KIttyman at a crossroads...part II.

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kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000663 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 16:23:01 UTC - in response to Message 1000658. Well..... I have cast the dice. The kittyman is now scheduled to have his right eye go bionic on June 28th. The schedule on the left eye is not set at this point. Good luck with the eye, Mark. Don't get too nervous about it, this kind of thing has gone through enormous progress over the last ten years or so. I'm sure it will turn out fine and will be a great improvement and relief once the hurt of the operation is over! Once again, best of luck! John. 'Best of Luck'......... You see.........that is the crux of the matter...... If there is anything to do with 'luck', it is not in my hands. I am soooooooooooo scared. There is no going back, no 'mulligans'..no 'oopsies', and that is what scares me. There is no going back on this one. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000663 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000665 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 16:27:05 UTC - in response to Message 1000661. Scared, most of the time........ That's how it is when you live Life by the drop...... It is something else when it hits..........and it has. Hard. I have sat in my shoes and sobbed so hard it made my head hurt in the last few weeks.......not knowing where to turn or what to do......... All I can tell you is Attitude is 1/2 the battle...You really need to pick yourself up and go into this with a more positive attitude, it will really help with the healing...If you really make yourself believe it will be OK, it will be. If you convince yourself it will be bad, it will be! OK..........I will try to be Forever young..... May YOU have a firm foundation when the winds of time do shift. And I know you have had some losses recently. Believe me, I feel those winds of change....Good luck all will be fine, my Mother is glad she opted for the surgery and I am going to get surgery soon to get rid of these stinking reading glasses I never seem to have when needed. John is right, big advances in last ten years. I hope it works out all right,. I still remember my Grandmama crying on her last days because she could not see anymore............... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000665 ·

Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0	Message 1000666 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 16:31:44 UTC Got all my fingers crossed for you Mark. Try to listen to the doctor, and do what he/she tells you to do. I know that is hard, especially these days when all the doctors are younger than we are. ID: 1000666 ·

AndyW Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18	Message 1000671 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 17:40:08 UTC - in response to Message 1000663. There is no going back on this one. True, but if you don't proceed your screwed anyway, so better leaving things to the pro's and hoping they don't have an "oops" moment ;) You'll be just fine Mark. I had a fairly major op on my spine 5 years ago that could have seen me wheel chair bound for the rest of my life if the surgeon had an "oops" moment. Luckily these guys know their stuff. ID: 1000671 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000699 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 20:07:33 UTC - in response to Message 1000671. There is no going back on this one. True, but if you don't proceed your screwed anyway, so better leaving things to the pro's and hoping they don't have an "oops" moment ;) You'll be just fine Mark. I had a fairly major op on my spine 5 years ago that could have seen me wheel chair bound for the rest of my life if the surgeon had an "oops" moment. Luckily these guys know their stuff. The eye guy comes very highly recommended........ Dr. Micheal Vrabec. Check him out if you wish. I did. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000699 ·

Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4	Message 1000708 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 20:53:20 UTC Best wishes and peace to Mark ... from Byron. ID: 1000708 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000710 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 20:55:03 UTC - in response to Message 1000705. I did Mark, He seems OK to me! http://www.valleyeye.com/ Since my first consultation with him, I have had many contacts (again, no pun) with those who have had him work with their eyes......... I am at rest with his care at this point............it's just that taking the God given part of my eye out permanently that spooks me. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000710 ·

Blurf Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0	Message 1000726 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 21:22:35 UTC Please consider stopping drinking excessively until after the surgery. My Uncle (the surgeon) was thrilled to hear you're getting the surgery (and I agree you made the right choice) but expressed further concerns. He recommended full and complete refrain from alcohol as of 2 weeks before the surgery. ID: 1000726 ·

SciManStev Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6653 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0	Message 1000751 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 23:27:55 UTC I know you made an excellent decision to get things done. You will look back on this in just a very short while, as the best decision you ever made. When my wife had breast cancer, we got through everything by putting it the past one step at a time. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website ID: 1000751 ·

Dune Finkleberry Send message Joined: 22 Sep 99 Posts: 1314 Credit: 1,124,651 RAC: 0	Message 1000767 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 0:45:31 UTC Last modified: 5 Jun 2010, 0:46:14 UTC Good for you Mark. Will you be sedated? Or have you even discussed that? ID: 1000767 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000786 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 2:01:55 UTC - in response to Message 1000767. Good for you Mark. Will you be sedated? Or have you even discussed that? Seems that mild sedation is the usual route. Given my proclivity to self-sedation, they may have to go a bit deeper. I wanna wanna....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000786 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000793 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 2:29:04 UTC - in response to Message 1000726. Please consider stopping drinking excessively until after the surgery. My Uncle (the surgeon) was thrilled to hear you're getting the surgery (and I agree you made the right choice) but expressed further concerns. He recommended full and complete refrain from alcohol as of 2 weeks before the surgery. Thank you for the advice Blurf...... It is gonna be hard, but I have already considered it, and that is my choice of action. I only got 1 shot at this, and it's not gonna be a shot of whiskey. I know you and I have had it out now and again....... And I have said it before. But I DO thank you for your words of advice. You see, at 53 years of age, I do not think I have seen it all and know it all..... There are still some things I must learn. And that's why I still come here to question and ponder. And ask. If I didn't give a rat's petoot, you would not even see me post. I NEED my friends here. As a prick once posted.......I am such a needy soul. And I openly admit that. And thankfully, you all are such kind friends to acknowledge that. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000793 ·

Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59	Message 1000817 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 3:45:59 UTC One prick to another: I hope the surgery is a success. Not because I like you or agree with you on anything. I believe we have one short existence on this world and we should all have the opportunity to make the best of it. Even those we may think of as needy reactionary right wing jerks. :p I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. ID: 1000817 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000819 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 3:52:18 UTC - in response to Message 1000817. One prick to another: I hope the surgery is a success. Not because I like you or agree with you on anything. I believe we have one short existence on this world and we should all have the opportunity to make the best of it. Even those we may think of as needy reactionary right wing jerks. :p My friend.......you were certainly not the 'prick' I was referring to......... I consider you a friend.......one who has differing views of life than I...... But a friend. Please do not consider yourself otherwise. Mark "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000819 ·

Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59	Message 1000821 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 4:19:02 UTC Fair enough msattler. As I stated in my response to your PM, I thought I was the target of that jab so I responded in a like manner. I publically apologize for leaping to a conclusion and for coming back with an overly aggressive response. Good luck with the surgery. I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. ID: 1000821 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000825 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 4:37:47 UTC - in response to Message 1000821. Fair enough msattler. As I stated in my response to your PM, I thought I was the target of that jab so I responded in a like manner. I publically apologize for leaping to a conclusion and for coming back with an overly aggressive response. Good luck with the surgery. Not a problem........ Thanks for the well wishes. Or would that be good fishes? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000825 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000828 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 5:15:01 UTC Last modified: 5 Jun 2010, 5:19:20 UTC JJ.......that would be Cale.....that JJ.\ Last call...... Don't now if this is JJ or not..... It's not.......but a good cover. But some wonderful stuif..... Six strings and nowhere to go....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000828 ·

Mike Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80	Message 1000862 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 9:05:05 UTC My best wishes Marl. Good luck. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. ID: 1000862 ·

Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4	Message 1000882 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 11:00:27 UTC Best wishes and peace to Mark ... from Byron. ID: 1000882 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1000907 - Posted: 5 Jun 2010, 13:06:59 UTC My friends know me by name....... My enemies know me as something else. You really don't wanna be on my badlist. When I hurt, I cry out. And everybody knows it. My bad, I guess. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1000907 ·

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