Golly mercy! Prayers for my buddy Dalton up in the NC mountains. In light of Mr. PDOP's thread, I called my bud up. Talked to his wife. He's in chemo right now - literally right this minute. Last time I talked to them he got his lung cancer cleared up. Now it has come back in his lymphatic system. That's really not good at all. He's a tough ole bass-turd and might manage through it. Maybe I shouldn't have called. It harkens me back to last year with my Mom's ordeal. She survived both lung and pancreatic cancers at the same time - then it came back. Mom was dead two weeks later. I'm still messed up about it. Not as bad like last year.
So, may I ask for prayers for my buddy Dalton please.
He's a good generous, thoughtful man. He has certainly helped me out a time or two or three or four. He let me work a lot that off. We tore down one house and built two others plus a barn and an out-building.
I'm guessing he'd be about 70 before anyone asks. They have 2 daughters down in Texas. I can seriously relate to what they might be thinking.
If anyone has a good prayer to serve up, go. Nate and I have had some prayers in the past. I'm just not good at it.
I hate cancer more than anything else on this earth. My dad is battling lung cancer right now. He is not a smoker either his doc's think he got it from agent orange back in Vietnam.
It blows my mind how quick and powerful this stuff is. My dad is in his late 60's and is in very good shape. He walked a few miles every morning. He is retired but could still physically out work a lot of people half his age. Just last summer he was helping me in the field surveying as well as on the drill rig changing pipe, etc, in 100+ degree weather.
His cancer hit right around Thanksgiving and he has lost probably 30 pounds. Seems like he has to go to a doctor for one thing or another every day and he is so weak because of it. I really can't remember ever crying as an adult prior to this but I cry several time a week.
I can't add anything to that.
We aren't alone. I've lost a bunch of to this malaise.
If your Dad was Navy man, I'd guess he got it from the asbestos. Not from agent orange. Just my guess.
Lord knows I've bent plenty of ears here over the years. If you need a shoulder to cry on, just call.
E
Hey E, consider many thoughts & prayers your way. Even if I am 2,500 miles away, the big guy upstairs knows.
Pancreas is one tough thing to fight. Pretty key to half of what our bodies do. Hang on!
> I can't add anything to that.
> We aren't alone. I've lost a bunch of to this malaise.
> If your Dad was Navy man, I'd guess he got it from the asbestos. Not from agent orange. Just my guess.
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> Lord knows I've bent plenty of ears here over the years. If you need a shoulder to cry on, just call.
> E
Thanks.
He was in the Air force. He was on the runways and around the orange quite a bit when they were loading it on the planes. Seems strange to me that something like that could affect you 40 years later but who knows. That is all his doctors can think of as a possible cause. I do know that out of his whole family no one else has had any issues with Cancer. Both his parents lived well into their 80's and and his brothers and sisters have no problems.
EVERY person I have lost in my family has been to cancer.
I just received word that a family cousin (who by the way just recovered from two broken arms), learned that he has an inoperable brain tumor the size of a tennis ball. They are debating on injecting it with smallpox virus, apparently that has had some success in trials.
Give your dad a hug and tell him how you feel. That's something that not many dads get after kids grow older.
My Dad, Ronnie? He's fine being on 75. I would call him but he's probably at St. Johns island by now. Cancer doesn't run in my blood line. Heart attacks is another matter. I reckon it's something I should think about.
Eric, my comment was directed at Drilldo and the health problems his dad was having.
The spirit of the message still applies, tell people that you appreciate them (especially when they are struggling with something as serious as cancer).
