lone_ghost Loc: Wisconsin

I thank you for that. I have a whole process that I have to go through, examinations, CT scans, PET scans, MRI's are out of course. :lol:. It will be at least six months to a year before I actually go in. Hell, I could die before then, who knows.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

So it is not imminent. It gives you time to think, adjust and prepare.

Now, let me say something and, YOU BLOODY WELL BEST LISTEN! Do not ever again post a sentence such as your last one :!: :!: :!: I do not accept such from our elders! You do not want to try my civility.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

:thumbup: Then let me paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, "There are no extraordinary men, just ordinary men faced with extraordinary circumstances!"

You are certainly handling your circumstances extraordinarily well. As a Marine from the VietNam War, I understand your sentiments well, as I share a somewhat similiar background with combat experiences.

I would have been proud to stand beside you on the battlefield, and would have followed you into combat. You make me proud, as a Marine, and a fellow human being!

SEMPER FI!

P.S. Don't irritate AuntiE :roll:

rhomin57 Loc: Far Northern CA.

About two years ago I dated a Dessert Storm veteran. We lived in the same apt complex and were set up by my bro-in-law who was the super of the complex. This guy was very nice, but at times I could tell something wasn't just right. Once in a while he would just get lost in a stare, and then what ever conversation we were in had to start over. Finally, on our third date, he told me that he had a bullet to the left side of his head, took his ball cap off that he always wore to show me the large scar. He was pretty much dead once shot, but his fellow soldiers got him to safety and help right away where he was flown to a hosp for emergency surgery. He said 1/4 to half of his brain had to be removed due to the extensive damage by the bullet, then went through 11 years of hard very difficult rehab to get where he was today. He held a maintenance job, and had lots of friends and places to go with them. He loved to grow house plants, big beautiful ones. He had small trees in his apt as well. He was very "content" with where he had climbed in life since that day in the war, and he said he wouldn't change a thing, per what he has now. So your question would be: Are you "content" as you are now. If not, have the surgery. If you are, than simply thank God for where you are and continue being "content."