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  • hawk711
    hawk711 Member Posts: 566
    #22
    luv4lacrosse said:

    Real men with a heart and a conscience do cry. I have found that I am not nearly as abrasive as I used to be before "C". I seem to pay more attention to my surroundings and other people.

    I can always be worse I have quickly realized.

    Mike

    Keep the eye on the target
    Hi Mike, Bob, Kim, Kent et al.
    I have not been on line for awhile either, so thought I'd get my 2 cents in too. This board helps a lot of people who just found out they are sick, in the middle of the fight, or are post treatment by several months. I still come here to lift my spirits and try to raise others. I have always been an emotional guy, but lately I too drop a tear at a TV show, or a sad story on the news. I think that we all know how fragile life is now and we have strong feelings for others in similar situations, and it comes out.
    I got a NED reading last month and felt a 100 lb weight lifted off my back, but I still have the PEG and can't eat much yet, so I have a daily reminder of what the disease has done to me.
    I just try to remember how bad it was during treatment and how much better I am now, even though I have a ways to go, I am much, much better.
    Let's all say a prayer for each other today sometime: to lift the spirits of all of us no matter where we are in the struggle, early, during or post treatment. Let's remember that a day is only 24 hours long and then a new day starts. Let's try to make our mission to make this day a good one, and if it's not, we get another chance tomorrow to make it a good one.
    My best to each one of you,
    Steve
  • delnative
    delnative Member Posts: 450
    #23
    hawk711 said:

    Keep the eye on the target
    Hi Mike, Bob, Kim, Kent et al.
    I have not been on line for awhile either, so thought I'd get my 2 cents in too. This board helps a lot of people who just found out they are sick, in the middle of the fight, or are post treatment by several months. I still come here to lift my spirits and try to raise others. I have always been an emotional guy, but lately I too drop a tear at a TV show, or a sad story on the news. I think that we all know how fragile life is now and we have strong feelings for others in similar situations, and it comes out.
    I got a NED reading last month and felt a 100 lb weight lifted off my back, but I still have the PEG and can't eat much yet, so I have a daily reminder of what the disease has done to me.
    I just try to remember how bad it was during treatment and how much better I am now, even though I have a ways to go, I am much, much better.
    Let's all say a prayer for each other today sometime: to lift the spirits of all of us no matter where we are in the struggle, early, during or post treatment. Let's remember that a day is only 24 hours long and then a new day starts. Let's try to make our mission to make this day a good one, and if it's not, we get another chance tomorrow to make it a good one.
    My best to each one of you,
    Steve

    Hey Mike
    I'm two years and four months out. When I was in treatment at Johns Hopkins (about a two-hour drive from my home) my wife and I rented a condo in Baltimore so we wouldn't have to travel.
    It came fully furnished, including kitchen stuff.
    When I finished treatment and we moved back home, we inadvertently took one of their dish towels with us. We use it at home, and to this day when I look at it my stomach sometimes does a flip-flop.
    So no, you're not weird. Either that, or both of us are.

    --Jim in Delaware
  • Jimbo55
    Jimbo55 Member Posts: 590 Member
    #24
    Hey Mike
    Great to hear you're doing better. For me, it is some of the food from during treatment. Pudding, I don't believe I'll ever want to eat that stuff again. It would probably taste ok, but just seeing some at a deli counter turns my stomach a tad.

    Perhaps as some folks get past treatment and begin feeling better and better, they tend to drift away from this board. Not entirely maybe, but they don't log in every day as when they were going through treatment. It's probably a natural progression as they begin to reclaim their lives. Cheers

    Jimbo
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    #25
    Skiffin16 said:

    Florida
    Man Mike...I can't believe that you visited Florida without giving me a heads up and having the opportunity to meet face to face...LOL.

    Hopefully the weather treated you right, an Naples is very nice with some great beaches...

    Best Always,
    John

    wished we could have met.
    The wather was a bit cool to me. low to mid 60's and very windy. But allot better than 8 deg. with a foot of snow on the ground.

    Mike
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    #26
    Jimbo55 said:

    Hey Mike
    Great to hear you're doing better. For me, it is some of the food from during treatment. Pudding, I don't believe I'll ever want to eat that stuff again. It would probably taste ok, but just seeing some at a deli counter turns my stomach a tad.

    Perhaps as some folks get past treatment and begin feeling better and better, they tend to drift away from this board. Not entirely maybe, but they don't log in every day as when they were going through treatment. It's probably a natural progression as they begin to reclaim their lives. Cheers

    Jimbo

    I AGREE JIMBO
    I agree with the logging on. When I am really busy at work, the site just seems to slip my mind. I may also just read some posts and not chime in. I feel more comfortable logging on in the AM at work for a few minutes and that is it for the day. I have gotten away from spending time on the site when I can be spending time with my wife when we are at home.

    BEST!!

    MIke

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