{"id":718,"date":"2014-05-26T11:21:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T18:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2014-05-28T18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T01:35:15","slug":"cancer-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Cancer sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20140526_standbyme\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Updates at GHG will be light this week since my father-in-law goes in for radical prostatectomy surgery tomorrow morning. This will change his life and the lives of those who are close to him in ways we don’t even know yet.<\/p>\n

Although I am not ready to talk about it, one day soon I will. In the words of Wil Wheaton from one of my favorite films\u00a0Stand By Me<\/em>, my message to all cancers of the world: “Suck my fat one, you cheap dime store hood.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"20140527_va_parking\"<\/a>5\/28\/14 Update:<\/strong><\/em> Well, after a long two days, we are back home.<\/p>\n

My father-in-law had the surgery done yesterday at the Portland VA Medical Center. He went in for pre-op around 9:30 in the morning, and we didn’t see him until about 9 that night, so it was a long, long day.<\/p>\n

The good news is that everything went really well, and that there was no indication that the cancer had spread anywhere else, which was a huge relief for all of us to hear! Almost miraculously, he was already up and walking around a bit today, had a good appetite, and his pain meds were kept to a minimum.<\/p>\n

He was his usual joking self, although laughing would make his abdominal area hurt, so we tried — and our attempts were futile — to limit the funnies. We justified it by saying that laughing would strengthen his core and speed up his recovery, which of course, caused more laughing.<\/p>\n

Anyway, with any luck, he’ll be coming home this Friday to continue the long road to 100% recovery. We are all very, very thankful for the doctors and staff at the VA. They were all caring, knowledgeable, and took great care of my father-in-law before, during, and after his surgery.<\/p>\n

Despite the stress, lack of sleep, and emotion of the day, I\u00a0did<\/em> get some “gaming” in while we waited yesterday. Although I can’t claim to have completed the entire thing, this puzzle kept us busy into the evening hours:<\/p>\n

\"20140527_puzzle\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It actually made me want to put more puzzles together, so I might have to buy a few in the near future. Videogame-themed ones, of course.<\/p>\n

Thank you so<\/em> much for the kind emails, messages, and calls we received over the past few days. In times like these, having so many caring and loving people around us has made all the difference in the world.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updates at GHG will be light this week since my father-in-law goes in for radical prostatectomy surgery tomorrow morning. This will change his life and the lives of those who are close to him in ways we don’t even know yet. Although I am not ready to talk about it, one day soon I will. 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