Chemo's keeping me stuck inside, haven't fished in weeks!

[fender66]

Country Dave » Today, 07:33[/url]"]Brother so good to here the word improvement........................ =D>

You are in my thoughts and prayers brother, hang tuff................. [-o<

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[overboard]

Country Dave » Today, 08:33[/url]"]Brother so good to here the word improvement........................ =D>

You are in my thoughts and prayers brother, hang tuff................. [-o<

Same here, improvement is good!!!
Hope you enjoy the Toyota. I owned both an 85 and an 87 4-Runner that were bought used, and had good luck with both of them.

 

[MiPikeGuy]

I seriously can't thank you guys enough, it means the world to me.

I love the Toy so far Overboard! Went out in 12" of fresh powder the other night trail riding with bald tires and she didn't even flinch once, might as well have been driving on the street. We've always been a Toyota family, some of my dad's old Yota's are still cruising with 350-400K miles (and no bodies left) lol

 

[MiPikeGuy]

ha, just my luck! head gaskets blew on me Friday.... can't seem to catch a break

 

[overboard]

#-o Sounds like you have the type of luck I have!
So far I've had all 4-cyl's.. The two 4-rnrs I mentioned, and two Tacomas.
If you have a 6 cyl., I think blown head gaskets are somewhat common.
Good site for info. on the Toyotas is >Toyota Nation, or Tacoma World. Lots of good, and a little crazy, guys on there. Plenty of info.
I am on the TW forum, and have learned quite a bit from the posts on there.
Hope you get that straightened out! It's a shame it happened in just a short time.
The young guy I fish with had a Chevy S-10 ZR-2 that started self destructing at around 86,000 mi. He bought an "06" Tacoma Ex-cab TRD and loves it. He's past 100k and has had no problems with it.

 

[MiPikeGuy]

Yup, the HG's are a fairly common issue with the 3.0 V6. I was expecting to have to do it at some point, but was hoping to at least make it though winter. From what I've read a big part of the problem is the factory exhaust crossover behind the motor superheats cylinder #6, so a set of headers and crossover eliminator will be going in when I decide what route I'm going to go. Unless I decide on a 3.4 swap.

I've been getting some good help on YotaTech, but I'll check out Toyota Nation, thanks.

 

[fool4fish1226]

Keep your head up :beer: and I truely hope you enjoy the holidays. Those yotos are tuff trucks dont get me wrong Love my dodges and jeeps but you gotta love a truck (yotos) that can that can a beatin and keep on tickin. Good luck and feel better :beer:

 

[MiPikeGuy]

Started cycle 6 and "hopefully" the last for a while today, another PET Scan in 2 weeks, then maybe one more cycle and then to Ann Arbor to see a specialist about the long term.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, things were good around here. Luckily I was feeling good.

 

[Country Dave]

Brother I cant think of a tougher thing to go through. Its so difficult to believe in this day and age that we haven't eradicated this dreadful disease. It has directly effected my family and I have a dear friend going through treatment right now.

Stay strong brother I will continue to keep you in my prayers, "YOU WILL BEAT THIS"

 

[MiPikeGuy]

I agree. There's no money in a cure, the business is keeping us sick and coming back for more treatments. I disagree with chemo to be 100% honest, but I go because the alternatives stopped/weren't helping.

I was ready to give up during the last cycle, 5 days without eating, barely drinking, terrible chest pains, etc, etc, etc. Just glad my girlfriend and her family were there to push me. Tom (my girlfriends dad) went through his wife having breast cancer, and he said I had the same look the other day that his wife had after several treatments the "Is this really worth it?" look and kinda pulled me off to the side to give me some words of inspiration, he ended up in tears which was really surprising, seeing as my own father won't even talk to me about my being ill and still treats me like I'm 100% when most of the time I'm lucky to be at 50%. Blows my mind that her family shows more concern for me than he does. Heck when I don't have the gas money to make it to treatments, I borrow it from Tom because my dad tells me no when I ask him. Ugh


Thanks Dave, and I really truly do appreciate it.

 

[fender66]

I can't claim to know your family, but I can claim to know what it's like to have a family.member going through this. I also am a survivor. Yes....I've been on both sides of this horrible disease. It's scary as hell from both sides, but IMHO harder from the outside. Go easy on your family. My bet is that they are simply having a hard time watching what you are going through. ****.....I'm having a hard time watching and can't imagine watching my child go through this.
I will now be adding your family to my prayers to.

Hang in there.

 

[Country Dave]

Brother this much I do know, "it can be beat". There are countless numbers of success stories of people that have beat this and have gone into remission and you will be the next success story. It may just be your dads way of copping. Kind of a self defense mechanism, or more commonly know as denial.

If we can convince ourselves its not real, its not bad then we deal with it on a different plane. This is very common. I've had a scare, I don't like to talk much about it. From the little bit I know about this stuff they say ones willingness to fight and keep that positive attitude is probably more important than any one thing. Just keep thinking about a time when you're in remission and spanking the big pike........................... :wink:

 

[MiPikeGuy]

fender66 » 27 Dec 2013, 11:35[/url]"]I can't claim to know your family, but I can claim to know what it's like to have a family.member going through this. I also am a survivor. Yes....I've been on both sides of this horrible disease. It's scary as hell from both sides, but IMHO harder from the outside. Go easy on your family. My bet is that they are simply having a hard time watching what you are going through. s**t.....I'm having a hard time watching and can't imagine watching my child go through this.
I will now be adding your family to my prayers to.

Hang in there.

My mom is very supportive, but she lives a ways away from me so I don't see her as often as I'd like. I know it's hard on my mom and my girlfriend. I feel worse for them than I do for myself. I completely agree it's harder on them. If my dad was at least reasonable, it would be more understandable. But, for example when I started my last round of chemo, I was sick from day 1, it snowed pretty good the next couple days. I was too sick to snowblow the driveway while he was out of town. He came home and literally screamed at me for forty-five minutes as I had my head buried in the toilet vomiting. Then 2 days later screamed at me again because I was still extremely sick and refused to knock the ice off of our roof until I felt better. He treats me like his own personal slave in a lot of ways. Him and I haven't been close for years, and the only reason I'm here is because I'm too broke with all my medical stuff that I had nowhere else to go. He only talks to me when he needs something done. I feel like he doesn't want me here but since I am he's going to squeeze every last bit of work out of me that he can. It is what it is I guess.


Thank you, and I'm trying. I just hope this is the last cycle. I'm so worn-down it's not even funny.

 

[MiPikeGuy]

Country Dave » 27 Dec 2013, 11:38[/url]"]Brother this much I do know, "it can be beat". There are countless numbers of success stories of people that have beat this and have gone into remission and you will be the next success story. It may just be your dads way of copping. Kind of a self defense mechanism, or more commonly know as denial.

If we can convince ourselves its not real, its not bad then we deal with it on a different plane. This is very common. I've had a scare, I don't like to talk much about it. From the little bit I know about this stuff they say ones willingness to fight and keep that positive attitude is probably more important than any one thing. Just keep thinking about a time when you're in remission and spanking the big pike........................... :wink:

I know, and for my and everybody around me's sake I hope you're right!

I don't really care too talk about it either really so I dodge the questions from most people, for some reason I feel comfortable here though and you guys have helped a lot.

It would definitely help if it was still summertime to keep my spirits up, these short days, no sun, temps in the negatives have been keeping me trapped inside. I can still "kinda" fish when I'm hurtin in the summer. Couple buddies have been tried to get me out on the ice, but it's still a little thin for my liking.

I just wish I had at least another day or two in between cycles where I felt good, to actually feel 100%, but when I start a cycle and I'm only feelin 70-75% I'm already at a disadvantage. I begged my Dr's. to not start this cycle yesterday and to give me until Monday to recoop a little more because I still felt like crap. But no, they don't listen to me. Just like when they started me on chemo when I had pneumonia and I told them I was sick and they went ahead anyway, and I almost frikkin died.

 

[Kismet]

You know how we feel.

Sometimes courage is spelled "endurance."

BE gentle with yourself.

 

[Vader809]

Some people just can't cope with what you are going thru,And I don't believe that it is fair to be angry about it.Most people I know who have gone thru this usually don't share much with family members because they are afraid the family can't handle it .Or don't want to burden them.I became severely ill last December and I have never felt so alone and helpless,the doctors where being professional,but until I found one that had experience with my illness I was about to give up.Today a year later I am doing fine.Keep your head up and be as strong as you can! Think good thoughts of catching more Pike and bigger ones too.I will pray for a speedy recovery!

 

[MiPikeGuy]

Haven't been around much since my computer died, thought I'd give ya an update.

Finished rounds 6/7 had a pet scan and it came back clear. I was great for a few weeks, then my neck swelled again, migraines are back... ugh can't catch a break.

Meanwhile my Dr. says "I don't know what to do, you need to see a specialist." Which would be fine but I've already been waiting a month and they just moved my appointment with the specialist back two weeks, while my neck swells bigger by the day.

So tired of fighting, still sick, broke as a joke, and just plain miserable. Really wondering what's the point. /rant

 

[Kismet]

Hey Dude...

I've kept you in my mind over the winter.

I don't have any words of wisdom.

But if hoping for your well-being does any good, know that a bunch of folks you've never met are pulling for your health, and your peace of mind.

Best wishes.

 

[fender66]

Kismet » Today, 14:31[/url]"]Hey Dude...

I've kept you in my mind over the winter.

I don't have any words of wisdom.

But if hoping for your well-being does any good, know that a bunch of folks you've never met are pulling for your health, and your peace of mind.

Best wishes.

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[ccm]

your in my prayers dude. [-o< [-o< [-o< Hope you beat it so you can get back out there to catch that fish of a life time. The fact that your still posting and ranting to relive your frustrations only shows that you have the strength to win this battle. Don't let it get you down, fight, fight to win and to catch fish again. I'm pulling for you and keeping you in my prayers.