henke on 12/10/2008 at 10:54
Good luck man, I hope everything turns out alright! :erm:
Shayde on 12/10/2008 at 11:15
I hope you don't die, I've always loved your posts.
Kolya on 12/10/2008 at 11:30
Still surprised AR would notice a difference to his usual self.
Also: The seed of evil has been planted. Phase I of my plan to overtake AR Master is a complete success. Now onto tattooing this body with nazi runes. Where's the tattoo button?
Get well you sick bastard.
Koki on 12/10/2008 at 11:58
In case you get surgery, don't watch that movie where this dude is having surgery and he's still conscious.
Qooper on 12/10/2008 at 12:00
AR, I'm going to say something that will make a lot of people angry, but it's worth it because we're talking about your life, this one and the one after.
I noticed that most people here can only say "How terrible! Good luck." But God can do a lot more than that.
God isn't punishing you for anything. He's not the one that's doing this to you, but He allows things like this to happen to make people realize how short and precious the human life is. Too short for spending it on things that don't matter. If you want to meet with God, then that's great! He's waiting for you with open arms.
A lot of things that happen seem so unfair. I can't possibly imagine how you're feeling right now, so I don't want to say anything that would seem disrespectful towards your situation, but please consider this: The only thing that God did that was unfair, was when he died on the cross. It was unfair to Him, but He chose to die for us so that we may have eternal life with Him. There is no greater act of love than that; that's how much He loves you.
Scots Taffer on 12/10/2008 at 12:18
oh, He went there
Shadow Creepr on 12/10/2008 at 12:21
Sorry this is happening to you, AR. :( I hope everything works out.
catbarf on 12/10/2008 at 14:24
Quote Posted by Qooper
AR, I'm going to say something that will make a lot of people angry, but it's worth it because we're talking about your life, this one and the one after.
I noticed that most people here can only say "How terrible! Good luck." But God can do a lot more than that.
God isn't punishing you for anything. He's not the one that's doing this to you, but He allows things like this to happen to make people realize how short and precious the human life is. Too short for spending it on things that don't matter. If you want to meet with God, then that's great! He's waiting for you with open arms.
A lot of things that happen seem so unfair. I can't possibly imagine how you're feeling right now, so I don't want to say anything that would seem disrespectful towards your situation, but please consider this: The only thing that God did that was unfair, was when he died on the cross. It was unfair to Him, but He chose to die for us so that we may have eternal life with Him. There is no greater act of love than that; that's how much He loves you.
Look! A guy who just found he has a dangerous disease! Let's exploit his emotional vulnerability FOR JAYZUS!
Personally, I'd much rather be thanking the doctor who eventually fixes this mess. Good luck mate.
Carini on 12/10/2008 at 14:39
Hay tumor buddy! I know when you've got it bad it helps to hear how bad others have it as well. Although mine's at the other end so to speak.
TMI alert
Right around labor day I noticed a sore spot on my bottom. I thought it must be a hemorrhoid. A day or two later it was so painful I could barely walk and forget about sitting altogether. I went to the doctor and after a quick glance she says "uh this isn't a hemorrhoid, you need to see a surgeon". Great.
Her husband's a surgeon and she gets me in with him the next day. So I wait around the surgeon's office all morning. He takes a look and trys to examine me but it's so painful he can't really do anything. "You have to have surgery just so we can look at it and take a biopsy." I reply "What is it?" He responds "Welllllll, I don't know what it is." Great.
They send me to pre-op and to see an anesthesiologist this takes the rest of the day. The tell me in pre-op that the surgeon is really booked tomorrow so they will "squeeze me in". So I arrive at the hospital the next day at 8 am. I don't go into surgery until 4:30 that afternoon.
I wake up in post op later that evening and they tell me I can go home as soon as I have my faculties. As far as post op is concerned Goddamn morphine is an awesome awesome thing. The surgeon comes by as I'm in recovery to tell me that he has removed a walnut sized mass from my anus. It will be sent to pathology so they can determine what to do next. Now I have a bunch of stitches in my ass.
Fast forward about 4 days. Recovery is ok. Very painful. LOTS of Vicodin. I'm in bed pretty much all day long. I can't even pick up my new baby boy. Then fucking Ike comes into the Gulf and threatens to run right into us. We have to evacuate. So my wife, baby and I pack up the few things we can. Try to secure the house as best we can and leave. I can't even sit so I'm laying down in the passenger side as we get the fuck outta dodge.
Galveston takes a direct hit from Ike on 9/12/08. We can't go back for weeks. My house is elevated but my downstairs takes on 5 feet of water. We lose one of our cars and a lot of our stuff that was stored down there.
Fast forward to yesterday a full 4 weeks after Ike. We are finally making trips down to home. We just got natural gas and water on Thursday and power yesterday. The whole downstairs has to be gutted back to the studs. I'm finally just getting over the surgery. Unfortunately the hospital took a lot of damage and is currently closed. I have no idea what the pathology of my tumor was and will have to wait until the hospital reopens to find out!
TL;DR: Tumor in my butt, Ike makes things a billion times worse.
Koki on 12/10/2008 at 15:08
Quote Posted by Qooper
AR, I'm going to say something that will make a lot of people angry, but it's worth it because we're talking about your life, this one and the one after.
I noticed that most people here can only say "How terrible! Good luck." But God can do a lot more than that.
God isn't punishing you for anything. He's not the one that's doing this to you, but He allows things like this to happen to make people realize how short and precious the human life is. Too short for spending it on things that don't matter. If you want to meet with God, then that's great! He's waiting for you with open arms.
A lot of things that happen seem so unfair. I can't possibly imagine how you're feeling right now, so I don't want to say anything that would seem disrespectful towards your situation, but please consider this: The only thing that God did that was unfair, was when he died on the cross. It was unfair to Him, but He chose to die for us so that we may have eternal life with Him. There is no greater act of love than that; that's how much He loves you.
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