Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 You are one tough SOB mister, keep it up. We have you in our thoughts. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregomega 929 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Yeah, hang in there TJ. you are amazingly strong. I am really happy you're keeping up the fight. Stay strong buddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darko 42 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Still praying mang! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syndicate 812 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 My hat goes off to you. Congrats on beating that. Thank you everyone as usuall for your support, it always makes things easier when you know there is someone(s) out there that want you to win and i wouuld say i have more than my fair share of supporters. Chemo just started, it is 7:53 pm and i will be done in approximately 16 hours, then back again in two weeks for 5 days. Yup, thats life one day at a time man what type of chemo they have you on? I did a like of ICE (ha I know right) Adriamicine (can't spell it *shrugs*), C-VAD, Hyper C-vad, those are the few that i remember most. Methyltrecate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 My hat goes off to you. Congrats on beating that. Thank you everyone as usuall for your support, it always makes things easier when you know there is someone(s) out there that want you to win and i wouuld say i have more than my fair share of supporters. Chemo just started, it is 7:53 pm and i will be done in approximately 16 hours, then back again in two weeks for 5 days. Yup, thats life one day at a time man what type of chemo they have you on? I did a like of ICE (ha I know right) Adriamicine (can't spell it *shrugs*), C-VAD, Hyper C-vad, those are the few that i remember most. Methyltrecate? You use big words, confuses Mongo. Mongo hate cancer, love survivors. Mongo wishes good on on all who suffer, except when they feed Mongo beans.............. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syndicate 812 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 My hat goes off to you. Congrats on beating that. Thank you everyone as usuall for your support, it always makes things easier when you know there is someone(s) out there that want you to win and i wouuld say i have more than my fair share of supporters. Chemo just started, it is 7:53 pm and i will be done in approximately 16 hours, then back again in two weeks for 5 days. Yup, thats life one day at a time man what type of chemo they have you on? I did a like of ICE (ha I know right) Adriamicine (can't spell it *shrugs*), C-VAD, Hyper C-vad, those are the few that i remember most. Methyltrecate? You use big words, confuses Mongo. Mongo hate cancer, love survivors. Mongo wishes good on on all who suffer, except when they feed Mongo beans.............. sorry "shop talk" Mongo want hug? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 My hat goes off to you. Congrats on beating that. Thank you everyone as usuall for your support, it always makes things easier when you know there is someone(s) out there that want you to win and i wouuld say i have more than my fair share of supporters. Chemo just started, it is 7:53 pm and i will be done in approximately 16 hours, then back again in two weeks for 5 days. Yup, thats life one day at a time man what type of chemo they have you on? I did a like of ICE (ha I know right) Adriamicine (can't spell it *shrugs*), C-VAD, Hyper C-vad, those are the few that i remember most. Methyltrecate? You use big words, confuses Mongo. Mongo hate cancer, love survivors. Mongo wishes good on on all who suffer, except when they feed Mongo beans.............. sorry "shop talk" Mongo want hug? Mongo want candy gram 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MightyLordRay 94 Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 prayer sent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregomega 929 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Still in my thoughts Saigateen, Hope you're staying strong bud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Star Arms 2,047 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Prayers and love out to ya, TJ! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernaut 11,054 Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Quoting TJ's FB page from today: Well today just got shitty, first my doc forgets to send my orders in for chemo last friday so i couldnt start till today, then i get up here and one of the lines in my port is clogged so they cant give me chemo in that side until they flush some junk through it that takes 2 hours, finally they tell me last wednesday my white blood cell count was fine and today its almost non existent. So what does that mean? That means i lost today and tomorrow of work for nothing, i have to have a shot called Nulasta that makes your bones ache all of the following day thus the reason that i will be missing work tomorrow and now i have to wait 2 weeks before they are gonna try to treat me again. I really dont like it when we wait, gives this sumbitch time to grow again… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whitetrashrn 74 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Prayers sent TJ nd you as well Juggs. Diseases like cancer are hard on the patient as well as the folks that round up the wagon train to surround them and make them feel safe. God bless both of you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 ST, I celebrate your spirit! BEAT that somebitch! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Hey Guys, I really hate to resurrect this thread (I think the last post to it was all the way back in September? ), but I just found out this last Tuesday that the follicular thyroid cancer I posted about (and was kind of hinted at that I had beaten?) seems to have metathesized itself into my ribs and lungs. F**king worthless endocrinologist I had at the time knew all the way from January of this last year that my Gamma camera scan didn't look all that good when it came back, but still sat on the bad results for the past nine months without informing me, even though I called his office fifteen times since then and got transferred over to his voice mail system each time that he never bothered to return back to me. I don't know how much I'll be posting here in the foreseeable future, but I just wanted to let you all know I had a lot of laughs with a lot of you guys, and if I do happen to pass on (assuming I make it into the afterlife with some of the nasty crap I subjected you all to here ), I'll try and put in good words for all of you. Anyway, if any prayers are left that can go out, I'd really appreciate them! BTW - Saigateen and all of the other cancer survivors on the forum here, I still wish you the best of luck in your own ordeals. And everyone else here in the future who might have to go through this someday. Whatever you do (if I can at least leave some somewhat helpful advice here) is don't depend on your Dr.'s to do the right thing for you (even when you pester them). If something doesn't feel right in your body , don't hesitate to get a second opinion. Take care, you turds. I'll try to check in as long here as possible. And whatever you do, don't let Obama & Co. win this November. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Ummmmmm... Damn. Talk about getting blindsided. Can you make that cocksucker pay for mental anguish or delaying treatment that may have saved your life or given you more time? Money won't bring you back, but it can make the transition a bit smoother for your family. Then again, perhaps pursuing such isn't the way to spend your time on this rock when you know its severely limited. Gaddis, my Family and I shall definitely say a prayer for you. Dude, I watched both my Grandfather and a favorite Uncle grab life by the horns and live & love like they'd never done before, after being prognosed as terminal. I hope you have the strength and finances to make the most of it... Make it count. Edited September 5, 2012 by ChileRelleno 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Best wishes to you and Saigateen. Chilli nailed it, make it count. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chevyman097 2,579 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Wow man. Im really bad at this kind of thing but Im going to try and look stupid anyways.... I wish you the best of luck and hope you pull through this shit. You seem like its pretty serious...well lets not focus on that shit. Ive enjoyed your posts man, you have made me laugh....and want to puke a many of times. lol I know you have some tough times ahead of you and may feel pretty shitty but I hope you can make it by from time to time. You will be missed and remembered in your leave while you try to pull though this. I hope you and Saigateen beat the hell out of that cancer its a MFer. You guys keep tough and make it your bitch. Damn, my heart is down in my stomach now. No worries, I need a good wake up every now and again. I just hate its at the cost of you guys being sick, Good Luck and I tip my hat and beer to you guys. ...I dont got much else....but im thinking and praying for you both. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregomega 929 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Best wishes to you and Saigateen. Chilli nailed it, make it count. This^^^ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mohawk Bob 26 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 He will be in my thoughts. I wish you the best of luck T.J. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ARCHANGEL 104 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Saigateen as I said before you are in my daily prayers. Hang tough ! Gaddis you are now included . Do not give up ! Edited September 5, 2012 by ARCHANGEL 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 76 two 2,677 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 TJ man, you have been and will remain in Cobra's prayers bro....you know that, and thanks it was good to hear from ya on my thread Corbin started for me. Stay STRONG buddy and kick that mutha's ass! Gaddis.... I'm shocked bro. Words fail me...I'm not sure whether too tell ya how much I've always nubbed ya and your sick ass posts.... start a prayer vigil with buds all around... or go on a porn / poo poo posting frenzy brother!! SHIT MAN WTF!!!!! Hey as always bro I'm here for ya, and I really appreciated yours and everyone else's support when Racegal and I were going through our own private hell with this F'd up disease Seriously y'all you will still be in my thoughts and prayers daily. Gaddis I'll be certain to crank that shit up a few notches for you my friend. You ain't gettin rid of us that easy bro! No fuggin way!!! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koliadko 207 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 TJ, you have been and will remain in my prayers. Keep the faith. Gaddis, I think I'll say a little extra prayer for you....well, more to warn Him that although he may want you up there with Him eventually, He may want to take a little time to prepare cause He'll have his hands full with you! You just stay strong and stick around to keep us all amused, something you've always been quite good at! You keep the faith too. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Star Arms 2,047 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Gaddis, Prayers out to you, our brother and friend. We stand with you, in our thoughts, in our prayers, and at the polls. Mike 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
read_the_wall 614 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Prayers sent for both of you. I think I speak for all here that you Gaddis can not be replaced........ Best of luck, stay strong. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Thanks guys and gals for all the prayers! Now I got to admit to something really stupid here (I'm almost embarrassed now to admit what happened). I feel like a real asshat here who probably sounds like he's only fishing for people's pity feelings for him. Remember how I said that I decided to go to a new endocrinologist because I wasn't happy with the old one constantly ignoring returning phone calls back to me when I left him voice mails at his office? Well, I did start going to a local one, but didn't realize he requested copies of the year old Gamma camera test results and paperwork on me to be sent to him that I had done over at the cancer center across the bridge in Delaware, and when I went to my second visit to him this last Tuesday, he only had those test results of me to rely on (the one that showed I still had thyroid cancer and it had managed to somehow metathesize <SP?> (I personally didn't know that fact there? ) into my ribcage and lung. I guess (since I only just started seeing him recently) that he didn't realize that I had other scans done at the local hospital which is almost just across the street from his office right now. Boy, talk about a real ass puckering moment again right there. According to my local PCP (Primary Care Physician) who I went to visit with today, I have had at least three CT scans (and one chest X-Ray that they can't seem to locate now ) done since then that show no cancer remaining where the Gamma camera claimed masses were growing just a year ago. Seems maybe the Iodine-131 treatment I took actually managed to work for me. Most Doctors are real (kinda lazy?) dumb asses though, so I'm not getting my hopes up completely yet until I have another clear Gamma or bone scan done first that comes back negative. Problem is, bone, CT, and Gamma camera scans are really expensive, so I don't know how happy the Health Insurance company will be in covering a new test or me. Might have to get totally "indigent" first, and show up at the hospital in an amblance. Anyway, sorry for looking like a complete dipshit here (I DO feel totally stupid here), but it really wasn't totally my fault (I guess (if I wasn't kind of in shock at the diagnosis at the time)) I should have specifically asked him for the date when the test he was reading from was actually performed. Still praying for your complete recovery, TJ! Hopefully, I'll still have a few years left on the forum here (if none of the other many autoimmune issues I also suffer from come to claim me first ) to find some sick stuff to post here (getting kind of hard to find new good stuff to post now though on the new "politically correct" Internet). Hmm, let's see here. Maybe something with maggots, pus, and shots of deformed genitalia in it. Edited September 6, 2012 by Gaddis 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chevyman097 2,579 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Dude dont feel bad! everything you have been through! I bet it was a total shit of a day! I hope your future scans come back good and you enjoy life and have many years to come! Now we just gotta wait for the good news from Juggs or Saigateen himself that he beat the shit out of that cancer and were good to go! GL again TJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
read_the_wall 614 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 "Anyway, sorry for looking like a complete dipshit here" That's ok, we're used to it........... ................. just messin with ya......will keep you in the prayers...... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Yeah, I really pray TJ beats his too and grows up to be a cranky old gun curmudgeon. Managed to metathesis itself into the ribcage and lungs (I'm really glad I didn't know that crap at the time ). Bone cancer is usually f**ked up shit. Usually a very painful way to actually die of, I heard it described somewhere as sometimes being too. Well, there's some hope right there. The first asshole endocrinologist I went to never even told me about the low iodine diet I was supposed to be on for at least three good weeks before the Iodine-131 treatment was administered (had to find out about that myself about a week before the treatment researching stuff by myself on the Internet ), and apparently I still did well,so I guess there's real hope for everyone. Oh, BTW - read_the_wall http://www.liveleak....=0ad_1345513312 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
read_the_wall 614 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) oh I'm not falling for that old trick....... Glad to see your as ornery as ever. Edited September 7, 2012 by read_the_wall 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinetopfirefighter 34 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Prayers with you guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.