• Welcome to the new COTI server. We've moved the Citizens to a new server. Please let us know in the COTI Website issue forum if you find any problems.
  • We, the systems administration staff, apologize for this unexpected outage of the boards. We have resolved the root cause of the problem and there should be no further disruptions.

Happy Birthday to me

Ullarsskald1957

Ullarsskald1957

SOC-12
Off topic, I'd guess, but today is the 61st anniversary of my appearance as a separate being on Earth.

It's special to me, as I am, thus far, a survivor of pancreatic cancer.

My 1st appointment in the process was 23 March 2015. 7 1/2 weeks late (14 May) I had the diagnosis. I had surgery on 2 June (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zxvm3MSb8k) followed by chemo from mid-July - mid-December.

I was found at Stage 1B (the diagnosis) because I noticed something was wrong and I got to the doctor. In the 19 days between diagnosis and surgery, the tumor grew to Stage 2B.

I have had no sign of recurrence since the Whipple.

I felt something was OFF, and got me to the doctor.

Please, pay attention to your body...the life you save will be your own...the grief you save will be that of your loved ones.
 
Congratulations on your beating cancer and a Happy Birthday to you as well. I still have you beat by a few years though.

I would echo your comments about listening to your body. If something feels wrong, get to your doctor and see what is going on.
 
Congratulation on beating your cancer. It's one of the toughest things to beat. And a happy birthday to you as well.
 
Happy Birthday (and now that the song is out of copyright, a round of the Happy Birthday song as well :) )

And congrats on beating cancer. Cancer just sucks.
 
Ullarsskald1957 said:
Off topic, I'd guess, but today is the 61st anniversary of my appearance as a separate being on Earth.

It's special to me, as I am, thus far, a survivor of pancreatic cancer.
Click to expand...
[m;]Celebrating one's continued triumph against entropy is NOT off topic in Lone Star.[/m;]
Keep up the fight!
 
An update...

14 May was the 3rd anniversary of my cancer diagnosis (Stage 1B adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head).

On the 16th had a CT scan and lab for kidney function.

CT showed no recurrence or metastasis, and my innards as good as can be expected after the major surgery that excised quite a bit of tissue. Labs showed normal kidney function.

Looks like I'll be around a while yet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Rigel Stardin
  • Article Article
Non OTU: Coti Build 2: Dragon MAC-33 Courier
Replies
7
Views
628
Dragoner
Dragoner
Nathan Brazil
Why Did You Use A Different System To Play Traveller?
2 3 4
Replies
65
Views
16K
Badenov
Badenov
The Pakkrat
  • Locked
Trading Shots
Replies
2
Views
3K
The Pakkrat
The Pakkrat
K
Rambling, Adventuring, Sci-Fi Campaigns...
Replies
15
Views
2K
Kilgs
K
T
CT Only: Teenagers exposed to Classic Traveller for the first time
2
Replies
25
Views
5K
rancke
R
Back
Top