 01-18-2021, 01:40 PM

Very sorry to hear that, CW. Very glad you were able to make it. My condolences and prayers to you and your family.

sterlingice · 01-18-2021, 01:40 PM

I'm sorry, CW, and I hope you can find peace

SI

JonInMiddleGA · 01-18-2021, 01:41 PM

Very sorry for your loss CW. My condolences to all those touched by this.

Lathum · 01-18-2021, 02:46 PM

Sorry to hear CW

JPhillips · 01-18-2021, 03:12 PM

Take care, CW.

tarcone · 01-18-2021, 06:26 PM

So sorry, CW. I wasnt there when my Mom passed. I was in denial, thinking she was to strong and stubborn to let death take her. Even went to work the day they took her off a ventilator. And they took her off at 11 am in the morning. Luckily during my lunch break when I got the bad news. I went home and suffered.

Be happy you were there to send her off. But so sorry to hear for your loss.

PilotMan · 01-18-2021, 06:41 PM

Terribly sorry for your loss CW.

12-31-2020, 06:50 AM	#501
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	That doc might not have even been a real doc but instead sent from GOD when no one was looking Good to hear Jon __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

12-31-2020, 08:12 AM	#503
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12-31-2020, 09:08 AM	#505
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Great news. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

12-31-2020, 10:19 AM	#506
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	And now she calls me a little while ago terrified as they've given her dye to do a bone scan later. Concerned because her iron levels were low earlier in the week & did not improve with an IV iron infusion. This rollercoaster ride has too many dips but the worst ones are usually when you aren't expecting them. Today is 19 days since we've seen her and the helplessness is very real right this moment. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-31-2020, 10:21 AM	#507
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Fantastic News Jon! I hope you find a little bit of New Year's magic to get her that hospital bed because it sure sounds like she's ready to come home __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

12-31-2020, 08:37 AM	#504
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Good news. Jon, you know I am not far from you (about half way between the hospital and your house actually). Please let me know if there is something I can do for you.

12-31-2020, 10:21 AM	#508
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Great news, Jon. You all sure as hell deserve some. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

01-01-2021, 10:40 AM	#511
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Doctor visited her in the past hour, NO sign of anything in a bone from her head to her feet. The can't certify the hip area as cancer-free cause, microscopic stuff etc so there's still treatment ahead (TBD) but this was as good a report as we were gonna get and a tremendous report considering the stark terror of yesterday. She's coming home Monday is what we're told this morning. I will save the absolute unspeakable clusterfuck that all the administrative aspects of that have been (and getting worse), I refuse to let their baffling bungling bullshit rob us of appreciating this latest news. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

01-01-2021, 11:19 AM	#512
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	That's great news, Jon. Very glad to hear it. I hope everything smooths out with the admin side but it's better than the admin side going smoothly and other things being a clusterfuck, so there's that... Last edited by rjolley : 01-01-2021 at 12:43 PM.

01-01-2021, 12:19 PM	#513
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Fantastic!

01-01-2021, 12:23 PM	#514
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	That is very good news man. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

01-01-2021, 03:31 PM	#515
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Good, good news. Hopefully 2021 looks up for you and your family SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

01-02-2021, 01:46 PM	#516
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Very good news indeed! __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

01-03-2021, 04:34 PM	#517
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	She's home, settled in. I think everybody is gonna doze lightly while her pain pill kicks in. Next news -- aside from my eventual airing of grievances about administrative issues -- probably 1-2 weeks away, whenever she can get an appointment with her new lead doc. My sincerest thanks to you all for your patience and your kindness. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

01-03-2021, 04:36 PM	#518
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I always hold my breath when this thread is bumped but sounds like modestly good news (as status quo is mostly good right now). SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 01-03-2021 at 04:37 PM.

01-03-2021, 05:41 PM	#521
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	Glad to hear, Jon.

01-03-2021, 06:01 PM	#522
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Just caught up on this roller coaster. Glad to see things are a bit more settled now. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

01-04-2021, 11:22 AM	#525
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	Praying for the best for your guys.

01-08-2021, 08:49 AM	#527
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Awesome news Jon! __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

01-10-2021, 09:15 AM	#528
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Haven't posted about my mom in awhile. 1) She made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas. 2) I don't think she's making it through another one. Her esophagus is completely closed, hasn't been able to eat anything aside from liquids in quite some time. Rail thin. Collapsed last night, refused the ambulance my dad called. Collapsed again overnight, this time she's willing to actually go to the hospital. She shoulda gone last night, and I tried to talk her into it, but I'm pretty sure she's convinced if she goes to the hospital, she's not getting out. edit: As far as the cancer specifically, it hasn't spread, but it's very much looking like it's not going to need to. Last edited by Coffee Warlord : 01-10-2021 at 09:19 AM.

01-10-2021, 09:29 AM	#529
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I'm so sorry, Coffee. What an awful, heartbreaking situation.

01-10-2021, 10:06 AM	#530
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	What an awful thing for your family to be going through Coffee. I'm so sorry :::hugs::: __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

01-10-2021, 10:18 AM	#531
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Ugh, that is brutal Coffee. I hoping for the best for your mother and your family. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

01-10-2021, 10:23 AM	#532
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'm sorry CW SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

01-10-2021, 11:30 AM	#533
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	Sorry to hear that, Coffee. Prayers to you and your family.

01-10-2021, 11:45 AM	#534
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	I'm kinda reaching the point where a part of me wants this to be over. She's getting ... possibly already passed ... the "this isn't living" point.

01-10-2021, 11:47 AM	#535
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	That sounds really tough, so sorry for you. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

01-10-2021, 11:59 AM	#536
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Tough to hear CW.

01-10-2021, 01:30 PM	#537
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I know it is a tough thing to discuss CW, but have y'all thought about hospice care? __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

01-10-2021, 01:57 PM	#538
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	So sorry CW.. prayers to you and your family.

01-10-2021, 01:58 PM	#539
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I'm very sorry CW __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

01-11-2021, 06:52 AM	#540
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	Sorry CW...

01-18-2021, 01:27 PM	#541
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Short version - she passed today. I made it to the hospital just in time before she died.

01-18-2021, 01:34 PM	#542
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Prayers to you and your family CW.

01-18-2021, 01:40 PM	#544
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	Very sorry to hear that, CW. Very glad you were able to make it. My condolences and prayers to you and your family.