BS: Olddude wife (prayers and thoughts)

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 12:40 PM

Sending thoughts for good medicine and good results.

Too many of these stories! But if caring helps, she will do ok.....

"Whatever hits the fan is not distributed equally"

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 01:54 PM

That is tough news, but the love and support continues.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: gnu
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 01:59 PM

Keep the faith. Nothin but good thoughts and prayers for youse and yours from here.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 03:04 PM

All of the above, Dan, and more from myself.
Charlie.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 09:19 PM

Dan, we're here for you the way you're there for her. Let us know whatever you need, whenever you need it.

~Susan & Greg

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 10:22 PM

Keep in mind what Michelle has made it through the past year and a half. Her thread can be inspiring. This too shall pass, darlin'. All will be well.

Lots of light and thanks givings from Colo. and {{{HUGS}}.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Janie
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 10:51 PM

I'll just echo what others have already said, Dan, including that both of you are continuously in my thoughts, even if I don't post often.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: LilyFestre
Date: 12 Apr 11 - 11:05 PM

Dan,

    Just love my friend. Lots of love.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 02:35 AM

Oh Dan

So sorry about this news. Try to remember that treatment, length and quality of life for so many cancer patients is always improving.   

You both will remain in my thoughts.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Little Robyn
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 02:51 AM

I'm lost for words Dan.
It's not fair!
Still thinking of you both.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 03:08 AM

Morning hugs, Dan and Linda. ((XX))

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: My guru always said
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 11:09 AM

Sending you both positive thoughts, love and hugs!
Hil x

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: alanabit
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 11:44 AM

The battle is on and the troops are still with you. You are going to win. Keep in touch.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: SINSULL
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 12:16 PM

Chemo sucks. I am sorry you both have to go through it, Dan. As always, your friends are here to listen and support you.
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: kendall
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 01:40 PM

I'm down in the dumps today and this doesn't help. Sniff.

Remember this old Downeast proverb: You are not licked until you give up.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: gnu
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 01:45 PM

Whaddya gotta give up ta get licked?

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 02:11 PM

Dan, this is for Linda.

Olivia Newton-John talking about being a Breast Cancer Thriver, and how she decided to envisage her chemotherapy as being a golden light flooding through her body, bringing healing.   

By the way, it was way back in 1992 when she had Stage II breast cancer.

Olivia Newton John - Inspirational Video

Taken from the 'biography' page of her main website:

>>>>Her charmed life has not been without its share of upset. In the 90's, Olivia successfully overcame her own battle with breast cancer, which inspired her self-penned and produced album, "GAIA," her most personal album reflecting upon her experiences with cancer.

She used these experiences to gain greater self-awareness and became a positive inspiration to millions of people battling cancer. As a breast cancer survivor, Olivia has become increasingly well known and respected for talking openly about her battle with breast cancer and for promoting public awareness of the importance of early detection. Her personal victory against cancer led her to announce her partnership with the Austin Health and the creation of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre and Wellness Centre (ONJCWC) on the Austin Campus in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia. The ONJCWC will provide a comprehensive range of services and facilities for cancer treatment, education, training and research including a wellness center for the mind, body and spirit (www.oliviaappeal.com). In April 2008, Olivia led a team of fellow cancer survivors, celebrities and Olympians on a trek along the Great Wall of China (www.GreatWalkToBeijing.com) and raised more than $2 million to find a new way to treat cancer and build the ONJCWC. A companion CD to benefit the ONJCWC as part of this global fundraising effort, "Olivia Newton-John & Friends: A Celebration In Song," has been released internationally and features duets with Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, Sir Cliff Richard, Richard Marx, Amy Sky, and Barry Gibb to name a few. In November 2009, Olivia was on hand for the ground-breaking for the ONJCWC. Olivia continues to give back to the community generously and has been acknowledged many times by charitable and environmental organizations for her ongoing efforts, among them: the American Red Cross, the Environmental Media Association, the Women's Guild of Cedar's Sinai Medical Center, the Rainforest Alliance and Concept Cure.

Continuing her efforts to find a cure for breast cancer, Olivia launched the Liv Aid ®, a breast self-examination aid that assists women to exercise breast self-exams correctly (www.Liv.com). Olivia credits her own breast self-exam as the first step to her eventual diagnosis of breast cancer. Now, 18 years later (and cancer free) she has become a passionate advocate in creating awareness for early detection and, encouraging women to take a more active role in their breast health.>>>>>



You know, I can see your Linda doing something similar to that walk along the Great Wall of China when she gets her energy back again..

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 09:04 PM

love & hugs to you both

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 09:06 PM

I love you all, another long drive back to the cancer hospital. Well Linda's cancer is pretty aggressive one, the docs assure me it is fixable with the chemo, radiation and hormone therapy. So if it fixes the awful thing then we say bring it on.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 09:21 PM

Well since they said her hair will be gone, so will mine and I dug out all my crazy hats. I got one Crocodile dundee with the gator teeth in it. My old blues fedora hats. Got my Irish tweed one.   And of course all my old baseball hats .. a wide assortment of fishin ones also. So far I haven't impressed her with any of them. I guess she will have to shop fer her own ones. I even have a duck one that you pull the string and the winds flap .. Now why won't that impress a woman? You think it would ... naw she just laughs

Subject: Lyr Add: MANUEL GARCIA (David Roth)
From: frogprince
Date: 13 Apr 11 - 09:28 PM

I first heard this sung by Anne Hills:


MANUEL GARCIA © 1986 David Roth

based on a true story, with thanks to William Janz of the Milwaukee Sentinel for sending me his series of articles

Manuel Garcia, a proud youthful father,
Was known on his block as a hard working man
With a wife and a family, a job and a future.
He'd everything going according to plan.

One day Manuel Garcia, complaining of stomach pains,
Went to the clinic to find out the cause.
His body was found to have cancerous tissue,
Ignoring the order of natural laws.

So Manuel Garcia of Milwaukee County
Checked into the medical complex in town,
Suddenly seeing his thirty-nine years
Like the sand in an hourglass plummeting down.

"What are my choices?" cried Manuel Garcia.
"You've basically two," was the doctor's decree.
"Your cancer untreated will quickly be fatal,
But treatment is painful with no guarantees."

And so it began, Manuel's personal odyssey:
Long sleepless nights in a chemical daze,
With echoes of footsteps down long lonely corridors,
Tolling his minutes and hours away.

With the knowledge that something inside was consuming him,
Manuel Garcia was filled with despair.
He'd already lost forty pounds to the cancer,
And now to the drugs he was losing his hair.

After nine weeks in treatment the doctor came calling,
Said: "Manuel, we've done about all we can do.
Your cancer could go either way at this juncture.
It's out of our hands and it's now up to you."

He looked in the mirror, a sad frightened stranger,
So pale, so wrinkled, so lonely, so scared,
Diseased, isolated, and feeling unlovable,
One-hundred-twenty-six pounds and no hair.

And he dreamed of his Carmen at sixty without him,
His four little children not having their dad,
Of Thursday-night card games at Julio's,
And everything else he'd not done that he wished that he had.

Awakened from sleep on the day of his discharge
By shuffling feet going all around his bed,
Manuel opened his eyes and thought he was still dreaming--
His wife, and four friends with no hair on their heads!

He blinked and he looked again, not quite believing.
The four shiny heads all lined up side by side,
And still to that point not a word had been spoken,
But soon they were laughing so hard that they cried.

And the hospital hallways were ringing with voices.
"Patron, we did this for you," said his friends,
And they wheeled him out to the car they had borrowed.
"Amigo, estamos contigo ves."

So Manuel Garcia returned to his neighborhood,
Dropped off in front of his two-bedroom flat.
The block seemed unusually deserted for Sunday.
He drew a deep breath and adjusted his hat.

But before he could enter the front door flew open.
Manuel was surrounded with faces he knew:
Fifty-odd loved ones and friends of the family
With clean-shaven heads and the words "We love you."

And so Manuel Garcia, a person with cancer,
A father, a husband, a neighbor, a friend,
With a lump in his throat said: "I'm not one for speeches,
But here I have something that needs to be said.

"I felt so alone with my baldness and cancer.
Now you stand beside me; thank heaven above
For giving me strength that I need, may God bless you,
And long may we live with the meaning of love.

"For giving me strength that I need, may God bless you,
And long may we live with the meaning of love."

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: My guru always said
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 02:57 AM

Love the hats!!

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: David C. Carter
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:04 AM

What My guru always said,said!

Glad to see your sense of humour is still out there Dan!

Thinking of you both.

David

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:08 AM

Thursday love wingin' its way over to you both, Dan...

That duck hat has to be wildly erotic! ;0)

There's a few here that might do....

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: gnu
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 04:55 AM

I see nobody would model the moose hat. I don't blame them. Must be a UK moose.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: ragdall
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 05:25 AM

Dan,
Best wishes to Linda for healing and to you for strength and courage to get her through this. She's in good hands and she's getting treatment. How can the cancer stand a chance against that and all the good thoughts, wishes and prayers from your Mudcat friends?

Hugs,
rags

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 06:00 AM

Godd thoughts as always, Dan. Like the man said 'If you wanna get ahead, get a hat' also, like another man said 'If you can't be good looking, be funny'.
Charlie.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: SINSULL
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 11:42 AM

Hats we can do, Dan. Lily Festre got quite a selection of "attractive" hats, scarves and turbans.
Put that damn duck hat away or I will come over and put it away for you. You don't want that.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 12:44 PM

Can't stop crying. My beautiful daughters all have very very long beautiful hair, the three of them went out, Got their hair cut, Took it to a professional with a photo from the wedding and said they want a wig exactly like this made. That is my daughters, that is their hearts.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 12:45 PM

man, now I am the one that will be clean headed ... yah cause I am still doing it

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: frogprince
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 12:49 PM

Sounds like there are at least 4 people in your family who know how to be loving, Dan.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 01:45 PM

cool, doc called, she is clear to take the students to Ireland next week. Start the chemo 2 weeks. She and the students and the chaperons are going to Ireland and also northern Ireland.   I am home working .. I have been all over Ireland many times .. never been up north however. Maybe next time. They have like 28 high school kids going on the field trip through a high school travel agency. Easter break

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 02:33 PM

You've made me cry too Dan, with the story about your daughters.

Love Jean x x x x

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 02:37 PM

Could you give each of your daughters a big hug and kiss from me, Dan...from all of us...and tell them how proud we are of them! Got me in tears too! xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: MikeL2
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 02:56 PM

Hi Dan

More knind thoughts and you touched my heart with the the wonderful actions of your lovely daughters.

Prayers & thoughts

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:02 PM

Dan! Such girls! I wish you all the very best.
Charlie.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: gnu
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:04 PM

"Can't stop crying." I can understand.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:39 PM

Now she will be wearing a wig exactly like her hair style now. But it will be her daughters hair she will be wearing ...

My God I did something right in this life didn't I with those girls

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:56 PM

Yes, Dan, indeed you did.

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: gnu
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:58 PM

Damn straight! Good on yas both!

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 04:14 PM

One of Dan's 'Three Musketeers'

Katie...and her beautiful song....

You've done a great amount right, Dan. You and your Love for your family. xx

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 05:24 PM

And thank you all the catters for the wonderful music you sent me. When I get nuts with panic I put on the music of my friends ... it makes me smile ... so many beautiful songs ... so many beautiful talented people. Thank you so

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 07:28 PM

Dan,

CD off to you in tomorrow's mail.

BM

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: olddude
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 07:57 PM

I love Bruce, my dear brother

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Bobert
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 08:47 PM

Have to remind you of when my late wife Judy was going to do chemo... She just shaved her head and went to one of them "Vanity Shoots" where they take pictures of ya all sexy and all... Great pics...

Hair???

Sheesh... I the P-Vine were gonna have chemo, I'd BIC myself in a heartbeat...

Ya'll hang in there, Olster... Ya'll be fine... I promise...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 12:56 AM

one of my friends had a selection of wigs, not made from family hair tho as far as I know.

what a lovely symbol of their love.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: catspaw49
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 01:43 AM

Geeziz Man......I am without words for the action of your daughters.............................so I'll give you a different wig story.

The Columbus community is extremely active when it comes to breast cancer in thanks to two young women. Stephanie Spielman was the wife of Detroit Lions and Ohio State famed linebacker, Chris Spielman. The other was a popular local news anchor. Heather Pick. Both chose to raise awareness as a part of their lives and they certainly did.

Heather Pick was especially cool and when her cancer returned as she knew it would she once again followed her own great advice and refused to let it control her. She advised everyone to: "Search out and get the best treatment available then get on with your life." When chemo started again. she worked right along and wore the beautiful wigs she had. But then one day, on the air, she was reporting a Koman Foundation news story for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and took off her wig with a huge smile. Then she went a step further! She had been off for some additional treatment and on this day back she slapped on a bright pink synthetic wig. That got so many calls and so much support that it became a bit of a trademark for her.

Both Heather and Stephanie passed away within just a year of each other and this town was devastated although everyone new theirs was fatal. At the annual "Race for the Cure" channel 10 sponsored "Heather and Stephanie's Team"...........and here was what they looked like: Over 6000 Buckeyes in pink wigs walking for the cure

BTW......Bruce's cd will take you right back to the 60's......He's wonderful!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 09:22 AM

great photo, spaw & story

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 11:06 PM

Did I read it here or on a bumper sticker? "Cancer is a word, not a sentence." I like that.

Lots of good thoughts and thanks givings on their way from Colorado, Dan. You've got awesome kids!!

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Oldude wife (prayers and thoughts)
From: Janie
Date: 16 Apr 11 - 02:17 AM

Wigs can be beautiful and even fun. Bald is also beautiful. In summer, bald is also much more comfortable.

What ya'll obviously have, Dan, is abundant love and care for one another. The best tools anyone can have in the face of of many fears and troubles.

Constant flow of care and concern for all of you from this old hillbilly.