answered prayers
 

Back in early March, when I returned home from trompin' around in the mud with Bruce at Big Lake, I had an MRI done on my back due to unbearable pain. The MRI showed a spinal tumor just below my shoulder blades. Since the tumor was on the spine, it was inoperable , so, my only option was radiation and steroids. I've been taking those treatments for the past 5 weeks and I got the word from the doctors this morning that the tumor is completely gone. A couple of you guys knew about it and I want to thank you for your prayers. The doctor said that the treatments would not have worked alone. Thanks.

Great news, Salty

That's awesome man. Great news

That's awesome!

great news. Now you can have a pain free football season. Besides the mental pain OU will put on you.

Thats awesome Homer!

Great news Salty, now ya' ready for some football!

Glad to hear that Salty!!!!

good news man.

Good news man....

great news salty!!!!

I'm Glad its all good ! Salty !

Great News!!!

Glad it's gone. Hope the pain is gone too.

Awesome! Congrats, Salty. :cheers:

good to hear salty

good to hear old man !!!! get well !!!!

Great news old folks.....

Good deal salty.......

yep the power of prayers are amazing... glad to hear you are ok salty

prayer works
 

That's great news !!!!

thats great!!!!! told you everything is gonna work with prayer

Thanks for the well wishes, guys. Pox was the first person I told. I had thought about not even tellin my wife and kids until I saw if the tumor could be disolved. I was goin' nuts!! Pox convinced me that I couldn't do it without my family. That's one time I'm glad I answered my phone. :)

good deal salty. glad everything turned out good

You are WAY too stubborn to kick off old man. who would stir the pot if you left us?

Glad everything is OK....

I'm kinda lookin' at things from a different perspective, now. I told my wife, "No more sayin' LSU sucks!" But, there are some things that I just can't force myself to do...and this is one of 'em.

:thefinger: Texas!

Just because a man gets a reality check doesn't mean he has to live in La La Land.

wonderful man!
 

What great news to hear! hope all is well.

Awesome news Salty - that is great, great news!!! Very happy for you and your family - has to be a huge sigh of relief.

Glad everything worked out Salty

Glad to here the tumor is gone. Take better care of yourself J/K

and NO MORE SELLIN OF FISHING TACKLE!!!:) DUDE!!!!!!! you talk to capt about the breton trip??

Thats GREAT Salty....I didn't know what was going on, but now my prayers are with you to keep your ancient body healthy...Take care man

What I didn't sell...I gave away. :cry:

I'ma call Capt. Ben this week. Ain't quite right out there yet.

Thanks Chris.....what's this "ancient" crap? :eek: :confused: :rolleyes: I told my wife I feel like I'm 20 again. She said, "Sometimes you act like it." :eek:

terrific news there buddy

:shaking::shaking:not what the word on the street is!!! this week end nola jazz fest , weekend after that big lake sfa , weekend after that florida with the wife , weekend after that runnin to the "spot" in the sound outta venice me and brad u down??

I'm glad for you Salty....and I'm just giving you a hard time, trying to lighten the mood a lil....:smokin::smokin::smokin:

Congrats! Definetly good news!

This was a non-cancerous tumor. That's the good part. The bad part was that, in it's position and it's growth rate, it could have caused some serious paralysis. Three weeks ago, my fingers were starting to become numb at times and, I gotta tell ya, it feared me bigtime. The doctors said this was a critical time in the proceedure so they doubled up on the radiation and steriods. I got so sick to my stomach until I couldn't eat. This dood came into the room with a friggin' joint. He handed it to me and I said, "What am I supposed to do with this?" He told me to smoke it and I'd eat like a pig. I took a couple of good hits and, even though I didn't get the munchkins, I started singin', "Geaux Tigers!" :*****::*****: I gotta lay off that stuff. This is a true story.

thats wild.......is all the pain in your back gone now

Good news Salty, even better news that it was nonmalignant.

No, unfortunately, the treatments did not fix the issue with my blown discs. I guess that's something I'll have to live with. With the amount of damage, the nuerosurgeon has told me that surgery is not a viable option. The pain has not been as bad this past week with the shrinking of the tumor. When I got out of W's bote at Hebert's, that was the worst pain ever. It was because I had agravated the tumor with the wading. I had an MRI done two weeks before and there was no tumor. I have a neurosurgery appointment tomorrow. Might see if i can score a couple more of them left-handed smokes. J/K

Again, I'm glad u be ok Salty.

Thanks, J...'preciate it.

Don't worry...I'ma get you that blue reel. :rolleyes:

in all honesty i would do what i had to to be comfortable.

The Lord works in mysterious ways. Glad to hear of your recovery. The stuff they can do thru 'Modern Medicine' is nothing short of amazing...

Glad to hear that everything is ok.

maybe it was meant to be that we tweaked it wading in that gumbo mud.