I AM SIGNING OFF

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luv4lacrosse
luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
To all of the grest friends and confidants here on OUR SITE, I have decided to leave. I have gotten from this site what I needed when I needed it but have also battled some serious depression trying to get back to my new normal while also coping with a personal tragedy with my son.

In all honesty I am struggling with the bad news that come to our family when I log on and see a friend is not doing well.

God Bless you all

BEST!!

Mike Kraus
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  • Tim6003
    Tim6003 Member Posts: 1,514 Member
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    I understand ...
    I understand Mike ....I'm new here and did not get to know you that well ....but I pray your future is more peacful ....

    I read some of your posts in the past and I appreciate the help I got from them....heck, just you being willing to post helped me ...so thank you ...

    Best to you and your family ...

    Tim
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196
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    I Will Miss You
    Very sorry to hear you've been loaded down with depression, and have experienced a personal tragedy. It's hard enough to try to help yourself under good conditions. At least most of us fully understand the need to step away.

    Please know that I wish you the best, and am hoping for smoother trails for my fellow traveler. And, of course, if you ever feel like doing a "drive by" visit to update us . . .

    Do well. Find happiness where and when you can. Hoping it's often and in lots of places.
  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
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    Mike
    Journey on! I will miss your wit and wisdom. Thanks for being there for me.

    Deb
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
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    D Lewis said:

    Mike
    Journey on! I will miss your wit and wisdom. Thanks for being there for me.

    Deb

    Mike
    Forward, Mike- on with the rest of your new life. Hope you'll stay in touch with Greg from time to time, and if you do stop in for a read upon occasion- you're always welcome, here. Great to have made your acquaintance. Truly do hope you enjoy each and every day in the future, Mike.

    kcass

    You and Greg will always be the only two good people in St. Louis, though everybody agrees that Musial was as good a man as ever lived, and you once had a man named Brock who was all right.
  • patricke
    patricke Member Posts: 570
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    Best wishes on your journey
    Best wishes on your journey Mike, live strong and long.

    PATRICK
  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
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    Thanks!
    Thanks Mike for all you have done for so many here on CSN. May God be with you every moment of everyday.

    John
  • Pumakitty
    Pumakitty Member Posts: 652
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    Miss you
    I can understand. Please know I will keep you in my prayers. We will be here if you need us!!


    Kathy
  • Tonsil Dad
    Tonsil Dad Member Posts: 488
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    Pumakitty said:

    Miss you
    I can understand. Please know I will keep you in my prayers. We will be here if you need us!!


    Kathy

    Soldier On.
    We on the board have appreciated you prescence here and
    Respect your decision to leave.
    May God hold you in the palm of his hand, and keep you from
    Harm as you journey through life.

    God bless
    Tonsil dad,

    Dan.
  • Jimbo55
    Jimbo55 Member Posts: 590 Member
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    Mike
    All the best to you Mike, may the wind be always at your back. Happy Trails. Cheers

    Jimbo
  • MarineE5
    MarineE5 Member Posts: 1,030 Member
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    Turmoil and Peace
    Mike,

    In living Life, comes Turmoil and Peace. I hope that you will soon find Peace within.

    Peace be with you.

    My Best to You and Everyone Here
  • nwasen
    nwasen Member Posts: 235 Member
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    good bye for now....
    Mike
    I don't really know you except as a fellow member on this site. I totally get where you are coming from. It is tough even when not depressed to see bad news.
    Take care of yourself and hope your struggle with depression can be helped.
    I am sure you know that there is always someone on here to help you if needed.
    Peace to you
    Nancy aka toughcookie
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
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    Understand...
    You gotta do, what you gotta do for you...

    Best,
    John
  • jim and i
    jim and i Member Posts: 1,788 Member
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    Blessings to you.
    Thanks for the support you gave. May you find joy and peace.

    Debbie
  • josh r.
    josh r. Member Posts: 264 Member
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    To get and to give.
    Hi Mike,
    I am glad that you have gotten so much from this site and I am just as saddened to read that you are going through a time of depression and a personal tragedy with your son. Please know that we are here with you in your time of uncertainty and pain and that you have given many of us hope and strength and that we sent it right back to you and your family. While it is true some of "our family" are not doing well many are and part of the reason for our success comes from "sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers "giving hope to each other. Thanks for your help, God bless, Josh r.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
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    G’day Mike
    I wish you all the best my friend, God be with you and may you have many blessed years ahead.

    PS: I tried to leave but find myself back here all the time, maybe not like before, but just can’t stay away very long.

    God blessing to you
    Hondo
  • CajunEagle
    CajunEagle Member Posts: 408
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    Hondo said:

    G’day Mike
    I wish you all the best my friend, God be with you and may you have many blessed years ahead.

    PS: I tried to leave but find myself back here all the time, maybe not like before, but just can’t stay away very long.

    God blessing to you
    Hondo

    See what happens ???
    If you leave, you end up with a Peg Tube. (Just kidding, Hondo.)
  • jtl
    jtl Member Posts: 456
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    Mike
    I hear what you are saying and I am following down your path. I believe sites like this serve a very meaningful purpose for a while but I need to move on with my life. I have spent way too much time making posts which at the time was good therapy and a great source of information during my rt. I have neglected too many things I used to do, just researching and posting and worrying. There is a lot of great info on Dawn's Super Thread and really the rest of the benefits are bonding with the people who are going through treatment with you, not people who are years out who just keep repeating what they went through. This is not a curable disease at this point in time and the best we can hope for is to keep it in check and die with it not from it. Personally, I am going to concentrate more on trying to keep my immune system in better shape. Take Care.

    John
  • Goalie
    Goalie Member Posts: 184
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    jtl said:

    Mike
    I hear what you are saying and I am following down your path. I believe sites like this serve a very meaningful purpose for a while but I need to move on with my life. I have spent way too much time making posts which at the time was good therapy and a great source of information during my rt. I have neglected too many things I used to do, just researching and posting and worrying. There is a lot of great info on Dawn's Super Thread and really the rest of the benefits are bonding with the people who are going through treatment with you, not people who are years out who just keep repeating what they went through. This is not a curable disease at this point in time and the best we can hope for is to keep it in check and die with it not from it. Personally, I am going to concentrate more on trying to keep my immune system in better shape. Take Care.

    John

    will miss you
    I shall also miss you, Mike. I think we started our journeys at about the same time. Diagnosis and first op Aug 2010 and rads and chemo Oct to Dec 2010. I am glad that you feel well enough to decide that you have graduated. I must admit that I only pass by so that I can try to give the occasional encouragement to someone taking the first steps. Now I mostly try to help people locally when I can; my ENT referred someone to us recently and we have been talking to them one to one.

    Anyway, be well and enjoy life. Hug you caregiver. They were how we survived. Doug
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
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    jtl said:

    Mike
    I hear what you are saying and I am following down your path. I believe sites like this serve a very meaningful purpose for a while but I need to move on with my life. I have spent way too much time making posts which at the time was good therapy and a great source of information during my rt. I have neglected too many things I used to do, just researching and posting and worrying. There is a lot of great info on Dawn's Super Thread and really the rest of the benefits are bonding with the people who are going through treatment with you, not people who are years out who just keep repeating what they went through. This is not a curable disease at this point in time and the best we can hope for is to keep it in check and die with it not from it. Personally, I am going to concentrate more on trying to keep my immune system in better shape. Take Care.

    John

    Take Care...
    But I do believe the ones you are referring as "years out", are some of the foundations and resources that make this forum valuable.

    A lot of the newer survivors, and newly diagnosed are not only seeking others going through similar situations. But what to expect in the future from those that have went through similar treatment of similar diagnosis...

    They aren't going to find that from someone going through treatment at the same time... They haven't been there done that in reality. Plus we all know that most of the MD's can't relate to treatment as survivors do.

    Not to mention that it's nice to be able to communicate with those others who are "years out". Knowing and realizing we are still around, alive, kicking, and quite frankly doing very well.

    But each with our own history that might just apply to someone that hasn't encountered it before, or knowing that many have went through exactly the same thing.

    As long as myself and others can still bring value here, and the newer people going through treatment see our "years out of treatment" of value, I plan on hanging around for awhile.

    But, I am glad some as yourself and others have been able to get what they needed when they needed it to help get through.

    Oh, and I also believe that many here are cured, and there is hope that many more will be cured and won't have a recurrence.

    My best,
    John
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
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    CajunEagle said:

    See what happens ???
    If you leave, you end up with a Peg Tube. (Just kidding, Hondo.)

    P-tube
    Yep you are right

    Ha ha Thanks my friend

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