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    Chemo update

    I have been very reluctant to post this as the news ain't good and I don't want to e a Debbie Downer here on the eve of football season but I figure this season will be enough of a downer so what the heck. The first four or five days after my first chemo everything went well, so well I thought...
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    Things your in-laws do that make you irrationally insane

    My MIL is a drama queen. Right now she's kinda ticked off that my cancer is drawing attention from her and her cancer. She wants to be the center of attention all the time.
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    Old man question - how far can you drive without stopping?

    My bladder can hold about 1.5 hrs. of pee.
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    How old are you and what do you do (or did do) for work?

    68, retired from Nissan (Stamping dept. maintenance/engineering) presently battling cancer.
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    Chemo Update

    First, thank you for your kind words, thoughts and prayers. I very much appreciate it. At this point I'll take anything short of a deal with the devil. Chemo went surprisingly well. If sitting in a comfy recliner for 7 hrs. or so is the worst thing that I have to do then this is going to be...
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    I was reluctant to post this but…

    I started feeling just really crappy, lethargic and weak and then I started turning jaundiced, that’s what got me to the ER. The cancer was blocking my bile duct causing bile to build up in me. Did a biopsy and put in a stent to open my bile duct. Still don’t feel 100% from all that but I’m...
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    I was reluctant to post this but…

    … about a month ago I wound up in the ER and subsequently the hospital where I was told those words no one wants to hear “You’ve got cancer.” Specifically cancer of the pancreas. Today I am starting my first chemo treatment. So far so good, nausea and pain meds doing their job. What’s the Packs...
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    OT: where would you live

    The unincoporated areas of Madison Co. Taxes low, schools good, roads suck but it's only 10 min. to Canton.
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    Reunion update...

    ...we had a great time. No drama, fussing or fighting, no one got drunk and showed their azz, all in all a great weekend with a bunch of fellow old farts. One thing though I noticed that the women who were "plain Janes" back in the day held up better than the beauty queens who were best...
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    OT: Best lunch and dinner in Philadelphia, MS on a Tuesday?

    PHOP
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    I will be attending my 50th high school class reunion this weekend.

    Any good SPS advice?
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    OT/ Open ur GD Chip Bags upside down, idiots

    Back in the '80's I worked at the Frito-Lay plant on Boling St. in west Jackson. Specifically, I was in packaging. The top and bottom seals on a bag of chips are the same and are formed by the same device at the same time. There is no difference in the two.
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    Name a random Mississippi State football player...

    D.D. Lewis
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    The Great Debate...Potato Salad

    Finney's sandwich shop in Tupelo has excellent yellow mustard tater salad.
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    Hospital billing

    Similar experience. 20 mile ride (used one barf bag), $3600. For that price I should've got a limo and a couple of strippers with a hot tub. .
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