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Home now and slowly recovering

koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Thanks to all who posted encouraging messages concerning my aortic aneurysm. Your postings truly meant a lot to me and every little bit helps in recovery. I'm home now (best therapy of all BTW.) I feel like I've been mugged half a dozen times but I'm not complaining since the docs tell me I shouldn't be here at all-under the best of circumstances the survival rate is only around 5% for these things (mine was under about the best circumstances that could be expected-ruptured right after I went thru the CAT scan so I got to the OR immediately.) The staff at the Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital did an outstanding job and I give them the majority of the credit for my survival.

Tom-PM me if you will.

Ron

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    DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508 ✭
    Ron,

    Glad to hear our prayers were answered, and you are recovering! Get well, and we'll be here to talk coins when you need to take your mind off of things. God bless!

    Doug
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    jsfjsf Posts: 1,889
    go man go!
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    Newcomp103Newcomp103 Posts: 2,223 ✭
    image...glad you are back Mr.Pope...we missed you!
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    blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,973 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome Home!!!
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    Tvac897Tvac897 Posts: 1,478
    Glad to hear you're on the mend and home!
    -Rome is Burning

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    SeaEagleCoinsSeaEagleCoins Posts: 3,262 ✭
    Excellent news, Ron!!!

    I hope you have a speedy recovery!!!

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    CB2597CB2597 Posts: 3,042
    Take it easy Ron and Yes consider yourself like winning the Top Prize of the Lottery 10x over because like they say the survival rate of Aortic Aneurysm is just like that...like winning the lottery. Great to have you back and follow everything your team of doctors tells you to. Not everyone gets to have a Second chance Ron. God Bless!!!

    Sincerely,

    Joe
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My mom had this last April. At 85, she wasn't given much chance at survival. I'm glad you are also a survivor. We only get one breath at a time. No more, no less.

    Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome back... very happy to see you posting again... Cheers, RickO
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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome back, Ron! Glad you're home and getting better. We wish you a speedy recovery!
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
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    guymguym Posts: 248
    Glad to hear your on the road to recovery. God deserves all of the credit for your pulling through this, after all He is the one that guided the surgeons hands. Prayer works!!!
    There is nothing like an uncirculated set of washington quarters!!!
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    RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,649 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was thinking about you last night and wondered if you had gotten home yet. I am very happy to find out that you are now home! A lot of people have been praying for you, and we're glad that prayer, plus good medical care, has been successful. Take your time getting well, nothing is as important as your health, so take it easy! Welcome back, my good friend!

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

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    coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    glad your home for the holiday weekend, follow the docs orders and speedy recovery!!!
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    cladkingcladking Posts: 30,342 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome back. I hope you stick around a while.

    I'm surprised your odds were that good. Now keep working hard with the therapy and get your strenght back. image
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
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    CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    I'm happy to hear you survived and are back home! Life is precious. Stories like remind me to hug my family daily - but I already do that. image

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    BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Wow, I can't even come close to imagining what the must have been like.

    Hope you have a speedy recovery.
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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Good to see you back! Best wishes for a quick and complete recovery.

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    BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Your own personal episode of Survivor... And you won. Welcome back.

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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,242 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is excellent news.
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    beartracks42beartracks42 Posts: 2,834 ✭
    Great news. Take it slow and easy and you will be back to normal in no time.image
    Gary
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    image BACK!!!
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
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    It's not the years; it's the mileage.
    Glad to know you're doing better image
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    OnWithTheHuntOnWithTheHunt Posts: 1,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad to hear you're doing better. Wanted to start a thread featuring variety Buffalos to welcome you back appropriately, but I'm at work and can't access my Photobucket account from here for some reason..
    Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).
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    WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,607 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congratulations, welcome home and continued recovery. What great news.
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    pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    so glad to see you back ... I think there were a lot of people (myself included) worried about you

    Hope you have a quick and uneventful full recovery! image




    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

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    123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    I am glad you are home and recovering. It's good to hear good news.


    Carl.
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    thezookrewthezookrew Posts: 650 ✭
    Glad you're back home - and remember - SOMEONE has to fall into that 5% category of survival, and being AT the hospital didn't hurt those chances a bit!!

    Perry
    TheZooKrew
    Morgan, modern sets, circulated Kennedys, and Wisconsin error leaf quarter Collector
    First (and only - so far) Official "You Suck" Award from Russ 2/9/07
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    icsoccericsoccer Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭
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    Great news!
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    UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's to a speedy recovery! image
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
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    ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    Welcome back and wishes for a speedy recovery to you !!
    " YOU SUCK " Awarded 5/18/08
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    pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    My thoughts and prayers are with you, I wish you a very speedy recovery and many many years of happy collecting image
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    StellaStella Posts: 737 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We are very glad to have you back, and best wishes for a full and fast recovery!
    Coin collector since childhood and New York Numismatist at Heritage Auctions.
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    gemstatecoinsgemstatecoins Posts: 1,065
    That is great news!! Take care
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Ron - We have the highest respect for you. It's great to see you back again.


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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I missed this initially with the long holiday weekend. Awesome to see you posting again, and best wishes on your recovery.


    Sean Reynolds
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    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
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    RunnersDadRunnersDad Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭
    You must be very much a fighter, and having watched my Grandfather pass from the same issue, I admire your strength. I wish you nothing but the best in your recovery!
    Mike

    Visit my son's caringbridge page @ Runner's Caringbridge Page

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    tgilliamstgilliams Posts: 1,969
    So glad you are healing, scary deal. I've had 2 Heart Attacks myself
    PCGS sets under The Thomas Collections. Modern Commemoratives @ NGC under "One Coin at a Time". USMC Active 1966 thru 1970" The real War.
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    gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    This is great news, Ron. I'm very pleased you dodged this bullet.
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    yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    Welcome back home, Ron. I'm glad to hear you are doing better. This is such great news!

    Garrow
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    jobiwan115jobiwan115 Posts: 769
    Best wishes for a quick successful recovery.
    Exclusively collecting Capped Bust Halves in VF to AU, especially rarity 3 and up.
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    Joe G.
    Great BST purchases completed with commoncents123, p8nt, blu62vette and Stuart. Great coin swaps completed with rah1959, eyoung429 and Zug. Top-notch consignment experience with Russ.
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    TACloughTAClough Posts: 1,598 ✭
    Ron,

    Glad to hear that the recovery is going good (at least in your own home)! Let the rest of the family pamper you for awhile. Now that I think of it, while the family is pampering you, you might find the time to check your spare Kennedy for a few more varieties for Caleb image

    Take care of yourself, best wishes for a full recovery, image

    Sincerely,
    Tim & Caleb
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    TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    Good to have you back Ronimage

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