ViVi Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Hi, I'm ViVi, another one of TBone's sisters. Thanks for the smiles you have brought to all our faces today. ViVi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyS Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Sorry ViVi - You're gonna have to change that to TiTi, so we can all keep you together with TBone and TeeTaa! Just kidding of course, welcome...... Hugs and prayers, SandyS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCarl Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Wow!!! Didn't just gain a new member. Got the whole flippin' family! It's great to have you folks with us (though not so great as to WHY your here with us). You guys sound like a great bunch of folks. I think Tbone has himself a wonderful support system. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen335 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Welcome ViVi, Sorry Tbone has this awful disease and all of us as well. This is going to be the year of the "Cure" for LC, 2004. Glad you and your family found this site. I am glad it has brought comfort and a smile to your families faces today. We all need smiles and happiness. You will find there are so many caring and knowledgeable people here. Please visit often. Tbone and your family are in my prayers... God Bless Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Yep Dean, I believe we're just waiting for Mrs. T and the kids now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnyde Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Dear Vi, Sorry for the reason you are here but glad to meet you. Yep, it does look like we are getting the whole kit and kaboodle T family but that type of support and love is just about the best medicine for Tbone. Ginny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Hello ViVi, Welcome to the whole gang, how many are you all together or am I too curious, Sorry you had to come here, but it is the best place for Tbone, beside his own family. Hugs J.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Welcome, Vivi. I am so happy that TBone has such a wonderful family to support him through this dratted disease and the accompanying roller coaster. We're very happy to have you all here with us. Warmly, MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Welcome, ViVi, to you and all the TBone family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmc Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Hello, ViVi, and Welcome to the TBONE Clan; GEEZ, I think I just answered an e-mail from Teacake, ( Fran) , must be another one of ya, I'm so very HAPPY you guys are all here!! Yes, we have to face this beast but we don't have to do it alone!!!! I think you'll all find the love, caring, hope and understanding that ya need to fight this monster. Good to be a SURVIVOR today! God bless and prayin for a cure!! Bobmc- NSCLC- stageIIB- left pneumonectomy- 5/2/01 MRI's taken 12/18/03 - 2 brain mets found- named em Frick & Frack PET taken 1/5 - hot spot in mediastinum May be cancer?? "Absolutely insist on enjoying life today!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTaa Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 I'll answer the question posed earlier . . . there are six kids in our family, four girls and two boys. There's also Mama, five in-laws, ten grandkids (ranging in age from 26 down to 4), and one grandkid-in-law. Thirteen (including T-Bone's clan) live within a mile of each other, and three more live just a few miles away! We get together quite often - more than most large families we know! What more can you ask of life than to have your family members be your best friends?!?! Thanks muchly for all the encouragement . . . and tell T-Bone to stay away from that brain tumor website he found today that freaked him out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hello Vivi, Nice to have you aboard, ( even though I wish you didn't have to be.) I remember reading a web-site when my husband was first diagnosed. It frightened me so badly I almost fell apart, I wish I hadn't done that, but I had not yet found this terrific site at that time. After we had spoken to the oncologist I felt so much more equipped to get in there and fight. Tell Tbone not to take any notice of those statistics, I have been told that is a No No here! Love, Paddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norme Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Now which one is going to make the GUMBO? You all are a wonderful family. T-Bone has a lot to be thankful for. Support is the greatest medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViVi Posted January 19, 2004 Author Share Posted January 19, 2004 Dear Norme, et.al., I think TBone has failed to mention to you that one of the major parts of his treatment has been eating. That's something this family is REAL good at and we have eaten (usually in groups of 20-30) constantly since TBone came home from the hospital on 12/27. We fried 49 porkchops that day (all that were available that day in our little town) and we fried them per his specs! Since then we have cooked and eaten gallons of gumbo, soups, chili, Shrimp So. La., chicken wiggle, and chicken and rice, dozens of stuffed peppers and grilled hamburgers, hundreds of roasted marshmallows and we nearly always cap off the meal with homemade (handcranked) ice cream and chocolate cobbler. All this to say two things: 1) If food and love can cure this disease, TBone should be well on the way to full recovery! 2) If any of you are ever in this part of the country (or neck of the woods), PLEASE join us - you don't even have to let us know you're coming! I promise not to 'chat' again too often or too much, as this message board is wonderful and it needs to be used for the purpose for which it was created, but I just HAD to issue this invitation, as you all have been so supportive, so encouraging and so important to TBone (and his family!) for the past week. THANK YOU! Sincerely, ViVi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCarl Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Note to self: Starve for one week .... then head to Georgia!!!! Whoooeee!!! I do love a family that knows what the word "eatin'" is all about!!! Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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