6th times a charm?

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Somehow I missed this whole thread, but I just read it all! Glad to hear you are back at home and doing well.

I thought that Mayo had a regulation against treating Bears fans? ;)

I did see your Twins shirt, so that halfway cancels out the Bears thing. Actually, being a Bears fan may be what is causing this! Although I am not a doctor, I feel confident that is at least adding to your issue!
 
MNElkNut said:
Somehow I missed this whole thread, but I just read it all! Glad to hear you are back at home and doing well.

I thought that Mayo had a regulation against treating Bears fans? ;)

I did see your Twins shirt, so that halfway cancels out the Bears thing. Actually, being a Bears fan may be what is causing this! Although I am not a doctor, I feel confident that is at least adding to your issue!
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Haha you might have a point! Although being a Bear's fan should lead to a heart condition. Just like being a Viking's fan should lead to a choking condition. 🤣🤣. Sorry, I had to! 😎😎
 
Boomerusaf said:
Beware, this is a long story!

In 2014, I was "deployed" to Al Udeid AB. Those who've been there, understand the quotations. Anyways, at the tail end of the trip I started having migraines and I would temporarily black out. Once stateside, a CT scan revealed a brain tumor, benign.
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After five surgeries, twenty hours in surgery, and nearly a month in the hospital, it was gone! Barrow Neurological Institute is where I went to down in Phoenix Arizona. They had to place a ventricular-peritoneal shunt to help manage CSF pressures. Other than that, I had a clean bill of health!
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In 2015, I tore up the outdoors and that fall, I shot my biggest buck yet.
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Unfortunately, the Air Force moved me from the asset column to the liaibility column and I was medically retired in 2016. My wife and I, moved back home to Minnesota. I used my GI Bill and started my undergrad. We bought our first home. Things were going great!

In January of 2018, after a night of ice fishing I suddenly couldn't move my left side and had stroke like symptoms. An MRI confirmed a hemorrhage in my right mid brain. The Mayo called it a cavernous malformation. A cluster of capillaries that slowly ooze blood. It is located in my brainstem and deemed inoperable. For the past two years, the bleeding increased and decreased along with my symptoms.

Finally, my wife had enough of my suffering and sent my information down to Barrow Neurological institute for a second opinion. They responded within 36 hours and said they can get it out! We flew down for a consultation and they confirmed again that they could get it out. We scheduled surgery for December 10th and the best part is the VA is playing ball and going to cover the surgery!!

I hate attention and never thought I would share this story but I wanted to thank all of you. For the past two years, I have lived vicariously through the daily posts and pictures. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL! You've kept my spirit alive.

God willing, I will be posting some hunting pictures next fall! Two weeks until surgery and I can't wait to get it over with!!
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Amazing story! Glad to hear everything is going well and that buck is a beaut! Thank you for your service and I equally enjoy your posts in this forum!
 
Thank you for your service. I’m pretty new here but it’s great to read through this and find out you’re doing better now. I’ll be reading your future adventures!
 
I'm in my 23 year since my diagnosis, I had brain cancer though.. Diffuse astrocytoma I wasn't supposed to make it this far.. God's grace is the only reason I'm still here.. Even after my first surgery and subsequent treatment. They told me 10 years max..

Keep your head up and fight the good fight.. I finally got back out West 2 years ago. Killed a nice antelope and just couldn't find a deer I wanted to pull the trigger on.. Then last year I had some other serious health issues and had to have major spinal surgery.. I still made it back out to WY and got a decent 4x4.. I am going to go as long as I can go..

You and Randy are both right you're going to run out of health before money. So get that rehab knocked out and get some hunting done..

I'll be praying for you brother...
 
Good for you! Stay strong and keep hunting. I will add you to my prayers for sustained health.

I appreciate the kind words, so thank you.

Keep doing what you can, while you can!

I'm pulling for you!

Boomer
 
I finally got around to doing some occupational therapy 😉!
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Only managed two 10"s but I couldn't be more proud of those fish. It's been a long time coming. My thought is, if I can kayak fish, I can hunt! Just in time for tag results!
 
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