michael
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Glen Allen, VA
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The camera adds 10 pounds. 8 cameras are on me.
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« on: September 06, 2008, 08:09:26 AM » |
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Okay, so I am not leaving the planet forever, but I am afraid that at some point in the very near future I will have to bug out for a while and I wanted to tell my friends here why, and goodbye for a while, and whatever.
Short version: The doctors have discovered a large and rather rude friend in my chest (we've named him Gus) and it has to come out. Soon. I do not know when due to some other factors, but very soon. Could be as early as next Friday, more likely the following week or so. Prognosis, though tentative since they have not biopsied, is probably very good but it's a long road. So I will not be online once they throw me into the hospital and for whatever period of recovery keeps me from climbing stairs to get to and from the computer.
I may be lurking from time to time up until that point, but not posting. There's lots to do ahead of time to get everything organized ahead of the trip. Any of you who want to send lewd pics of yourselves to help speed my recovery feel free. Okay, maybe not YOU, Henry.
In the meantime, you kids behave yourselves, and know that I am still here in spirit.
See you all in a few months, maybe sooner.
Peace, out.
Michael
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Kivafriends.org scrambled and respelled is "Risk And Forgive." Of course, it also can be respelled "Asked For Virgin" and "Darer of Vikings" and even "Vinegar For Kids" but those are a lot less interesting.
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Smack a man upside the head with a fish and you have his complete attention.
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Tatiana
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« Reply To This #1 on: September 06, 2008, 08:22:50 AM » |
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All the best Michael, I hope all goes well, you'll have a speedy recovery and we see you here again very soon!
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Henry
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« Reply To This #2 on: September 06, 2008, 08:25:30 AM » |
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I'll keep my photos to myself....it's that Ann lady you need to worry about!! Hey M, see if the surgeon can make the scar like a KIVA "K" - something to talk about!
You and your family are in my thoughts my friend!
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ornitzi bilatzi monteisizi
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fredr1c
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« Reply To This #3 on: September 06, 2008, 08:28:44 AM » |
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Michael,
Here's wishing you an uneventful surgery and a full and quick recovery.
Fred
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QueenOfHearts
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Burlington, NJ
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« Reply To This #4 on: September 06, 2008, 08:30:11 AM » |
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Dearest Michael,
You and your family are in our thoughts and our prayers for a speedy recovery!!!
Queen
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Eli
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« Reply To This #5 on: September 06, 2008, 08:48:34 AM » |
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Dear Michael,  You have my heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery along with the ultimate demise of your new-found 'friend', Gus. Your presence and your humor will be missed here at KivaFriends during your time away.  What can we, as a group of KivaFriends, do to help? You know you and Kim have a global group of friends rallying behind you. Just say the word! In Cows We Trust,  Eli |
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In the end, we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only what we have been taught.
~Baba Dioum, Senegal
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mejane
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Appleton, Wisconsin
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« Reply To This #6 on: September 06, 2008, 08:58:54 AM » |
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Michael, Sorry to hear about your health issues. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing you a speedy recovery and early return to Kiva Friends. The place will not be the same without you!! Jane |
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind... Kahlil Gibran
Be kinder than necessary. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Unknown
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B. Right
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Narvik, Norway
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Veni Vidi Kiva
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« Reply To This #7 on: September 06, 2008, 09:12:42 AM » |
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A Kivafriend has a heart of gold.
- Boy, is that surgeon in for a surprise?!
Heal fast!
Bjørnar
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Jan & John
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« Reply To This #8 on: September 06, 2008, 09:16:45 AM » |
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Sometimes life takes sudden turns..
Without using it's turn signal.
Hang on and hang in there.
And tell Gus to Get Lost!
jan (sending warm energy your way)
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Sengbe Pieh
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« Reply To This #9 on: September 06, 2008, 09:29:26 AM » |
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Michael, All the best & come back soon. I will miss your wit & humor while you are "Gone Fishing" I anticipate your speedy recovery cause you can't keep a good man down. Peace  G EDIT: Since the Autumn Foliage Peace Symbol seems to have generated a lot of interest, here is the link to the Vermont Peace Works so you can get your very own. There are also many others to chose from in varying sizes: |
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