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Thread: Fuck Cancer
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06-29-2021, 05:21 PM #926
Fuck Cancer
Thx for sharing otzi
I hope recovery is quick, complete and permanent
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06-29-2021, 05:48 PM #927
Damn Ice. What an ordeal but it sounds like you put together the right plan & attitude. I’m no oncological dentist but it’s encouraging how many cancers have a 90+% treatable success rate.
I always hesitate to open this thread when it bumps.
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06-29-2021, 06:10 PM #928
Geez, J. I kind of figured something was up.
Sounds like hell. Head down, move forward. You've got good peeps around you, you're lucky like that.
Get that sea wind in your hair (or what's left of it).
But god damn, all the best, let's do some turns, bowl it up and reflect on our luck sometime soon.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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06-29-2021, 06:13 PM #929
Damn Icemang, that was tough to read. Glad you’re past the worst of it.
Keep on, Keeping oncrab in my shoe mouth
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06-29-2021, 06:32 PM #930
I’m very sorry to hear that Millsie, best of luck going forward.
Iceman, thanks for sharing. I’m sorry for your pain, but thrilled you’re past all that (hopefully for good). Head down. Love it.I still call it The Jake.
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06-29-2021, 07:16 PM #931man of ice
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Thanks for the well wishes fellas. I appreciate it.
By then it was getting better but it lingered a while. But the hip had to be replaced because it deteriorated after the pelvis smash, so that whole area was messed up, I wasn't a textbook case by any means. It still hurts sometimes and it's been over a year. But I have good strength and mobility, and it was definitely worth it.
Bonesmart was a good resource for me, lots of folks on there going through the same stuff and others who've been through it, check it out: https://bonesmart.org/forum/categories/hip-area.3/
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06-29-2021, 08:28 PM #932
I hate this thread, but glad to read that everyone is fighting like hell. And damn, ice, you post pretty well for a dude who's been going through some shit.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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06-29-2021, 08:37 PM #933
I never check this thread because it's way too frightening and depressing, but damn ice, that's rough. I'm glad to read that your outcome is positive (maybe negative is better word)
Also, what Danno said. We'd never have known based on your sharp and witty as ever posts.
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06-29-2021, 08:51 PM #934man of ice
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"head down keep typing"
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06-29-2021, 09:12 PM #935
The Obstacle is the Way- Marcus Aurelius
Vibes my man. Memento Mori. Thank you for sharing. You ever come to the spooky desert Southwest I’ve got room for you.What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
-Ottime
One man can only push so many boulders up hills at one time.
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06-29-2021, 09:15 PM #936
Growing in numbers
Growing in speed
Can't fight the future
Can't fight what I see
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of starsMerde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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06-30-2021, 12:35 AM #937Good-lookin' wool
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06-30-2021, 06:52 AM #938
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06-30-2021, 07:35 AM #939man of ice
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No shit, right? I could write a book but nobody would believe it. But I keep rallying from stuff and I don't plan on stopping now
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06-30-2021, 08:04 AM #940
fknaright. Good luck going forward. And to Millsie and Jen.
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06-30-2021, 08:50 AM #941Registered User
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06-30-2021, 08:58 AM #942Registered User
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Sending strength and love to you Ice.
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06-30-2021, 09:18 AM #943
Condolences Millsie1
Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
>>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<
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06-30-2021, 09:21 AM #944
Thinking about all of you fighting the good fight. Hoping for good news for you all.
In with the 9.
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06-30-2021, 09:48 AM #945
First, Millsie I’m so, so sorry for what you and the missus are going through. It takes inordinate strength, and I wish that for you both from my heart.
Ice, Jesus, dude. What a fucking struggle. I’m impressed all to hell with your fortitude. Way to hang. And I’m sorry for what’s happened.
I’m currently visiting a friend that was diagnosed and is under treatment for prostate cancer. I’ve got a little precautionary story, though. People that follow this thread might know I lost my wonderful wife over three years ago to ovarian cancer. During her 7 year struggle, I pretty much neglected my checkups and such, and when I finally went in, my PSA was slightly elevated.
So I went to the urologist and got a biopsy. When I went to get the results the urologist had results that said I was in really bad shape, with possible metastasis and I needed radical surgery stat. I had the procedure (pictures of the cuts upthread) and I spent 12 days on my couch, gobbling oxy with a bag of piss strapped to my leg for the catheter. (I don’t have any problem with opiates - I take them when needed by the fistful, but just stop when I’m done. Lucky that way)
But when I went in for the follow up and to get the catheter pulled, there was a problem. The lab biopsy of my prostate didn’t find cancer. Seems my biopsy samples got mixed up at the clinic with some other dude’s who had the same first name as me. That guy had really advanced prostate cancer, I didn’t. How about that shit? So, I would advise people to be sure about what they’re being told and that procedures are followed carefully. It was a freak thing in my case, but…. And the other guy is in deep shit, health-wise.
tl;dr: Get second and back-up opinions. I should have done some double-checking. This was all over two years ago.
And fuck cancer. Just fuck it.
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06-30-2021, 09:52 AM #946
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06-30-2021, 10:20 AM #947
JFC, that's insane. I'm the first person to decry our overly-litigious society, but that level of malpractice is exactly the kind of shit that warrants a lawsuit.
You say it was a "freak thing" but it's shockingly common. Medical errors kill ~250,000 Americans per year, third leading cause of death: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/ Who knows how many non-lethal yet still totally fucked incident like yours occur.
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06-30-2021, 10:39 AM #948
It got mixed up because he had the same first name as you? FFS! If your first name was Vizzini or some shit like that, I could accept that excuse. But that is fucking absurd when you have a common name.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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06-30-2021, 10:56 AM #949man of ice
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Hey Vizzini, errr...Meadow Skipper wtf? That's bananas. Well at least you're rich now, right? Right?
When I went in for surgery I was still completely symptomless. I couldn't even feel the thing in my mouth. The surgeon came to check on me when I was getting prepped and I was like, "Now, you're absolutely sure you got the right guy, right?" He didn't think it was funny, he just said yes. Oh well it was worth checking.
Millsie, thanks so much. If you can spare the love I'll take it with thanks. You keep the strength, I'm doing okay and you need as much as you can get. But I really appreciate it man.
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06-30-2021, 11:13 AM #950
I wish strength for all of you dealing with this shit.
I think I mentioned by step dad's cancer situation somewhere back in this thread. There is some hope in his story so I'll share some more. 5 and a half years ago he was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer that had spread all through his lungs. Doctor's predicted he'd live 1-1.5 years. He has deteriorated a bit each year (living on chemo long term, especially when you're in your 70's, will do that to you) but he's skied over 400 days since the diagnosis (some times he wears TWO Patagonia Fitz Roy jackets to stay warm enough). When the chemo stops slowing the spread (he's on the second and last available option at near the maximum dose now) there are two immuno therapies to try. Neither existed when all this started.
Covid cancelled the ski season in Italy (where he's from) last season, but we managed to make some decent early season pow turns at Monarch when he was visiting:
He sent me these pics of Val Mesdi a couple seasons back with the caption, "Probably my best ski day ever:"
Hoping I can over there this year and we can ski it together again (at least) one more time.
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