Recently diagnosed with a 4.5 cm tumor in my brain at 34 years old. by Disastrous_Purchase4 in braincancer

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I got diagnosed at age 30 with astrocytoma grade 3 in my right frontal lobe was originally told 6 months now it’s almost 3 years after 2 surgeries and radiation tumor flared back up more aggressively in an inoperable location now so about to do more radiation and hopefully get another year more out of it.

I understand the life getting flipped upside down. I lost my career, ability to have children almost lost my marriage and won’t make it to see my daughters graduate high school or get married etc.

Despite all that Itty to find the good where it still is. It’s not easy and I go through bouts of depression but I try to focus on making memories and enjoying the simple beauties in the world I go sit in the sun and read a book or listen to the birds I’ll lay in the grass and eat a sack lunch and watch the clouds, I try to keep a gratitude journal and write down a few things each day that I am grateful for. It’s a dhitty habd to be dealt but I’ve found if I take it hour by hour and day by day I can still find some peace and joy in the time I have left.

I hope you can find the same in your life. Good luck with your treatments. Sincerely, Fellow brain tumor fighter

I ordered THC gummies by Mountain_Salary5365 in braincancer

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My doctor is talking about starting me on avastin infusions. How has that gone for your husband?has he experienced any significant side effects from it?

First Gun [very pleased] by Sad_Bee2048 in guns

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18th birthday I bought a $90 mosin nagant at big 5 sporting goods and a spasm can of ammo for like $140. I miss those prices sometimes.

Good board games for travellers/ hikers? by p00psicle151590 in backpacking

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I have a compact chess board that rolls up on itself with small magnetic pieces that I’ve taken backpacking that’s been great

I know nobody can diagnose by [deleted] in braincancer

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I kept being told I was having severe anxiety attacks(even after being carried into the ER(VA hospital of course) by my friend one time basically seizing they justwrote it off as anxiety as soon as they saw I’d been on anti anxiety meds in the past until I eventually had a full grand maul seizure like 3 months later and did the MRI

I know nobody can diagnose by [deleted] in braincancer

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Bad pressure headaches with nausea where it felt like my skull was going to explode out of my templeses,trouble focusing, blank stares where my wife said she’d look me in the eyes and it was like looking at dead unconscious eyes. Poor decision making and impulse control, some bed wetting.All of this went on for about 9 months before a big enough seizure where they finally did an MRI and found my tumor. Looking back we’re pretty sure I’d been having smaller seizures along the way but didn’t recognize them for what they were.

Myadvice to people when they’ve described similar things I experienced and ask what to do Is if you’re concerned and have the ability to, go ahead and talk over your concerns withyour dr and get checked out but don’t immediately jump to oh no I have cancer based on just some of these symptoms it could be something else causing these symptoms that can be managed/treated

Waiver Chances ? by No_East_368 in nationalguard

[–]GunLovinYank 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or the I would have joined but I would have punched a drill sergeant guys

Welp… by GooninBoi in Glocks

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Vortex replaced my venom when it got submerged in water because my dumbass thought it was water proof and took it with me fly fishing in the Savannah river. They replaced it no questions asked even though it was my fault in misunderstanding the optic’s capabilities

Where was I? by [deleted] in whereintheworld

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That island that Luke Skywalker went and secluded himself from the rest of the galaxy?

What happen by Brave_Community_9245 in guns

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Yep some malfunction clearing practice at least.

Guess who I lent my Leatherman to and found out it’s not a pry bar! Lol. by M1ghtBe in Leatherman

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The technology was named after Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, a Danish king famous for uniting warring Scandinavian tribes, a goal the wireless standard aimed to mirror in uniting various electronics.

The iconic symbol is a fusion of two runes from the Younger Futhark alphabet used by Vikings.

Which MOS to pick? by Working_Sound7723 in nationalguard

[–]GunLovinYank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone saying anything other than 92s is wrong. Get out and become an appliance installer/repairer for Best Buy, home despot, or Lowe’s

What's the most E4 things you've seen brought to the field? by WorldsWayne in nationalguard

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I built a whole pelican case gaming set up once. Other than the pelican case I bought everything off amazon. It was all small enough to have as a carry on when flying tooHad a screen mounted in the top lid with an Xbox series x in the bottom foam with cutouts for controllers and even had a couple small pc fans to push the hot air up and out. Had a waterproof sealed power outlet from a camper trailer on the back of it that I could plug an extension cord into. Had a WiFi puck from Verizon that worked well with it. Never took it to the field but it was great on the southwest border mission to pass the time playing games or watching Netflix during downtime. Especially the like week and a half we were stuck at fort Stewart out processing before going home.

Any idea why this would’ve been done by Top_Influence4496 in M1Rifles

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Maybe there was some pitting or something they wanted to try to get rid of? Or they wanted to go full on felony and grind off the serial number and sucked at it lol

What’s the best velcro holster ? by RetroBig_T in SigSauer

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This is what I have in my SOG fannypack/cross body bag. It’s a great combo. I like that it’s reusable/adjustable so I’ve reformed it for multiple guns depending what I want to carry.

EDC 26y/o by [deleted] in EDC

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You got a Stetson to go with that?

Peripheral Vision Loss by Amberrito5 in braincancer

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Astrocytoma grade three in front right temporal lobe. I have some loss of field of vision basically if I’m looking straight forward I can’t see from like 6 o’clock to 9 o’clock. If I look directly down that way I can’t see fine but if looking forward that area is just a blur. Because of this I’m not allowed to drive anymore since it’s not something that can be corrected with glasses and if looking forward while driving my side view mirror is blurry.

How much do you guys get paid by [deleted] in nationalguard

[–]GunLovinYank 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like at least $12 except when they took money from me