Good Morning Dale,

Didnt hear anything from you yesterday! Are you ok? Please let us all know how you are doing! Even if you dont feel like talking.....just hop on here long enough to let us know that you are here but just silent.

Talk to you soon!
(((((HUGS)))))
Valley

Hi Dale! Like Valley said, please post when you get a chance, even if just to let us know that you are doing okay. We miss you! I'm hoping that your appt. went well yesterday. Please let us know. I'm thinking of you! - Tina

Hi ladies. I believe they might have done the mone marrow biopsy yesterday. If this is the case he might be out of commission for a couple of days. Like you I am anxiously awaiting word - but this may be why we aren't hearing from him. Probably not able to get to the computer at the moment. Dale - when you do get back - we are praying hard!!! You are in my thoughts all the time and I am so very sorry you are going through this.

That sounds painful Janet. Will he have to be on meds after? I hope he is okay with that...

Dale, like Janet said, we are praying for you! I hope that wherever you are recovering that you remember that we are out here and that we care about you very much!

Dale - check in when you can..thinking of you! Lizzie

Hey Dale,

Just wanted to check in and let you now I'm thinking of you. Your always in my prayers.

hi guys just have a moment I am still in the hosp they are still tesint, maybe take out splen not sure whats up with it yet. I feel all used up.

Hey Dale, :wave:

My prayers are with you as always. Hope they make decisions soon. Being in limbo drives you crazy as it does each of us. We're here when you can post.

Dale! It's so good to hear from you, even if only a few lines. Remove your spleen? Hmmmm... Interesting. I know how it feels to be stuck in the hospital having all sorts of tests done. The last stay, as you know, was 6 days of it! It's no fun. Try and stay as positive as you can. Remember that we are thinking of and missing you! Write more when you get the chance and feel up to it! - Tina

Dale - so good to hear from you!! Keep up the fight!! Soon this will be behind you. We are all thinking of you and praying for you!

Just bumping this up so that if Dale has a chance to check in, this will right up there for him to see....

Hope you are making some progress in your diagnosis Dale, or even better, are already diagnosed and out of the hospital resting at home! I'm praying for you, AND I have my fingers crossed for you! So... double well wishes coming from me! :) Miss you!

Tina :) :) :) :)

Dale

Best wishes for good health news. I will keep you in my prayers. Have a Merry Christmas and hope to hear from you soon.

Vicky :angel:

Me too Dale. Anxious to hear from you. I hope some of your friends and family are checking on you as well. I pray you get to come home for Christmas and that all this is behind you soon. With everything you are going through I"m concerned that you might need pain meds - but remember - sometimes they are necessary. Take them as needed and when needed and then toss them so you don't go back down that road. I am very worried about you - you are on my mind and in my prayers often.

merry christmas everyone i am not home yet but may e soon they tell me

merry christmas dale and happy holidays.wishing you health and happiness on this christmas day.-spark

Hey Dale and Merry Christmas. Thinking of you through out the days. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Hi Dale. We miss you. Hope to hear some good news soon. We've all been thinking of you. Merry Christmas dear...you've been through alot lately. I think you are a very strong man. Look at everything you've been through in the last few weeks and you are still hanging tough. God bless you and fill us in when you can. I'll be glad to see you back. :D

Dale, have been thinking of you alot ( from the land of Aussie) :cool: . You have so many people who care for you and think of you.

I send you my best wishes and I know that someway you WILL get through this all ;) .
:wave:

Dale
Hope to hear some good news from you soon. :) Happy Holidays and best wishes.

Vicky :angel:

Hope everyone had a great holiday over the weekend!

Dale - I hope you are getting some answers while in the hospital. Hope to hear more from you soon!

Hi Just Wantd To Say Hi Real Quick I Am Sick Today And Week. The Nurse Raised Heck When I Am Not In Bed Donnt Worry About Me I Be Ok Soon. I Need Sum Of Those Bouncy Green Things To Make Me Feel Better. :bouncing: LIEK THESE

Dale!!! So good to hear from you! I am having a hard time NOT worrying about you! Please take care of yourself... LISTEN TO YOUR NURSES!!! ;) We need you better soon because we all miss you terribly! Please let us know what is happening as soon as you get a chance!


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Miss you! :wave:
Tina

You can have as many bouncy green things as you need dear - here ya go!
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I hope you are able to go home soon and will have time to tell us what is happening....been really worried. Keeping you in my prayers.

Buzz

Here's more and some smiles also

Thinking of you and sending good wishes,
Vicky


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see it worked I got out of bed 2times today gott to watchout for nurse kratchet. Yall men so much tgo me, sorry about the spelling my eyes arfe blurry

Hey Dale,

Fuzzy vision? Where's the specs? Lost mine today for a few hours and couldn't see a thing. :D :D Better be good or the nurse cam do things to you that you don't even want to think about. hehehe

Hope you're feeling better with every passing moment.

Hi Dale!! We miss you!! Here's some more little green blobs for you!! Hope to hear what has happened and how you are soon. I hope and pray all is going to be well soon.
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God bless! Hang in there!! :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

Good to hear more from you Dale! You know, there is an old theory that it is the nurses that truly run the hospitals! So you'd better be a good boy and obey their orders or they could make it pretty rough on you! ;)

Hoping to hear more details soon! I'm thinking of you! :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

Ok hi yall, I can see pretty good today. Feeling a little more like myself (not sure thats a good thing) I am sorry I have kept yall in the dark as long as I have, but I do not anyone worrying over me, praying is ok, worrying does no one any good. I am sick, I am not going to go into details they are not important, but needless to say I don't think I am going to need any shampoo here shortly (haha). This stuff is tuff but I am tuffer (if the cure don't kill me haha) Thank yall for your notes of encouragement, I tried to read every day that I could.
Just so you know, after the tests came back, I signed the divorce papers and a quick claim dead for the house over to my wife and son, have not heard from them. Some of my co-workers got my clothes, my boat and my truck and left the rest. They can have it. They squeezed till I was no good to them anymore. I understand there is a for sale sign up already.
I am well I cannot say drug free, but I am not on any type of pain medication, not much pain associated with this, just makes you feel like you been hit by a couple of mack trucks.
I can feel the good thoughts, prayers, and good wishes come through this screen. I thank you all. I will not disappear, I promise if for some reason I cannnot post I will get someone to do it for me, but I will always be able to read anything you write.

Thank you all my friends, especially Janet, Tina, Mom, vicky and Valley bye the way valley hoep the offer still stands to pick u up on my bike someday haha. I just dont knokw what all I can say about you all you a heaven sent angels. If I missed anyone I am sorry, still tired. I am going to sign off for now before this turns into a bad country song haha.
Dale

My gosh Dale, I can't believe you still have a sense of humor after all that you have gone through! You are my hero. I went through a divorce as well and that nearly broke me. Now you are battling something very huge and are joking around. You are a great man to even quit claim your house to your ex wife and son. Why haven't you heard anything from them yet? Well, i'm sure it isn't easy for anybody that is involved.

I just wante to say that you are truly a brave man and reading about you gives me hope and courage.

Hang in there guy and please post to let us know how you are doing. We care.

Dale...

WOW!!! How much you have been thru while in the hospital! That is just baffling... I don't even know what I would do! Are you wife and son aware taht you are in the hospital now? It seems like the doctor's have been able to give you a definite diagnosis since you seem to know what treatment you will be getting? I understand if you don't feel up to writing it down yet...

HA! Telling us not to worry!?!? Didn't I tell you I was a professional worrier? I know it doesn't get me anywhere, but I just can't help it! I worry when someone I care about is going thru tough times... especially when I can't be there to help! I wish there was some other way for us to be able to contact you at this time, since you aren't able to post much right now... I just wish I could be more help to you right now. I know that you are most likely dealing with most of this on your own and I hate to think about that. Just remember, that even though I can't be there in person, I am here thinking of you and praying for a quick recovery!

Write soon.
Tina

Dale, I was so happy and relieved to hear from you.....just to know that you are ok. Dale, you are so strong....so i know that you are going to get through this just fine. I will not pry, nor will i ask questions about this little bump in the road that you are experiencing.....i will just be here to support you, listen to you, and pray for you.

Dale, I am so ready for you to pick me up, we can just keep riding for as long and as far as we want to. No cares in the world, we would never even come back if we didnt want to. I will be waiting and ready for you as soon as you feel well enough.

Until then......Dale......close your eyes......can you hear the rumble of the engine? We are on a deserted highway with mountains in the distance, we can see for miles. I can smell the fresh country air, the wind blowing in my face and through my blonde hair all the while the warm sun is kissing the tops of our heads. There is no need to speak.....as we have no cares or worries, our thoughts are one, we can read each others minds......................

Remember.....when you are feeling bad, just close your eyes......that wonderful place is only a "blink" away........

When you feel up to it........i want you to add to "our" adventure. OK???

Concentrate on getting well,
Hugs to you,
Valley

Hey, maybe we can get a side car and I can come along! ;) It's sounding pretty great!

Hey Dale. Just letting you know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Whatever is going on in your life I am thinking of you and keeping you near in my prayers. I hope that you keep that strong powerful fighting spirit alive - you have been through quite alot and you really amaze me.

Fight!! Remember....we are here pulling for you. I wish I could do more. :wave:

Good morning all, I am just bumping this up for Dale!

Dale, i hope that you are feeling better and stronger than you were yesterday!

Talk soon,
Love,
Valley

Good Morning Dale! Just wanted to say I was thinking of you! Man, I miss you! I got so used to "talking" to you every day of the week! Now I'm going thru "dale withdrawel"!!! Hope you are feeling even a little better today... I've been praying like crazy for you so hopefully it helps and you will be able to get out of the hospital soon! Since you gave up your house, you can always come to Wisconsin to live! That is, if you don't mind snowy and cold weather 6 months of the year.... ugh, I'm sick of winter!

Hope everyone else is having a good morning as well!

Hope to hear from you soon Dale!
Love Ya!
Tina

hi, ruff night. Tank you for all your wonderful posts they men so much to me. Valley I can feel that for sure. I am not that strong guys, I am going to fight, fight it hard but really what choice do I havce in this. who am i to qestion god. have i made the heavens and earth, i thing he knows what he is doing.
weired my blood must be glowoing in my viens by now; my side is sore from my spleen enlarged, but i didn't take any meds for pain, holding out. If they have to remove it then maybe i have to take some then. I starting to look like a patient, but i got my harly buff so its ok/

love ya all
dale

Dale, don't suffer because of your previous addiction. If you are in pain, then you need the pain meds. You are in the hospital so they will be monitered, no chance of abusing them. When you are in untreated pain it can make other conditions worse as well. Don't hold out too much if you need it!!!

oh i forgot if they have to take it out i migt be out ofr a couple of days but iwill get someone to tell yall that I am ok so do not worry, shod no today

Hi
Scary thought that we are all in Dale withdrawl!!!!!! I guess us addicts have to be addicted to something. Might as well be someone as strong and fearless as you. Rush to get better as we all miss you terribly.

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

Vicky :angel:

Dale, I am new to boards. I have heard so many good things about you. You seem to have celeberty status here.
I here you were an Oxy head like me.
You get better so we can talk.
Hope you don't have to endure too much pain.
Tom :bouncing:

Good Morning everyone and Happy Friday!

Dale- Hope you might be feeling a little bit better today! Remember what I said about not making yourself suffer over fears of becoming addicted again. Explain your situation to the doc's and tell them you want to take as little pain meds as possible to treat your pain. But don't just NOT treat your pain Dale! Pain can aggrevate any condition. And you do NOT deserve to suffer! :) Write soon and let us all know how you are doing. Miss you!!!!

Hi all, hope everyone is doing good. I had another bad one last night, how sick are you of hearing that huh? well the plan was to do surg this morning to take out my spleen but I ran a fever all night so they canx the surg. I am starting a new campaign you have heard of save the whlaes and the spotted owl? Mine is to save the spleen hahaha. sorry if you can't laught at this I have too. Valley I tried your idea last inght and went right to sleep thanks. Tina thanks for being there. Where is everyone else at have not heard seen janet or mom, vicky. Hey I am goint to need someone to help me shop, non of my closthes are going to fit wehn i get out of here. Jennifer comes up all the time, the good smelllin one but I don't smell so good right now, ops not me my nose haha. Trying real hard guys, but they had to give me some meds because of pain, I waited as long as I cold they just did it didn't even ask, really. I fell ltired today but feel like the fever is gone. I wanted to go down to the childrens ward and asked nurse kratchet I though she was going to lose her water over that one hahahah I like messin with her. she is ok though takes god care of me. please send some jumping green things myway

When its darkest, thats when you can really see the stars !!!!

lvoe yall
dlae

Hi, Dale -

We haven't met, yet....but I see your favorite medicine is late today. So...here it is!

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Tho' I haven't talked with you, yet, I've been following your story and laughing at your humor. Nothing beats a chuckle and an ironic look at life! :D

Keep your spirits up. "Save the Spleen"!!! And, get well sooooon! Lynn :-)

Dale - Why do they need to take out the spleen! I need to know before I join the campaign! You know me, I want what is absolutely best for YOU so even if you are holding out on something I might need to push for it! He he he... ;)

I have also noticed Dale that the boards have been slow lately. I think Janet was goign to be away for awhile. But I am sure she is thinking of you!

And you'd better stop feeling bad about them giving you the pain meds!!! Like I keep trying to tell you, you can't continue to suffer in so much pain. All that will do is aggrevate every other problem you are having! Not to mention just make you feel awful! And you don't deserve that. And as I said before, your problem with pills is the inability to take them as prescribed... you are not in control of the meds while you are in the hospital! They are not going to give you more than you should have. So don't worry about it! You do what you need to do to get yourself feeling better! And that's an order! ;)

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Keep posting! Miss you like crazy!
Tina

I am sorry I forgot to say thnaks for the posts form still craze and twinlnn and my god one from aussie land hwo awsome to have friends everywhere I am very lucjy man.

peace
Dale

Dale

I have been here and posted a couple of times. I have you in my thoughts and prayers. Keep your sense of humor and most importantly...

Save The Spleen

Love and good wishes

Vicky :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

Dale, I sure hope that you get to feeling better soon and i am so very glad to see that you have a great sense of humor through it all.

Do you have any idea how much longer you may be in the hosptal?
I will let you REST for one day ONLY once you get home, as i will have my bags packed waiting for you to pick me up on your motorcycle and we will ride off into the sun set!

I am so glad that you were able to close your eyes and think good thoughts while gong to sleep, that is just what you need! Remember, you have to add to our run away vacation.

Get well soon,
Valley

Hey Dale,

Happy New Year!! Keep the faith that it will become a great new year as time progresses. I think of you everyday and you are always in my prayers. I'm not online as much as I was. Life is moving, faster for me. I'm getting out into the world, start a new job this week, move into an apartment in about two weeks and hopefully get my daughter back by the end of the month. I will be checking in and looking to see how you're doing. You are a wonderful online friend and are truly loved.

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this is jen is anyone out there

Jen

Are you Dale's secretary? Please let us know how he is doing? Give him best wishes and a Happy New Year!

Vicky :angel:

Dale.....Jen......Please, Tell us how you/he is doing!!!!!

We are soooooo very worried!

Sending all my love,
Valley

Yes Dale - we are thinking about you. Please send us a message somehow and let us know what is going on. You are in my prayers.

Janet

Yes, Jen! We check in as much as possible. Slower over the weekends. Please let up know how Dale is doing! - Tina

Dale had surg Sat night they took out his spleen, he got like a really bad fever from it I guess. He was in the ICU because of it, but he hopefully should be back in a normal room in a day or too. He was really sick Sat, we were not sure that he was going to be ok but hopefully the surg helped. I am very scared for him. This is his secretary, I hope its ok that I do this he gave me his laptop and told me where to go. He is a very strong man but he is very sick.
Jen

thank you SO much for posting Jen. And for being there for him! It means so much to us since we are not able to be there to help him. PLEASE keep us posted on his recovery. Let him know that we are all praying for him and miss him terribly.

Love,
Tina

Yes Jen - thank you for telling us how he is. We really don't know everything that is going on but we know he is very sick. We care very much for him and want him to know we miss him and are thinking of him. He's been through alot recently and we are so worried about him. Please tell him we are thinking of him and sending good thoughts and prayers.

Janet

Well I am not exactly sure how this all works, its hard to get info cause I am not a blood relative or something like that. He told the nurses that I am his family now so they are pretty good. It was sad he did get a card from his wife and it simply said hope you get well soon, I showed it to him just before surg he was barley awake and he smiled and said see she still loves me, I broke down after they took him. I swear if she shows her face here I will kick her ***. I lose it sometimes, he is the most beautifull man inside and out I have ever met. I am so glad he has people here that is great.
Jen

Jen, Thank you so much for keeping us posted on Dale's condition. Please tell him we are thinking of him and want him to get well soon.

I am also so glad that he has you there for him. He really needs you right now.

I will be waiting patiently to hear from you again.

Thank you so much,
Valley

Jen - I am so grateful that you are there with him. He needs to have someone on his side. By the way, I share your feelings on the ex-wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for keeping us posted. I'll keep Dale in my prayers as always.

Jen

Thanks for keeping us posted. You seem like a wonderful and caring person. :) Just what Dale needs now. Look out for him and tell him that we all send our best wishes for a speedy recovery.(no pun intended)

Vicky :angel:

He is so sick, I just don't know if I can do this or not, my hearth is breaking for him. He has lost so much weight, he is losing his hair. This is just not fair. He keeps getting these fevers and they cannot stop them. I am so worried about him. They try and try and nothing works. How long have you known Dale ? How well do you guys know him?

We know Dale only through here. We helped him make some decisions to change the course of his life, finally when things started to improve his wife left. We know that he is a wonderful man - you could sense that through his posts. I feel so bad that he is so sick - he has been through so very much. We really care for him and want the best...it sounds like things are really bad Jen. I wish there were more we could do.

Jen - just tell him for me that his head cheerleader is out here praying as hard as she can. He'll know who that is I think...we have cheered him on literally through some hard times in the last couple of months.

Janet

Hi Jen, As Janet said, we only really know him from here. However, many of us have seem to become very close to him and have taken a real liking to him. I am so very sad for him and think of him often through out the day. I wish i could be there for him. It comforts me as i am sure it does him to have you there beside him. He really likes you and has always spoke highly of you.

Please tell him i am thinking of him and to stay strong and FIGHT!!!!!!
Tell him that ValleyGurl said I have my bags packed and am waiting for him to get better so that we can go on that bike journey! I am soooo ready to go! lol

Thank you soooooo much Jen for keeping us posted. There just arent enough words to express my gratitude for all that you are doing.

Sincerely,
ValleyGurl

I told him what everyone said he smiled a little he is very weak. He just cannot seem to get rid of this fever and it is just so bad, it is really bad. I don't want to scare yall, but he is very sick. He told me he felt all used up, he said he could not smell my perfume today, I don't know what he means by that, but........anyways. I will tell him about the trip valley, and I will tell him about the cheerleader also. Maybe yall will tell me more about all this stuff someday. I will try to tell yall more tomarrow.

Jen

Jen,

Things don't sound good for Dale. It is so sad for all of us who have come to love him through this board. Give him a big hug and kiss from me. Tell him to fight and pray with all his might.

Thank you for being there for Dale. I know he thinks you are a wonderful person and I'm so grateful that you are able to be there for him.

I'll pray from him in my prayers tonight and check back in tomorrow afternoon when I get in from work.

jen is it possible to tell us what is exactly wrong with dale as we are all in shock over this.tell him spark said hi and that if he can be a special forces soldier then he can beat this with no problem.good luck-spark

Jen

Please tell Dale I send best wishes! What about his son? Does he know how sick his dad is? Keep us informed as we all care about Dale. It maybe strange that we are all so close and we have never met but we have. Here on these boards that have brought us all together. We are all in the same situation and now feel like a family. We confide in each other and most importantly look to one another for support. It is given unconditionally here with no judgements!

My love to Dale
Vicky :angel:

Hi Jen, As Spark said, is it possible to tell us a little more about Dale's condition? We knew that he wasnt feeling well and that his Doctor wanted him to have some tests done. If i remember right, he had went into the hospital for a Bone Marrow Biopsy???? for possible Leukemia???? He then told us that the results wasnt good.

So if you could cue us in a little more......we would be ever so greatful. It just seems that he got so vry sick soooo very fast! As Vicky had asked, what about his son? Does he know? Does he call? Does Dale have any other family besides you and his son?

We always talked about his wife and a little about his son and of course how special "you" are..........

Again, thanks for everything you are doing!

Valley

Hi Jen - This is Tina, I've been off for most of the weekend. Please tell Dale that I am thinking of him, as usual! He has helped me thru some rough times...we were a "team" when we first met on this board. We were newbies at the same time. I only wish that I could be there for him now. Please let him know that he is foremost in my thoughts and prayers! I need him to come back and help me out some more!!! :) I am so happy that he has you there. I too would like to know if his son is aware of how ill he is? And has he been coming to visit???? Please keep us posted.

Love Always,
Tina

Hi everyone I am going to the hospitol in a few, his family has been contacted but we have not seen any of them here, no calls nothing but that one card. I don't know alot except that he has had some chemo, he was suppost to have like a bunch or something but his spleen went crazy and this fever thing something to do with his blood. I have talked to the nurse and she said he did have a good night but was sick again this morning. I will try to find more out for you guys today if I can, I guess it is like a blood cancer but I have not heard of that before??????

Jen

Leukemia was what was supected and that sounds like what he is dealing with. We are all here praying, worrying and hoping for the best. Tell him he is loved and missed very much.

I can't believe his son hasn't come if he knows...it seemed they had a pretty good relationship. Anyway....thank you for being such a good friend to him. I wish there was more we could do.

Janet

Hi Jen

Thanks for letting us know - sounds like leukemia has been confirmed. I haven't posted a lot, but have followed Dale's story. Tell Dale there are many of us out here concerned about him.

Keep us posted as much as you can. Thanks.

Jan

Hi Jen :wave:

I know what Dale is going through. My husband has liver cancer and the next chemo treatment is tomorrow. He gets sooo very sick. We are hoping for surgery to take a lobe of his liver out but are unsure if that can be done. Sorry I didn't mean to make this about me and my husband. Just for you to tell Dale that I understand and hope the best for him. Thanks for keeping us posted as we feel like Dale is our family(but better as his own doesn't seem to care). My best to him. You are an angel :angel:

Vicky

these are for Dale he will know what they are :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

I am at the hospitol he is soo sick today gosh I just cannot believe it I feel like he is just not fighting anymore. I am sorry he said do not worry all of you with it but I know your worried about him and want to know.

Thanks for the update Jen. You tell him that Tina says he HAS to keep fighting. If he can make it thru a war, he can make it thru this!!! And we need him back here. No ifs ands or buts! He is too important to just stop fighting. :) We love him too much!

Yes - tell him he'd better fight - I need him back here!!!! I know he doesn't want us to worry - but too late for that - that's what friends do. We are worried sick. We miss him terribly.

Janet