OT- IT may be back.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:14 pm

Keep my moldy butt in your thoughts and prayers boys. As you may recall I have had a persistent cough for a few months. The docs have been treating me for non-viral pneumonia but the drugs ain't workin'. I finally insisted on seeing a Pulmonary specialist and after looking at my x-rays she determined that a C-T scan was in order. I had that last Tuesday and saw her again yesterday. The news isn't so swell, I'm afraid. There are nodules in my right lung that have a indicate a probability of cancer. Next week I'll have a biopsy taken and we'll go from there. There is still hope for an infection or aspiration of food particles. The cards aren't on the table quite yet, but I am not looking forward to another round of chemo and radiation, if it comes to that.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:19 pm

Best wishes and luck to you Mike. I will keep you in my prayers. Please keep us informed. 1886.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:20 pm

You'll be in my thoughts Mike.

Joe

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:23 pm

Prayers up Mike. God Bless

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:31 pm

I will be praying for a good outcome.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:40 pm

Prayers Sent.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:41 pm

Prayers sent Sir.

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:42 pm

Prayer up.

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:14 pm

Stay with us, hoping for the best.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:17 pm

Best of luck Mike, you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Think positive!

Dave B · Post by **Dave B** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:34 pm

Mike, you are in my prayers.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:36 pm

Prayers sent.

crystal river charli · Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:39 pm

Prayers sent.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:46 pm

Hoping for the best Mike!!

jason

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:07 pm

Prayers out to you, sir.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:14 pm

Will do Mike. Please keep us informed of your progress.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:19 pm

prayers up for sure. praying for fast healing

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:24 pm

Let's just hope you sucked in some peanuts with that beer you
were guzzling....

Best wishes that it's something minor and treatable.

-Stretch

Topside · Post by **Topside** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:39 pm

My best thoughts and my prayers for you Mike.

T.

Steelbanger · Post by **Steelbanger** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:47 pm

You're on my prayer list Mike.

Noah Zark · Post by **Noah Zark** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:50 pm

On the list . . .

Noah

gak · Post by **gak** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:03 pm

I'm on the list too - prayers and good thoughts coming your way!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:06 pm

Hang in there, we're all praying for you.

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:20 pm

You're in my prayers Mike.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:53 pm

Prayers up for the best possible result.

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:09 pm

Prayer sent.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:16 pm

Hey Mike hang in there! I always go by "expect the worse and hope for the best". My thoughts and prayers are with you.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:40 pm

Prayers up. They do help.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:41 pm

Wishing you the best and praying for better than that. Keep us in the loop.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:46 pm

Mike,
I'm adding you to my prayer list.

Cimarron Red · Post by **Cimarron Red** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:52 pm

Mike,

All the best and hopes and prayers that it is nothing major.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:27 pm

Thanks all, I know it helps. My appt for the second C-T and biopsy is on Monday AM. I probably won't hear those results for at least a few days. Fingers and toes crossed.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:32 pm

Prayers up Mike.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:54 pm

Mike,
Relax. Old Winchester fanatics don't get sick. We just get low on Hoppe's #9 once in a while. The thought is positive, positive, and more positive. Its natural to think the worst but 99 times out of a 100, we are OK-------------------and will be

Stay cool brother, we are pullin' for 'ya

--------------Sixgun

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:03 pm

Praying everything turns out okay, Mike. Keep us in the loop.

Jarhead · Post by **Jarhead** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:08 pm

Best wishes and a prayer sent. Stay positive...

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:11 pm

Prayers Sent

Chas. · Post by **Chas.** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:23 pm

Prayers sent. I wish you well.

Jeff H · Post by **Jeff H** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:10 pm

Hang in there, Mike.
You'll be in our thoughts.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:51 pm

Prayers up for sure!

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:15 pm

Will keep you in prayers.

Hang tough friend.

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:43 am

You're on the list for continued prayers. Please keep us informed. We are all family here.

firefuzz · Post by **firefuzz** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:48 am

Knee-mail sent pard. Take care and keep us informed.

Rob

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:53 am

Praying everything comes out O.K.

hondo1892 · Post by **hondo1892** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:42 pm

Sorry to hear the news. I hate the c word.

eric65 · Post by **eric65** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:54 pm

Good luck, Mike.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:16 pm

As Sixgun said, thinkin' positive is half the battle. Prayers up!

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:30 pm

My spirits remain high, despite the mini-cloud hangin' around. I sleep very well, with no coughing spells, something that makes my wife happy. I go in first thing Monday AM for the second C-T scan and needle biopsy and the results will be explained on Friday 6 May. The north wind is making all sorts of dirt in the air, so I'm pretty much staying indoors today. I had hoped to go down to the ranch and waste more GI ammo with my Garand, but that can wait 'til tomorrow. The wind is s'posed to die down and the temps will rise to low 80s by then.

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:09 pm

Prayers going out from here Mike!

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue May 24, 2011 5:18 pm

Well, I have been diagnosed with cancer in both lungs, inoperable, of course. One lung is partially collapsed, causing a bit of breathing distress, but nothing very painful. My blood oxygen levels are still in the 90s and I generally feel OK most of the time. On Thursday AM, bright and early, I begin chemotherapy. I'll go once a week for 2 weeks and have a week off. The drugs will be Carboplatin and Gemcitabine on the first go-round, then Carbo only following. Thursday's session will take 4 hours, the next weeks only 40 minutes. The entire program should last 6-9 months and the outlook is promising. My spirits are high and I refuse to submit to this devilish disease. At least my off week will allow for our annual Yosemite trip, but it's doubtful that climbing Half Dome will be on my agenda. I've been up it 8 times anyway, so what's the big deal. The doc says that I shouldn't be anywhere near as sick as I was during the last session 3 years ago and this new "thing" in not related. Bad call for a life long non-smoker, but it just goes to show that there ain't no guarantees. We'll deal with it no matter what.

All that bein' said, it's time to head out to the garage to load some .45 Colts for the old New Service revolver. Can't sit around doin' nothin'. Last Saturday, my brothers and brothers-in-law went down to the ranch and killed a dozen crows in the cherry orchard. They, the crows, have been a real PITA lately, what with the fruit nearing harvest and all. I missed out because a couple of my buds called with a '56 T-bird broke down up on I-5 and I had to yard out some brake parts and stuff and take 'em up there. You can't go to Kragen and get old parts without explaining to the kids that work there what a 1956 car needs. If they can't find it in the computer they are lost. It was up to me to help them with the old books and get them to find the parts. Any '56-'57 Ford brake shoes will work, but that stuff's far before their time and it doesn't compute. It took over an hour to locate 75 bucks in parts, but it worked out in the end.