LBJ -

You and your family are in my thoughts. I wish for you the best possible outcome and look forward to reading about your recovery.

My prayers for you and your family. Kick this things ass.

Prayers inbound.

If you think you're going into an MRI screening at any point, take along a pair of the Surefire earplugs. VASTLY superior to the foam ones they give you.

I'm thinking we may need to have an informal SigForum meeting at one of the team's games there!!

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Originally posted by mark123:

Yep, Lasher and Van Smack circa 2002.
Both lived long lives just shy of their respective 16th birthdays.

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Originally posted by SigSAC:
If you think you're going into an MRI screening at any point, take along a pair of the Surefire earplugs. VASTLY superior to the foam ones they give you.

I'm thinking we may need to have an informal SigForum meeting at one of the team's games there!!

No MRIs I think.

That would be fun.
We used to be called the Colorado Ice but now we are the Colorado Crush.

Sorry to hear lbj. Hoping for the best.

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Originally posted by lbj:
Nope, got bad news this morning.

I have renal kidney cancer, the mass is the size of an orange and I have probably had this going on for the last 10 years.

I have another couple CT scans coming ASAP, one of my brain and the other for the upper part of my thorax that the original CT did not cover.

Assuming I can pass those scans plus a bone scan, I will be having the kidney removed forthwith.

So Bad News Bears unfortunately.

I had a kidney removed for cancer 2.5 years ago and there were 3 tumors. It was done Laparoscopically so my recovery time was pretty short. I've been getting yearly CT scans of my abdomen and chest and so far everything is clear. They CT the chest because if the cancer were to spread that would be the most likely place or so I'm told.

Good luck to you.

Stay strong and positive. We are praying for you and your family.

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Originally posted by DubiousDan

I had a kidney removed for cancer 2.5 years ago and there were 3 tumors. It was done Laparoscopically so my recovery time was pretty short.

Good to hear it has worked out so far. Great news for you.

Today is the bone scan. There is not much to it I think. I get a shot, then come back 3 hours later for the scan. This should be the end of the tests for now.

I hope I passed the scans from yesterday.
I am already tired of the medical appointments.

What a week for sure.

My hernia and kidney removal surgery is scheduled for about 20 days from now.

It appears that my brother and sister want to fly in for the surgery. I could tell them not to come for it and disrupt their lives, but I am learning that I need to give my loved ones the space they need for their own ways of dealing with this.

More life lessons for me.

lbj, it is very good news that your sister and brother will be there for you. It is also very important that your wife have a support group with her before, during and after your surgery. The very best to you and your wife.

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

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Originally posted by lbj:
Today is the bone scan. There is not much to it I think. I get a shot, then come back 3 hours later for the scan. This should be the end of the tests for now.

I hope I passed the scans from yesterday.
I am already tired of the medical appointments.

Fingers crossed for you.

I'm praying for good news from your bone scan, LBJ!

Good luck, Sir. I hope and expect to hear good things from you.

Praying and hoping for the best.

Today is a big day and we will find out the results of the scans.

I am up a bit early and clearly nervous.
The doctor visit is set for 10AM Mountain time today.

Yesterday's bone scan did not go as planned.
I got the injection at 11:30AM and went back for the scan 3 hours later. The place I went is not far from me so I decided to go by myself and give the wife a break.

I got on the table of the scanning machine and then it broke down. I ended up driving across town to another hospital to complete the test.
My wife was taking a nap and so I drove the 20 minutes myself. In my emotional state, it was certainly an inconvenience but I really had little choice.

Strange thoughts and scenarios fill my mind. I constantly run the different combinations and permutations in my head of what we might find out this morning.

It seems a little selfish and self centered to be so worried about myself.
Then again, it's the only life I have.

LBJ -

I am just seeing this now - prayers to you for healing, to your doctors for wisdom, and to both you and your family for faith and calm.

Good thoughts and prayers for you, since first seeing this thread.

No, not selfish ! You are not so.

Please hang in there. You will make it.

These tough times are tests, but you will succeed.

We are all thankful for you and your life

I am not sure why I feel the need to write about all this happening when most people in a similar situation seem to be able to handle things in private.

Perhaps I need to see this in print and help me work things out.
At the margins, maybe what I write and think will help someone else out who is going through the same thing.

My family seems to be handling things well IMO, though I cannot say exactly what they think and feel and the inside.

My mother died last March. It does appear to me though it is a good thing she is not here to have to experience the possibility of outliving one of her children.
I cannot imagine the horror of such.

The natural order of things is for the younger folks to bury the older folks and not the other way around. But we all know this.