Has anyone heard any news about Mike?
I called Brian's house but the answering machine picked up, and it was full.. they must be busy with stuff..

I just wanted to see if he's ok and or if he needs anything that we could get him..

Anyone know exactly which one is he staying at?

-Enes

Hmmm... It's been almost a week since he went in. Has anyone tried to reach him on his phone? I tried calling Brian the other day and didn't get an answer either.

Hope Mike is not to bored at the hospital. :( Hope he is doing well.

Jim

Hopefully someone will be able to find out something......... :S

Whoah, I haven't been on much lately, I must have missed this... What happened??

Well, if someone can get ahold of information as to where he is or how he's doing, please post up.

He put something in the shoutbox last week about going into the hospital.....

he is at the hospital near brians house, i forgot the name of it, i guess it is close to the home depot. Fairview something or other. He called me the day he went in and gave me his room number (i think it was 308) and the telephone number. since then i've tried the room and the cell with no luck. When I talked to him last wednesday or thursday he said he was doing fairly well, and expected to be out in the usual 3-10 days, but that was a week ago.

Thanks for the info Josh.

so what happened to put him in? Well I hope he gets better soon!

Thanks for the info Josh. If you can get ahold of him to see how he's doing tell him to get better from me. We miss him and hope he's doing well.

I talked to him the night before he went in. He just looked extremely tired. He said he was just going in for his usual tune-up. I haven't heard anything since then.

Mike has cystic fibrosis. It was posted on the old boards but with the switch some of you probably didn't see it.

he told me as well he needed a tune-up.
Then when he got in, he found out he has double phnomina (spelling??). I have been so busy lately, I haven't been able to drive down to b-ville to check in on him, at the latest i'll head down there friday night.

he has pnumonia again?!?!?!?! that poor guy. keep us informed if anyone hears anything.

Anyone wana go there on like Thrusday night or friday night at the latest?? just to say hi and see how he is going...

Also if you are sick i wouldn't suggest you go... we will take your best wishes with us..

-Enes

If someone ends up going please pass along my best wishes!

you can visit him at brians house :)
He called me this morning, and I just brought him home (gave him a ride), mike said he is doing alot better, i'll let him elaborate when he finds this thread.

so anyone want to make a visit on friday instead of midway?

Sweet! :-)

Send my best wishes as well. All I know was that he said he had to go in for his tune up but well .... don't think anyone knows what that means. Hope he gets better soon!

Well, Mike called Allan tonight and he is out and doing better. Hopefully he will be on here shortly so he can see how much we missed him.

where is the Raptor? It can't be that hard to punch some keys on a key board. :D

hes probebly getting the old board! LOL

I am back and doing fine :bounce: Thanks for all the concern, I won't forget it, your all the best! I was in for bi-latteral pneumonia which just means it was in both lungs. As was mentioned by Ryan, I have CF "cystic fibrosis" which is genetic so after 35 years I am pretty used to it. It is normally no big deal for me, but I am prone to get things like pneumonia more often because of it. They put me on anti-biotics which is working well. This disease doesn't own me so I don't usually talk much about it, but if there is ever something you want to know just ask.

As Tom guessed, my computer was still bringing up the old site so I had to do a little adjusting to get it to bring this site up.

Thanks again for all you comments!

Glad your back Raptor. Has your doctor ever offered to give you the Pnuemo-vac shot? I had it about 6 years ago. It's a vaccine that helps you become immune to Pnuemonia. :idea:

Anyway we are all glad you're back to your good ol' cranky self, now get to work on that TB elbow! :razz2:

I'm so glad you are back and feeling better!! :D

Thanks Jana!

Mike, I had that shot a few years ago, it just doesn't quite work with me. I will take care of that elbow ASAP for you. Thanks.

Glad you are ok man!! I was worried about ya.

woo hoo old man blue is back!!!! glad to see your ok buddy

ok, quit lazying around and get your welding stuff up to speed now :) stop being so sick
lazy arse




ps...

If you don't know that i'm kidding go shoot yourself

herehere! Glad to see you are ok. I was just wonderin gwhat the heck CF is.... I know you said the name of it but what is it other then makeing you more prone to getting stuff like what you just got? J/W Glad to see you are doing better. :banana:

I'm glad to hear that you're ok Raptor! :D

Thanks Kat!

As far as what CF is, I will give you the quick and simple version, it is obviously a lot more complex than this, but this should help. It is basically a genetic disease in which there is an extra protien in the blood that causes all kinds of problems. Like you mentioned, it makes you prone to getting other things like diabetes or pneumonia. It is the number 1 genetic killer, with about 30,000 new cases a year and an average life expectancy of 30. Most people who have it experience continuous breathing problems as well as being malnourished. It is the complications that tend to kill people though, due to the issues with breathing, the heart is weaker in some cases etc.

It is the same with anything else though, let it get to you and it will. Attitude is everything. It doesn't own me because I won't let it. Make sense?

damn Mike, you are one tough mo-fo. :bowdown" you'll probably end up a crazy self-engineered cyborg and outlive us all.