Posted on 03/30/2017 12:49:35 AM PDT by Farmer Dean
Just got back from the hospital,CT scan reveals I've got colon cancer and it's spread.I think I'm probably a dead man walking.
read up on alkaline foods
cbd oil
best of luck man.... !
We praise Thee and we adore Thee o Lord, and we thank Thee for healing Thy servant Dean.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
FReeper Farmer Dean needs our prayers.(click here for link to new prayer thread Please take a moment to pray for Dean and his Wife
If you have a moment, please post your prayers and encouragement by clicking here (old thread) to respond directly to Farmer Dean
From OldVirginian:
Dean’s in the hospital./FReeper Farmer Dean needs our prayers.(click here for link to new prayer thread Please take a moment to pray for Dean and his WifeHe’s not on antibiotics anymore and his septic infection is just to broad and strong.
He’s on fent patch, roxycodone and morphine
#### i’ll be talking to him everyday and i’ll update you every now and then.
Please put a post up. Dean Knows that i’m asking for you to put up a post so maybe folks can address Dean cause he’ll be reading them.
it doesn’t have to be a funeral thread
The guy’s got no family and is in isolation because of the virus.
he LOVES guns. maybe folks can tell him about their collections. I dunno, I trust you to post a good thread.
He don’t want pity but I can tell he wants to read post that show people know he’s alive.
i got 3000 people in my Italian family.
This guy’s got no one.
I can’t even imagine.
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thank you
Also we just found out mid-post that my wife's Aunt Loretta has been in the ICU for the last 12 days.
Praying for all those struggling with severe illness.
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Prayers going up for Dean!!
Praying for Farmer Dean!
Consider us your online family. We’re not formal, we put our feet up on the coffee table and we interrupt each other, and you belong with us.
I am praying for comfort and healing for you, because I always wait for God to tell me the news, the Docs just do the best they can.
I am praying that you know that you are not alone - God is with you and we are thinking of you, placing ourselves beside you, turning our attention to you.
You like guns? I think they are interesting machines and rifle practice was literally the only time I could stop my mind from multi-tasking. As long as I had other ideas and areas of focus, my mind whirling on what I would do the rest of the day, my sites drifted all over the target, swayed with my breathing.
With time I began shutting down different trains of thought - less swaying. No more palm tree in a storm.
Like turning off lights in my mind until the only light left off one the one where my mind connected with target, and my breathing became still.
That’s what I like about guns - interesting machines, and concentration that can’t be had any other way.
I’m thinking of you, got my eyes on you.
*squeezing your hand*
Colon cancer is not a death sentence in any way not anymore!! Pancreatic is BAD but you will come through colon cancer just fine!! Prayers up!!
Praying for you!
Is Farmer Dean’s first name Dean? I want to address him by his first name.
Prayers up.
God bless you, patriot!
I’m praying for strength and healing. May He give your doctors and caretakers skill and wisdom.
We want to see you back in action here on FR. SOON!
Some gun jokes (because laughter, ya know....)
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A thief walks up to a man in a suit and pulls out a gun. The Thief says: “Give me your money.” The man in the suit turns around surprised. He raises his hands and says: “But, wait! You can’t do that, I am a Congressman!” The thief replies: “Oh, sorry. Give me MY money.”
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I carry a gun...... because a cop is too heavy.
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Outside my house: If you can read this, you are within range.
I shot my first turkey last Thanksgiving. .... Scared the crap out of everyone in the frozen food section.
I humbly disagree. He has a small army pulling for him. Prayers.
Prayers for you,your wife and your medical team. God Bless you.
I believe it is. Can either of you confirm?
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I believe it is. Can either of you confirm?
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Oh, many prayers your way. ((Hugs)) too.
Amen!
With Him all things are possible.
I’m so sorry. My prayers are with you and your family. Cancer sucks!
Dean,
Funny how things appear as we each look through different eyes.
I have a long time friend and his name is also Dean. He used to live in this area and had a tough time of it, as he wrestled with drinking, the burden of the feeling accomplishment, because there wasn’t a challenging job for him. I’m not sure if he drank heavily because he couldn’t keep a job and thrive, or if he couldn’t thrive because he drank heavily, but certainly both fed the cycle of the other. He was quite a broken man. In ways that I could, I helped, but sometimes helping can actually hurt.
Then he moved to a position within his field, out of state, to a rural location, where the roots of his early life began and closer to his children. He began to thrive again.
Not too long ago, he bought a few acres and a home. He’s back to what is really important and he’s thriving even more now that he has the time to work his land. He’s like a school kid with his flick of egg laying hens, upgrading and perfecting their coop, tiling his garden,c planting, clearing the paths...You name it. We joke, calling him Farmer Dean.
Yes this is all truthful.
He may read this, because I share FR articles with him, but he doesn’t post here.
He and I have been friends for many years and even frenemies at times, but man to man, he’s a good soul.
So those are what these eyes see in this note to you.
I’m reminded of my friend farmer Dean.
With the same care and compassion I would tell him, I am telling you... I sincerely hope good things for you. You know the good the Lord had laid before you. The challenges He’s helped you endure and overcome. The joys you’ve been blessed with because His hand is upon you. So too, even now, His hand is upon you,cleaning His Spirit in and upon you.
The sad part is that we often hide behind screen names here. I’m guilty of this. It’s the internet after all and we should be safe behind our anonymity. Real names don’t appear here often. So there is a paradox of sorts...We come here to exchange ideas, share stories, dig for truth and very occasionally meet each other to mobilize a movement.
But, like my friend Dean, we’re sometimes far away from each other, like people are now as they wear masks and keep the distance. Like we do in public forums. The desire for community without the risk of personal harm, without truly being known in real life to each other. Relationship at a distance.
But it, in pure truth, shouldn’t be this way. We weren’t created for “relationship/friendship at a safe distance”
So, I guess I say all this as a foundation to hopefully convey my sincerity...
Thank you for actually posting your real name. It shows you’re genuine. Find the joy and gratitude in this life and let it strengthen you. Look back from your plow and see the land you’ve tilled and give God thanks for the blessings of a job well done.
My words to God are your name, before His throne, with the same genuineness as if they were for a friend named Dean, who I’ve known for many years. May He give you strength, joy in gratitude, peace in the midst of this storm, and loving family to help you through the storm.
I pray His will and healing for you.
Jan
winging some prayers for Loretta and Dean. Father God. You always know best. let Your will be done. we Thank You and Praise You and ask that You bless us, Farmer Dean and Loretta with Your loving kindness. Send them Hope. Strengthen their faith as the face hardship, pain and illness. And if it is Your Will we ask that Your Son, the Great Physician, heal them completely and send them to Glorify You for Your blessing. We ask nothing less than miracles, Lord. Let there be no doubt. Thank You Lord Jesus, we pray in Your Holy Name, the Name above all Names, the Name to whom all will bow in the end. Amen.
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