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#1 - 2012/08/16 07:57:00 PM
I was normal once upon a time. Just your average 43yro that likes MMO's. That all changed July 30th, 2012. I drove myself to the ER with a a swollen leg and abdominal pain. The ran a basic series of CT's. I have a tumor. At this point they admitted me to the hospital. July 31 I had my Biopsy, while I was under they ran a quick test on it, it's malignant(sux to be me at this point )more carving and they installed a Power port by my right collar bone. 2 days later due to the swelling in my leg I was also blessed with a Greenfield Vena Cava filter to prevent the blood clots that are forming in my leg from breaking loose and causing me some real serious problems. I have Non Hodg. Lymphoma. Why am I writing this here. Because I want to shout my thanks to the people in Warcraft have been more supportive in this mess than 85% of people that I have known 5, 10 even 15yrs(that is what really breaks me down). My guildies have made me feel more appreciated in the past 2 1/2 weeks. One of them even drove out to the hospital helped me get home got me settled in my house after I was released from the hospital. I had my first round of Chemo on the 8th my next is on the 29th then 4 more after that every 3 weeks. I want my left arm back to normal(biopsy site) I'm also a lefty to boot so its really annoying the hell out of me right now with the limited movement. Again I am just rambling here cause I wanted to.
My heels are dug in. Dr's give me excellent prognosis of beating this.
LOK'TAR
oops forgot to preface this, this is a post i found it is not me
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| thats one amazing story, bless you and stay strong!
all my best to you and your family |
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It is nice the the people online are so supportive.
But it makes me wonder how much WoW contributed to an unhealthy lifestyle that could have played a role in developing cancer in the first place.
I am not trying to blame WoW. I am just saying playing WoW hardcore, eating processed foods, not getting exercise, being around so much WiFi radiation. I don't know. it's a long shot, but it might be ironic. |
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I would like to add a small story to this. I doubt it can take the thunder the OP posted but here goes. When I first started playing in March 2007, I was deployed in Afghanistan. I got hooked up with a small and relaxed guild with real cool people as players. One of them, Hyeilla Nordrassil became a good WoW friend and she and my wife and I stayed in touch after the guild went under. Hy got married to a nice fellah (Supergirl Nordrassil) and they started a successful guild together.
Fast forward: My wife and I have our own guild now along with a few real life buddies. Hy and Super have their guild as well and we all stay in touch almost daily through facebook and realid. Not quite a month ago she gave birth to their first daughter named well for an in game raid (no real life names here) and she is cute as a button. My wife and I found out that no one really gave Hy a good baby shower either in the family or from friends. A few gals at work threw her a small one on a lunch break that she shared with another expectant mother. My wife and I got together and got them a really fun baby gift that we sent over thousand miles away to make their real lives just a bit more meaningful and pleasant. I have heard nothing but thanks and praises over realid from Super as he brags on his little girl and tells of how thankful he and his wife are of the simple but thoughtful gesture.
Another story: another old guild I was in we constantly ran guild built randoms. This was before they had guild challenges. That meant we did it because we liked each other and not because we looked to get something out of it. I buddy logged onto the game and on to vent. "Guys, I have to kill something. I have to go and run this game and stay busy before I lose it. My dad just died today and I never got to say goodbye and we were not on good terms. I am about to lose it." By God if we did not keep his ass busy for two hours til we transitioned into a raid to go pound ICC.
We got the the Morrowgar and were doing good. Then he broke down and stood in the corner. He came over vent in tears and said that he had to log off. We intentionally wiped it for him. One of our prominant guildies whisped him his number and told him over vent that he could whenever and however long he wanted. 5 minutes later that guildie had to log off because the guy had called him and they talked for about 2-3 hours. After that we could not raid due to lack of qualified people. No one in the entire guild was resentful of not getting to raid knowing the pain and problems a fellow friend and guildie was going through.
Like the OP and the story he posted. I really do appreciate the "real people" that make up the mature players of WoW. I know many nowadays are selfish and rude. But I can say that I have ran into many that will litterally take the shirt off of their real life back and travel many real life miles out of their way to make sure that you get it in hand. |
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| well said, that was a very moving story and I thank you for sharing. It makes me happy to know that there still is good and kind people still playing this game |
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 ImmerGentlemanPremium
join:2010-01-07
Evans, GA
kudos:6 | reply to navymaverick
to good people... and great friends. /salute. |
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 s1deoutGeek4LifePremium
join:2003-12-10
Troy, OH
kudos:1 | reply to cymraeg
I got a message on Facebook one time from someone and they asked me if I had a WoW character named Sideout and used to be on server xyz and did I know a character named Prudence? I said yes I did and they replied back telling me this:
The person behind the character was their sister and she had passed away from cancer. They recalled how their sister had talked about myself , Sideout and my wife's toon , Holydiva , and all the great times we had in game and the conversations about RL stuff on vent and in chat. This lady had been going thru a rough time at home and both my wife and I had talked to them about those issues.
She had a computer problem one time and I took my spare PC and boxed it up and shipped it to her to use.
The sister told me that Prudence had said that we helped her get through some rough times and playing with us ingame provided her great enjoyment. She said that Prudence had instructed her to contact us after her death in a letter she had left behind.
I was totally shocked and practically in tears when reading the messages on FB. I did not even know that Prudence had cancer as she had not shared that information with us. My wife and I were both shocked at her death and deeply saddened.
I guess it goes to show you that even though we play with pixels , you can and do touch the person behind the game in ways you might not know.
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| said by s1deout:I guess it goes to show you that even though we play with pixels , you can and do touch the person behind the game in ways you might not know. Which is why it is so important not to fall into the trap of the "anonymity of the interwebs". Your character is showing through in-game... whether you are willing to acknowledge it or not. You can't fake character. |
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 Venom1
join:2011-10-21
Augusta, GA | reply to Threatco
said by Threatco:It is nice the the people online are so supportive.
But it makes me wonder how much WoW contributed to an unhealthy lifestyle that could have played a role in developing cancer in the first place.
I am not trying to blame WoW. I am just saying playing WoW hardcore, eating processed foods, not getting exercise, being around so much WiFi radiation. I don't know. it's a long shot, but it might be ironic.
it actually from keeping his cell phone in his pocket while he was at work, not from WoW; do a'lil research next time.
gratz on being cynical on what could have been a warm and fuzzy thread.
for all you know he could have been a recreational marathoner that enjoyed sitting down to an hour of wow while drinking a Michelob Ultra and wearing a "Live Strong" bracelet while planning the route of his next run. I was gonna suggest he played recreational sports, but we all know lefties can't throw to save their lives.
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