Stop in for a cup of coffee

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Good morning all. Or is it afternoon? I'm completely time warped after being up most of the past 36 hours.

It was a long night. The donor was a 20 year old girl in DE that had been in a critical car accident and was on life support with no chance of survival. At 10:30 am, the family said their final goodbyes and consented to take her off life support.

Her liver was harvested, prepped and flown by helicopter to Hahnemann Hospital in Philly where the transplant surgery began at 2:17 pm today.

Surgery is expected to take 12-14 hours and will be followed by 3-7 days of ICU. After that is another 10-30 days in the hospital before transitioning to the next phase of recovery. It will be a long time before we will know if we are out of the woods on any part of this.
 
Gotta work in a couple hours. Whenever they decide to open us up on Sunday it never pans out. Would you want to come off a day at the beach and put on fancy clothes to go spend crazy money for a meal in a formal setting, on July 4th weekend? I didn't think so...

Had enough coffee this morning, having ice cold watermelon now, so good. Have a great Sunday, fellows...
You too.We got to my in laws. The pulled pork is warming in the crock pot. Good thing I fixed 15#. There's quite a few people here.
 
Watching a documentary on the American Revolution and drinking Redd Apple Ale.... what are you all doing today
 
Watching a documentary on the American Revolution and drinking Redd Apple Ale.... what are you all doing today
Trying to stay awake. I got the silver striping tape for the breather cover so I might go out to the garage and work on that.
 
well, I wasn't going to say anything because it's kinda embarrassing to me, but I have to admit I am freaking out.

Now that Mr. Stan lost his battle with cancer I am really freaking out because I am not really able to enjoy the 4th because last week I was at the doc and he thinks I have abnormal lump in my breast. So I go this week to check it out with another doc.

I was doing fine with it and I didn't want to tell anyone because its a woman problem and its kinda embarrassing and I don't want to bring anyone down. Now with everything, I am freaking out and I am having strange thoughts that I might be joining those who are doing burnouts in the better place.
 
well, I wasn't going to say anything because it's kinda embarrassing to me, but I have to admit I am freaking out.

Now that Mr. Stan lost his battle with cancer I am really freaking out because I am not really able to enjoy the 4th because last week I was at the doc and he thinks I have abnormal lump in my breast. So I go this week to check it out with another doc.

I was doing fine with it and I didn't want to tell anyone because its a woman problem and its kinda embarrassing and I don't want to bring anyone down. Now with everything, I am freaking out and I am having strange thoughts that I might be joining those who are doing burnouts in the better place.
Get it checked out but try not to worry. Tumors cancers are more curable than blood and organ cancers. We are here for you.
 
well, I wasn't going to say anything because it's kinda embarrassing to me, but I have to admit I am freaking out.

Now that Mr. Stan lost his battle with cancer I am really freaking out because I am not really able to enjoy the 4th because last week I was at the doc and he thinks I have abnormal lump in my breast. So I go this week to check it out with another doc.

I was doing fine with it and I didn't want to tell anyone because its a woman problem and its kinda embarrassing and I don't want to bring anyone down. Now with everything, I am freaking out and I am having strange thoughts that I might be joining those who are doing burnouts in the better place.
First, let's pray it's just some scar tissue or something and not serious.

2nd, youre young and it sounds like it was found early, so even if it comes back bad news, youll stand a good chance at beating it.

3rd. If it is bad news, go to the Texas AMERICAN Cancer center, they have some of the best cancer docs in the world and have the highest success rates.
 
I shouldn't have said it here and you beat me to deleting that post but Thanks M1
Nonsense. We're here for you and the more support you have the better. Plus there's nothing at all to be ashamed or embarrassed of.
 
Nonsense. We're here for you and the more support you have the better. Plus there's nothing at all to be ashamed or embarrassed of.
well, I don't have a family history of it at all. I have no relatives that have had cancer of any kind that I know of, ever .....that we know of.

I have been checking all along like I was told to but this doctor did a way more complete check and he squeezed me really hard ...like OOOOOF hard and found it so I am kinda glad he is so complete otherwise I never noticed it before.
 
well, I don't have a family history of it at all. I have no relatives that have had cancer of any kind that I know of, ever .....that we know of.

I have been checking all along like I was told to but this doctor did a way more complete check and he squeezed me really hard ...like OOOOOF hard and found it so I am kinda glad he is so complete otherwise I never noticed it before.
Well if he did catch it, that's a good thing. By try to stay positive. Until it's confirmed, it can go either way. Could ..end up just being a swollen glad,
 
well, I wasn't going to say anything because it's kinda embarrassing to me, but I have to admit I am freaking out.

Now that Mr. Stan lost his battle with cancer I am really freaking out because I am not really able to enjoy the 4th because last week I was at the doc and he thinks I have abnormal lump in my breast. So I go this week to check it out with another doc.

I was doing fine with it and I didn't want to tell anyone because its a woman problem and its kinda embarrassing and I don't want to bring anyone down. Now with everything, I am freaking out and I am having strange thoughts that I might be joining those who are doing burnouts in the better place.
Should not be embarrassing at all Rani. A few years ago I had tenderness in my left side and could feel a knot or lump. So I went to my family doctor and she sent me forward for a mammogram myself. Told me that is was not all that uncommon for men to get a lump. Imagine My embarrassment, sitting in the waiting room with all women waiting to get their mammograms. I got some weird looks alright. In my case is was just some kind of infection or inflammation. They gave me some antibiotics and it went away. Please get checked out as soon as you can, and don't worry too much about it. Remember we all care for you a lot and are here for you.
 
Should not be embarrassing at all Rani. A few years ago I had tenderness in my left side and could feel a knot or lump. So I went to my family doctor and she sent me forward for a mammogram myself. Told me that is was not all that uncommon for men to get a lump. Imagine My embarrassment, sitting in the waiting room with all women waiting to get their mammograms. I got some weird looks alright. In my case is was just some kind of infection or inflammation. They gave me some antibiotics and it went away. Please get checked out as soon as you can, and don't worry too much about it. Remember we all care for you a lot and are here for you.
I had no idea that it happens to men too. thanks for the cheer up. Of course doctors are never at urgent and they schedule you whenever and you have to wait and soak in it until they can see you.
 
I had a scare years ago, all the lymph nodes in my neck swelled up. It turned out that a small cut in my scalp was infected & my body was just working overtime to take care of itself.

I also had a cousin that had a softball sized tumor removed from her brain about 25 years ago, It was benign & she suffered no ill affects, she is still with us.

Chin up kiddo, hopefully it is a false alarm.
 
Well, I finished the breather cover. I used aluminum tape to go with the red reflective tape and mimic the look of the pie-pan. I think it turned out pretty well!

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well, I don't have a family history of it at all. I have no relatives that have had cancer of any kind that I know of, ever .....that we know of.

I have been checking all along like I was told to but this doctor did a way more complete check and he squeezed me really hard ...like OOOOOF hard and found it so I am kinda glad he is so complete otherwise I never noticed it before.
All my BS aside, there's a lot folks here that dig you. You got one hell of a support group should you need it. I'm hoping it turns out to be something minor. Just let us know if you need anything. We'll always be here for you..
 
Ha,Ha,Ha.. I just knew you would be the First !! LOL :rofl:
Put that long haired dude in front of a 72 Challenger and that was me too.. I've seen pics of me that just make giggle. I wonder what i was thinking, but it was cool back in the day. You wore it well...
 
Put that long haired dude in front of a 72 Challenger and that was me too.. I've seen pics of me that just make giggle. I wonder what i was thinking, but it was cool back in the day. You wore it well...
Thanks. Thats Circa 1976. All the Hip guys looked like that. Been Scanning a bunch of old pics.. Stay Tuned !!! :rofl:
 
This long weekend just got longer. The transplant surgeon just called me.

The transplant was aborted. Part way into the procedure, the carotid artery in his neck blew out and they went into full emergency mode to save his life. It took 2 hours to get it done.

He is in the ICU now and will stay there for 3-4 days to recover from this. When he wakes up in a few hours they will tell him what happened and that the liver went to another recipient.

Now we wait for him to recover and another liver to become available.
 
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