Thoughts and Prayers Time Again, Folks! UPDATED!

Prayers from me definitely Randy, get well soon.

Prayers sent. Get well soon!

Thanks, men. I'm just a bit nervous.

Prayers and good vibes headed your way Wiz. Get well soon.

Hopes and prayers Wiz!

Oh hell no, this isn't the news I wanted to get at this time.  Wiz has had a rough enough time of it already, and then this on top of it.  It's no darned good, no siree.

Anyway, Wiz all my best hopes and wishes are coming your way.  Get well real soon and may your recovery be 100% complete in every way.

Oh yeah, I had similar symptoms way back in the 70's, was a merchant seaman and ended up in hospital in Bougainville when we docked.  It turned out to be a form of yellow fever.  Bed rest and medication had it sorted in a few of days, so hopefully that's all it takes for you to be back on track.

Be well, man.

The best of luck to you, Wiz. Get well soon.

Get well soon....don't annoy too many nurses...;)

My thoughts are with you Wiz, get well soon.

You never know, could be something that might be fixed with a dozen pills.  Here's hoping it is, give 'em Heck Wiz, get well soon.

My prayers are with you, Wiz! Get well soon.

Get well soon! NO! Sooner!

And listen to Jafo. Always listen to Jafo.

Seriously, thoughts and prayers are going with you. Randy. 

Thanks to everyone for the prayers and kind words. I may be down but I'm not out. I'll keep you all posted about my condition as I know more.

:'(

Biopsy today to check out the 4 spots on my liver found by a CT scan and they want to see what is in the fluid I've been retaining.

Wish me luck and please keep the prayers coming.

Yeah, mate, always.  All the best for your surgery and speedy recovery.

I retained a lot of fluid when I was hospitalised in Bougainville.  My crew mates reckoned I was full of piss [which is better than being told I was full of sh!t, I suppose], and they weren't far wrong.  I was given a course of diuretics and things wen't back to normal pretty quickly. 

The pain from the swelling in my feet and ankles was pretty bad, too.  I couldn't bear to put my feet to the ground, but after a few days bed rest and the appropriate meds, I was getting around the decks like nobody's business.  Hopefully, your ailments can be resolved as easily.

I sure hope that is the case Mark. They loaded me up with diuretics and antibiotics last night and most of the swelling has gotten much better.

That's some good news. I thought you were pregnant.

Randy, still praying hard here, and I know a bunch of others are too. Get well, man. I need my tester back...

Yeah, that's pretty much what they did with me and the swelling reduced quite a bit after the first course, which sure pleased me because it was rather painful.  What didn't help was that we were still two days out of port when it flared up.

The 1st Mate had some basic first aid knowledge and did what he could to make me comfortable, but getting to the hospital was the best thing since sliced bread at the time... and normally I try to avoid hospitals whenever I can. Still, they are the best places to be when you're really ill, and at the time I was quite unwell.  I still don't know for sure what I had.  They told me it was a form of yellow fever, and I was severely jaundiced, but I was in the tropics and maybe that had something to do with it.

Oh, and the nurse who mainly cared for me was the cutest, most beautiful islander girl I had ever seen.  When I was discharged we went swimming daily together at this fantastic beach with hundreds of coconut palms as well as great fishing.  Yup, my time in Bougainville [after the time in hospital, that is] was rather enjoyable, with great people and great scenery.

Anyhow, Wiz, you keep getting better and get plenty of rest, okay.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Wiz....

I bet they'll have you sorted in no time...

I'm sure there'll be no chance of that!!

I see you survived the surgery, then. 

That's the first step, and an important one, to your recovery... not having to pee in a bottle/poo in a pan.  I sadly remember those dreaded things... and how cumbersome, awkward and deadly they were while I was in traction. 

This one this one time I was perched atop the pan and straining to get the job done when the pan just flew out from under me [like somebody had just polished the damned thing] and I ended up with a deposit on the sheet.... and there's me, trying to avoid contact with it by hanging for grim death onto the triangle above the bed and calling out "Nurse... NURSE... NURSE!!!!!!  Luckily, I didn't have to wait long for my deposit to be removed cos they heard the clatter of the bed pan hitting the floor up at the nurses station.

I will admit, I didn't appreciate all the giggles, sniggers and outright laughter from fellow patients and nurses alike, but looking back on it now, it must have been frickin' hilarious.

No surgery yet, just a MRI and a biopsy. Still awaiting the results of the biopsy but it isn't looking good. 4 tumors on my liver, unknown if they are malignant. Please keep the prayers coming, I need all the help I can get.

Hey...wait for the tissue diagnosis before ordering any pine boxes, Wiz. 

Also, what appears as a tumor isn't always one, you know...also, could be another process altogether.

Keep your pecker up, as the English say, and be positive...not easy just now, but you've friends who care, so that's positive, right?