MDX -1106

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  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #22
    garym said:

    Golf at 17 degrees or colder...
    After playing last Wednesday, the weather turned and by Friday it was in the teens, windy, and we had 6" of snow on the ground, bummer.

    Some of my friends and I set up a course and play ice golf in the winter when the conditions are right regardless of the temp. We play on the lake, shovel snow off the ice to make tees and greens, bore holes with an auger and actually have flag sticks. The problem is that usually by the time the ice is safe the snow is too deep, but once in awhile it works out. We set up a standard nine holes, winter rules of course, you're only allowed 2 clubs, as much beer as you can carry, power carts (snowmobiles) are not allowed, and sometimes we have to drill a hole through the ball to attach colored yarn to help find them in the snow, we lose very few. You're allowed to clear the snow around your ball for second, third, etc. shots. You'd be surprised how well you can hit it dressed in boots, gloves, and Carharts. You don't have to be nutz, but it helps.

    Golfers nuts?
    No, Fox, apparently not. My Wife and I discussed the topic at length yesterday and she declared that I'm not nuts, just weird! She says I see the world about 3 degrees off the bearing other people have on it. (I have to admit there's a lot of supporting evidence. Coffee often makes me very sleepy; morphine (Morpheus - god of dreams) kept me awake and fired up so that I had to be careful not to let the euphoria lead me into addiction; electronic equipment sometimes goes haywire when I'm in contact, etc etc. I have come to understand why I took to Paloma Faith's song "Upside Down" so readily.

    Of course, the uninitiated see all golfers as nuts and you've only to see Gary's tale above to see why. Gary, that's a great story - must be classifiable as an extreme sport! What a superb print your scene could make for clubhouse walls. It would tie in with the old Scottish tradition of curling by farmers on curling ponds. In fact, one of my parkland clubs, where I play in a winter league, actually has a curling pond beside the 18th fairway but, alas, it's not quite the size of your lake!! By the way, I guess the fairway behind you in your pic. is where you set the long-driving record? :)

    Gallows humour is another way of coping isn't it? Fox's truck reminded me of my saying to my Wife, just after Dx, that I would be a bit later getting home because I was going to stop off to buy 3l. of paint and also some socks and she said 'Why don't you make it 1l. and forget about the socks!' . My GP told me that in years gone by doctors used to joke 'Well, don't buy an LP' [for younger board readers that was a "long-playing record" - a record was what we used to buy music on before CDs - oh I give up!]
  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #23
    Texas_wedge said:

    Golfers nuts?
    No, Fox, apparently not. My Wife and I discussed the topic at length yesterday and she declared that I'm not nuts, just weird! She says I see the world about 3 degrees off the bearing other people have on it. (I have to admit there's a lot of supporting evidence. Coffee often makes me very sleepy; morphine (Morpheus - god of dreams) kept me awake and fired up so that I had to be careful not to let the euphoria lead me into addiction; electronic equipment sometimes goes haywire when I'm in contact, etc etc. I have come to understand why I took to Paloma Faith's song "Upside Down" so readily.

    Of course, the uninitiated see all golfers as nuts and you've only to see Gary's tale above to see why. Gary, that's a great story - must be classifiable as an extreme sport! What a superb print your scene could make for clubhouse walls. It would tie in with the old Scottish tradition of curling by farmers on curling ponds. In fact, one of my parkland clubs, where I play in a winter league, actually has a curling pond beside the 18th fairway but, alas, it's not quite the size of your lake!! By the way, I guess the fairway behind you in your pic. is where you set the long-driving record? :)

    Gallows humour is another way of coping isn't it? Fox's truck reminded me of my saying to my Wife, just after Dx, that I would be a bit later getting home because I was going to stop off to buy 3l. of paint and also some socks and she said 'Why don't you make it 1l. and forget about the socks!' . My GP told me that in years gone by doctors used to joke 'Well, don't buy an LP' [for younger board readers that was a "long-playing record" - a record was what we used to buy music on before CDs - oh I give up!]

    Gallows humor
    My current oncologist told me it would be OK to buy green bananas! I didn't get it at first.
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #24
    foxhd said:

    Gallows humor
    My current oncologist told me it would be OK to buy green bananas! I didn't get it at first.

    Gallows humour
    :-))
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #25
    Texas_wedge said:

    Gallows humour
    :-))

    Gallows
    May be my last grin for a while! Left my GP 10 minutes ago - confirmed regained 1 1/2 k and blood samples perfect. However, we read parts of my path report for the first time and I probably won't buy any green bananas.
  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #26
    Texas_wedge said:

    Gallows humour
    :-))

    Gallows humour...
    I played golf with my father in-law every Saturday morning for over twenty years, he passed from RCC almost 12 years ago. When they told me , in the ER, that they had found a mass in my kidney that they were pretty sure was RCC, I turned to my wife and said "I guess your dad must need a forth.", she'd have hit me if I didn't already have so many broken bones. Funny how normal people fail to see the humor at times, she does laugh about it now though, says she wanted to kill me at the time, huh?
  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #27
    Texas_wedge said:

    Gallows
    May be my last grin for a while! Left my GP 10 minutes ago - confirmed regained 1 1/2 k and blood samples perfect. However, we read parts of my path report for the first time and I probably won't buy any green bananas.

    Gallows
    T,

    I don't mean to pry, but you can't leave us hanging like that, what's up? Whatever it is let us help you with it, that's what friends are for.

    Gary
  • rae_rae
    rae_rae Member Posts: 300 Member
    #28
    Texas_wedge said:

    Gallows
    May be my last grin for a while! Left my GP 10 minutes ago - confirmed regained 1 1/2 k and blood samples perfect. However, we read parts of my path report for the first time and I probably won't buy any green bananas.

    Path report not good? Or you
    Path report not good? Or you don't like bananas? Keeping you in my prayers.
    Rae
  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #29
    garym said:

    Gallows humour...
    I played golf with my father in-law every Saturday morning for over twenty years, he passed from RCC almost 12 years ago. When they told me , in the ER, that they had found a mass in my kidney that they were pretty sure was RCC, I turned to my wife and said "I guess your dad must need a forth.", she'd have hit me if I didn't already have so many broken bones. Funny how normal people fail to see the humor at times, she does laugh about it now though, says she wanted to kill me at the time, huh?

    What?
    T-W? Compose yourself and let it all hang out. You get at least one mulligan.
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #30
    foxhd said:

    What?
    T-W? Compose yourself and let it all hang out. You get at least one mulligan.

    Prognosis
    Now that's what I wanted to hear, Fox!

    Gary, sorry, I wasn't intending my post to be so arcane, it's just that as soon as I'd posted I began a few hours of intensive research and have only now just returned here. I'm waiting at the end of the 'phone for further developments and don't want to let my nearest and dearest know until I've got a fuller picture. My Wife doesn't need any additional bad news right now. I'm hoping my appearance of robust good health, coupled with the torrents of verbiage I subject you guys to, will have put her off any inclination to read what I say here!

    Good news was that I'm regaining a little weight and my blood samples were perfect. Bad news, my path report (GP went online to hospital to get it after our customary chat about golf) sounds somewhat like Rae's but rather less promising. He read a few bits of it out to me. We'll see what recommendations may be made for further treatment. I'm a fighter and within two minutes of starting to drive away from the anticipated 10 minute 'You're cured' appointment, Fox came to mind and I said out loud to myself "I'm gonna beat this rap". There's plenty of support on this forum and I've got too much living to do to quit prematurely.
  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #31
    Texas_wedge said:

    Prognosis
    Now that's what I wanted to hear, Fox!

    Gary, sorry, I wasn't intending my post to be so arcane, it's just that as soon as I'd posted I began a few hours of intensive research and have only now just returned here. I'm waiting at the end of the 'phone for further developments and don't want to let my nearest and dearest know until I've got a fuller picture. My Wife doesn't need any additional bad news right now. I'm hoping my appearance of robust good health, coupled with the torrents of verbiage I subject you guys to, will have put her off any inclination to read what I say here!

    Good news was that I'm regaining a little weight and my blood samples were perfect. Bad news, my path report (GP went online to hospital to get it after our customary chat about golf) sounds somewhat like Rae's but rather less promising. He read a few bits of it out to me. We'll see what recommendations may be made for further treatment. I'm a fighter and within two minutes of starting to drive away from the anticipated 10 minute 'You're cured' appointment, Fox came to mind and I said out loud to myself "I'm gonna beat this rap". There's plenty of support on this forum and I've got too much living to do to quit prematurely.

    That's more like it...
    T,

    Understood. Ya can't let one bad shot ruin your whole round because the next one might go straight in the hole. You do have much more living to do!!

    Aces to you,

    Gary
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #32
    garym said:

    That's more like it...
    T,

    Understood. Ya can't let one bad shot ruin your whole round because the next one might go straight in the hole. You do have much more living to do!!

    Aces to you,

    Gary

    Agreed
    Thanks Gary - right on.
    Rae, I actually love bananas. I may be wanting to compare notes with you a bit more about golf etc. Pooling information never does any harm.
  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #33
    garym said:

    That's more like it...
    T,

    Understood. Ya can't let one bad shot ruin your whole round because the next one might go straight in the hole. You do have much more living to do!!

    Aces to you,

    Gary

    Prognosis
    There's always MDX-1106!.....by the way, RCC by nature has a poor prognosis. So don't go by that. Until 5-10 years post op, I don't think anyone here has been told that they have been cured. That's why we keep getting repeat scans. But just to be on the safe side, get an early tee time.
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #34
    foxhd said:

    Prognosis
    There's always MDX-1106!.....by the way, RCC by nature has a poor prognosis. So don't go by that. Until 5-10 years post op, I don't think anyone here has been told that they have been cured. That's why we keep getting repeat scans. But just to be on the safe side, get an early tee time.

    Prognosis
    :-)
  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #35
    foxhd said:

    Prognosis
    There's always MDX-1106!.....by the way, RCC by nature has a poor prognosis. So don't go by that. Until 5-10 years post op, I don't think anyone here has been told that they have been cured. That's why we keep getting repeat scans. But just to be on the safe side, get an early tee time.

    MDX-1106
    I should think a Fighting Scot would be a welcome addition to this club!!
  • Sm4pack
    Sm4pack Member Posts: 40
    #36
    Texas_wedge said:

    Prognosis
    :-)

    Thinking about you T-Wedge
    Just got done following this thread. Praying you keep smiling and keep hitting them long and straight. Stay vigilant and active my friend.

    Scott
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #37
    garym said:

    MDX-1106
    I should think a Fighting Scot would be a welcome addition to this club!!

    Scotland
    I love this country Gary and have now lived most of my life here but (and keep it quiet please!) I'm actually a Londoner, albeit of Welsh and Irish ancestry!
  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #38
    Sm4pack said:

    Thinking about you T-Wedge
    Just got done following this thread. Praying you keep smiling and keep hitting them long and straight. Stay vigilant and active my friend.

    Scott

    Staying positive
    Thanks Scott and it's good to see you doing so well and that you're already giving a lot back to this board - long may you continue to do both those things.
  • rae_rae
    rae_rae Member Posts: 300 Member
    #39
    Texas_wedge said:

    Staying positive
    Thanks Scott and it's good to see you doing so well and that you're already giving a lot back to this board - long may you continue to do both those things.

    So this could be a really
    So this could be a really big furball. Stay positive! By the way, the weekend after I had my "recurrence " diagnosis, my friends and coworkers went into my office with a hundred sticky notes and "bequeathed " all of my stuff (pens, paper, computer, shoes, dental floss- everything) to everyone at the resort. It's great friends like that and the ones you find here that help us through the crazy days.
    Rae
  • rae_rae
    rae_rae Member Posts: 300 Member
    #40
    Texas_wedge said:

    Staying positive
    Thanks Scott and it's good to see you doing so well and that you're already giving a lot back to this board - long may you continue to do both those things.

    So this could be a really
    So this could be a really big furball. Stay positive! By the way, the weekend after I had my "recurrence " diagnosis, my friends and coworkers went into my office with a hundred sticky notes and "bequeathed " all of my stuff (pens, paper, computer, shoes, dental floss- everything) to everyone at the resort. It's great friends like that and the ones you find here that help us through the crazy days.
    Rae
  • garym
    garym Member Posts: 1,647
    #41
    rae_rae said:

    So this could be a really
    So this could be a really big furball. Stay positive! By the way, the weekend after I had my "recurrence " diagnosis, my friends and coworkers went into my office with a hundred sticky notes and "bequeathed " all of my stuff (pens, paper, computer, shoes, dental floss- everything) to everyone at the resort. It's great friends like that and the ones you find here that help us through the crazy days.
    Rae

    Too funny!!!
    LOL

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