Have fun!

Have him throw coins in the fountain. ;)

Wishing you guys a fantastic trip. Hes lucky to have you Monster.

Coins???

Bellyflop!!!

No coins, throwing a coin from the right hand over the left shoulder will ensure that you will return to Rome in the future.

were at the Trevi this evening, no coins were thrown.

The legend doesn't say anything about how/when you'll return and if you'll actually want to.... you might be on the flight home and get turned back, for example...

Or a volcano in Iceland might erupt, canceling all transatlantic flights. Like a couple years ago.

egg zacktly. knowing our luck, we'd have hit a cop and ended up with a free room for the night

I am so sorry http://i59.tinypic.com/72tuzr.gif

I thought you'd want him to be able to return to Rome under any circumstances. My bad.

Hashtag corrupted wish


Have fun you guys, and travel safely.

Update: a few weeks ago he had a life-threatening reaction to the chemo, so that's over and there's nothing to stop the growth of the tumors attacking the liver. He's in liver failure and has a couple more months. yesterday we told the kids and today his mom. So now it's not a secret. but I'm still not discussing it on facebook.

Life sucks, dudes. :( But we did have a fucking good time and have three amazing offspring to show for it. Would just have liked to be able to grow old with my best friend and partner in crime, and do all the things we put off because we were raising beestmonsterlets.

I will keep you posted, but not very often because I'm not really into discussing it most of the time.

Tomorrow a surgery and another overnight in the hospital to deal with the bleeding issue from last week.

:mecry:

:sniff:

:sniff: damn, so sorry.

Fuck. I'm so sorry.

:sniff:

I've told him I'mm'a have him made into paintballs :)

Well that just sucks. I'm sorry guys. :sniff:

Sorry to hear this

It brings tears to my eyes to read this, because my brother went the same way.

He's 46, btw. 46

Goddamn. I've erased a hundred words here. I've got no advice, no wisdom. I cannot grok. My mind just goes blank.

I'm so sorry monster.

thanks all. I know. 2 hours into the 4ish hour surgery.

sat in the cafeteria looking out of the window, killing time on the interwebs when my computer doesn't crash. somehow managed not to put the mouse in the backpack, so can 't really play my favorite mindless game..... ho hum

My brother made it to 50. He was not one to trust doctors, but finally had to do something. He had a colon cancer was like a donut around his intestine. It metasfied to the liver and that was all she wrote. The surgeon said it probably started 7 years before it was detected. Turns out he wasn't fat at all. His body was drowning in fluid.

So sorry to hear that news, monster.

Best wishes to you all.

with all due respect, this is not comforting

Shit. Shit shit shit. So sorry Monster.

Yeah, trying to come up with something to say is mind-boggling. This news just sux!! Hopefully they don't got it right, maybe?!? My heart goes out to all of you.

It's of little comfort now, but going forward you'll appreciate you two had a hell of a run, did amazing things, produced smart kids, things most do not accomplish in a hundred years on earth.

Even if it seemed like chaos much of the time. :)

Oh monster. :sniff: 46 is so young...

My heart is breaking for you and your family.

Goddamn, life can be so fucking unfair.

Love to you all.

Five hour surgery but it went well. Should be home tomorrow. Im headed home getting Chinese takeout for dinner

That's good to hear. :thumb:

you're right--never a good time.

But you post here whenever the fuck you want to. you're my friends and I care, even if , no, *especially if* you have terrible news. Give Beest a hug or a fake high five or some googly eyes or whatever it is you guys do to express my internet-endearment. And have him give you one from me, too.

Fuck.

Fuck cancer.

I'm so sorry to hear this monster. My heart breaks for both of you.

Fuck cancer. Twice!

We are continuing to pray for ya buddy :)

So last week (Thurs) the doctor's visit changed the months to weeks --at the start-- ...by the end, the "out in the hallway" discussion was down to days. It's been horrible, we're on home hospice, if&when we decide to let them intrude ;)

OK I'm done sharing. I'm kinda cool with no responses/thought and prayers if you catch my drift. Just don't want you to be shocked when the next news comes. :(

OK. Sorry, I was being unfair. I'm cool with responses too :) It sucks. All y'all know him and love him too, it sucks for you too. Sorry. It is ok for me to be selfish right now, but that was overly-selfish. Have at it.

There's not a fucking thing I can say to express my sorrow or help yours. :mecry:

no words :(

Goddamn.

:(

Sorry Monster. Fuck cancer

monster, you and Beest and the whole aquatic clan are my dear friends. I feel horrible right along with you. You all have my love from waaay out here. So, so sorry.

I will say little, but know that I feel it hard.

I can't imagine how hard this must be. If you need to vent, rant, wail, sob . . . know that we are all here for you.

:(

so soon. god.

Good day, Beest. I said Good Day.

sorry Monster. Let me know if you need anything at all.

Shit. I hate this for you guys.

Any day now. maybe today. it's like we suddenly plunged off a cliff. I'm so sad and lonely (but I don't want any other company). He's just sleeping, occasionally waking to shift position but ignoring me mostly. he knows I'm here and appreciates it, but just has other issues to deal with

and.... we did most of the necessaries -wills financial plan etc, but we didn't get to the passwords for everything. So I'mm'a need a good hacker. i wonder how good thor really is? he seems to accidentally manage to get round any app/game blocker we put on his phone
:D

(real worry, though, I don't know his email password -he had to change it and I never learned the new one....)

I keep checking this thread with a lump in my throat every time it updates. Your family is our family and I'm sorry.

ya know, I'll start another thread when he's gone, one that's straight to the point. so don't worry, cf. thanks all. i just decided to facebook message a group of swim mom friends and that was helpful. I felt less alone

Is banana lady here?

kind of.

she's in a hotel round the corner. My awesome sis helped change the short notice flights she had for April to immediate flights, but she was only supposed to be visiting while he could still spend quality time with people, but it's suddenly gone so fast.... He just wants to slip away quietly, just me here, no kids, no mom. No-one watching him when he looks and feels like crap. she leave thursday. allegedly. call me harsh, i don't fucking care. i want to spend all my time looking after and worrying about him, not her. She "doesn't want to be any bother" but she is

So sorry to hear this

We're as here as we can be hon.

Yep, I'm here too.

Be whatever you want. No apologies, no justifications, be, be with. You are all good.

We are here for you, and your family.