You crack me up Brian. :cool:
Laughter is the best medicine. I ought to name one of my songs, "My Acky Breaky Back." :)
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You crack me up Brian. :cool:
Laughter is the best medicine. I ought to name one of my songs, "My Acky Breaky Back." :)
More mojo coming from the hills of Kentucky! Best wishes!
So, back from the surgeon/ENT. Wants me to "consider" a feeding tube if intake doesn't get better in next couple weeks.
I told him my chemo doc was already of the opinion that I would NOT need one. His response was "Well, I'm a surgeon, and from my perspective a feeding tube is really not that big a deal."
Uh, yeah, that's because: 1) People PAY YOU to put holes in people; and 2) The feeding tube hole is going in ME, not YOU.
No fecking way am I getting a feeding tube. Immediately went back to the office and downed an Ensure. Have decided I'm going to start doing at least 5 Ensures a day (1750 calories) until I can start eating again.
It pisses me off when I've already told the guy months ago that I do not want a feeding tube, and then he's so fecking blase' about me getting one this late in the game. Not gonna happen.
Read my lips: no fecking feeding tube.
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I gotsta' agree with you, Brian. I had plenty of patients with PEG tubes and I swore you'll never see me with one.
Same with hemodialysis and the shunt inside the arm (a synthetic tube in the arm that they jam huge needles, 1 for in, 1 for out, to filter your blood a few times per week)... No eff'in way!
I'd probably feel the same about the feeding tube! NO way!
Yeah........no feeding tube unless you absolutely need one. And plus, with the summer coming, you want to physically LOOK your best...you want to be ripped and shredded.....and this diet you are on seems to be working wonders. lol That and your neck scar and no telling how many pretty young things will want to drape themselves over you. lol Just kiddin' man.
In 2000 I had a huge kidney stone. Wasn't bothering me any but at some point all h-ll would eventually break loose. Went to one doc and he said......surgery to remove the stone and then you'll have a tube sticking out of your back for 7-10 days. WHAT??
Got myself a second opinion, and he said lets BLAST the thing, see how that works and if not, then MAYBE surgery and a tube. I got the sucker blasted.
IMHO, a tube is just another thing that can cause an infection where it goes into/comes out of you. Keep on keepin' on Krash!!
Brian, best wishes from Washington for a quick recovery.
I'm very happy about the positive prognosis for complete recovery.
Brian, best wishes to you man! I have a friend who is 38 that is going through a hard time right now too. They found a baseball size tumor in his colon and he is slowly recovering. I have never heard of so much cancer and I have my own ideas of where it is all coming from . So keep up the recovery mood and get back to normal soon.
Sorry to hear of your trials, Brian. You seem to have a great attitude that is bound to help get you through this. All the best, and strong Canadian mojo sent your way.
Thanks guys. I'm thinking that last weekend was bottoming out, pain-wise, whereas hopefully this weekend may be turning the corner after a fairly lousy, albeit stable, week. I've been staying doped up pretty much 24/7: 75 mcg/hour fentanyl 3-day pain patch changed out every 48 hours, w/10 mg of oxycontin every 4 hours, and 1 tsp of lidocaine rinse ("magic mouthwash") every 2 hours.
Have had to keep a chart to keep track of where all my dosages are, haha. This afternoon, however, I went 6 and a half hours between lidocaine rinses, so I'm hoping that maybe FINALLY my dang mouth is healing up.
SLOWLY. :AOK
OK, time for my Hillbilly Heroin! :dude
Sorry Brian I completely missed that whole story. My thoughts are with you and I keep my fingers crossed for your quick and entire recovery
STAY POSITIVE, STAY STRONG, GET WELL, AND KICK THAT CA IN A$$!!!!
I am a parent of child who is a survivor of 3 brain tumors and 1 spinal tumor modern medicine is amazing! My prayers go out you man.
Thanks guys. Maxi, prayers back! I can't begin to imagine what having a child with such concerns would be like.
I was thinking it would be really cool to put that mask on and play Iron Man!
Brian may have to change the lyrics...
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