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Within the following weeks, my posting here will be quite certainly be more sparse, and will cease for a period during early September.
I am having to face surgery, a nephrectomy, due to having discovered a tumour in my right kidney. In principle, surgery must completely solve the problem, but I will need probably about 10 days for pre- and post-surgery hospital care, and after that will probably be ordered to "rest" a lot at home.
So, fear not... we are going to overcome this one, too!
Luís Henrique
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Ouch. Sorry to hear that.
All the best, and you hurry on back here, okay?
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Sending you my wishes for an easy, successful surgery and a speedy recovery!
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Oh wow! Luis, glad you checked in. My best thoughts are with you and I hope all goes very well.
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I wish you the best Luis! I love your attitude, you kick its a$$!
Not to hijack but I will also add to this that I myself will be absent more as well. I accepted a job from 4pm-12am and am looking into a few daytime possibilities. I have a teaching "trial" tomorrow morning so we will see. No word on the "dream" one, he has one more interview so it's not looking too good for me. Anyways take care snopesters & snopelings!
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Good luck and healing vibes being sent your way from up north. Rest up and update us when you are able.
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I am going to leave an envelope to my daughter, with instruction on how to get here if something goes horribly wrong. She will kept you informed in such case.
Or she won't, because it won't happen, he, he.
Luís Henrique
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Fingers crossed for a complete and pain-free [as possible] recovery.
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Best wishes from me for a good surgery and a quick recovery!
Noemi
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Best wishes, Luis. We'll be thinking about you.
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Sending you lots of get-well-soon and no-surgical-complications vibes from California.
Please check in when you can!
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Yes, I hope it all goes well.
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Hope everything goes well Luis: take it easy. Surely having a kidney removed is going a bit far in your dedication to the World of Urban Legends...
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I hope the rest does you best. I'm looking forward to hearing from you upon your recovery. Posts: 2064 | From: New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: Aug 2004
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May your kidney operation be a total success, so that we can engage in many further pissing contests in the future.
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You can hack it, Luis. You'll go right through it, come out on the other side of this operation smiling. Trust me.
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quote:Originally posted by Embra: Hope everything goes well Luis: take it easy. Surely having a kidney removed is going a bit far in your dedication to the World of Urban Legends...
I will try not to wake up in a tub full of ice, I promise...
Luís Henrique
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quote:Originally posted by First of Two: May your kidney operation be a total success, so that we can engage in many further pissing contests in the future.
That could be dangerous and unfair, I could piss blood.
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quote:Originally posted by Embra: Hope everything goes well Luis: take it easy. Surely having a kidney removed is going a bit far in your dedication to the World of Urban Legends...
I will try not to wake up in a tub full of ice, I promise...
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We'll have a ice tub waiting for you upon your return, just for the great photograph opportunity
Hope the surgery goes well and your recovery is easy.
PS: I'm putting my money on you against FoT
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Good luck with the surgery, Luís. We don't want to hear from your daughter. Look forward to your return.
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Recover quickly and get well. And I expect to not hear from your daughter, k?
Although if she wants to join, of course, she's welcome. You know what I mean.
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I hope that the operation goes very well, Luis, and I send my best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Best wishes for a quick, clean, uneventful surgery and recovery period, Luis.
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You and I may have had harsh words for each other, but I honestly do wish you all the best in your upcoming surgery and recovery. The only harm I have in my power to do to you is by my words...and the same is true for the power to do good. If I have made war upon your words, at least I pray you know that I would not wish any harm to your body.
Although a materialist, I do subscribe to a form of the "mind-body duality" philosophy. As Thomas More, when about to be beheaded, asked the axeman to stay until he had pushed his beard out of the way of the deadly stroke, as it, at least, had committed no treason, so, although you and I have argued with some heat, at least your kidneys have never given me any offense.
Get well, stay well, be well.
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