Ron50?

Helen321
Helen321 Member Posts: 1,440 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Hi all, I haven't been on in quite a while.  I'm at a point where my emotions run very high coming on the board.  I had to stop taking anti anxieties, they were ruining my brain.  That meant avoiding triggers.  I wouldn't say what I am now is "back to normal" but I don't think about cancer night and day like I used to.  I've had whole days where I don't think about it at all.  The ostomy has become something completely separate in my brain.  I'm on here looking for Ron50.  He's such a trooper.  I see he hasn't signed on since February.  

I also am incredibly saddened to hear we lost JanJan.  She was a superstar=(  

 

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,715 Member
    edited July 2020 #2
    Ron

    I've also started a seperate thread awhile back and he never responded.  Hope he is doing well.  Miss him on the boards and you are right, he is a trooper.

    Kim

  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,440 Member
    edited July 2020 #3
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Ron

    I've also started a seperate thread awhile back and he never responded.  Hope he is doing well.  Miss him on the boards and you are right, he is a trooper.

    Kim

    I'm going to try to figure

    I'm going to try to figure out his real name.  It's 2020, we really should say who we are and where we're from if we want to.  I know he's from Australia.

  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,643 Member
    #4
    Helen321 said:

    I'm going to try to figure

    I'm going to try to figure out his real name.  It's 2020, we really should say who we are and where we're from if we want to.  I know he's from Australia.

    PM

    Did you try sending him a personal message via CSN?  I know that he checks in when he hears that people are asking after him. 

    Last I heard, he had retired - finally - and I hope he is out there fishing and enjoying his life. 

    Tru

  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,440 Member
    edited January 2021 #5
    Trubrit said:

    PM

    Did you try sending him a personal message via CSN?  I know that he checks in when he hears that people are asking after him. 

    Last I heard, he had retired - finally - and I hope he is out there fishing and enjoying his life. 

    Tru

    That would be ideal.  I'll

    That would be ideal.  I'll send him a message thanks.  I can't believe I wrote this in July.  Time is just flying on me lately.  I'm working and taking care of my mom and the weeks just fly by.

  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,440 Member
    edited January 2021 #6
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Ron

    I've also started a seperate thread awhile back and he never responded.  Hope he is doing well.  Miss him on the boards and you are right, he is a trooper.

    Kim

    Hi Kim that picture of you is

    Hi Kim that picture of you is so lovely!  That dress really is a nice pattern for your face.  Really brings out your smile and eyes.

  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,715 Member
    edited January 2021 #7
    Helen321 said:

    Hi Kim that picture of you is

    Hi Kim that picture of you is so lovely!  That dress really is a nice pattern for your face.  Really brings out your smile and eyes.

    Thank you, Helen

    I always appreciate seeing a post from you, and still glad to hear that you are doing well.  Several times I've tried to contact Ron and I've sent him personal messages, but I've still not heard back from him.  Last that he posted was right after the terrible wild fires that went through his area, but know he was ok and out of danger.  It has been so long since I've hear from him that it makes me worry.  He didn't post as much as he did at the beginning, but it has been too long.  Hope we get to hear from him soon.  Take care, and please pop in now and again and give us an update.

    Kim

  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,643 Member
    edited January 2021 #8
    CSN

    I have had some VERY helpful CSN staff look for our missing members. But the last time I reached out to them, looking for Joan M, I was told they could not offer any assistance because of privacy.  Of course, I think that is rubbish - I would say 'absolute rubbish' in my best English accent. It is not as if we are asking for address and telephone number, a full name so we can look through obituaries - which is sad, but that is how we have found previous members. I had one lovely CSN staff member who did some serious research and found the obit of a member. 

    Anyway, if we all sent a message to CSN, maybe one of them will take a look for us, as I believe they have the information that we need to at least research the web.

    I was never able to find Lou Swift, and I've looked for years, even though I KNOW in my heart he passed.

    Along with Ron, I worry about Joan M. It has been a full five months since we last heard from her. 

    Tru

     

  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,440 Member
    #9
    https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1679961#Comment_1679961

    Hi Tru, I have anxiety attacks sadly so I can't come on often. I guess no one ever heard from Ron? I guessed he was an older guy as his sign on was Ron50 when he started and he was on 20 years so he is or was in his 70s. I so wish we knew.

  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,643 Member
    #10

    Ah, Ron and JoanM.

    It is Joan M's birthday next week, but I will not be posting a greeting. Her last post indicated the Cancer had spread to the brain, and we haven't had many members here - if any, who have survived brain mets. I'm not sure if you know that our dear Mojo, who also had brain mets, passed away during the summer.

    Ron had MANY post treatment issues, and as you say, was advancing in his years. I pray he is still around, but......

    We will just leave it at that, then.

    Tru

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