OT- IT may be back.
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OT- IT may be back.
Keep my moldy butt in your thoughts and prayers boys. As you may recall I have had a persistent cough for a few months. The docs have been treating me for non-viral pneumonia but the drugs ain't workin'. I finally insisted on seeing a Pulmonary specialist and after looking at my x-rays she determined that a C-T scan was in order. I had that last Tuesday and saw her again yesterday. The news isn't so swell, I'm afraid. There are nodules in my right lung that have a indicate a probability of cancer. Next week I'll have a biopsy taken and we'll go from there. There is still hope for an infection or aspiration of food particles. The cards aren't on the table quite yet, but I am not looking forward to another round of chemo and radiation, if it comes to that.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged"....President Abraham Lincoln
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Best wishes and luck to you Mike. I will keep you in my prayers. Please keep us informed. 1886.
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You'll be in my thoughts Mike.
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Prayers up Mike. God Bless
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I will be praying for a good outcome.
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Prayers Sent.
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Prayers sent Sir.
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Prayer up.
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Stay with us, hoping for the best.
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Best of luck Mike, you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Think positive!
Think positive!
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Sometimes I wonder if it is worthwhile gnawing through the leather straps to get up in the morning..................
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Mike, you are in my prayers.
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Prayers sent.
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Prayers sent.
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I know them and I trust them.
Revolvers and 1911's were the handguns of my youth.
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Hoping for the best Mike!!
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Prayers out to you, sir.
...and I don't think he even knows it...Walks around with a half-assed grin...If he feels fear, he don't show it. Just rides into hell and back again.
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Will do Mike. Please keep us informed of your progress.
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prayers up for sure. praying for fast healing
Mike Johnson,
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Let's just hope you sucked in some peanuts with that beer you
were guzzling....
Best wishes that it's something minor and treatable.
-Stretch
were guzzling....
Best wishes that it's something minor and treatable.
-Stretch
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My best thoughts and my prayers for you Mike.
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You're on my prayer list Mike.
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I'm on the list too - prayers and good thoughts coming your way!
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Hang in there, we're all praying for you.
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You're in my prayers Mike.
Sincerely,
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Prayers up for the best possible result.
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
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Prayer sent.
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Hey Mike hang in there! I always go by "expect the worse and hope for the best". My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Prayers up. They do help.
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Wishing you the best and praying for better than that. Keep us in the loop.
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Mike,
I'm adding you to my prayer list.
I'm adding you to my prayer list.
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Mike,
All the best and hopes and prayers that it is nothing major.
All the best and hopes and prayers that it is nothing major.
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Thanks all, I know it helps. My appt for the second C-T and biopsy is on Monday AM. I probably won't hear those results for at least a few days. Fingers and toes crossed.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged"....President Abraham Lincoln
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Prayers up Mike.
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Mike,
Relax. Old Winchester fanatics don't get sick. We just get low on Hoppe's #9 once in a while. The thought is positive, positive, and more positive. Its natural to think the worst but 99 times out of a 100, we are OK-------------------and will be Stay cool brother, we are pullin' for 'ya --------------Sixgun
Relax. Old Winchester fanatics don't get sick. We just get low on Hoppe's #9 once in a while. The thought is positive, positive, and more positive. Its natural to think the worst but 99 times out of a 100, we are OK-------------------and will be Stay cool brother, we are pullin' for 'ya --------------Sixgun
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Prayers sent. I wish you well.
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Hang in there, Mike.
You'll be in our thoughts.
You'll be in our thoughts.
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Will keep you in prayers.
Hang tough friend.
Hang tough friend.
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Isnt it amazing how many people post without reading the thread?
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You're on the list for continued prayers. Please keep us informed. We are all family here.
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Knee-mail sent pard. Take care and keep us informed.
Rob
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May your rifle always shoot straight, your mag never run dry, you always have one more round than you have adversaries, and your good mate always be there to watch your back.
Because I can!
Never grow a wishbone where a backbone ought to be.
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Praying everything comes out O.K.
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Sorry to hear the news. I hate the c word.
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Good luck, Mike.
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As Sixgun said, thinkin' positive is half the battle. Prayers up!
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My spirits remain high, despite the mini-cloud hangin' around. I sleep very well, with no coughing spells, something that makes my wife happy. I go in first thing Monday AM for the second C-T scan and needle biopsy and the results will be explained on Friday 6 May. The north wind is making all sorts of dirt in the air, so I'm pretty much staying indoors today. I had hoped to go down to the ranch and waste more GI ammo with my Garand, but that can wait 'til tomorrow. The wind is s'posed to die down and the temps will rise to low 80s by then.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged"....President Abraham Lincoln
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Prayers going out from here Mike!
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
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Well, I have been diagnosed with cancer in both lungs, inoperable, of course. One lung is partially collapsed, causing a bit of breathing distress, but nothing very painful. My blood oxygen levels are still in the 90s and I generally feel OK most of the time. On Thursday AM, bright and early, I begin chemotherapy. I'll go once a week for 2 weeks and have a week off. The drugs will be Carboplatin and Gemcitabine on the first go-round, then Carbo only following. Thursday's session will take 4 hours, the next weeks only 40 minutes. The entire program should last 6-9 months and the outlook is promising. My spirits are high and I refuse to submit to this devilish disease. At least my off week will allow for our annual Yosemite trip, but it's doubtful that climbing Half Dome will be on my agenda. I've been up it 8 times anyway, so what's the big deal. The doc says that I shouldn't be anywhere near as sick as I was during the last session 3 years ago and this new "thing" in not related. Bad call for a life long non-smoker, but it just goes to show that there ain't no guarantees. We'll deal with it no matter what.
All that bein' said, it's time to head out to the garage to load some .45 Colts for the old New Service revolver. Can't sit around doin' nothin'. Last Saturday, my brothers and brothers-in-law went down to the ranch and killed a dozen crows in the cherry orchard. They, the crows, have been a real PITA lately, what with the fruit nearing harvest and all. I missed out because a couple of my buds called with a '56 T-bird broke down up on I-5 and I had to yard out some brake parts and stuff and take 'em up there. You can't go to Kragen and get old parts without explaining to the kids that work there what a 1956 car needs. If they can't find it in the computer they are lost. It was up to me to help them with the old books and get them to find the parts. Any '56-'57 Ford brake shoes will work, but that stuff's far before their time and it doesn't compute. It took over an hour to locate 75 bucks in parts, but it worked out in the end.
All that bein' said, it's time to head out to the garage to load some .45 Colts for the old New Service revolver. Can't sit around doin' nothin'. Last Saturday, my brothers and brothers-in-law went down to the ranch and killed a dozen crows in the cherry orchard. They, the crows, have been a real PITA lately, what with the fruit nearing harvest and all. I missed out because a couple of my buds called with a '56 T-bird broke down up on I-5 and I had to yard out some brake parts and stuff and take 'em up there. You can't go to Kragen and get old parts without explaining to the kids that work there what a 1956 car needs. If they can't find it in the computer they are lost. It was up to me to help them with the old books and get them to find the parts. Any '56-'57 Ford brake shoes will work, but that stuff's far before their time and it doesn't compute. It took over an hour to locate 75 bucks in parts, but it worked out in the end.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged"....President Abraham Lincoln