OT: Roo's Miracle...A TPB's Community Thread Of Unity and Support

[CanadianBoltFan]

Didnt know that. Do you call it something else?

Its kinda like for some reason we here in the USA we celebrate Cinco De Mayo, when Mexicos independance day is actually September 16th lol.

Cinco De Mayo was a victory battle over the French so no idea why we celebrate that. Has nothing to do with us.

In anycase, i hope you come out healthy from all this. Losing an eye or any limb for that matter is sad but better than the alternative.

Boltjolt we call it Thanksgiving also, same deal, Turkey and all that. Usually the 2nd weekend in October. It is not the massive holiday it is in the US though with Black Friday and a 4 day deal. 3 day weekend though

Lucky I am not losing my eye ball, that would be much harder to deal with. My eye is in tact and should look pretty notmal when all is said and done, i will just lose more of the vision in that eye over the next few weeks.

So the Jaguar debacle was NOT my last Charger game with both eye full vision as I thought! Thank God! I just learned that when i went for first surgery. Yesterday 2nd surgery to remove the radiation plaque and I am so happy and relieved to have that out. it was tough...but sooo better now! Some soreness from having my eye cut into but way more managable.

[CanadianBoltFan]

Sending you positive Mojo my fellow Canadian/ Bolt brother !!!

Thank you my BC Brother!

[victoriaboltfan]

Sending you positive Mojo my fellow Canadian/ Bolt brother !!!

[Fleet 1]

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Get well CBF

[Boltjolt]

Yes Happy Thanksgiving to all here. We have ours in October up here.

Always a great time to take a moment and find gratitude for the good things in our lives...and to watch football!

I am heading for surgery so wont be able to but i will say this....GO Cowboys!!

Cheers to all

Didnt know that. Do you call it something else?

Its kinda like for some reason we here in the USA we celebrate Cinco De Mayo, when Mexicos independance day is actually September 16th lol.

Cinco De Mayo was a victory battle over the French so no idea why we celebrate that. Has nothing to do with us.

In anycase, i hope you come out healthy from all this. Losing an eye or any limb for that matter is sad but better than the alternative.

[CanadianBoltFan]

Yes Happy Thanksgiving to all here. We have ours in October up here.

Always a great time to take a moment and find gratitude for the good things in our lives...and to watch football!

I am heading for surgery so wont be able to but i will say this....GO Cowboys!!

Cheers to all

[La Costa Boy]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. In the spirit of our friend Roo, I just wish all of those with health challenges the personal strength to fight the fight and the Lord's help to kick it's you know what. I will continue to pray for each of you fighting and sharing on this page. Don't give up, never give in......we all want you here when we finally win that elusive Super Bowl.

Cheers!!!!

[WindsorUK]

God speed, CBF🙏🏼

[jamrock]

Hang in there CanadianBoltFan! We are pulling for you and hoping for the best possible results and more life!

[FoutsFan]

Well, my bye week is just about over and I am set to return with Omarion this weekend. One more surgery tomorrow but I will be good for Sunday.

I wasn't sure at first if I should post and share my experience in Roo's special thread but I am really glad I did. This is a special community full of great people. Before I return here with a single football post I must come here first and express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you. Thank you all so much for your thoughts, wishes, prayers. It really does mean something. I have had some pretty heavy surgeries in the past but this has been my first experience with cancer, and as some of you know, it is a bit of a different animal, with not only a physical component but a mental strain too. Words of kindness and encouragement really do help and lift the soul.

I would like to recognize and thank each of you individually for your well wishes. If by chance I have missed anyone I apologize in advance, my visual capability is compromised at the moment.

Jamrock... WU...., FoutsFan...BoltJolt....WhydaCharger...Craig440...F LEET....Bolt4Knob....DMac...Ghost...Nutty...Velo.. ..thanks guys 🙏

Utah Bolt my Melonoma brother....you are so right. I got lucky because I had a hemorage in my left eye, totally unrelated to Melanoma but it made me get my eyes checked. The scans showed a suspicious eye freckle which turned out to be melanoma. I was lucky it was caught early and I have been under the watch of western Canada's best Ocular Onologist for the past year. My October scan said it was time for treatment. If not caught in time the Melanoma would have left my eye, got in my blood and straight to my liver...needless to say no more Charger games.

Its been a hard week no doubt, pretty nasty stuff. If you know how irritating it can be to have something in your eye, well than multiply that by a bunch of times to have your eye cut into so the surgeon can sew a gold plaque of live radiation beads onto my eye ball for a week. I will be relieved to have it surgically removed tomorrow. It will still be sore and tender for a bit i am sure as it heals and there will still be some radiation left in my eye DNA doing its thing. One thing I have learned is that my vision loss will be a lot more gradual than I thought, it will happen over the next 4-6 weeks...so at least i will have some time to adjust to my new situation. I also learned that they dont get all of the tumor, about 40% is left but it will be considered "inactive". I will still have to see the Ocular Oncologist every 3 months for the foreseeable future. Those of you who have had Cancer know the drill.

Anyways, I just wanted to update but most of all voice my appreciation for this community. Really looking forward to talking some ball again and watching the stretch run unfold. Hopefully the Chargers made some repairs on their bye too 😊

With gratitude, CBF

Praying for you and everyone one else on this board daily. Seriously I do pray for all daily. This is an amazing community here, love my bolt family! God bless you and yours.

[wu-dai clan]

CanadianBoltFan

Welcome back !!

[Bolt4Knob]

Well, my bye week is just about over and I am set to return with Omarion this weekend. One more surgery tomorrow but I will be good for Sunday.

I wasn't sure at first if I should post and share my experience in Roo's special thread but I am really glad I did. This is a special community full of great people. Before I return here with a single football post I must come here first and express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you. Thank you all so much for your thoughts, wishes, prayers. It really does mean something. I have had some pretty heavy surgeries in the past but this has been my first experience with cancer, and as some of you know, it is a bit of a different animal, with not only a physical component but a mental strain too. Words of kindness and encouragement really do help and lift the soul.

I would like to recognize and thank each of you individually for your well wishes. If by chance I have missed anyone I apologize in advance, my visual capability is compromised at the moment.

Jamrock... WU...., FoutsFan...BoltJolt....WhydaCharger...Craig440...F LEET....Bolt4Knob....DMac...Ghost...Nutty...Velo.. ..thanks guys 🙏

Utah Bolt my Melonoma brother....you are so right. I got lucky because I had a hemorage in my left eye, totally unrelated to Melanoma but it made me get my eyes checked. The scans showed a suspicious eye freckle which turned out to be melanoma. I was lucky it was caught early and I have been under the watch of western Canada's best Ocular Onologist for the past year. My October scan said it was time for treatment. If not caught in time the Melanoma would have left my eye, got in my blood and straight to my liver...needless to say no more Charger games.

Its been a hard week no doubt, pretty nasty stuff. If you know how irritating it can be to have something in your eye, well than multiply that by a bunch of times to have your eye cut into so the surgeon can sew a gold plaque of live radiation beads onto my eye ball for a week. I will be relieved to have it surgically removed tomorrow. It will still be sore and tender for a bit i am sure as it heals and there will still be some radiation left in my eye DNA doing its thing. One thing I have learned is that my vision loss will be a lot more gradual than I thought, it will happen over the next 4-6 weeks...so at least i will have some time to adjust to my new situation. I also learned that they dont get all of the tumor, about 40% is left but it will be considered "inactive". I will still have to see the Ocular Oncologist every 3 months for the foreseeable future. Those of you who have had Cancer know the drill.

Anyways, I just wanted to update but most of all voice my appreciation for this community. Really looking forward to talking some ball again and watching the stretch run unfold. Hopefully the Chargers made some repairs on their bye too 😊

With gratitude, CBF

CBF - thank you for the update and continued good healing. That sounds more than irritating what you are going through but glad that the next surgery is happening and you can move on to the next phase of treatment and recovery!