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    DreamOfAngelsDreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    I've been wearing two braclets related to the missing IU student Lauren Spierer (findlauren.com) on my left wrist but the "Save the Pooper" had to go on the right wrist. Didn't think it was appropriate to wear them all on the same one... Again, congrats and good luck.
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    Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 37,024
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    Best news ever today :) You just made our PJ20 weekend even more special x1000 :D

    Its great to hear from you Rob--!! I sent you a PM but I'm going to say it again-- WOOHOO!!!!

    Let's get buttons made next:

    "Beating cancer, one asshole at a time"

    :lol::D

    Sign me up for a button! Glad you liked the beer Rob and I can now take all the credit but really it's been you and your amazingly incredible attitude. Keep that fighting spirit and know more positive Chi being sent your way! Again, thanks for the chuckles as you and the the other Poopstars make me laugh. Off to PJ20 on Saturday morning and I'll be thinking of you and looking for Appie. He owes me a beer. :D

    Peace!
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    Paulina87Paulina87 Poland Posts: 3,300
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    Let's get buttons made next:

    "Beating cancer, one asshole at a time"

    :lol::D

    in for one ;)
    And so good to hear you're getting better Rob!!!! :D
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,698
    because I have been the super patient, they are sending me home tomorrow :shock: . maybe they don't want me hanging around for the labor day weekend :?

    my IV is out, my drain is out, I put my own bag on and I'm off the dilaudid.

    they keep rolling me on my side and marveling over how "fantastic" my pooper looks :shock: . it's downright embarrassing...now I know how j-lo feels.

    my gut hurts bad but I may as well lay around at home as opposed to here. apparently my grandma was in the hospital for 6 weeks when she had a similar procedure in 1942 :o
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    ShimmyMommyShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    Glad to hear you will be going home. Being with Codie and your pup will be very soothing. Rest up so you can celebrate at your PJ show! Love, light and hugs! :mrgreen: xo



    I gotta a see a shark tomorrow about a photo... ;)
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
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    DreamOfAngelsDreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    Great! Glad to hear you're coming home so soon. I had dilaudid when I had my stroke - it was VERY helpful. I hope they can find something less harmful but just as effective for you at home.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,698
    DreamOfAngels wrote:
    I had dilaudid when I had my stroke - it was VERY helpful. I hope they can find something less harmful but just as effective for you at home.
    no worries - I've got "a guy" :shock: :lol:

    not too worried...oxycodone will get me thru.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    DreamOfAngelsDreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    imalive wrote:
    DreamOfAngels wrote:
    I had dilaudid when I had my stroke - it was VERY helpful. I hope they can find something less harmful but just as effective for you at home.
    no worries - I've got "a guy" :shock: :lol:

    not too worried...oxycodone will get me thru.
    Yes I bet it will. lol. Just make sure you stop when you are supposed to!
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    PJ_ROCKSPJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    Going home is a good thing!!! It will help in the healing.

    Had you not requested all those sponge baths, you might have stayed longer. :P ;):lol:

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    iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Great to hear the good news. You and a friend of mine are both kicking cancer's sorry butt this year. Well done. :mrgreen:
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    Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    imalive wrote:
    because I have been the super patient, they are sending me home tomorrow :shock: . maybe they don't want me hanging around for the labor day weekend :?

    my IV is out, my drain is out, I put my own bag on and I'm off the dilaudid.

    they keep rolling me on my side and marveling over how "fantastic" my pooper looks :shock: . it's downright embarrassing...now I know how j-lo feels.

    my gut hurts bad but I may as well lay around at home as opposed to here. apparently my grandma was in the hospital for 6 weeks when she had a similar procedure in 1942 :o
    So you are a super pooper! :lol:
    I thought they usually send the more obnoxious patients home faster so they can get rid of them. :P

    You will definitely get well faster at home. Just no roughhousing with Gracie for a little while!
    Although I'm betting she will be happy to just hang out and nap with Dad. :mrgreen:
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    Given to...Given to... Wyoming Posts: 4,982
    Boy, they dont cut you any slack... Send the bad patients home early huh?

    What did you do? Did they find out what your license plate reads?

    Get on home and take in one of the hundred various "marathon" showing on TV.

    Storage Wars
    Billy the Exterminator
    Weeds
    Swamp People

    the list goes on and on and should put you to sleep with very little help from the Oxy.
    "...would you like some forks?" EV 12-02-06
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,698
    Given to... wrote:

    Get on home and take in one of the hundred various "marathon" showing on TV.

    Storage Wars
    Billy the Exterminator
    Weeds
    Swamp People

    the list goes on and on and should put you to sleep with very little help from the Oxy.
    that sounds tempting, because the TV here sucks :lol:

    as it turns out, I'm staying another day....I may even have to pay out of pocket but it gives me comfort to hang out one more day with the professionals. my catheter came out and I already peed, normal style (super patient, you know? ;) ). I just took my first shower since monday night and I'm feeling pretty good. I'l take a few more pills, walk my laps, eat some more, get an ambien tonight and go home feeling good :mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 37,024
    imalive wrote:
    Given to... wrote:

    Get on home and take in one of the hundred various "marathon" showing on TV.

    Storage Wars
    Billy the Exterminator
    Weeds
    Swamp People

    the list goes on and on and should put you to sleep with very little help from the Oxy.
    that sounds tempting, because the TV here sucks :lol:

    as it turns out, I'm staying another day....I may even have to pay out of pocket but it gives me comfort to hang out one more day with the professionals. my catheter came out and I already peed, normal style (super patient, you know? ;) ). I just took my first shower since monday night and I'm feeling pretty good. I'l take a few more pills, walk my laps, eat some more, get an ambien tonight and go home feeling good :mrgreen:

    Awesome Rob! Great for you! Keep hanging tough with that positive attitude. Take it slow on the solid food until your body re-adjusts. But don't skip the beer! ;)

    I'll be thinking of you and trying to find Appie at PJ20. Leaving tomorrow morning, early.

    Peace!
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,698
    Halifax2TheMax wrote:

    I'll be thinking of you and trying to find Appie at PJ20. Leaving tomorrow morning, early.

    Peace!
    appie probably went into the witness protection program :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,698
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    imalive wrote:
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:

    That's great! :D
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    PJ_ROCKSPJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    imalive wrote:
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:


    Very good.... :D

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    2003 Missoula

    2005 Missoula

    2006 Denver 2 shows with Tom Petty 

             Gorge 2 shows

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    Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    imalive wrote:
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:
    Glad to hear it!
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 41,060
    imalive wrote:
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:
    Excellent! There's no place like home! :D
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    ShimmyMommyShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    imalive wrote:
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:

    Rest up, get well, get right...your PJ show is coming very soon!! Healing love, light and hugs to you, Codie and your doggy. :mrgreen:
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
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    iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    imalive wrote:
    I'm not at alpine valley :cry:, but I'm at the next best place.....HOME!! :mrgreen:


    yay!!!! "there's no place like home"
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,698
    tough day for me today...I haven't even answered the phone..I need to buck up :cry:

    this new reality is a lot for me to wrap my head around.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    The JugglerThe Juggler Behind that bush over there. Posts: 47,561
    imalive wrote:
    tough day for me today...I haven't even answered the phone..I need to buck up :cry:

    this new reality is a lot for me to wrap my head around.

    dude i cannot imagine all you're going through. if it counts for something, it seems you are handling everything about as well as one could possibly handle it. i never know what to say to people going through what you're going through......keep your head up man.

    you watching the webcast tonight? the audio is actually decent. might cheer you up
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    ShimmyMommyShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    imalive wrote:
    tough day for me today...I haven't even answered the phone..I need to buck up :cry:

    this new reality is a lot for me to wrap my head around.


    I couldn't get in to post earlier.

    I must tell you, you are one very special person to have the resolve you did to make those tough choices. You were able to stay positive and look at your life in the future. All your decisions were based on quality & quantity of life. It can be a very difficult decision to think so far ahead when there are times of trouble, and trust how it will go. That is amazing to me.

    You are a hero. You are helping so many, some who may never get to post here, but will see that your strength determined how you survived, and how you will now thrive. You will have sad days for what could have been, then...one day...those will be outnumbered by good days again.

    Much love, light and hugs, Rob. :mrgreen:
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
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    iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    you've inspired me, Rob. I dread my test/procedure on 9/9 but I'm doing it. I should have had it nearly two yrs ago due to my age. Then I read your thread :( Hang in there...
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
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    Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    imalive wrote:
    tough day for me today...I haven't even answered the phone..I need to buck up :cry:

    this new reality is a lot for me to wrap my head around.
    I was trying to respond last night but the site wouldn't let me log in. :problem:

    My heart just goes out to you and Codie.
    What incredibly tough situation you've faced. I can't imagine the decisions you've had to make.
    It all seems so fucking unfair!

    I don't know about you needing to buck up. Maybe cry and grieve.
    I just wish there was something I could do to help. I hope you can take encouragement from all the people who care about you.
    I have faith that you'll find the way to get yourself through this. If it has to be one day at a time, or one hour, or one minute, I believe you'll find the way.

    Sending you Texas-size hugs.

    Carolyn
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
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    PJ_ROCKSPJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    Hi Rob

    1995 San Francisco
              San Jose

              San Diego 2 shows 

           
    2003 Missoula

    2005 Missoula

    2006 Denver 2 shows with Tom Petty 

             Gorge 2 shows

    2009 Utah

              LA1

              LA2

    2012 Missoula : Meet and Greet : "Instant Classic show"

    2013 Portland

             Spokane


    2018 Missoula



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    GivenToLukinKPGivenToLukinKP Chicago Posts: 3,076
    Back home from a completely AMAZING weekend and my first stop on the boards is here...

    Just want to say I was happy to meet Dave (Given to...) and his wife Michelle, among a handful of others who are regulars on this thread :D Sorry to have missed dcfaithful Dave and Halifax2TheMax (but I will see him in Canada).

    Despite arrriving at the preparty late and being in a bit of a sour mood, I did manage to sell a handful of bracelets over the course of the weekend (one was to a girl in the bathroom who noticed mine and told me she read the thread--you should have seen how happy she was when I pulled out the ring of bracelets i had smuggled into the venue in my tote bag :D )

    You were on many minds this weekend Rob, including mine. I hope you are having a better day. Just don't be hard on yourself. Allow yourself to be angry and upset....to grieve the life you had before. This could never be an easy change to embrace for anyone--and though I cant even fathom the challenges and changes you have faced since your diagnosis, I DO know that you are one amazing person and with your attitude and spirit, one day this "new reality" will be much easier to accept.

    You're still here :)
    You can say " IMALIVE"
    Score 1 for Rob :thumbup:
    Makes much more sense...

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    Given to...Given to... Wyoming Posts: 4,982
    Well said Kelly.

    Rob, you really are in our hearts and minds. Like others have said, its hard for us to imagine what you are going through, and how we would respond to the same. One thing is certain though, and that is that you have given each of us some inner strength that we might need in the future for ourselves or others around us. Your fighting spirit has not been lost on any of us here and grows exponentially.

    You are with us!
    "...would you like some forks?" EV 12-02-06
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