(01-06-2010 06:42 PM)Tiger46 Wrote: [ -> ]I'll say an Ave.
I have beat cancer once, maybe twice, they weren't real sure the second time. I've had pieces cut off me and things taken out.
Cancer is a *****, and I'll be glad when the pharmaceutical and hospital entities decide to cure instead of treat it.
Prayers for you too
Prayers sent for your friend, you and the families. May God touch and comfort him and heal him. Never give up because next month will be the 24 year anniv. for me since I was told I had cancer. My oldest son was 6 months old at the time and they told me I was looking at maybe a year at the most. Prayers can work miracles, as I am proof of that! Praying that God will bless him with one.
Thanking God for your miracle of life, memphisgirl1.
Thanks for sharing that with all of us.
i think it's worth mentioning that hospice is not a death service or a place you go to die, it's a nursing service geared towards helping end of life patients. This doesn't mean death is imminent in the next few days (unless you were told something different by the family). Hospice is a good thing to ease caregiver burden. This doesn't necessarily mean you can't see your friend again or speak with him
Prayers sent for David and his family, and for you to give you strength. You're a good friend!
Your thread puts tonight's game in perspective. Prayers to David, his family, and you.
So sorry to hear the news. My very best to you, your friend, and both families. Words are just not enough in times like this.
kudos to you for making it happen with him meeting the Tigers and our wonderful coach. What a nice gesture and thing to happen given the circumstances.
I am sorry. Prayers for everyone involved.
(01-06-2010 09:31 PM)memphisgirl1 Wrote: [ -> ]Prayers sent for your friend, you and the families. May God touch and comfort him and heal him. Never give up because next month will be the 24 year anniv. for me since I was told I had cancer. My oldest son was 6 months old at the time and they told me I was looking at maybe a year at the most. Prayers can work miracles, as I am proof of that! Praying that God will bless him with one.
wow! that's wonderful.
I lost my Mom a few years ago to cancer and know your pain.
I will pray for you and him.
May God Bless you
may God bless you and your friend. I lost my best friend to cancer when we were 22. We were best friends from kindergarten until he died. I'll never forget the last time I saw him. It was in the campus parking lot on Central. I didnt even recognize him. His mother was like a 2nd mom to me growing up and I saw her at the UT game. 1st time I'd seen her since my friends funeral.
I will be praying for you. I know its a tough thing to deal with but as a church minister told me once "you can always call down to the bullpen and get a Closer".
Prayers of comfort, healing, comfort, and peace to you and your friend. I hope you are able to have a special time together soon.
I remember praying for him and I'm lifting another prayer now for him, his family, and his healing.
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(01-06-2010 05:19 PM)ByrdDogX Wrote: [ -> ]Today, I got the call I had hoped and prayed would never come.
Right after Thanksgiving, I posted a thread about Coach Pastner giving my friend David an uplifting moment in his battle against cancer. Something that I got to witness first hand and made David light up like I hadn't seen in a very long while. He was admitted into the hospital on Monday for various ailments. Today, I got a call from his brother telling me that they will be sending him home with a hospice nurse tomorrow morning.
This is so hard because we have been close friends since we were kids. Over 25 years we have experienced so many aspects of life. So many things that many people take for granted in their journey - and now, except for the memories....its gone. There are only a handful of people that have really been a big part of my life. That is something you can never replace. I can't even begin to talk about his daughters and what they will be missing. He has tried so hard to hide his sickness from them and be the dad he has always been. I just...I don't know...
I just want to ask that you guys please, please pray for him and his family. This is just so incredibly hard for me right now. I love him so much....
Definately praying
(01-06-2010 10:26 PM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (01-06-2010 09:31 PM)memphisgirl1 Wrote: [ -> ]Prayers sent for your friend, you and the families. May God touch and comfort him and heal him. Never give up because next month will be the 24 year anniv. for me since I was told I had cancer. My oldest son was 6 months old at the time and they told me I was looking at maybe a year at the most. Prayers can work miracles, as I am proof of that! Praying that God will bless him with one.
wow! that's wonderful.
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We just have to learn to trust God, no matter what. That's what faith is. Trusting in Him. I'm praying for this situation and all touched by it my brother. I know it hurts..
Know this...Death for the believer is the final healing from this body and is not to be feared. I Corinthians 15. I didn't learn this until I buried my mom..it has been almost 7 years since she passed.
She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and spent the last four months of her life in the hospital before she died. I prayed and prayed for her. God took her home but he granted me quality time with my mother and taught me things those last four months that I wouldn't have experienced or learned otherwise.
LORD Jesus please be merciful. Send forth Your Holy Spirit and wrap them all in Your loving arms. Speak Your words of life and love into their hearts.
Thank you for your kind words Tigerloyal and Tigergreen. I thank God every day for blessing me and do indeed feel very blessed. I appreciate every day I am given and try not to ever take a single one for granted, as each is surely precious.
Thanks for your kind word also, MemphisTigerPawr. Know how hard it is to lose your mom. Lost mine in 1995 to lung cancer. Came home to Blytheville from Vegas and spent a wonderful month with her before she passed away and wouldn't trade that last month we had together for anything.
Ive made it to Virginia and spent some time with him. He has improved over the last few days, but he is struggling. I've been able to get him to smile a bit and thats meant a lot to me. Thank you for all the prayers....We are still holding out for a miracle and know that it can happen.