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What you break Terry.. LMAO

I'm just amazed he hadn't broken it yet! Nice fishy Bri !

2 sessions down and we've left Jen in the city by herself to hopefully enjoy her birthday bash tomorrow. Was hard to do so, but what she wanted. Gives her Sunday to rest and then one of her friends takes her to radiation on Monday am. Our younger daughter Kristal is taking Monday afternoon off work to go to Toronto and take Jen out to a concert at Massey Hall, then will drop her off at Sunnybrook on Tuesday morning for Radiation, before heading for Barrie to work. We're back on to pick Jen up at Sunnybrook Tuesday after Radiation and continue through the week, as she has 8 more days of radiation to go.

Nobody missed anything Bruce. The last 2 tumours.. one the size of a tennis ball... grew in less than 7 weeks after a clear scan. The ones before that in less than 16. It's just getting more aggressive as time goes on. This isn't a typical, predictable cancer. We're dealing with Ewing's Sarcoma here. Most Doctors don't understand it, or Sarcomas in general, so I wouldn't expect many to get that it behaves nothing like typical cancers. Based on the past 72 pages though, I bet many know more about it than they ever wanted to! I certainly do, unfortunately.

Post I sent to immediate family on Sunday Night: Seems to be like trying to kill a vampire... I left, at 6am on the 12th, for a boys 10 day ice fishing trip to our Temagami camp thinking all was going well. Jen let me leave with the guys and then told Leah at about 1pm that day that she had a new bump above her left ear. She didn't want to spoil my trip, so waited until I was at destination before saying anything! Leah let me have 8 days before sending me a text, telling me that she thought I should have a days notice at least to burn off some steam and do any maintenance the place needed before coming home ....as who knows when we can go back up North. Bump is the size of a Toonie.. and sticking out a good 1/4" from normal head shape (which is bigger than her first skull tumour bump and the actual tumour then was the size of a hockey puck). Mount Sinai here we come on Tuesday afternoon for her already planned "neck down" check up (CT was last week) and they have been made aware of her new skull issue and are trying to get her a CT of her skull and brain on Tuesday as well. That way her Oncologist can hopefully find some new direction for treatment and also that hopefully it's just a single tumour. Can't see them doing a 4th craniotomy. Post I sent Monday night to family: Still no call back on a head CT.. so I guess we get the normally scheduled neck down check up and see what the Doctor has to say about this bump. Hopefully the scan she had on the 12th is clear at least. Can’t believe she really had a clear head MRI report on Jan 21st and managed to grow this thing in under 3 weeks. Jen doesn’t trust the Radiation Oncologist at Sunnybrook anymore, can’t say I blame her. Was a hectic day with our younger daughter, Kristal, stranded half way to Barrie with a frozen battery and a pooched alternator this morning, but I managed to get the truck home and fixed by 4pm. I had a battery in the shop and got lucky that the local parts store had an alternator in stock for 215 bucks. Just love these extra "tests" on my sanity! We then managed to pull off a surprise 30th birthday dinner, with our other two kids and their significant others here. Jen still has it in her mind to stay in the city after the Dr tomorrow, by herself. Girls night out for her Birthday is Saturday and then her and Kristal are also supposed to go to Massey Hall next Monday for a concert, but she’s been nauseous and was just sick as I was typing this... so not sure how it’s going to play out. We’ve got to let her do what she thinks she needs to do. Wishing she had of done a trip South with Leah while I was ice fishing, instead of telling her she couldn’t afford both it and her trip to Vegas in early May for a wedding. Doubt she’ll be going to Vegas for the wedding, simply based on timing and past history of recovery. Post to everyone today: Well folks, I have nothing great to report, other than extreme efficiency in action the past two days. Arrive to Mount Sinai yesterday at 1:30... no CT or MRI booked and we found out that the secretary she talked to a week earlier decided to quit last Friday, as she couldn't put up with the "now" attitude of Jen's new Oncologist. She should be held liable for not performing her duties, as while she told Jen she would talk to the Doc and get back to her... she didn't do either! Anyhow... first Leah did her magic and tracked down Jen's regular nurse and told her of the bump. This quickly escalated to Jen skipping the line and probably a 3 hour wait to see the Doctor. He saw her quickly and then started pulling strings and calling in favours and while he couldn't get an MRI in his own hospital he got one for her IMMEDIATELY next door at Princess Margaret. We were back to his office within an hour and a half and by 4pm he was looking at the scan. Bump as suspected is another skull tumour, encroaching the brain as best he could see. Within minutes of telling us that he was on the phone to Sunnybrook hospital to her Radiation Oncologist. The Radiation Oncologist told him to have her in his office at Sunnybrook any time today, morning or afternoon, and he would see her immediately. We planned to leave here at 9am this morning and had to stop at Princess Margaret to get a copy of the MRI and then across the city to Sunnybrook. Got her there about 10:45, she checked in and before even sitting down in the waiting room was called in. The R/Oncol saw her very quickly.. felt her bump and then went and looked at her MRI. Came back to tell us it's not just this bump that has grown in the last 3 to 4 weeks, there is some brain activity /compromise as well. He then called down stairs to his clinic and within 25 minutes Jen had a CT and another radiation mask formed to clamp her to the table...and a Rad schedule in her hand. Jen starts full head / brain radiation TOMORROW for 10 sessions. Definitely not what she wants to be doing on her birthday on Friday but we are hoping that the steroids they've given her, and the energy she's showing today, that she'll be able to attend and enjoy her Saturday birthday bash with her friends.

Sorry to hear you're hanging out at Sinai Nick... if there for any length of time the food court in TGH is the best across the street. The Villiage Idiot on the corner of McCaul and Dundas for a good meal and beer. I'll be there tomorrow... Sinai that is.

I use to drop my Quality Manager off at the bottom of the rapids coming out of McCrae, that pour into GBay. He'd walk thru the bush from there to the weekend bash. That was 20 years ago... If you're looking for tranquility.. anywhere would be better.

I'm listening when you figure it out Cliff. Can fix anything with a screwdriver, pocket knife or a BIG hammer... but....

I've fished side by side with Andy in my hut. Holes 4 feet apart and both of us using our own finders. My Lowrance 110C and I think Andy had a Vex. No interference. Now the "Elite" units... we just spent 10 days watching the slow decending lines on our screens, caused from Paul's Elite at at least 50 feet apart or more. Something about the Elite it seems. Caused the same deal on Lloyd and Terry's new Marcums and my Lowrance.

The only real question Hun... Did Paul teach Terry to drive or Vis a versa? You'll bounce back.. apparently you have done so 4 times before..

Maybe they'll start playing the music right through the game, so you can watch the dozen or so cheer leaders on a platform... like the Rock lacrosse games. The music never stops... you don't even realize the game is on! Well 'till your neck gets sore anyhow...

Well -32C where I'm going and not looking forward to Lloyd'oclock !

Yes.. yes she does! If you call a '98 "new"... replacement would be a better word! lol

Did that last month.... as well as 5 new brake lines and a front hub!

Well I'm done loading the truck and trailer.... I now know that I'll be out of her hair for sure! What else could a gal ask for after 36 years?

One does not go to Temagami to enjoy boat traffic, locks or towns for that matter. Hell I don't think the fishing's high on most peoples priorities either, but it can be very good.

It will either take a load.. or it won't. Starting battery, deep cycle, wet cell battery, AGM or Gell. 10 bucks slipped to the owner at a local garage or like I said grab one on sale at CTC. Wish I'd bought one decades ago... instead of just recently.

Have them load tested... or buy your own tester for 30 bucks the next time they go on for 1/2 price at CTC. What seems like a perfectly good battery.. with full voltage.. charges.. starts things.. may have almost no CCA left in it, as I found was the case with my sled battery last week. Charged... started the machine but if a hard start it just couldn't do it. Absolutely no CCA left.... ZERO on the tester after even 3 seconds vs 600 CCA on the new one after 10 seconds.

Nice sunny day here... I think I'll try to get my enclosed trailer yanked out of the snow bank today and then shovel the 3 feet of white crap off the roof of it...so I can go play. Might as well put "winter" to use!

Not sure if he even operated last year DanD... There are other choices on the lake for rentals as well, but none with as easy access for your coming and going as either Lakeland Airways\3buoys and Leisure Island Houseboats both right in town (and not down 10 miles of dusty road and then a lake crossing like all the others). Depends if you want a big "party" boat, or just a "cabin" on floats. Also if you do want to go you'd better start thinking about getting your reservation in. While things had been slow in the past few years, last year all their boats were out every week. Lakeland only has 7. With the dollar at 80 cents they may be back to full capacity again with the added US travellers, so don't wait too long and leave yourself disappointed. Either way you want to be towing a small boat for your fishing... and to help with your night time shore tie offs.

Sounds like fishing...

Buy your gas at CTC with cash.. after going in the store and getting a coupon for 12 to 15X CTC money. You need the gas regardless... the CTC money buys your tackle. And what Lew said... if it's not in your pocket to spend, you don't need it. Call us dinosaurs.. but don't call us stupid!... or old as someone decided to yesterday. I save my money by browsing all the store flyers, before heading out to fill my Pepsi addiction for the week! That can save 40 bucks a week right there...

That's what that search box is for up in the top right corner. Been beat to death here... Buy two 27 series x 1000 CCA deep cycles and be done with it. Don't worry too much about what name is on them.. but Interstate (built by Johnson Controls) has never let me down.