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Offline colmbo

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The beginning of the end
« on: May 29, 2018, 10:08:32 AM »
Hitech you really need to lighten up and allow posters 1 post per year in which a prohibited expletive is allowed.

&%@#!!!  :furious

I found out last week that I have pancreatic cancer.  For those that aren't aware there is no cure.  One year survival is only 20%.  It appears mine has spread to the liver as well so I'm not expecting to make it a year.  I knew the neck cancer had me limited to probably a few more years at best but this new development has really cut into my social and gaming schedule!!

I started "this" in '92 or '93 playing Air Warrior on Genie @ $6/hour (heroin addicts think they have an expensive habit) then it was Mac Air Warrior on AOL until that folded up.  Once I upgraded the computer it was Warbirds for many years until it deteriorated and I moved to Aces High. It has been an awesome time filled with awesome people. <S>

I won't be online much, if at all.  I'll be busy trying to move my wife closer to family if this *&^$#$@ (okay Dale, maybe we'll need to use two expletives) disease gives me enough time.

Big picture, quit worrying about being hoed, runners, blah blah blah.  It's a game, just have fun.  Enjoy life, you never know when it will be cut short.

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2018, 10:43:04 AM »
:(

I'm mostly a lurker here but I enjoyed reading your posts, always informative and respectful.

I hope that your remaining time on Earth will be much longer than expected, painless and inhabited by your loved ones.

I'll keep you and them in my thoughts.

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Offline Wiley

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2018, 10:50:04 AM »
Dammit, Col.  I am really sorry to hear that.  We've never been particularly close, but I've always enjoyed your presence in game and on the boards.

Eff cancer.  I hope it goes as well for you as it can, man.

 :salute

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2018, 11:07:15 AM »
Sir enjoy the most of what you have left .<S>

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2018, 11:16:10 AM »
 :(  really sorry to read this. Don't know what to say except I hope every day you have left is a blessed one.

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2018, 11:45:38 AM »
Really sorry to hear this. I wish you well on the rest of this journey and on your future journey.

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2018, 12:24:54 PM »
A friend of mine got pancreatic cancer, along with problems with parts of his stomach, upper intestines and gallbladder.

He says that besides all the operations and meds, which have kept him alive for about 2 years now, the only thing that sometimes sucks is his diet.

Right now pancreatic cancer is literally one of those conditions where improvements in treatment are happening at a rapid pace.  (Five years ago a 20% survival rate was a pipe dream.  A medical friend of mine says that he sees new and interesting stuff about every 6 months.)

So get a second and even a third medical opinion, and stay away from quacks!   
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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2018, 01:03:25 PM »
Dale, thanks for being a stand-up guy. You helped make a positive difference. Fair winds and following seas.  :salute

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Offline colmbo

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2018, 01:15:35 PM »
cancer is literally one of those conditions where improvements in treatment are happening at a rapid pace.

That is true.  One of my docs said that every day you survive gives you a chance at a new treatment.  I'm not giving up just yet.
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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2018, 01:16:03 PM »
$*%k cancer. Sorry to hear Dale.  :salute
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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2018, 01:47:43 PM »
Sorry to hear this.  Peace and Strength to you Columbo.  Be in that 20%.

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2018, 02:54:14 PM »
Sorry to hear this, Columbo. Best wishes sir. Keep fightin' brother.

Offline DubiousKB

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2018, 03:06:22 PM »

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

~Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2018, 03:12:06 PM »
Sorry to hear your news. It's always biting when these things happen in this community.
You'll be in our thoughts.
Keep your family close.
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Offline 100Coogn

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Re: The beginning of the end
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2018, 03:17:59 PM »
 :salute colmbo.

I really enjoy reading many of your comments & stories. 

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