Birthday plan update

[Captain Kidd]

Still working on it.

I was leaning towards the FL 120 and perhaps turning it into the Panhandle 180. I even broached the idea on the FL 120 FB page. Several were interested.

I've since learned my granddaughter is graduating on May 15 right in the middle of the rendezvous. I can't miss that!

It's ok. Got to keep my priorities straight and family certainly comes first. So it's back to the drawing board.

(PS: upload directory is full - ugh.)

[Ed]

As Robert Burns said "oft gang aglee" and I'm getting punched in the mouth this year. My darling wife of 39 years got sick over Christmas and we ended up in the emergency room. I thought it was an appendicitis but turned out to be that vicious flu. While testing her the ran an MRI and CT scan and found her right kidney has a growth the same size as the kidney (80% chance it's slow cancer) ergo pain in right side the last 6 months. They also found nodules in bottom of right lung. Saw urologist and kidney is coming out in February the week before granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah. Seeing pulmonologist the 18th to see if we need to combine surgeries. We booked a 7 day cruise in April, planning on FL 120 in May and our 7th BEER Cruise in June. I'm freaking out after watching videos of the robot taking a kidney out next to large intestine. Lots can go wrong, but Becky says she will not miss any planed event just because of a kidney. The left one will quickly grow another 70% to handle everything.

[Monroe]

Hang in there. My 86 year old wife lost a kidney to a blood clot about 50 years ago. Doing fine ever since. My daughter donated a kidney to start a chain of donors that grew to about 6 people. Doing fine also.

[Charles Brennan]

Ed, Whoa! That's pretty heavy duty news, there! 
Becky now added to the list of people I pray for.
You, Dale, Roland, and a BUNCH of people on this board have wives with health issues. 
Starting to wonder if I need to start finding healthier friends . . . . . 

Charles Brennan

[Captain Kidd]

Ed, sorry to hear of your wife's health issues. We hurt when they hurt. Sounds like she's determined - that's good. Prayers for positive outcomes.

[Doug SC]

It does sound like her attitude is great. A year ago, my wife was going through cancer treatments with a good outcome. They can do some amazing stuff.