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Prayers for Dino...
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opelmanta1900 Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 10:19 AM EST
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My buddy dino, former works series of poker player, has lung cancer... They found it during a scan that he only got because he had a new doctor that was young and basically wanted to try the machine out...

He had no symptoms, and although he was a smoker many years ago, this cancer is apparently not caused by smoking...

Long story short, he's going in tomorrow to have half of his right lung removed... Scary stuff for sure but he's ready to just get it over with...

Prayers are appreciated, his wife's name is Laurie..
teedubbya Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 10:21 AM EST
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done
Palama Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 10:31 AM EST
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Prayers and positive thoughts for Dino and Laurie. Pray
Gene363 Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 10:45 AM EST
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Done.
USNGunner Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 10:57 AM EST
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Prayers out for your friend and his family.

frankj1 Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 10:58 AM EST
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sending them what I can.
fishinguitarman Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 11:14 AM EST
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DrafterX Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 11:56 AM EST
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Pray
RMAN4443 Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 12:18 PM EST
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Prayers and best wishes for Dino and Laurie...Pray
Krazeehorse Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 12:19 PM EST
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Thinking about you Dino.
corey sellers Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 1:45 PM EST
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Thoughts and prayers are headed there way

Cancer is a real mother phugger
jespear Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 2:15 PM EST
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Prayers for Dino.

My sister had lung cancer, and they took her entire left lung and ALL of her lymph nodes.
The Oncologist told her to go home and "Get your affairs together".
That was EIGHT YEARS AGO !
Keep the Faith, Dino.
izonfire Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 2:20 PM EST
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Wishing my best for Dino and Laurie

11 - I know you've had a rough time of it Corey - hope you're doing well...
Sunoverbeach Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 2:22 PM EST
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Thoughts and best wishes to them
thurson Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 3:26 PM EST
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Prayers for Dino.
gummy jones Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 3:45 PM EST
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done
8trackdisco Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 9:38 PM EST
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Done.
madspackler Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 9:51 PM EST
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Sending positive thoughts and prayers to Dino and Laurie.
Cereal City Cigar Smoker Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Oct 8 2019, 9:59 PM EST
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Pray wishing a speedy recovery!
Speyside Offline
#20 Posted: Wed, Oct 9 2019, 9:03 AM EST
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Prayers and positive thoughts Opel. But I'm not sure how much the big guy listens to a reprobate like me.
8trackdisco Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, Oct 10 2019, 4:07 AM EST
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Dino update?
opelmanta1900 Offline
#22 Posted: Thu, Oct 10 2019, 8:27 AM EST
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Thanks for the reminder 8... And thank you everyone for the prayers...

From Laurie:

Well, the surgery is complete and Dino is at the moment resting comfortably. He is enduring a lot of pain. According to the doctor, the surgery went very well and he was able to remove the tumor and also some nearby lymph nodes. The tumor had not grown. He is doing as well as can be expected, his nurse said he is progressing normally. However, she said that his pain level was off the charts before we went into the room and they had to give him quite a bit of medication even though he has an epidural and a nerve block. The surgeon had to do an open surgery as opposed to the video assisted thoracic surgery...This translates to a harder recovery, nevertheless the doctor was pleased with the outcome and is confident Dino will be fine. The tumor was biopsied on the spot and it was determined to be an adenocarcinoma. That means that it is a slower growing tumor, more in the mucus cells, and a little bit easier to treat. His lymph nodes were swollen....Which is why they were removed. The doctor is uncertain whether they were swollen because of the surgery or if there is more malignancy. We will know more in a few days. I do not recommend anyone visiting Dino today or tomorrow. If you would like to visit, I am sure he would love to see you, maybe beginning this weekend, but Iโ€™m going to be a newborn mama on this one and insist that you be in super swell shape and in no way harboring an illness. We appreciate everybodyโ€™s love, support, prayers and friendship. Dino loves everyone of you.
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