Smoke requested...

Smoke Sent. Sounds like you have a great support group in your family and you will all have one another to lean on.
 
Sorry to hear the bad news man...hang in there and try to stay positive, our thoughts are with you.

Two Weeks for the detectives to show up?!?! Two Weeks? Is Jerry sending them? :)
 
Oh man... Smoke on the way big time brutha. I'll even chop the heck out of stuff to boot.
 
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Prayers sent, man I bet you wish you could have 5 minutes with those punks. :mad:

Merry Christmas, hope it turns out to be a good one.
 
From the frozen NW corner of the map, prayers that strength will rise up and sustain you and yours. Even though we don't always see it, remember what was said "I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Just as He watches over you, so we also walk with you in spirit during your dark hours.
 
sorry to hear all that, Jason.
prayers sent, my thoughts are with you, man.
my mother just won against cancer a few months ago.
be strong!
as Jerry said: "You are a man of INFI"
 
Jason - our prayers are with you. Keep up the positive attitude:thumbup:
 
My family and I will keep you and yours in our
thoughts and prayers.
Keep the faith...

Hopefully the police will recover some of that property
when they try to pawn it.
 
Thanks to everyone who posted here. I appreciate the sentiments and kind words more than you can know. I'm glad to be a part of this fam.

Tyrkon: pics or it never happened. ;)
 
So, I figured I'd catch you all up:

Went to see my oncologist and he told us--verbatim--that he didn't k ow what to do. The masses are big enough to see on the PET, but too small to feel. However, they are already across my esophagus, so that means whatever it is, it's stage two. He referred me to a lymphoma specalist at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center.

When Wifey called up to set up an appointment, the nurse who handles registration asked if I was a transplant patient. Wifey had no idea what she was talking about. Turns out that I am now a candidate for Stem Cell Transplantation. :eek:

Three years ago I was debating with my students the ethics and morality of stem cell research--now I'm a potential patient. Holy shit.

Anyway, in doing research it seems I'm in for a real war. I will have to undergo massive chemo, which will leave me almost at the brink of death, and then I will have to remain hospitalized in a sterile environment, possibly for 2-3 months, while they insert new (either donor or my own) stem cells and hope they don't attack my body. The possible complications involve either the stem cells attacking my body, or possible contraction of Liuekemia.

One of the good things is that when my daughter was born we stored her cord-blood, so there is a possibility that her stem cells, if they are a match, can be used on me. We shall see.

I will learn more on 2/17, and will fill you all in on what I find out.

Thanks for all the prayers, chanting, and well-wishes. I appreciate it more than you know.

Respect and regards,

Jason
 
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