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The love, thoughts and prayers shall continue until further notice.

Hate to hear that my friend. I've always been in your corner from day one and I'm not leaving it now. You and your family will as always be in my prayers.

You’ll always have us as a pseudo family GM. Please don’t hesitate to drop a pm if you need anything or just need to talk. Keep fighting and this will all be in the rear view mirror for you soon.

Call me crazy or stupid but day 15 and 16 after my whipple surgery Out on the motorcycle for some much needed wind therapy.

Next up finding out what my choices are for chemo.

Crazy!

On a serious note, enjoy every day Bud.

Always do

Prayers up for you my friend. Go kick its ass.

OK bad news on my last visit. I was told all clear margins after the surgery. Not so Still cancer remaining outside the margins near the portal vein. It's to close for radiation or more surgery. So next up is my only choice for chemo Also it's stage III not stage II


Adjuvant chemotherapy is indicated. Because of his significant neuropathy we will need to avoid oxaliplatin and Abraxane. After much discussion we have elected to treat with gemcitabine plus capecitabine. Typically this is given 3 weeks on 1 week off. However, because of the patient's performance status and multiple comorbidities I would recommend treatment with 1 week on 1 week off as tolerated. We will restage with CT scans and the patient will return in 2 weeks. We will then discuss details of his chemotherapy. Currently he lives close to 2 hours from our facility. If possible we will arrange for him to be treated closer to home.

You never do anythiong halfway, do you?

I have a feeling that you are going to beat this, though. There is no limit on God's miracles. I pray for His blessings on you.

If you need anything, call ... you hear?

Still praying'! Keep fighting. More prayers as well.

I'm always by your side in spirit my friend. God knows you've been through hell while still maintaining your fighting spirit. That's what's kept you going this far and I'm sure that's what will continue to keep you going.

It's just one more thing... keep on going, man.

Continued prayers and positive thoughts to you GM

Getting chemo now in Sandusky, wish me luck for the 125 mile drive home lol

Good luck! You can do it! Have wifey drive.

125? Piece of cake.

Good luck, brother!

No problemo. It's all downhill going home.

Hey, dawgs! Tailgating in Sandusky for GM! There is always Uber. . . Tear this up, bro! Good luck!

Getting my second surgery this year to take more out of my bladder. This time they are going to do a 6 week course of immunotherapy using the TB vaccine to stimulate my immune response. I had never heard of it until now, but it has an 85% efficacy rate to slow or stop it’s return. Cancer sucks bro.

I pray for your recovery OCD. As we have said so many times to GM ... kick cancer's butt.

Continued prayers, OCD! Never heard of this either. Whatever works is good. Lots of healing headed your way!

It went great. Couldn't wait to get home and eat

Fantastic my friend! Hopefully all continues to go well.

I have never heard of that either but I have no experience in what you're dealing with. Hopefully all goes well for you Bud. Keep up the good fight!

Prayers for you OCD. Heal well.

It's nice of you to think of OCD, but this is a thread for GM.

I said prayers for GM also.

Yeah. Stop hijacking the thread. Stop it!

I did not make this post. However its possible to pray for more than one person. So stop being selfish.

I don't know if it is as totally one sided as you lay out.

Drug companies spend years...like a decade or more in R&D costs, clinical trials etc. to bring a new drug/product to market. They are entitled to recoup that investment and gamble they took to even try to bring those drugs to market. They are entitled to make a nice profit for that effort.

We all want safe drugs, but somewhere in there the FDC is culpable as to the cost of new drugs with the cumbersome rules they enforce on the drug companies.

What makes it so clear is that many other nations pay much less for the same prescription drugs as we do. There are no drug companies selling prescription drugs to other countries at a loss. and actually, Europe and Canada have regulations to assure safety and Europe has even banned prescription drugs that are legal in the U.S because their regulatory boards have deemed them unsafe.

Thanks everyone. Wasn’t trying to hijack GM’s thread, just sharing because I get it. Surgery went great today, immunotherapy starts in tewo weeks.


GM - Hope you ate well bro. I had street style tacos de carne asada today after mine. That’ll take cancer off yoour mind.

Glad all went well for you OCD.

I'm sorry dude. I actually completely missed your post on the thread and just thought Eve mistakenly said OCD instead of GM. I'm glad your surgery went well. I ain't too far away from you, so just let me know if you ever need anything.

No mushed feelz here bro, and thanks.

I understand that as well. It's like a pinwheel and it is impossible to know where to pin the problem.