From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V8 #104 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Wednesday, June 24 2009 Volume 08 : Number 104 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] The State of my prostate [Gil Ray ] Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate ["R. Kevin Doyle" ] Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate [Dan Stillwell ] Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate [AWeiss4338@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate [Gil Ray ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:20:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Gil Ray Subject: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Hey all, Some of you may know this, some of you may not, but I consider you all friends of the family. I hate sending out this mass e-mail but things are moving at a hectic pace regarding my prostate cancer adventures. My surgery has been scheduled for July 7th. Should take 3 - 4 hours and the prognosis is great. I have a high probability of coming out of this in a dandy fashion. I will spend one night in the hospital. I'm expected to miss 6 weeks of work (Thank God!), and our main concern is how to keep Dexter (our cat) from attacking the catheter tube that will be in me for probably the longest 2 week so of my life. Dexter loves plastic tubing. Especially to chew on. For those stout of heart, you can read about all of the shenanigans on my blog. Here's the link to the first installment. There are a few after this one but I'm sure you can navigate the blog site with no problem. I love you all. I am a bit stressed, but Stacey, myself, the doctors and my family are all convinced that the outcome will be a great one. Here's the blog link - http://pobuck.blogspot.com/2009/06/predicament.html The coolest thing is the robot that will be assisting my surgeon. It's called the "da vinci". You can check it out here: http://www.davinciprostatectomy.com/index.aspx I'm a perfect candidate for this machine due to my age, my health and my weight (or lack of..) It's gonna work out well. Love, Gil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:13 -1000 From: "R. Kevin Doyle" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Very positive thoughts with you, Mr. Ray. Considering where the tube is going to be in your body, this is probably not a suggestion that you're going to be able to use, but we've kept our cats away from tubing by using various citrus sprays - sometimes even using lemon juice. I don't know if the citric acid will have a negative effect on the stability of the tubing, but it will keep the cat away much of the time. However, I'd hate to think of the spray getting anywhere close to you, if you catch my drift, so if you opt to try this, I urge you to identify which parts of the tubing are likely to be on the outside and take extra precautions to only spray that part. Best of luck! R. Kevin On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Gil Ray wrote: > Hey all, > Some of you may know this, some of you may not, but I consider you all > friends of the family. > > I hate sending out this mass e-mail but things are moving at a hectic pace > regarding my prostate cancer adventures. My surgery has been scheduled for > July 7th. Should take 3 - 4 hours and the prognosis is great. I have a high > probability of coming out of this in a dandy fashion. I will spend one night > in the hospital. > > I'm expected to miss 6 weeks of work (Thank God!), and our main concern is > how to keep Dexter (our cat) from attacking the catheter tube that will be > in me for probably the longest 2 week so of my life. Dexter loves plastic > tubing. Especially to chew on. > > For those stout of heart, you can read about all of the shenanigans on my > blog. Here's the link to the first installment. There are a few after this > one but I'm sure you can navigate the blog site with no problem. > I love you all. > > I am a bit stressed, but Stacey, myself, the doctors and my family are all > convinced that the outcome will be a great one. > Here's the blog link - http://pobuck.blogspot.com/2009/06/predicament.html > > The coolest thing is the robot that will be assisting my surgeon. It's > called the "da vinci". You can check it out here: > http://www.davinciprostatectomy.com/index.aspx > > I'm a perfect candidate for this machine due to my age, my health and my > weight (or lack of..) > > It's gonna work out well. > Love, > Gil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:40:35 -0700 From: Matthew Weber Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Gil Ray wrote: > Hey all, > Some of you may know this, some of you may not, but I consider you all > friends of the family. > > I hate sending out this mass e-mail but things are moving at a hectic pace > regarding my prostate cancer adventures. My surgery has been scheduled for > July 7th. Should take 3 - 4 hours and the prognosis is great. I have a high > probability of coming out of this in a dandy fashion. I will spend one night > in the hospital. > > I'm expected to miss 6 weeks of work (Thank God!), and our main concern is > how to keep Dexter (our cat) from attacking the catheter tube that will be > in me for probably the longest 2 week so of my life. Dexter loves plastic > tubing. Especially to chew on. > > For those stout of heart, you can read about all of the shenanigans on my > blog. Here's the link to the first installment. There are a few after this > one but I'm sure you can navigate the blog site with no problem. > I love you all. > > I am a bit stressed, but Stacey, myself, the doctors and my family are all > convinced that the outcome will be a great one. > Here's the blog link - http://pobuck.blogspot.com/2009/06/predicament.html > > The coolest thing is the robot that will be assisting my surgeon. It's > called the "da vinci". You can check it out here: > http://www.davinciprostatectomy.com/index.aspx > > I'm a perfect candidate for this machine due to my age, my health and my > weight (or lack of..) > > It's gonna work out well. > Love, > Gil > Best of luck, Gil. Fingers & breasts are crossed. The Da Vinci system is partially manufactured by my wife's father's company; we were just talking about it the other day. It's an amazing piece of work, for sure. Hang in there, - -- Matt + Riches cover a multitude of woes. Menander (c. 342-292 B.C.), The Boeotian Girl, fragment 90 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:41:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Gil Ray Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Awesome suggestion! We've been thinking about getting some of this miracle juice to put on our electrical plugs, which Dexter likes to chew on. I think strategic placement could work out well! Cool tip! Thanks, Gil - --- On Tue, 6/23/09, R. Kevin Doyle wrote: > From: R. Kevin Doyle > Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate > To: loud-fans@smoe.org > Date: Tuesday, June 23some of this miracle juice to put on our electrical plugs> > Considering where the tube is going to be in your body, > this is probably not > a suggestion that you're going to be able to use, but we've > kept our cats > away from tubing by using various citrus sprays - sometimes > even using lemon > juice. I don't know if the citric acid will have a > negative effect on the > stability of the tubing, but it will keep the cat away much > of the time. > However, I'd hate to think of the spray getting anywhere > close to you, if > you catch my drift, so if you opt to try this, I urge you > to identify which > parts of the tubing are likely to be on the outside and > take extra > precautions to only spray that part. > > Best of luck! > > R. Kevin > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Gil Ray > wrote: > > > Hey all, > > Some of you may know this, some of you may not, > but I consider you all > > friends of the family. > > > > I hate sending out this mass e-mail but things are > moving at a hectic pace > > regarding my prostate cancer adventures. My surgery > has been scheduled for > > July 7th. Should take 3 - 4 hours and the prognosis is > great. I have a high > > probability of coming out of this in a dandy fashion. > I will spend one night > > in the hospital. > > > > I'm expected to miss 6 weeks of work (Thank God!), and > our main concern is > > how to keep Dexter (our cat) from attacking the > catheter tube that will be > > in me for probably the longest 2 week so of my life. > Dexter loves plastic > > tubing. Especially to chew on. > > > > For those stout of heart, you can read about all of > the shenanigans on my > > blog. Here's the link to the first installment. There > are a few after this > > one but I'm sure you can navigate the blog site with > no problem. > > I love you all. > > > > I am a bit stressed, but Stacey, myself, the doctors > and my family are all > > convinced that the outcome will be a great one. > > Here's the blog link - http://pobuck.blogspot.com/2009/06/predicament.html > > > > The coolest thing is the robot that will be assisting > my surgeon. It's > > called the "da vinci". You can check it out here: > > http://www.davinciprostatectomy.com/index.aspx > > > > I'm a perfect candidate for this machine due to my > age, my health and my > > weight (or lack of..) > > > > It's gonna work out well. > > Love, > > Gil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:46:44 -0400 From: Dan Stillwell Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Gil, The LoudNation will convene across the miles July 7 like it's the '98 tour once more. You'll be in our thoughts, our hopes and our prayers. We know our drummer, Our Gil, will be fine. Dan Stillwell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:02:27 -0400 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate There's a product called Bitter Apple that comes in a spray bottle. It deters our plastic chewer and our plant eater very well, doesn't seem to harm plastics, and doesn't seem at all smelly or bitter or irritating to me, and I'm pretty sensitive to bitter and irritating things (and people). Wishing you all the best in this, and a speedy, full recovery, and the ability to actually enjoy some of that time off work! We love you! Jen R. Kevin Doyle wrote: > Very positive thoughts with you, Mr. Ray. > > Considering where the tube is going to be in your body, this is probably not > a suggestion that you're going to be able to use, but we've kept our cats > away from tubing by using various citrus sprays - sometimes even using lemon > juice. I don't know if the citric acid will have a negative effect on the > stability of the tubing, but it will keep the cat away much of the time. > However, I'd hate to think of the spray getting anywhere close to you, if > you catch my drift, so if you opt to try this, I urge you to identify which > parts of the tubing are likely to be on the outside and take extra > precautions to only spray that part. > > Best of luck! > > R. Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:15:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Gil Ray Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Thanks, Matt! Wow! My brother and sister are both in medicine and have done a lot of research for me regarding the Da Vinci. My CD should have been called "I Am Robotic Man!!" Thanks for the well wishes and please send thanks to your wife's father! Pretty cool! Gil > Best of luck, Gil. Fingers & breasts are > crossed. > > The Da Vinci system is partially manufactured by my wife's > father's company; > we were just talking about it the other day. It's an > amazing piece of work, > for sure. > > Hang in there, > > -- > Matt + ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:22:54 EDT From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Gil, I'll be thinking about you and Stacy. I'm glad your prognosis is great. Andrea **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Gil Ray Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate Thanks, Jenny! You are the second person to respond about potential catheter-chew toy problem!....We will try 'em all! And many thanks for the love and well wishes. It helps more than you can imagine. Love back at you both. Gil - --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Jenny Grover wrote: > From: Jenny Grover > Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The State of my prostate > To: loud-fans@smoe.org > Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 8:02 PM > There's a product called Bitter Apple > that comes in a spray bottle. It deters our plastic > chewer and our plant eater very well, doesn't seem to harm > plastics, and doesn't seem at all smelly or bitter or > irritating to me, and I'm pretty sensitive to bitter and > irritating things (and people). > > Wishing you all the best in this, and a speedy, full > recovery, and the ability to actually enjoy some of that > time off work! We love you! > > Jen > > > R. Kevin Doyle wrote: > > Very positive thoughts with you, Mr. Ray. > > > > Considering where the tube is going to be in your > body, this is probably not > > a suggestion that you're going to be able to use, but > we've kept our cats > > away from tubing by using various citrus sprays - > sometimes even using lemon > > juice. I don't know if the citric acid will have > a negative effect on the > > stability of the tubing, but it will keep the cat away > much of the time. > > However, I'd hate to think of the spray getting > anywhere close to you, if > > you catch my drift, so if you opt to try this, I urge > you to identify which > > parts of the tubing are likely to be on the outside > and take extra > > precautions to only spray that part. > > > > Best of luck! > > > > R. Kevin ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V8 #104 *******************************