Ghost of Dwight Drane
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Not as heavy subject as the preceding but I think I'm going to propose...again. Been together for a couple years now but I'm feeling trepidation due to my failed marriage. I thought I had everything but it was a sham. I think this is the one but I can't shake my mistake.
I may not come across as the hopeless romantic, but if you got the goods....go for it. If your gut tells you bingo, and your head is only slowing you down because of the past....I trust the gut. You must have been on guard early on, and if she got that far through your trust meter.....you are just getting regular nerves. Don't pull a Darcy and let Briere walk for 500K. Besides, I think we are due for a Sabrespace bachelor party.
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Thanks for all the kind words. Sorry to fill your thoughts with my families problems but sometimes its good to get it out. The boy is doing good considering and they give him a 70% chance of survival which leaves about 30% of which we don't even let cross our minds. He'll be infertile due to the radiation so we had a biopsy done and banked his sperm. Seemed like the right thing to do and one day him and his potential wife will thank us. Again, thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Sabrespace is filled with the best people and I've come to admire many of you. Cheers.
It's a battle, but if he's tough enough to get to the point where he could withstand what was happening to him before they caught it, he can withstand the cavalry coming in to chase out the bad guy.
That's great you thought ahead to bank. I am in a similar situation as far as that goes. Technology has come a long way and I'm sure he will be thankfull someday.
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Definitely good people here. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. Hopefully we'll be able to get a good diagnosis (positive too) on my sister as to why her heart is doing what it's doing. she got into the cardiologist up in Syracuse, so we're headin up tomorrow morning.
Very good. Good luck. Hopefully it's just something goofy.
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Well, this has been a heavy Thursday complaint day! My grandma is gone, so I think that all prayers go to your families. As for my grandma, I appreciate all of your condolences. I have truly found peace over the past couple of days.
Prayers to you as well. Things ain't like they used to be, and it hurts more and more to see links to the past drift on.
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I've never complained on here,at least that I can remember but now its time. March 1st my son woke up and had trouble peeing. He's 13. He'd been having aches in his lower abdomen for about a month but our general practitioner misdiagnosed the cause. Went to a urologist and he did a rectal check with the finger and his exact words were " oh my god,he's got a mass blocking his urethra " Worst thing I've ever heard. Long story short he had an mri at the local hospital and was rushed to vancouver to bc childrens hospital by ambulance. Catheter inserted,cat scans,more mri,pet scan and right into a regimen of chemo that will run till dec2. Just finished 6 weeks of radiation treatment that ran 2 minutes a day and is still getting chemo.Turns out he has (pardon my spelling) a rhabdomiosarcoma. I've been told they see about 30 cases a year in Canada. Its a growth thats wrapped itself around his urethra,prostate,rectum and has grown into his bladder lining. Lost his hair so i shaved mine but thankfully after 3 months he's finally had the catheter removed. He's been poked,prodded and had what seems like every indignity a 13 year old can have but all in the name of his survival. Doctors and nurses are amazing and top notch for their fields. Drugs, medication coming out of our ying yangs. Back and forth to the hospital,probably 2 months stay so far between the bc childrens hospital and the easter seal house down the street from the hospital. Countless ferry rides back and forth to and from Nanaimo to vancouver. He's doing ok and another mri coming up on the 17th of june to gauge the shrinkage of the growth. All I can say is I've got lots to complain about but I thank god every day that I live here and am under Canadas medical system because this treatment,the hospital stay,the travel, all of it. Mri's,cat scans,pet scans x-rays,medications, its all been absolutely FREE. Not a cent spent and what I have spent is a tax write off for the year. So you will never hear me complain about our system or my sons treatment. Thats all i got.
Keep strong. It is a helpless feeling to be at the total mercy of others, but I'm glad you are happy with the support system. Your son is an absolute saint.
I know you have a good head on your shoulders and it sucks to be stuck in this chaos, but try and educate yourself as much as possible and find other caregivers with similar experience. The situation seems as far from normal as possible, but slowly you tame everything to a new normal and feel more in control. Doctors are human too and only have so many hours in the day, so any rational involvement on your part can only help.
You guys are in my prayers.
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Chz, trust me on this: the world will not end on Saturday. Unless some of us die on that day (which I say with the utmost amount of respect), the rest of us will be here. Pay no attention to the Family Radio ads.
Great signature. It's a winner.
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You missed your chance to "work" with Dominique Strauss-Kahn. ;)
Can the US avoid the fate of all empires that have ever existed? Other empires in history have conquered other nations to take their resources to stay going. The US mostly just prints more money.
If the leadership of the past 40 years actually had the interests of Americans in mind, we would have done so by now. Too bad the past 2 treasury secretaries have had the sole job of keeping China happy until they have accumulated enough hard assets to pull the plug on the US. If the US wanted to keep their position, we would have been at war by now. Instead it's in the bag to slip softly into the global night as just another number. As long as the power structure can loot the treasury and secure themselves....who cares about the other 300 million schleps?
We had a good run. Think of the US as the NY Islanders. Gone are the days of Bossy, Potvin, Trotier, Gillies, Smith, etc. Now we just have a whole lotta Wang.
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Like when people want their gallon of milk in a bag. It already has a fu@k!ng handle you idiot!! :wallbash:
I disagree with this one in full. I always get milk in a bag. The gallon will tend to sweat, and if you put it in your trunk without a bag, it can roll around and pick up every little piece of grime and grit in there. Plus, if the seal is broken at all, it will leak all over the place. At least the bag gives you a shot at preventing a mess.
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Very cool. Have a great time (when you go). I've never been to the Derby. I have been to the Preakness, but what goes on there is more suited to a discussion of human casualties than it is to a discussion about good whisky.
If you stay out of the infield for the Preakness, it is under control for the most part. Seats are a lot cheaper than the Derby as well.
I will have fun...thanks.
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I LOVE a good julep.
Where do you have 72 hours of open bar, and why do you have to be a semi-good boy in such a situation?
I was all psyched to have one the first time in Kentucky and I just couldn't handle it. I've tried a couple "good ones" since and it just is not good for me. Like the Lewis Black bit on candy corn...."Every year at Halloween there is a bowl of candy corn sitting on the table....and me, like a fool....as if I have never seen such a delight before in my life....reach for the bowl, and put some in my mouth."
I'm in Kentucky this year for the big show with all the perks, but need to represent well. I'm a well mannered drunkie, but don't want to call Bruce Budreau an oompah loompa on NBC.
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You guys are killing me.....I am about to have 72 hours of open bar with all the Makers and Woodford I want, but I need to be a semi-good boy.
Word of advice....don't start with a mint julep. You might as well pour some Robutussin over some ice and suck on a mint sprig. I love manhattans but I won't even touch a julep anymore. MAYBE just one this year for luck, but I can see being turned off quick by it.
Drunkies I tell ya.....
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Haha okay you win. I definitely like Jack more than absolut. And that story is typical of Vodka people. I find whisky/ey drinkers tend to be less snobbish and douchey. Vodka drinkers like to think they're special. And gin drinkers are just busy enjoying their gin and they don't care what you think, because it tastes good to them.
I went to a wedding just outside of Nashville and I have never looked at JD the same way.
Drink whatever makes you happy. I find gin relaxing but most people think it's jet fuel.
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If you would like his email to send him a message please PM me. He is fine, but he's been put in "timeout" so to speak. Happens to the best of us.
I just wanted to make sure he is ok....or to know what could he have possibly done to get booted after everything that has been said here over the years. If he's in Tailand getting a rubdown from Koi Koi...then good for him.
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Pretty sure he's on a break. Don't worry GoDD. "It's not you it's him."
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I was just sittin here all alone.....eating my half gallon of rocky road....... :cry:
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Did PA take a voluntary break, or did someone ban him?
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.........especially if there's ladies in hats. Oh and Uncle Mo is there.
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Bunch of Drunkies.......
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What are the 3 other horsemen?
Lindy actually sounded happy as well. Maybe it's all going to hell in a handbasket. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that Lindy signed his extension this week.
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I don't have any complaints. In fact, this week has been so sweet that I am happy. Who coulda thunk?
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It would be just like low tide at the ocean! I can almost hear the crabs scurrying around in the sand!
You aren't a real man unless you've taken a gasoline bath.
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Can she cook something other than blueberries and almonds?
Tuna casserole and clams casino
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I hate you, TAS. I really do.
She can't sing, but considering she's 13......I think she would sell nicely in the Keeneland Yearling sale's auction ring. I'm thinking 300-400K.
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I feel bad for young people that are always used to being in a relationship. You start to undervalue yourself.