At tonight's WS game the crowd, players, coaches, umpires and announcers all stood up and held a sign with a hand written name of who they "Stand up for" in the fight against cancer ..I thought it was very moving to see.

So, with the moderator's permission I would like to start a thread here..

I'm standing up as I type this to say "I Stand Up For"..My Ma, Dad and Brother 

Who do you Stand Up For?

Mike

I Stand Up For Sandy.

My Daughter's best friends Mom.

May the Good Lord continue to give Sandy the strength to keep fighting.

I stood up for my mom & dad. I also stand up for Stitch and myself. 

I stand up for my grandma. 

I stand up for John William.........

I understand the point of this topic but I would stand up for all that are effected by cancer. It seems we all know someone who has had to deal with it. 

God bless you all.

Craig is a retired paramedic. we all grew up and went to school together, worked and retired from the city. two years ago they found something in his liver. he's fighting the fight, still comes to the gym and walks with us on Wednesdays. darn good guy.

i'll stand for him

My uncle bill 

Ummmmm...to pee

8 hours ago, flyfisher said:

Ummmmm...to pee

Doubt it.

**** cancer

13 hours ago, deaknh03 said:

Doubt it.

I expected something better....

1 minute ago, flyfisher said:

I expected something better....

Why?

16 minutes ago, deaknh03 said:

Why?

valid point

Lots of family members hit with some form of cancer. Some survived, some did not. I'll stand for all cancer victims.

right I'm trying to stand myself. Had surgery for skin cancer yesterday morning. Tried to do last night with just Tylenol. Had to take something stronger, and have been buzzed all day and evening. Probably shouldn't be on here trying to communicate.

Forgive me if I say something really stupid.

8 hours ago, .ghoti. said:

Lots of family members hit with some form of cancer. Some survived, some did not. I'll stand for all cancer victims.

right I'm trying to stand myself. Had surgery for skin cancer yesterday morning. Tried to do last night with just Tylenol. Had to take something stronger, and have been buzzed all day and evening. Probably shouldn't be on here trying to communicate.

Forgive me if I say something really stupid.

I'm Sure  glad they got it! Nothing to mess around with

 

Mike 

On October 30, 2016 at 6:10 PM, riverbasser said:

I understand the point of this topic but I would stand up for all that are effected by cancer. It seems we all know someone who has had to deal with it. 

God bless you all.

I will stand with you anytime of day.

I stand up for the Federal Government Regulations.  

On 11/1/2016 at 9:02 PM, .ghoti. said:

Lots of family members hit with some form of cancer. Some survived, some did not. I'll stand for all cancer victims.

right I'm trying to stand myself. Had surgery for skin cancer yesterday morning. Tried to do last night with just Tylenol. Had to take something stronger, and have been buzzed all day and evening. Probably shouldn't be on here trying to communicate.

Forgive me if I say something really stupid.

Geeze man, are you alright? What's the prognosis?

After a few days of pain and stupor I'm doing ok. Took a selfie of the stitches on my forehead and thought about posting the pic here as a public service message about skin cancer, but the pic is sort of gruesome. Gonna have a big scar running from above the hairline, down towards the middle of my forehead. Wasn't gonna win any beauty contests, but this might be fugly. But it beats the alternative. 

Had a procedure called Moh's micro-surgery. They take out a chuck with all the visible evil, then take a very thin slice all around. The slice goes to the lab where they prep it and look for roots. They have it oriented so they know which way the roots run, and can go after them. The lab process take about 45 minutes. I had to go back three times to chase the roots. When they finally got it all I had a hole 10cm x 18cm. They tapered the ends to a point to make it better for stitching and sewed me up. Did a lot of cauterization. The wound is still oozing black spooge. Got seven internal stitches which will dissolve and 14 visible stitches which are supposed to come out Tuesday.

this was not my first experience with this procedure. As I understand it, this form of cancer; basil cell carcinoma, is a result of UV damage from decades past. I hope all you young guys take heed from this report, and protect yourselves. I'm paying, and will likely continue to pay, for not protecting my skin when I was a young dummy. 

12 minutes ago, .ghoti. said:

After a few days of pain and stupor I'm doing ok. Took a selfie of the stitches on my forehead and thought about posting the pic here as a public service message about skin cancer, but the pic is sort of gruesome. Gonna have a big scar running from above the hairline, down towards the middle of my forehead. Wasn't gonna win any beauty contests, but this might be fugly. But it beats the alternative. 

Had a procedure called Moh's micro-surgery. They take out a chuck with all the visible evil, then take a very thin slice all around. The slice goes to the lab where they prep it and look for roots. They have it oriented so they know which way the roots run, and can go after them. The lab process take about 45 minutes. I had to go back three times to chase the roots. When they finally got it all I had a hole 10cm x 18cm. They tapered the ends to a point to make it better for stitching and sewed me up. Did a lot of cauterization. The wound is still oozing black spooge. Got seven internal stitches which will dissolve and 14 visible stitches which are supposed to come out Tuesday.

this was not my first experience with this procedure. As I understand it, this form of cancer; basil cell carcinoma, is a result of UV damage from decades past. I hope all you young guys take heed from this report, and protect yourselves. I'm paying, and will likely continue to pay, for not protecting my skin when I was a young dummy. 

Sounds unpleasant to say the least.

Hope you can get to feeling better soon.

In the mean time a little snoot of Berheim Wheat every now & then might help to take the edge off.

A-Jay

6 hours ago, .ghoti. said:

After a few days of pain and stupor I'm doing ok. Took a selfie of the stitches on my forehead and thought about posting the pic here as a public service message about skin cancer, but the pic is sort of gruesome. Gonna have a big scar running from above the hairline, down towards the middle of my forehead. Wasn't gonna win any beauty contests, but this might be fugly. But it beats the alternative. 

Had a procedure called Moh's micro-surgery. They take out a chuck with all the visible evil, then take a very thin slice all around. The slice goes to the lab where they prep it and look for roots. They have it oriented so they know which way the roots run, and can go after them. The lab process take about 45 minutes. I had to go back three times to chase the roots. When they finally got it all I had a hole 10cm x 18cm. They tapered the ends to a point to make it better for stitching and sewed me up. Did a lot of cauterization. The wound is still oozing black spooge. Got seven internal stitches which will dissolve and 14 visible stitches which are supposed to come out Tuesday.

this was not my first experience with this procedure. As I understand it, this form of cancer; basil cell carcinoma, is a result of UV damage from decades past. I hope all you young guys take heed from this report, and protect yourselves. I'm paying, and will likely continue to pay, for not protecting my skin when I was a young dummy. 

 

I hope for your sake they got it all & you don't have any more. 

I too hope they get it all and you will done with it, and it will never return  

 

Mike 

 

On 10/31/2016 at 7:11 PM, lo n slo said:

Craig is a retired paramedic. we all grew up and went to school together, worked and retired from the city. two years ago they found something in his liver. he's fighting the fight, still comes to the gym and walks with us on Wednesdays. darn good guy.

i'll stand for him

we all got together for BBQ at Craig’s this past Thursday, then we lost him yesterday afternoon. love you man.

11 minutes ago, lo n slo said:

we all got together for BBQ at Craig’s this past Thursday, then we lost him yesterday afternoon. love you man.

Sorry to hear that Lo. 

 

Cancer is a horrible disease. Just weeks into college my life was flipped upside down when I was diagnosed with stage 4 non hodgkins and Hodgkin lymphoma. It was 4 rounds of radiation and 5 months of intense chemo that required a week in the hospital 2 weeks out and did that for 5 months. 14 years later here I am!

 

Having lost an uncle, both my grandfather's and have known several others I know I'm the lucky one, and I make sure never to forget that. 

 

I try to do everything I can to in some way to support my local children's hospital where I was treated, and have donated in the past to St. Jude's because having been through it children's hematology/oncology is near and dear to me. 

 

So I stand with my fellow survivors for everyone who's going through treatment and say Never Give Up!