Turns out I have brain cancer that moved there from my lungs. Prognosis is poor. I had brain surgery a couple of weeks ago.
Of course, being me, I intend to fight hard to the very end, and beat the odds. I may well be around for harvest season this year. That is my intent. Normal prognosis is in weeks.
I've held off on bringing this up on FR for several reasons. But the time to bring it up is now.
Consider this my opus. It's as close as I'm going to get to giving one.
I really want to thank Jim for giving us a forum. Jim, you do good work. Thanks.
/johnny
Keep up the fight. Beat that damn cancer.
Prayers up.
Thank you, JRandomFreeper. God bless you and your health. May you be here in the garden, but if you get promoted to the ultimate garden may you bless God.
Prayers for you and those who love you. Give it all you’ve got, and believe you can get through this. You have many, many FRiends here.
Prayers of peace, strength, comfort and courage for you and for your family. I also pray that God might intervene on your behalf and give you more years to be here on this earth!
God bless you and keep you always, sir.
Will pray for you for as along as you need prayers. You will beat this for sure!
God Bless
I have always enjoyed reading your posts. My prayers for you and your family, Jrandom. Bless you, patriot!
I seldom visit Free Republic anymore but I saw your post and felt that I needed to reply. I am going to tell you something different from the other posters.
My father died 26 years ago. From the time he was diagnosed to the time he died he spent 10 long years slowly and agonizingly suffocating to death. It was a horrible way to die. On the other hand his sister had it much different. From the time she discovered that she had cancer she had one month until she died. She had little pain and passed comfortably. She had a month to tell us all that she loved us and that she was proud of what we had accomplished. She was proud that all of her nieces and nephews were fine upstanding people and that she helped us along the way. She told us how much our love meant to her and asked for forgiveness for anything that she may have done in the past to hurt our feelings.
She had time to tell us about her life and what were the highlights that brought her joy. She also told us a couple of things that she regretted and the lessons that she learned.
My aunt had faith. Her doctor had previously had her addicted to a prescription drug and she fought her way through recovery. One night she tried to make her way from her bed to the kitchen and began to falter along the way. She felt a warm hand take her hand, it gave her strength and guided her the rest of the way on her short journey. She was convinced, beyond any doubt, that it was Jesus that took her hand. She knew that Jesus loved her and was there to help her. She told very few people about this for fear that they would think that she was crazy. But she never wavered in her belief.
She felt that she had completed the tasks that she was sent to earth to accomplish and that Jesus was waiting to help her come home.
At the time I was very sad to lose my aunt and wished that she had lived longer, but the older that I get the more I think that she was truly blessed and I only hope that when my time comes, that I will die like my aunt and not my father.
One point that is very important is that my aunt had unwavering faith while my father was the opposite and had no faith at all. I have often pondered if his slow death was an attempt by the almighty to bring him back to the Lord. Someday, after I pass, I have a lot of questions that I want to ask and that is one of them.
I tell you all this to let you know that you have a great opportunity to be like my aunt and to say all the things that should be said and to apologize for mistakes that all of us have made at some point. You can pass into Jesus’ hands knowing that your work is done and that He is ready to welcome you home for the rewards that await.
I hope that you can beat the cancer and live a long time. But if not, I hope that you use the remaining time wisely and make peace with those around you.
May God Bless and Keep You.
Prayers up and continuing, j!
JR, may I tell you a story about WHAT the FreeRepublic group can do when asked?
Way back before FR was a web site, Jim and many others had a bulletin board ‘group’. My husband and I were quite involved, along w/many others.
My husband, JJ, ended up in the hosptial many a time; I notified the group; they collectively grouped together in prayer, wrote individual notes to JJ, which I printed out to show him. IT WORKED.
I’ve kept the thick notebook of all the replies, to this date.
So, here’s hoping your ‘reply’ will be posted as its own TOPIC, so that more within this great forum can participate, collectively, on your behalf.
Sincerely, and with prayer,
Shadow/Suz
Johnny,Sorry you have to leave us .I will remember you in prayer.((((Hugs))))Betty
Prayers and thinking of you. I did notice you weren’t posting very much. May there be peace and good coffee in the days ahead for you.
I still hope to someday drink a cup of Costa Rican coffee with you.
You will be in my prayers.
God bless you, sir. Keep fighting the good fight!
May god give you strength. Wisdom you already have.
Johnny, I met you on FR years ago during a dark night of the soul on your part. I’m glad you made it through that and have enjoyed your presence here since. Godspeed. It’s not an if it’s a when, as stark as that sounds, but you knew that already. Stick around if you can, you’re a decent sort.
So very sorry. Hope you see all these thoughts and prayers from FRiends across the land and feel some comfort and strength and less alone in the battle. God be near you.
Aww Johnny, you’re not going to marry me???????? Mannnnnn. God bless you dear.
Bless you JRF. May The Lord heal you! From the look of this thread, and the one running from Windy, the people here on FR have your back! There is unfathomable strength coming from the thoughts and prayers of your friends here.
We will all pray for you.