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Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Cheryl Jones » Apr 10, 2008 8:16 pm

CaveChatters,

Wayne, our dedicated CaveChat and OnlineCavers administrator, goes under the knife on Friday to have routine surgery for a somewhat serious condition. :sadbanana: :sad: Keep him in your thoughts and prayers! :pray: (I prefer not to give details to protect Wayne's privacy! I know you understand.)
I've asked him to post a note when he's recovered enough to get to a computer to let us know how he's recovering. :cavechat:

Graveleye and NZCaver are filling in for him doing the important admin jobs until Wayne returns. Thanks guys! :thanks:

We're kinda family here on CaveChat, so I thought you all would want to know.
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby ArCaver » Apr 10, 2008 8:51 pm

Will do. Hope everything goes well.
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby hank moon » Apr 11, 2008 12:07 am

Cheryl Jones wrote:Wayne, our dedicated CaveChat and OnlineCavers administrator, goes under the knife on Friday to have routine surgery for a somewhat serious condition.


Glad to hear it's "routine" ...even though serious. Here's hoping the best for Wayne.

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Postby Scott McCrea » Apr 11, 2008 5:58 am

We will be thinking of you today, Wayne. And, hoping for a speed recovery.
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Postby adleedy » Apr 11, 2008 6:28 am

Hope you recover quickly wayne. My thoughts are with you.
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Squirrel Girl » Apr 11, 2008 6:30 am

I've got confidence Wayne will pull through just fine! We're counting on a full recovery Wayne!
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Postby caveflower » Apr 11, 2008 8:27 am

Get well soon! Wayne we'll be praying for ya!
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Carl Amundson » Apr 11, 2008 9:46 am

Good luck Wayne...

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Get well soon my friend.
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Postby tncaver » Apr 11, 2008 10:13 am

Here's to a speedy recovery Wayne. Meanwhile we will miss your humor, wisdom and technical help.
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Teresa » Apr 11, 2008 6:53 pm

Hope the docs were careful, and they didn't cut the rope! :rofl:

Virtual hugs surround you, Wayne. Get well soon. :waving:
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Wayne Harrison » Apr 12, 2008 11:33 am

Thanks for the good thoughts, everyone.

They surgery went well (have prostate cancer and had my prostate removed) and I doing my walks around the hospital corridor as rested and low and behold, the section I'm had a computer station for relatives or patients. So here I am, sittin my hospital gown using it.

They did a DaVinci robotic surgery on me so I have 5 small incisions instead of one long one but I'm pretty sore, as you image.

I was on a two-day clear liquids diet up untill the surbery so I was really hungry this morning and I ordered a breakfast burrito and when I saw my doctor later, he wasn't thrill thats what I had on an empty stomach.

When I first mentioned I had prostate cancer and was going for a full removal to some caving buddies, several of them said they had it to.

I'm stil a little doped up so I hope this post makes sense.
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Squirrel Girl » Apr 12, 2008 5:48 pm

Hi Wayne! Glad things have gone well, as near as you can tell. Ask for more drugs. :laughing:

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Wayne Harrison » Apr 12, 2008 6:14 pm

Yeah, I did ask for more. they've got me on morphine now... It's offical, I'm staying another night....
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Squirrel Girl » Apr 13, 2008 9:08 am

How ya doin' today, Wayne?
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Re: Our Admin. goes under the knife....

Postby Wayne Harrison » Apr 13, 2008 5:26 pm

I got home a couple of hours ago after three days at the hospital. am very sore and, like Cheryl said, the gas is the worst (they pump some time of gas into your body cavity to get everything separate so they can see stuff better and It's really hard to get rid of because it hurts to bear down. But I was in a private room last night and I'm sure it sounded that campfire session in Blazing Saddles.
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