Prayer Thread

[J34]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

 

Well a quick update...

Everything looks great!! Seen the radiology oncologist at the end of August and he said everything was looking great. As of now I have one spot that's showing on the skin that we are monitoring and overall just monitoring my whole body. The good thing with this specific, though rare form of cancer, is that it is aggressive and it is rare to spread to organs and be lethal. I will go back to the oncologist in February in Indy and hopefully from there it becomes just a yearly checkup!

 

Thank you so much for asking and everyone who has kept me and my family in your thoughts and prayers!

Great news!

GOD is great.

[IUFAN1976]

9 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

 

Well a quick update...

Everything looks great!! Seen the radiology oncologist at the end of August and he said everything was looking great. As of now I have one spot that's showing on the skin that we are monitoring and overall just monitoring my whole body. The good thing with this specific, though rare form of cancer, is that it is aggressive and it is rare to spread to organs and be lethal. I will go back to the oncologist in February in Indy and hopefully from there it becomes just a yearly checkup!

 

Thank you so much for asking and everyone who has kept me and my family in your thoughts and prayers!

Thanks for the update and it sounds like things are progressing well!  Keep up the positive vibes and spirit!  :)

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

10 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

 

Well a quick update...

Everything looks great!! Seen the radiology oncologist at the end of August and he said everything was looking great. As of now I have one spot that's showing on the skin that we are monitoring and overall just monitoring my whole body. The good thing with this specific, though rare form of cancer, is that it is aggressive and it is rare to spread to organs and be lethal. I will go back to the oncologist in February in Indy and hopefully from there it becomes just a yearly checkup!

 

Thank you so much for asking and everyone who has kept me and my family in your thoughts and prayers!

Great news for you and your family.

[Naturalhoosier]

Hey friends. My stepfather passed away last evening. He’d been sick for a while so it didn’t come as a shock but still isnt fun. Please keep my mom in your prayers and myself as well as I travel back to Indiana. Much appreciated Prayer Warriors. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sorry for your family's loss.  Safe travels.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Hey friends. My stepfather passed away last evening. He’d been sick for a while so it didn’t come as a shock but still isnt fun. Please keep my mom in your prayers and myself as well as I travel back to Indiana. Much appreciated Prayer Warriors. 

Prayers! So sorry to hear

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[mamasa]

Sorry to hear that my friend!! Prayers for all involved!

[OliviaPope40]

Need prayers for my cousin again. An update came from his wife she said area on his leg popped up thought it was likely benign had an MRI done that was suggestive of malignancy had a biopsy done that confirmed that it has returned. Has one small tumor in his leg muscle will have surgery done to remove the tumor in over a week. Confident that they will get all of it but it is likely that he will need some type of  chemotherapy done.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

11 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Need prayers for my cousin again. An update came from his wife she said area on his leg popped up thought it was likely benign had an MRI done that was suggestive of malignancy had a biopsy done that confirmed that it has returned. Has one small tumor in his leg muscle will have surgery done to remove the tumor in over a week. Confident that they will get all of it but it is likely that he will need some type of  chemotherapy done.

Consider it done.

[Brass Cannon]

Hi all this might be my last post for awhile but wanted to share a story. 
 

Some of you may have noticed that I had not posted for a long time.  I stated posting occasionally I believe about 2 months ago.  This was at the encouraging of my wife.  I hadn’t stopped posting for any reason.  Simply life was overwhelming and things were falling by the wayside. The activities I enjoyed had gone out the door.  Reading and posting about IU sports  chiefly among them.  She encouraged me to carve out time for these again to rediscover my those parts of my life.  She was aways taking care of people. Even strangers. 
 

My wife suffered a severe brain bleed yesterday morning and she won’t be recovering.  We will be ending care later today.   
 

With all the things that are about to hit I think this place will once again fall by wayside.  But know that I am quite fond of alot of you folks even the ones I routinely disagree with.  And this place was always a source of joy and entertainment. 
 

I am 100% not equipped to face the challenges I’m about to be presented.  So please keep me and my daughter who is losing her mom at the age of 7 in your prayers. 
 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Horrible news Brass, and my deepest thoughts and prayers for you and your family at this devasting time in your lives.

[AZ Hoosier]

@Brass Cannon, truly devastating news. Will keep you in my prayers... and we're all pulling for you!

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Brass Canon, love and prayers being sent your way. My heart hurts reading this message this morning. Deepest Prayers for you and your family.


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[LamarCheeks]

Difficult to read that message, Brass Cannon. 

Many prayers to you and your family. You might not think you can get through this, but you can and you will. Everyone is behind you. 

[hoosierfan6157]

Praying for you and your daughter! I’m so sorry Brass Cannon.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I'll be praying for you and your daughter Brass. May God be with you and give you strength during these times.

[maxwell]

Prayers for you and family Brass. You hang in there.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Hi all this might be my last post for awhile but wanted to share a story. 
 
Some of you may have noticed that I had not posted for a long time.  I stated posting occasionally I believe about 2 months ago.  This was at the encouraging of my wife.  I hadn’t stopped posting for any reason.  Simply life was overwhelming and things were falling by the wayside. The activities I enjoyed had gone out the door.  Reading and posting about IU sports  chiefly among them.  She encouraged me to carve out time for these again to rediscover my those parts of my life.  She was aways taking care of people. Even strangers. 
 
My wife suffered a severe brain bleed yesterday morning and she won’t be recovering.  We will be ending care later today.   
 
With all the things that are about to hit I think this place will once again fall by wayside.  But know that I am quite fond of alot of you folks even the ones I routinely disagree with.  And this place was always a source of joy and entertainment. 
 
I am 100% not equipped to face the challenges I’m about to be presented.  So please keep me and my daughter who is losing her mom at the age of 7 in your prayers. 
 
 

My deepest sympathies and prayers Brass

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[Naturalhoosier]

On 11/9/2024 at 8:55 AM, Brass Cannon said:

Hi all this might be my last post for awhile but wanted to share a story. 
 

Some of you may have noticed that I had not posted for a long time.  I stated posting occasionally I believe about 2 months ago.  This was at the encouraging of my wife.  I hadn’t stopped posting for any reason.  Simply life was overwhelming and things were falling by the wayside. The activities I enjoyed had gone out the door.  Reading and posting about IU sports  chiefly among them.  She encouraged me to carve out time for these again to rediscover my those parts of my life.  She was aways taking care of people. Even strangers. 
 

My wife suffered a severe brain bleed yesterday morning and she won’t be recovering.  We will be ending care later today.   
 

With all the things that are about to hit I think this place will once again fall by wayside.  But know that I am quite fond of alot of you folks even the ones I routinely disagree with.  And this place was always a source of joy and entertainment. 
 

I am 100% not equipped to face the challenges I’m about to be presented.  So please keep me and my daughter who is losing her mom at the age of 7 in your prayers. 
 

 

Absolutely heartbreaking. So sorry to hear this. Nothing but prayers and best wishes to you, your daughter and family. 

[Brass Cannon]

Thank you for your kind words everybody.  My wife passed today at 10:12 AM. Not confirmed for a few hours as we waited in test results.  
 

She’s now being kept alive by a machine in the hopes her organs can save lives.  At the moment they are optimistic she can help save 8 recipients. 
 

Below I am including a tribute I wrote for her. 
 

This is Christine’s husband(hubby).  I wanted to let people who had not already heard the news know that on Friday, November 8th Christine suffered a medical complication that resulted in a sudden brain bleed.  Unfortunately there was no medical intervention that could bring her back to us.  

 

Christine is currently being kept alive by machines so that she can hopefully serve as an organ donor. Something that she believed strongly in.  We recently learned that she appears to be a prime candidate to donate all her organs.  Which for all the people who knew Christine was classic her. Giving of herself so that somebody else could benefit. 

 

I have been so touched by the outpouring of support from the various communities that Christine was a part of and helped to foster/nurture. As you all know that was Christine - she built people up without regard to the obstacles that were in the way, she was unstoppable. 

 

Christine and I would sometimes disagree about this.  She was amazing and I wanted more time with her.  But now in this final hour I realize that I was wrong.  She was too special to not share. She was a light that needed to be allowed to shine on more people.  I have often heard the advice - don’t take away someone’s hope, it might be all they have. And Christine was hope to anybody who needed some.  Through her kindness she gave hope freely and without limit. 

 

If you would indulge and please forgive my rambling but I wanted to also share a bit about our final day.  And then a few things more. To try and sum up concisely a love that in my books was one for the ages. It wasn’t always easy but dear god was it worth it. I freely admit that this may be more for me than for you. But I want people to know these things. 

 

Christine helped make our last day together a magical day.  Her mother had been visiting and this was our last day together for her visit.  We had a wonderful morning together which transitioned from home as we went for a parent teacher conference to talk about our favorite topic. Our wonderful daughter Libby.  We went to ihop which has become a simple family tradition, before moving on to the zoo to attempt to fulfill a promise to Libby. We failed because we had made some poor assumptions but Christine being Christine quickly made a plan on how we could seek to fulfill it. We continued though the zoo making wonderful memories.  We then went home where Libby and Christine’s mom sat down to enjoy a movie.  A treasured tradition for them both.  Christine and I were blessed to putz around the house getting things done and we got to share little moments of connection.  We searched to see if we could watch the Thursday night service of our church as due to traveling this was a way we could share it together.  Unable to to do so we continued to occupy ourself with the home and making plans for the future good times we intended to have.  Eventually Libby was all showered and tucked in and as the day wrapped up Christine began to pack for her trip the next day. 

 

I elected to sleep on the couch to run interference between our very vocal puppy who does not believe in sleeping through the night.  Christine was to take her mom back to Wheaton in the morning and I wanted her to have a chance to get some rest.  The last I saw her was around 11 pmas she came downstairs to get a pint of coffee ice cream to eat as a last minute snack. For anybody that knew her. This was the most Christine thing ever. I told her I loved her and to get some good rest.  And I watched her go up the stairs of the home we built for the last time.  

 

I used to be able to be a less than ideal version of myself because I always had Christine there to have my back and to help me be the person I could be. Now all I have is her example.  

 

I’m going to remember all the times we had together, all the dreams we had together and everything in between. 

 

And one last thing to conclude.  A warning and plea.  Hug all your people, tell them what they mean to you.  And do not wait to forgive and reconcile, life can come out of nowhere.  Do not wait for tomorrow to repair your relationships.  Tomorrow is not guaranteed, I struggled with this at times and feel so blessed that I was the best version of myself that night. Our final words together were words of love and support.  

 

And in honor of Christine I have another thing (and then one last thing as she was also prone to say). And now I leave you with two quotes. One from Les Mis.  Something that was special to Christine before I met her and became special to us as a couple. 

 

The last quote is from a TV show of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That Christine and I both thought was a truly beautiful sentiment. And in some way she found solace in. I never imagined the way I would look to it for strength in this time. 

 

There's a grief that can't be spoken

There's a pain goes on and on

 

And 

 

What is grief, if not love persevering?

 

And finally the movie Moulin Rouge meant a lot to us we had for a time a tradition of watching it on Valentine’s Day.  So I leave you with:

 

As I mourn this loss I will watch this over and over again because when I hear it. I am transported back to our first Valentine’s Day when our growing love was only ahead of us.