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12-05-2007, 02:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Steve McKenna
Steve called me this morning his leg was completeley numb and cold,he asked me to take him back to the hospital I picked him up and took him in, they have admitted him again with another Clot, this just keeps getting worse, anyway, Steve is back in the Hospital for those who want to know..
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12-05-2007, 02:31 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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That sucks Bill. I had just read recently that Steve was out and about, even taking a few casts. Give him my best wishes for a speedy and permanent recovery.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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12-05-2007, 02:32 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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Echo what Mike said. Wish him my best.
Bryan
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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12-05-2007, 02:44 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Ditto from me Bill. I really feel bad for the guy. he is having a tough go of it. I had a year like that in 03
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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12-05-2007, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
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Bill,
pass along my wishes as well
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12-05-2007, 03:10 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Same here Bill - give Steve our well wishes.
Time for him to go to a different hospital?
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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12-05-2007, 03:12 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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 wow that sucks
I wish him the best and hope the doctors get it straightened out soon. |
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12-05-2007, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
Same here Bill - give Steve our well wishes.
Time for him to go to a different hospital?
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Yes, I told him today I was going to just go to Miriam...I hate Kent, they have no clue what they are doing, after 5 Clots its time for a second opinion , This is nothing to fool with, at worst it will kill you and with all this numbness in the leg for a couple months now, there is really some permanent tissue damage done..A loss of a limb is a possibility also, Kent is the worst hospital in the state...But he insisted..
Steve has been walking with a cane as of late and has not fished at all.Anyway, I will be there for him and keep everyone posted.. |
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12-05-2007, 03:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 1,073
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Darn ,again ?
I just got his note in the mail.Tell him we have him in our thoughts
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12-05-2007, 03:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southern RI
Posts: 383
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Hey Bill.... Best wishes to him. He won't remember me as I only met him once at the shop. He's lucky to have a friend like you to get him where he has to go and keep an eye on him. Good for you and him. Keep the faith.
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12-05-2007, 03:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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Bill , maybe print info below out and give to Steve.
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail sgoldhaber@partners.org
I posted this before. Its time for him to seek the best available treatment before things go too far. These people are like the #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& and Stevey van Stahl of medicine  . They will have a whole team of the best in the world looking at his case. |
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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12-05-2007, 03:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 806
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Boston is not too far away. They have some of the best up there.
This is really unfortunate. Tell him we are pulling for him.
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12-05-2007, 04:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 429
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Billy tell him I'm wishing him well and hope he fully recovers very soon.
And I agree, Miriam & RI Hospital are the only places I'd go in RI with a serious medical issue.
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12-05-2007, 04:16 PM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
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bill please give steve my best wishes.
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boat fish dont count
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12-05-2007, 04:16 PM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Get well soon Steve.
I'll say a prayer for you..
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12-05-2007, 04:57 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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There has to be something throwing those clots. Its time to stop screwing around with amatuers and go to
BOSTON! He must be on cumiden or something just like it, and still having the same problem it just isn't appropriate. Prayers being said as I type this.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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12-05-2007, 05:10 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Hope Steve gets some competent help! His life is in the balance! Good luck to him.....he will be in my thoughts as he has been!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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12-05-2007, 05:12 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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Sorry to hear that. Hang in there Steve.
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12-05-2007, 05:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Clinton, CT
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Please let him know that we will keep him in our thoughts and prayers. Hang in there Steve.
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12-05-2007, 05:16 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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all the best to you steve- get well soon.
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12-05-2007, 05:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Manasquan, N.J.
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Bill-please let Steve know that I sent my regards. I have been meaning to give him a call but I lost his number...another wet cell phone...I'll never learn.  |
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12-05-2007, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Apreciate it guys, Look, Steve and I are close but I will say he is extrememly stubborn ! The more I tell him to seek a second opinion or look elseware, the more upset he gets, I and everyone else can only say it so much...I just hope this isnt a lesson learned with tragic results...Yes Steve is on coumadin but it isnt helping for some reason he keeps forming deadly clots...I really wish he would see someone else but in the end it isnt up to me...So all I can do is pass it all along..Even his mother cannot get though to him on this, we have all tried..
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12-05-2007, 05:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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[QUOTE=reebok;545236]Boston is not too far away. They have some of the best up there.
This is really unfortunate. Tell him we are pulling for him.[/QUOT
Paul just called me mark I really apreciate you trying to hook him up with a real pro on this however, like I said its really like pulling teeth at this point, he wants to stay at kent because thats where the doctor who has been treating him is...He insists...So thanks everyone
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12-05-2007, 05:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NY
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stubborn mule  lol |
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12-05-2007, 05:36 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
Steve called me this morning his leg was completeley numb and cold,he asked me to take him back to the hospital I picked him up and took him in, they have admitted him again with another Clot, this just keeps getting worse, anyway, Steve is back in the Hospital for those who want to know..
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sorry to hear that. hope you are well. seems like things are complex for steve and it's been a long battle. |
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12-05-2007, 05:45 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Billy,
Its awesome that steve has a friend like you to take care of him when stuff goes wrong. Very admirable 
Tell Steve that "Block Island guy" I dont know why, but thats what he calls me, sends his best. Tell him we've all got him in our thoughts and wish him a speedy recovery. |
Domination takes full concentration..
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12-05-2007, 05:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber
Billy,
Its awesome that steve has a friend like you to take care of him when stuff goes wrong. Very admirable
Tell Steve that "Block Island guy" I dont know why, but thats what he calls me, sends his best. Tell him we've all got him in our thoughts and wish him a speedy recovery. |
Well I can count the "true friends" I have on less than one full hand , so I take it serious when one of them is hurt or in need and will always be there for them! I just hope this works out.. |
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12-05-2007, 06:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cape Cod
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This is terrible and I hope and pray to see Steve return to the surf. I met Steve at Wildwood Outfitters last year -and he is a fine idividual.
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12-05-2007, 06:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
There has to be something throwing those clots. Its time to stop screwing around with amatuers and go to
BOSTON! He must be on cumiden or something just like it, and still having the same problem it just isn't appropriate. Prayers being said as I type this.
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I agree wholeheartedly. WE just had a bout of clots with my grandfather. (He is 88) He has been on Coumadin for approx 50 years. So when it was found out to be a clot in his leg the doctors at Brockton Hospital were dumbfounded. His hemotoligist was called in.
. His red blood cell count is too high due to a blood disorder. ( a form of cancer that attacks the bone marrow) The bone marrow is making his body produce extra red blood cells (I don't remember the technical term) For now we have him on a daily injection of lovinox (?) and hydroxyurea (sp?). In addition we have to take him once a week to be bled.
I guess the point I am trying to make is a second opinion sounds like it is needed. Something is wrong and needs to be addressed. Being stubborn could have bad consequences. I hope it doesn't and wish him well. |
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12-05-2007, 07:28 PM
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blitz seeker
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hull
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Is there a mailing address that cards or well wishes could be sent,
or do you think he'd prefer to just stay in peoples thoughts as he is now?
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