Posted on 07/06/2020 7:45:26 AM PDT by Chode
Only mabarker1 has known what has been going on and has kept his vow of science but the time has now come to fess up.
i have been fighting cancer since last October going thru chemo/radiation and then more chemo and it damn near killed me.
i have been in hospital three times this year, 8 then 10 then 21 days.
the first when my body had multiple organ system complications and shut down, then again with additional complications, the third time i had major abdominal surgery all stemming from the chemo/rad.
the surgery was small bowel to small bowel bypass of multiple small bowel obstructions, meaning most of my sm bowel no longer functions in the normal manner.
along with ulcerative colitis and decompensatied liver with acities i am not in the best of shape.
that said i will be less visible here from now on and will not be answering every ping or post to me, let alone on this thread, just know i am not ignoring you, simply not up to it.
May God Bless you all and Trump be victorious in 2020!!!
I always enjoy your posts & responses.
You appear to have a vault of unusual images. I wasn't expecting to see a lip-stretching Claymore mine.
Rest & get well, brother.
Cancer sucks. You’re in my prayers.
Been reading your FR profile. Some pretty amazing, needful and important things to consider especially in light of current events. Thank you.
Major bummer that you have been going through so much this year. I hope you have close family and friends to help you through this. I’ll be praying for you. Keep up the good fight and don’t lose hope.
I’m praying your find the right treatment that puts you into remission.
Dang Chode I am so sorry to hear this. Keep your chin up, keep punching as best you can and know that myself, and all FReepers, are praying for you. Bobby.223
thank you!
thank you all for your kind words and prayers
and to any i missed, thank you also and endless apologies
Hope and pray you are doing well.
Indeed true but this bulletin board skews older so it’s a feature here not a bug.
Prayers continue.
that’s crazy.
That post was a week old but I was Just Now thinking about it again.
Perhaps because I saw another illness thread.
Yeah you are right.
I joined in 2000 when i was 32.
Still young and ready to conquer the world.
life had other plans. :)
How you feeling?
Just prayed again for you...
More prayers for you.
I think alkaline diets may help delay the progression of cancer, but they certainly do not cure cancer.
I was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer almost six years ago. The 5-year survival rate is around 50%. I am currently on a second level androgen deprivation drug treatment. I also take a number of supplements which have been shown to help delay the progression of prostate cancer, but they are not a cure.
As for alkaline water, it’s all I drink. It is better for you than regular tap or bottled water, but the main reason is that it tastes so refreshing. So much so that I very rarely drink a soda. Bottled water has a pH of about 5-6. The alkaline water I drink is 9.5 pH. We buy it at Costco and it’s about 52 cents per 1 liter bottle.
You will remain in my prayers Chode. Take care, and God Bless.
You’re a fighter, on FR and in real life! Prayers up for you.
got two spots on the incision that will take a couple months to heal but other than that pretty fair, thx
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