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| Tweet Topic Started: May 25 2008, 01:34 PM (406 Views) | |
| Phlebas | May 25 2008, 01:34 PM Post #1 |
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A couple weeks ago my brother went to the ER complaining of severe abdominal pain. They diagnosed gall stones, and removed his gall bladder. A couple weeks later (last Thur night to be exact) he was doubled over in pain again, and went back. They did a cat scan. Apparently, he had a tumor the was causing a complete blockage of the small intestine (yes you MDs. small. not the large intestine). They cut out about 12" of the small intestine, and are doing a biopsy on it. THey think it is cancerous. I talked to the surgeon, and he said - out of earshot of my brother's wife, my brother, etc. - that it looked like cancer, and he would love to be proven wrong, but.... My brother's wife is from Georgia, and relocated to upstate NY after they were married. They live in an apartment above my parent's in their house. She is really shook up, and feels very insecure. I told her - for the 100th time - that she is part of our family, Bill - my brother - is so lucky to have her. I didn't recognize my brother when I saw him. I thought I was walking into the wrong room. I'm the one with gray hair. He always had a luxurious full head of black hair. It's almost all gray now. I was offline, so I must do some research into his condition. Thanks for letting me go on. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| DivaDeb | May 25 2008, 01:37 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm so sorry, Phlebas...let us know what they find out when they really know for sure what's going on with him. Will be praying. much love to you and yours |
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| sue | May 25 2008, 01:45 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Phlebas, I'm so very sorry.
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| OperaTenor | May 25 2008, 02:06 PM Post #4 |
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Phlebas, I'm so sorry. If it's any consolation, my second wife had much the same thing happen to her. She had abdominal pain, it was misdiagnosed(not meaning to impugn here - it was an honest mistake), she went back months later, they did more tests, and found a huge mass constricted her small intestine. It measured 11 x 13 x 8 inches, and weighed about the same as a baby(she was 5'9", size 4, and we still didn't notice any abdominal protuberance until after the tumor was removed). We had to wait two weeks for the pathology to come back on it, and in the meantime went crazy worrying about what it could be. Fortunately, it turned out to be completely benign - nothing more than a huge cell cluster. I pray that this turns out to be the same case.
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| Larry | May 25 2008, 02:17 PM Post #5 |
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Sorry to hear this, Phlebas. I'll join with the others to pray that it turns out ok. |
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| George K | May 25 2008, 02:26 PM Post #6 |
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Sorry to hear this, Phlebas. In my prayers as well. |
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| QuirtEvans | May 25 2008, 02:28 PM Post #7 |
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My thoughts are with you, Phleb. |
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| jon-nyc | May 25 2008, 02:50 PM Post #8 |
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Oh my, I hope its not as serious as it seems, Phlebas. |
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| Moonbat | May 25 2008, 03:18 PM Post #9 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Fingers crossed Phlebas. |
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| Piano*Dad | May 25 2008, 03:22 PM Post #10 |
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You're in our thoughts. Keep us posted. |
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| Optimistic | May 25 2008, 03:25 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hoping to hear some good news. . . |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| John D'Oh | May 25 2008, 03:29 PM Post #12 |
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I'm sorry Phlebas. Like everyone else, I'm hoping this turns out OK. |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 25 2008, 03:29 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Stay strong and keep us posted.
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| Bernard | May 25 2008, 04:09 PM Post #14 |
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I'm so sorry, Phlebas. Keeping you all in my thoughts. |
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| BeeLady | May 25 2008, 04:16 PM Post #15 |
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Keeping you and your family in our thoughts. |
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| CTPianotech | May 25 2008, 05:47 PM Post #16 |
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We're hoping the best for your brother Phlebas. |
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| Jolly | May 25 2008, 06:02 PM Post #17 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Amen. |
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| M&M's | May 25 2008, 07:45 PM Post #18 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Hope this turns out ok. Phlebas. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. |
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| bachophile | May 25 2008, 08:32 PM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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there is not much to research until u get the pathology. as hard as it is, just sit tight, dont bury yourself in info which may be irrelevant. |
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| Axtremus | May 25 2008, 08:34 PM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sorry to hear. Hoping for the best. |
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| OperaTenor | May 25 2008, 08:52 PM Post #21 |
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Once again, Bach nails it. That was our situation - we got completely caught up in the worst case scenario. It ruined our marriage, to make a long story very, very short. (Of course, given my life currently, I wouldn't have had it any different. ) |
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| Red Rice | May 25 2008, 09:31 PM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sorry, Phlebas. I hope it turns out OK.
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| blondie | May 25 2008, 11:02 PM Post #23 |
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I just hate cancer. I'm very sorry for your brother and your family Phebas. I"m hoping you get more information soon. Venting emotions is good. That's what this place is for. Take Care. |
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| sarah_blueparrot | May 25 2008, 11:08 PM Post #24 |
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Fulla-Carp
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I hope everything turns out ok. |
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| Phlebas | May 26 2008, 02:51 AM Post #25 |
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Thank you very much everyone. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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