Steve McKenna - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

eelman · 12-05-2007, 02:13 PM

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..

Back Beach · 12-05-2007, 02:31 PM

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.

RIROCKHOUND · 12-05-2007, 02:32 PM

Echo what Mike said. Wish him my best.
Bryan

piemma · 12-05-2007, 02:44 PM

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

jim sylvester · 12-05-2007, 02:49 PM

Bill,
pass along my wishes as well

JohnR · 12-05-2007, 03:10 PM

Same here Bill - give Steve our well wishes.

Time for him to go to a different hospital?

eelman · 12-05-2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Same here Bill - give Steve our well wishes.

Time for him to go to a different hospital?

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..

Slipknot · 12-05-2007, 03:12 PM

wow that sucks
I wish him the best and hope the doctors get it straightened out soon.

Saltheart · 12-05-2007, 03:47 PM

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.

DJ Muller · 12-05-2007, 05:19 PM

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.

eelman · 12-05-2007, 05:23 PM

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..

american spirit · 12-05-2007, 05:36 PM

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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..

sorry to hear that. hope you are well. seems like things are complex for steve and it's been a long battle.

Vogt · 12-05-2007, 08:38 PM

Thoughts and prayers sent. HANG IN THERE STEVE!!!!

tattoobob · 12-05-2007, 09:00 PM

TP sent, I only hope the best for steve

SirWinston · 12-05-2007, 09:09 PM

And from I. Best wishes, Steve.

Nole illegitime carborandum.

nightfighter · 12-05-2007, 09:24 PM

Steve, best wishes for your recovery. But, this is not a dress rehearsal...... please get yourself to Boston ASAP. You deserve to get the best care, and the expertise is right there. Don't deny yourself.

pbadad · 12-05-2007, 09:22 PM

Steve . Hoping for the best.

thortum · 12-05-2007, 09:52 PM

I don't know steve, but I wish him a speedy recovery. I may want to meet you someday so take care of the dam leg. Get your

to a Boston hospital!!

Skitterpop · 12-05-2007, 10:53 PM

Steve..... listen to Bill. Go to Boston and see a specialist.

Get well soon and stay strong,
Mike

decksweeper · 12-06-2007, 11:03 AM

Bill, prayers are with you and Steve. Best of luck to the both of you.

SirWinston · 12-06-2007, 11:51 AM

Bill,

Thank you.

Keep at it, mate.

whiplash · 12-06-2007, 12:20 PM

People don't come from around the world to go to Kent. They go to the Brigham. I lost a good friend two years ago to cancer because he wouldn't go to Boston -Instead he stayed in New Bedford at St Lukes.
Please tell him if he loves his family he'll go to Boston -sorry it may sound harsh but he's a smart guy, this Doc hasn't done to well yet.
Thoughts and prayers.

bart · 12-06-2007, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by whiplash

People don't come from around the world to go to Kent. They go to the Brigham.
Please tell him if he loves his family he'll go to Boston -sorry it may sound harsh but he's a smart guy, this Doc hasn't done to well yet.
Thoughts and prayers.

i think this is what needs to be said too, even if he gets really upset. you don't want to look back and play the "what if" game in your head over and over.

but he is lucky to have such a good friend and i hope he feels better soon. hang in there steve!

RNC · 12-06-2007, 04:08 PM

I hope he gets better soon, thoughts and prayers are with you Steve.

Finlander · 12-06-2007, 12:30 PM

Thanks, Bill for the updates, Steve best wishes, get well soon, but get yourself up to Boston, good luck.

fishermanjim · 12-06-2007, 12:33 PM

hang in there steve,,,

UserRemoved1 · 12-07-2007, 08:06 PM

Thoughts for you Steve. Hope things work out. Very sorry to hear this development.

Nebe · 12-07-2007, 09:46 PM

I think Steve needs some bass talk tough love..

If hospitals were fishing spots, staying at kent right now would be like staying put at your favorite spot that your confident in, even though you know guys are bangin em a few miles down the road.. You wont leave because you dont know that other spot too well.. Steve I know you would move to that other spot. i know you would. Come on steve.. pack up the plug bag, and move on to the next spot before you loose the tide and the bass move on... You can read the water and you'll know where to cast

big jay · 12-08-2007, 07:55 AM

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& - I'm a pharma rep and I can tell you for certain that the medical care at Kent really is second rate. They just don't attract or keep the better medical talent. They are fine and competent for the run of the mill stuff, but anything outside of the norms, and he really needs to go elsewhere.
Medicine is like anything else - when the facilities and the pay suck -- you're just not going to get the talent -- and Kent doesn't have either.
I hate to say it, but this is probably most evident in their Cardiology DPT -- I know your telling him this stuff already, but maybe if he sees enough messages telling him to move his butt, it will register.

Good luck Steve.

Clogston29 · 12-08-2007, 08:12 AM

get him to boston, beth isreal or brigham, whatever it takes. my wife's mother refused to go to boston for cancer care (stuck with a local hospital) and my wife will regret not forcing her to go to boston forever. we're lucky enough to have some of the best hospitals and doctors in the world right here, gotta take advantage.

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, my wife's a cardiac intensive care nurse at Beth Isreal. PM me if you want any specifics on what a hospital with more "tools" could offer that they can't were he is. I'll ask her to write something up. Maybe more convincing than coming from a bunch of fisherman. Some of the stories she tells me about the diagnosis that patients get from some of the local hospitals around here before they end up at BI are scary.