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alandhopewell

January 29, 2016, 03:47:25 PM
     Indy already knows about this, so I thought I'd share it with all of you.
I have prostate cancer; they caught it early, I'm scheduled for surgery (prostate removal) on the twenty-fourth of February, so my prognosis is very good. Still, I welcome your prayers, good wishes, and such, and I also want to urge you to get checked.

http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-who-died-of-prostate-cancer/reference

     The sad thing about this list is that this is one of the most treatable forms of cancer, if detected early enough. My primary physician offered to test me two years ago, and I refused-if they hadn't found something while testing my blood in the hospital this past summer, I might have breezed ignorantly on until it was too late.

     Get checked, especially of you're over thirty-five. Ladies, tell that signifigant other he needs to get this done.

     Now, back to our program....
If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

Rev. Powell

#1
January 29, 2016, 03:49:21 PM
Sorry to hear it, best wishes to you! Happy they found it early, I'm betting you're going to be just fine.  :thumbup:
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

dean

#2
January 29, 2016, 07:02:39 PM
Early detection is key! Glad its still early days when they caught it. All the best of luck to you, I'll be sending good vibes your way.
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indianasmith

#3
January 29, 2016, 07:58:39 PM
Kick it in the tuckus, Alan!
"I shall smite you in the nostrils with a rod of iron, and wax your spleen with Efferdent!!"

ulthar

#4
January 30, 2016, 05:45:27 PM
Prayers given and best wishes to you.
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Newt

#5
January 30, 2016, 06:41:50 PM
Best of luck to you, Alan, and good vibes as well.
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Allhallowsday

#6
January 31, 2016, 11:38:56 AM
Best wishes ALAN.  I am also a firm believer in early detection.  We are thinking of you. 
If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!

RCMerchant

#7
January 31, 2016, 01:11:22 PM
WTF?  :bluesad:
Man-that all I got right now-wtf,man.
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
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sprite75

#8
January 31, 2016, 03:26:47 PM
Sorry to hear that.  Hope it all works out for you.
God of making the characteristic which becomes dirty sends the hurricane.

BoyScoutKevin

#9
January 31, 2016, 04:46:53 PM
We expect to see you back here by March, if not sooner. And good luck to you and you all.

Trevor

#10
February 01, 2016, 07:41:43 AM
Hugs, Brother Alan  :smile:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Flangepart

#11
February 05, 2016, 03:14:23 PM
Live long, prosper, and be back soon!
"Aggressivlly eccentric, and proud of it!"

javakoala

#12
February 05, 2016, 03:57:29 PM
Having gone through cancer myself and having relatives who have gone through it, the best advice I can give is to live. Focus on the moment and live.

If you are in an oncology waiting room, you'll understand what I mean. The people who look as if they are zombies are the ones who are talking about death and regrets and the like. The patients who look healthier are the ones talking about their garden and how the kids are coming to visit next week and ooh so many yard sales to hit and so on.

Like the old saying, "Free your mind, and your ass will follow." Focus on living, and your body will follow.
I feel more like I do now than I did a while ago.

ER

#13
February 08, 2016, 11:13:00 AM
Be well, Alan.
What does not kill me makes me stranger.

alandhopewell

#14
February 08, 2016, 01:35:56 PM
Quote from: javakoala on February 05, 2016, 03:57:29 PM
Having gone through cancer myself and having relatives who have gone through it, the best advice I can give is to live. Focus on the moment and live.

If you are in an oncology waiting room, you'll understand what I mean. The people who look as if they are zombies are the ones who are talking about death and regrets and the like. The patients who look healthier are the ones talking about their garden and how the kids are coming to visit next week and ooh so many yard sales to hit and so on.

Like the old saying, "Free your mind, and your ass will follow." Focus on living, and your body will follow.

     That's exactly what I plan to do, Java.
If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.
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