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12-10-2013, 07:11 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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Well its time.....
Went to the doctor and after looking at all the blood work and feeling like I have been he said its time to start dialysis. But first we have to do the blood test for Hepatitise, and TB. Had the bloood work done yesterday for the Hep test and going today for the TB.
I was hoping till after Xmas and may still get luck, as I have to get the tests done first? Said the first treatment has to be done at the hosiptal after which I can go to the center near my house.
I took a tour of it last month amnd its brandnew, clean and nice paople working there. But I saw a few getting their treatment and I was like I am not like one of them!! Hanging off thee chairs looking half dead! Not a good feeling for sure, he said that I should feel better but after seeing the others I am not thinking BETTER is the right word!
So I won't be around as much as my treatments will be M,W,F 4 hours a day plus setting up, so its going to be a huge chunk of my time. We will see about the Better thing??
Joe
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS 
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12-10-2013, 07:17 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Hang in there Joe and keep a positive attitude! If you need anything remember you have friends here! Best of luck with your treatments and Happy Holidays to you and yours Joe!  I will be thinking of you! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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12-10-2013, 08:48 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Good Luck Joe. Hang in there.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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12-10-2013, 08:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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I'm really sorry to hear this... hang in there...your words " I'm not one of them".. so dont be.. be the one that stands tall...
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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12-10-2013, 08:53 AM
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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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Hang Tough, Joe
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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12-10-2013, 01:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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hang in there Joe . I hope it all works out for you .
Good Luck
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12-10-2013, 01:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Be strong
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12-10-2013, 01:29 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Joe, I have been fighting cancer for 7 years. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's not so good.
Just take it one day at a time and remember that God never gives you more than you can handle.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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12-10-2013, 03:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: S. Yarmouth, MA
Posts: 1,604
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Hang in there Joe. I understand your apprehension completely as I also went through something similar, but with a long regimen of chemo treatments taking its toll. Believe in your doctors and caregivers and stay positive. Best Wishes.
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12-10-2013, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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steady as she goes Capt. Joe
try to read if you can - distract the mind
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12-10-2013, 04:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
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BEST WISHES JOE, I HOPE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND GET BACK ON YOUR FEET QUICKLY
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I LOVE it when MY WIFE lets me fish
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12-10-2013, 04:37 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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Wishing you all the best.
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12-10-2013, 05:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
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good luck joe - stay positive
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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12-10-2013, 06:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,595
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Get well soon
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12-10-2013, 06:56 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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Thanks everyone!! I am sure it will be fine but a lot to get use to thats for sure!! Waitting for the transplant team kfrom Boston to cll me so I can meet with them get all my test done and meet with the transplant doctors. After thats done and they know excatly hat I neecd for a donor But I have a brother that wants to donate for sure so if we match this should not be a real long trem thing. So we shall see?
Again Thanks!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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12-10-2013, 07:01 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Joe remember if your brother for some reason is not a match....I believe he can trade his kidney for one that is a match??
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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12-10-2013, 07:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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All the best Macojoe. There are a lot of people that are pulling for you here. I hope everything goes as good as it possibly can for you and yours.
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12-10-2013, 07:07 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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I heard that Larry, I have a lot of questions to ask the transplant people thats for sure!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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12-10-2013, 07:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark
Posts: 961
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Hang in there Joe. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask.
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12-10-2013, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 5,515
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Hang in there is right! We have a tog trip next spring. 😃
All the best Joe and god bless
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12-10-2013, 08:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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Best of luck.
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12-11-2013, 05:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 4,449
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Yup, keep your chin up and it will be spring before you know it! We were visiting with a friend in November who donated a kidney to her mom. Both she and mom (especially mom) are doing great and mom is now dialysis free for the first time in years!
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John Redmond Thinks He's Smart By Changing My Avatar
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12-11-2013, 01:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: guilford CT
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we're all pullin' for ya..... get though this and you'll be back to fish again come Spring time
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12-11-2013, 03:02 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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feel better soon!
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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12-11-2013, 03:40 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Best wishes Joe. I hope all goes well and you'll be felling better soon.
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The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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12-11-2013, 07:12 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Good luck to you Joe. I hope it all turns out good for you in the long run. I'll keep you in my thoughts.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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12-12-2013, 12:09 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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Good Luck Joe, you've been through quite a bit....by reading your posts, you're a fighter. Keep on fighting brother!!!
Good Luck with everything.
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 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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12-12-2013, 08:43 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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Thanks everyone!! |
"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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12-22-2013, 03:58 PM
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Always a Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: South Shore Long Island, NY
Posts: 475
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If you ever get worried that you will forget any questions for the people you want to ask, write it down on a list and rattle it off to them. Every bit counts I'm sure you know.
Hang tough, someone very important in my life told me once, "Some of the greatest decisions we make are at the most bleak times in our life". You will have the best of ups and the best of downs by going forward.
Best of luck
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"Your first word was "Fishing", not "Mom", not "Dad", "FISHING." - Mom
Black, White, Chartreuse/Parrot = the Holy Trinity
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