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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 05:48 pm:

I have been asked to report my status,so here it is .My surgery to remove Esophagus is scheduled for July 3..It will be a long(6-8 hours)surgery.Recovery is expected to take 2-3 months and I will be in hospital 10-30 days. I will try to check back in when I can. Thanks for all the prayers and concern.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Jablonski on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:10 pm:

Jack: Having trust in your surgeon and his team is more than half the concerns of surgery. Keep a positive outlook even though there may be rough times ahead. You will have our prayers and please do check in when possible.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Seth - Ohio on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:25 pm:

My thoughts and prayers are with you Jack. Be strong and a wish for a speedy recovery.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:27 pm:

Jack - You're in our prayers for a fast recovery.

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 09:14 pm:

Jack, the traditional Dutch wish when someone is facing difficult times is "Sterkte!" It means "Strength!" It is the most important thing I can wish you, I think. I will pray for a favorable and rapid recovery.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 09:25 pm:

Thanks all. I just wish it was over.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker in Sumter SC on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 09:40 pm:

Jack you are and will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Respectfully submitted,

Hap l9l5 cut off


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Cole ---- Earth on Monday, June 23, 2014 - 10:21 pm:

First i heard about this? I hope all goes well sir.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 12:07 am:

You've been dealt a tough one, Jack. Fight!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:38 am:

Best wishes Jack.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kirk Peterson on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 09:32 am:

Jack
My prayers are with you.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 10:03 am:

Hang in there, Uncle Jack. You can do this. And I'm sure Sue will give you all the support you need.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Putnam on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 10:06 am:

Best wishes my friend, and a speedy recovery. Get well. JP


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Schultz_Sheboygan,WI on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 10:24 am:

Hey Jack,

I wish you well with your procedure and a good solid recovery. I had 5 inches of my esophagus and 2/3 of my stomach removed 6 years ago and all is well today. Hang tough it will get better. If you would like a first hand account form someone who went through the surgery feel free to contact me and I would be happy to talk to you. I will be thinking about you and wish you the best.

Dan Schultz


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 02:03 pm:

It's annoying when you get old and they start cutting off parts of you, but for me so far it beats the alternative. Hang in there. We missed you in Okieland this year, so I want to see you there next March.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 02:49 pm:

This is the first I heard of this and I'm so sorry. This procedure sounds pretty radical and downright scary, but I know you would not be having it done unless it was absolutely necessary.

May I make a suggestion? You have about 10 days until this operation, so you have some time. If this operation will be affecting your voice box and your voice, please consider making numerous video tape recordings of yourself and your voice each day for several hours per day until the operation.

So many times, young parents neglect to record how their toddlers sounded when they were very little and once the child grows older and matures into a new voice, their childhood voice is gone forever, so that the only way to recall the way they sounded is in their memory, which is not nearly as good as a recording.

If you have a nice singing voice, video tape yourself singing some of your favorite songs, If you have grandchildren, record yourself reading to them, their favorite stories from a story book. If you have children, reminisce about your childhood, your youth, your adventures, the Model T, sage advice you have learned from life along the way. If you have a wife, tell her how much she means to you and how much you love her.

Don't let your voice be just a memory, save it so that your stories and thoughts, told by you, in the voice everyone knows will be enjoyed far into the future by those who love you and even those yet to be born who will know you by the stories told by your loved ones. I don't think you will regret it. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

God Bless and keep you.

Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 03:42 pm:

That's a great idea, not only for when we're still here but with a different voice, but also when we're gone. Recently I came across a recording from 1986 with my mom, her sister, and several cousins (one of them born in 1891) talking about life on the farm in the old days. It was wonderful to hear them again.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 03:55 pm:

Can't find ref to it now, but I believe there's a program that records special phrases, then creates a large vocabulary of words as you would say them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill dugger on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 03:59 pm:

Jack: Having never had a chance to see or meet you except on the Forum, I send my deepest prayers and best wishes. Just tell the "Doc" go over to the hardware store and buy some flex pipe and graft it in and shucks you will be like new in the 10 to 20 or 30 days. Your breath and voice may not be quit the same but at least you are looking a the grass from the top side.
GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND for a speedy recovery
Bill D


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison_Rice Minnesota on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:38 pm:

Jack, I'm still praying for you. Wishing you the best.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 02:23 am:

Jack, I, like so many others, am saddened by your difficulty.
During my life, I have been blessed to know several people that faced similar VERY SERIOUS life threatening problems. What they all taught me is that the most important thing is your attitude. Survive through it, live beyond it, and make the most of all the days you have! The right attitude can turn a poor prognosis into decades of joy!
Actually, it is good advice for everyone, sick or not. I just wish I could get my family to learn that.
Wayne Sheldon


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gene Carrothers Huntington Beach on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 02:42 am:

Wishing you the best in surgery and hopefully a fine recovery, You have our thoughts and prayers.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By tyler searle on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 07:47 am:

We'll be praying for you in New York,Uncle Jack.

God Bless.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 09:04 am:

My Grandpa, who was born in 1897, passed away in 1973 of lung cancer at the age of 76. He is the one who used to tell me stories about his Model T and was so excited when I purchased my 1926 Model T coupe in 1970 and finished it in time to give him a ride in it just before he died.

Fortunately, his voice is not just a memory. In 1966, he started taking guitar lessons from a local country singing celebrity named Ernie Lee, who had an early morning TV show on WTVT in Tampa. Grandpa would drive from Lakeland to Tampa, twice a week for his lessons at the WTVT studio and took his tape recorder with him to record each lesson on cassette tapes so he could listen to them and transpose the words of Ernie's songs onto paper, have his secretary type them up, then take them back to Ernie to add the chords. There were 5 Grandsons who he bought guitars for and he taught us all how to play and mailed us the songs to practice and we would all get together and sing these songs at family get togethers. Needless to say, I have hours and hours of my Grandpa and Ernie Lee joking and singing, as well as a 12" tall stack of the old country songs he transposed to paper. When I listen to the recordings, it brings him back and reminds me what a smart, fun loving, life loving Grandpa he was. Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Kopsky, Lytle TX on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 09:14 am:

Dang, Jack, that's some serious stuff. My thoughts and prayers will be with you.

Wish this topic had a different title than "OT - status". I had been skipping over it thinking it was another Model K thread.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 09:26 am:

Jack

All the best to you for a rapid recovery too after your procedure,.... many more Chickasha's to do!

Dan


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Bamford, Edmonton AB on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 10:06 am:

Amen to the suggestion of recording your voice and thought for posterity.

My Dad passed in 1999 and I still have the cassette tape from his telephone answering machine "... Please speak slowly as we cannot hear very fast."

Priceless.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Semprez-Templeton, CA on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 10:20 am:

Jack, Our thoughts and prayers will be with you through this ordeal. John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 12:44 pm:

Jack, we're all pulling and praying for you.

Rob

(Ken, I resemble that remark)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry VanOoteghem on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 12:53 pm:

Jack,

My prayers are with you.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John F. Regan on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 01:23 pm:

We are all pulling for you buddy. My prayers are with you too.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Coiro on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 02:12 pm:

Thoughts and prayers. Hang in there, Jack.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 02:39 pm:

Jack, Carol and I send our very best wishes for a speedy and healthful recovery. Take good care.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Danuser on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 02:58 pm:

Jack Karen and I wish you the best, HANG TOUGH buddy, my prayers go out to you and the family


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 03:14 pm:

I talked to Jack this morning and he said his computer was down. Sounded very optimistic.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John P. Steele, Montana on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 03:47 pm:

Jack you and your family are in my prayers. Keep a great attitude, listen to the Doc and heal up quick. No pressure but Mike and I are expecting you at Chickasha in March, otherwise I don't know how we can afford to keep our spot. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 06:01 pm:

Jack, prayer for ease, strength, healing, no complications from here in Vancouver to you and yours good Sir.

Erich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 10:23 pm:

Jack, Hang in there, were all rooting for you!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kim Doty New Salisbury, IN on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 07:11 am:

Jack.. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Looking forward to our next day in your T shop..

Take care

Kim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By William Goodheart on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 07:51 am:

Jack,
I am praying for a successful surgery and a quick recovery. I only know you through your postings and I bought a very nice coil box from you last winter.
I always enjoy your postings, short and to the point.
Bill Goodheart


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 02:23 pm:

Thanks to everyone. Wouldn't you know in the middle of all this,my router for high speed internet gave up the ghost.Just installed the new one they sent,so I'm back online.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 03:03 pm:

Glad u got it going.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 04:36 pm:

Jack, I hope you will do well. Our prayers are for you.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 08:01 pm:

Jack, hang in there! My oldest daughter went through a bout with a very serious cancer early this spring and came through great. Obviously a lot of pain for a while, but they got it all and she didn't have to go through chemo or any other treatments. We're pullin' for ya!!. Dave


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