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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1755 on: July 11, 2011, 01:29:45 PM »
Quote from: NoseOverTail on July 09, 2011, 09:44:06 PM
Thanks guys.  Just found out he had a blot clot on/in his lung, so they're going to keep him in the hospital and take care of it.  Phew.  The whole sequence of events leading up to this happened just so that if any of it had gone differently, he might not be with us.  :-\\\\  Just thankful he's being taken care of.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1756 on: July 12, 2011, 04:29:08 PM »
My grandfather is in the hospital and my mother and aunts/uncle are having a meeting today to decide about some difficult choices regarding his care. He needs a bronchoscopy but he might end up on a ventilator which goes against the 'no extreme measures' decision that had already been made. :(
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1757 on: July 12, 2011, 04:37:18 PM »
hugggs balmerhon my thoughts are with you and the family.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1758 on: July 12, 2011, 04:50:32 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on July 12, 2011, 04:29:08 PM
My grandfather is in the hospital and my mother and aunts/uncle are having a meeting today to decide about some difficult choices regarding his care. He needs a bronchoscopy but he might end up on a ventilator which goes against the 'no extreme measures' decision that had already been made. :(

Oh no  :\\\'(  Good thoughts for you and your family!
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1759 on: July 13, 2011, 12:29:45 PM »
Waking up to find out that a friend of mine that I have known since 1992 lost her battle with cancer.  We havent been close but shared many memories on compuserve for many many years and have stayed in touch all this time.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1760 on: July 13, 2011, 01:01:44 PM »
Quote from: ChillyWilly on July 13, 2011, 12:29:45 PM
Waking up to find out that a friend of mine that I have known since 1992 lost her battle with cancer.  We havent been close but shared many memories on compuserve for many many years and have stayed in touch all this time.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1761 on: July 13, 2011, 02:27:27 PM »
Quote from: ChillyWilly on July 13, 2011, 12:29:45 PM
Waking up to find out that a friend of mine that I have known since 1992 lost her battle with cancer.  We havent been close but shared many memories on compuserve for many many years and have stayed in touch all this time.

I'm very sorry (((hugs)))
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1762 on: July 13, 2011, 02:40:09 PM »
Huge hugs balmerhon and ChillyWilly!  :(
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1763 on: July 13, 2011, 03:57:37 PM »
So sorry to hear Balmerhon and CW. 
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1764 on: July 13, 2011, 04:20:44 PM »
Sorry Balmerhon and ChillyWilly.  :\\\'( Hugs to you both.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1765 on: July 13, 2011, 08:56:44 PM »
Such sad news.  :(
Big hugs to both of you.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1766 on: July 14, 2011, 10:21:20 AM »
Hugs to you both, sorry for the hard times for both of you + families.
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« Reply #1767 on: July 14, 2011, 10:53:00 AM »
Sorry to both of you.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1768 on: July 14, 2011, 11:02:21 AM »
I'm so sorry for both of you.

A bit of good news - my pregnant friend with the brainstem tumour made it through the surgery very well, was discharged from hospital really early (apparently she was sitting up and knitting the day after surgery!) and she and the baby are both well. The biopsy came back that the tumour was mixed cancer and cyst, and the cancerous cells were the lowest stage possible to still be considered cancerous. So it's all v v good that she accidentally (and against all odds) got pregnant or she'd never have had any symptoms until it was all too late...
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #1769 on: July 14, 2011, 12:17:59 PM »
That's brilliant news SP!!!!
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