Shryke Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Got diagnosed ( yesterday ) with stage IV kidney cancer.Beat that Forumites! :wink: Presently enjoying a delightful mix of percodan and rum and coke. Tomorrow's schedule is a fast from midnight ( 1 1/4 hrs from now ) til 2 PM or later while they drill out a biopsy to decide if/what they are going to do. Surgery presently scheduled for Tuesday the 23rd. Pictures at 11. :wink: wow that sucks hope you get some good news when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell Kitty Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Compared to tarna, cancer's a ****.* *kitty kat Edited August 12, 2011 by Hell Kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Man that sounds dire. Maybe you should make a bucket list just in case. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Got diagnosed ( yesterday ) with stage IV kidney cancer.Beat that Forumites! :wink: Presently enjoying a delightful mix of percodan and rum and coke. Tomorrow's schedule is a fast from midnight ( 1 1/4 hrs from now ) til 2 PM or later while they drill out a biopsy to decide if/what they are going to do. Surgery presently scheduled for Tuesday the 23rd. Pictures at 11. :wink: How do you even respond to something like this? you've probably beaten like 10,000,000 level 4s as a gamer, this one's just IRL. hang tough buddy Yeah that looks pretty good to me. Seconding Shryke's hope for good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowsy Emperor Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Ever seen Office Space ? Nein? Oh well then, just usual workplace soul sucking or intense apathy. I also have 5 bosses now, w00t. Do they ask you about your TPS reports? И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowsy Emperor Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) you've probably beaten like 10,000,000 level 4s as a gamer, this one's just IRL. hang tough buddy Good thinkin! Stage 4About 1 in 4 people (25%) with kidney cancer have stage 4 cancer when they are diagnosed. This either means the cancer has grown into the tissues around the kidney or it has spread to another part of the body. Overall, with a stage 4 kidney cancer, about 10 out of every 100 people (10%) diagnosed live for at least 5 years. But this is affected very much by the grade of the cancer. With a low grade cancer and local spread, some studies show 5 year survival statistics as high as 40 out of every 100 people (40%). Might only have a few games of Baldur's Gate left in me. If its a few games of Baldur's Gate you can count on the cancer to give up and go away. >--< Besides did Minsc ever shy away from a battle? Edited August 12, 2011 by Drowsy Emperor И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 How do you even respond to something like this? Depending on your relationships with great difficulty. Or with really warped humour. Case in point - one of my australian cousins was discovered to have multiple brain tumours just before christmas one year, and my mother was flying out a few months into the new year to visit the family there. Derrek refused to have chemo because as he said "it's fatal regardless of what they do, but I'd rather have a few clearheaded months to spend time with my family and build memories for them, then to drag everyone down for a 5 months while I feel crap and can't do anything." Anyhow, he insisted he would be at the airport to meet mom. My mother's response "Just as long as you're not counting your wife at the arrivals gate holding a bucket with your ashes as meeting me." Which he did get a laugh out of. They were batting that back and forth over christmas time. Unfortuntely, he did pass away before she arrived. But when mom landed, his wife was waiting there. With a bucket. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oner Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I has back! \o/ Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Do they ask you about your TPS reports? Yes, yes they do. And in fact I get crap for not having my reports detailed enough aka up to some guy's idea of what they should be. Oh yeah and timesheets and a bureaucratic source control system. Hope you pull through it, tarna. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Really sorry to read that news tarna. Be strong and fight hard, Im pulling for you. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 In layman's terms, if cancer were space pirates, tarna's battling them with laser cutlasses around the navcomputer. Simple messsage, for you, old man: People beat stage 4 cancer every day. All you have to do is be one of them. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Righty-ho, on the slightly cheerier note for the day, I've just spent the last couple of hours getting out to pick up the new graphics card and monitor, then uninstalling the old one, doing one major de-dust and cleanup, and install the new ones, plus the whole update software and assorted minor "admin" things related. Now it's all nice and shiny. I'm pondering whether to attempt to have the old monitor as a 2nd screen for the current setup... But right now I'm going to grab a fresh cup of tea and do a stop and pause for a moment. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I just wanted to add, I hop you beat it. Crazier things have happened. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Take care Tarna, and please keep is in the loop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Been listening to http://bigamarrianraveparty.ytmnd.com/ for about..3 hours now. Probably should shut it off though..hmm.. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I'm at a hockey tournament in South Lake Tahoe. We won a game this morning at 7 AM, went to the beach for a bit, and now we are getting ready for a 5:30 game. I like our chances, if we can stay sober enough we hopefully can get to the championship game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Got diagnosed ( yesterday ) with stage IV kidney cancer.Beat that Forumites! :wink: Presently enjoying a delightful mix of percodan and rum and coke. Tomorrow's schedule is a fast from midnight ( 1 1/4 hrs from now ) til 2 PM or later while they drill out a biopsy to decide if/what they are going to do. Surgery presently scheduled for Tuesday the 23rd. Pictures at 11. :wink: Sometimes I wish I was good with humorous responses. Sending good health vibes your way...I'll be thinking of you. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I like our chances, if we can stay sober enough we hopefully can get to the championship game. With every plan comes a fatal flaw. Good luck. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Dang.. having one of those slightly light-headed saturdays where I want to just kick back and relax.. but I'm not sure with what. There's no games calling my name that I'm in an urge to play.. I haven't got any fresh books to read.. the weather outside is grey and overcast threatening to rain.. Guess I'll have to figure something out. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshape Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Massive night of drinking last night, friend of mine is off to work in LA, about 70-80 people turned up to take over the keystone. Awesome night. Hurts today though. I came up with Crate 3.0 technology. Crate 4.0 - we shall just have to wait and see.Down and out on the Solomani RimNow the Spinward Marches don't look so GRIM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Dang.. having one of those slightly light-headed saturdays where I want to just kick back and relax.. but I'm not sure with what. There's no games calling my name that I'm in an urge to play.. I haven't got any fresh books to read.. the weather outside is grey and overcast threatening to rain.. Guess I'll have to figure something out. Grow a moustache. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Yeserday was just a crazy long day, but very good. We had a game at 7 AM, which we won, then we went back to camp and made some chorizo and egg breakfast burritos. Then we hung out at the beach and drank a couple beers. Grabbed a quick nap, felt the normal burn you get pooping out chorizo, and won our second game at 5:30 PM. The whole team then headed over to a casino and I had a pretty awesome dinner, made better by the fact I was starving. We hit the tables for a couple hours and I made enough to cover my dinner, and then back to camp to collapse. Today should be a bit more relaxed, we only have one game. Unless we get blown out in this one we should make the championship game tomorrow morning with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Spent half the day figuring out what the hell happened to my gaming computer. Long story short the mobo died, and for some arsetastic reason so did both my 3d cards. I suspect a surge. Or you know, gremlins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Spent half the day figuring out what the hell happened to my gaming computer. Long story short the mobo died, and for some arsetastic reason so did both my 3d cards. I suspect a surge. Or you know, gremlins. I had something al most identical happen to one of the office PCs last week. How strange. I don't think I'm in Australia. I'm sure I'd have noticed all the venomous bestioids. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Celebrated my birthday today. Got pens and shoes, nice pair of Eccos too. Also watched Arsenal's first game. Wow, great refereeing in the EPL Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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