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Getting old is not so much fun
« on: July 07, 2012, 08:14:51 PM »
Three weeks ago I went to the optometrist so get my eyes checked for new glasses.  I was told that I needed glasses with prism in them to counteract double vision.  I was also told I needed to see an ophthalmologist because the pressures in my eyes were very high.  The ophthalmologist told me that I have glaucoma.  He started me on treatment for it.  Then last week I went to see my primary care physician.  He sent me out for some routine blood work.  After which I got a message from him that the numbers for my liver were very high and I should go have an abdominal CT scan.  Yesterday I had the CT scan done and in less than two hours later I received a phone call from my doctor's office saying he would like me to come in to talk with him.  I get there and he tells me a mass was found in my liver and that I need to have a biopsy done to try to find out what the mass is.
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2012, 09:14:30 PM »
Be positive and everthing will be OK :) . My thoughts are with you
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 12:40:40 AM »
Not a great sequence over the last few weeks! :(

I hope things improve - do keep us posted :)
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2012, 01:10:01 AM »
Our thoughts are with you....john
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Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2012, 10:54:31 AM »
Repeating others ... be positive, thoughts are with you.

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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2012, 04:41:24 PM »
Best of luck Tom...worrisome. Keep us posted and be positive. (Yeah, It's hard to be ... )

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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2012, 09:22:51 PM »
Not much I can add to what the others have said but echo Clive's thoughts.

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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2012, 11:11:52 PM »
Not much I can add to what has already been said - try to keep positive, we are all hoping for the best possible outcome for you on this.

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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 10:15:17 PM »
Thanks all for your thoughts. I go for the biopsy on Thursday. My a77 came today so I have that to occupy my mind for now.
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2012, 09:27:19 AM »
Quote from: Tom F on July 10, 2012, 10:15:17 PM
... My a77 came today so I have that to occupy my mind for now.

Great thing, remember to read the manual ... I never do :-)

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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2012, 03:02:45 PM »
I haven't been posting much lately as I've been having more tests and a second biopsy. Yesterday I was Informed that I have liver cancer. Right now they plan to do what they can to keep the tumor small while they evaluate to determine if I can be a candidate for a liver transplant.  I have all my heart disease working against me on this though. 
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2012, 03:22:26 PM »
Quote from: REX (aka TG) on July 07, 2012, 09:14:30 PM
Be positive and everthing will be OK :) . My thoughts are with you

It is easy for someone to just say that, but it was the only way to give courage and overcome this investigation time.There were days i wanted to ask how the processes is but i didn't want to remind you the situation.
My thoughts are with you and hopes for the best :)
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2012, 05:03:52 PM »
Sorry to hear the news, but treatment these days is amazing.  It can be very hard, but keeping a positive mindset helps enormously.  Wishing you all the best.  As I turn 60 tomorrow, I wasn't very taken with the topic title!!  ;)
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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2012, 06:50:13 PM »
My thoughts are with you Tom! Hope they find a solution, like Bluebear said treatments are nowadays amazing. Keep shooting to get your mind out of negative things.

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Re: Getting old is not so much fun
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2012, 11:25:47 PM »
Tom, our thoughts are with you.....john
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