Oh, jeez. All the best to you and Marianne. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
Crap dude, I'm so sorry to hear that. Keep us informed eh? Best of luck.
I am so sorry to hear about this.
Interestingly, various researchers have proven that human intentionality can and does affect the physical world. Both prayers and simple intent.
So whether you believe in a higher power or not, believe that you and Marianne can come through this, and I will keep you in my own thoughts and prayers.
At moments like this one really feel very powerless and very sad. I wish there was some solace I could offer you or strength I could channel to you...but I can't; we don't know each other except through this very tenuous medium.
But I'm so sorry you will both have to go through this.
I will pray for her recovery. God Bless.
I wish you both strength and fortitude. You will need those in the days ahead. Not a believer either, but I can send good vibes (which I do).
Well.. I am a believer .. so both of you will be getting a prayer from me.
We'll hopefully see you back soon.
I will pray for Marianne. A cousin of mine died a few years ago of a pancreatic condition. Plus, she shares her name with my mother. Tell her that I wish her all the best and that we're all praying for her.
Not a believer either, but all the best and I hope she can fight this.
My thought are with you and I hope the positive karma you generate in you life can help her.
Dr. Dawg, I’m so sorry that Marianne and you have received such serious news. As you note, it quickly changes one’s perspective, making the for and agin’ of blog discussions seem so completely picayune.
I know that everyone here will keep the most positive thoughts for you both. Try to be optimistic, and fight off this assailant.
What terrible news, Dawg. My very best wishes for both of you.
I wish I could offer comfort, but hope and sympathy are all I have. All the best to you and yours, Dawg.
Dr. Dawg,
What tradgic news to read this fine, still morning.
We lost a family member to the same insideous disease about three years ago.
May strength be your constant companion and Marianne's as well. Know you are in our thoughts and prayers.
In the darkness the smallest light is a beacon to the soul! Rejoice in the light when it shines!
Good luck on you and your partners fight against the ravage of cancer. Life is worth fighting for.
I sure hope you do come back and not alone.
My very best,
Mark
Ottawa
You have my deepest condolences, my sympathies, and my prayers for the recovery of your partner from this serious disease. There is one piece of advice I would give you. Just remember, all you can do is all you can do, be wary of pushing yourself farther than can be gone, I have seen that happen to many partners/families of those seriously to terminally ill in my life. Which in turn ended up stressing out those afflicted because they start worrying about you instead of keeping all their strength for fighting their illnesses.
Good luck to both you and your partner in this time of trial and difficulty and may you both pass through it together at the end.
Best wishes, Dawg.
Condolences and best wishes. Very sad.
This just bites. Let me know what I can do, Dawg. My thoughts are with you both
Dear Dr. Dawg and beloved Marianne,
May peace, love, and hope be upon you both.
Best wishes to you and Marianne, Dawg. I'll be pulling for you.
Sorry to hear this. Best wishes.
I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. Thoughts, prayers and general "good vibes" being sent to you both.
And please heed Scotian's advice and take care of yourself as well.
Help her fight, Dawg. My thoughts and prayers are with you both.
Good luck to you both in the fight.
Gosh, life periodically hit us with a bang and puts things in a different perspective - we learn what's truly important.
Our hearts are with you both.
So sorry Dr. Dawg. My thoughts and biggest hopes are with you both.
I'm so sorry to read you've received such challenging news.
My thoughts are with you both...sending you healing.
Bonne chance!
St Peregrine, intercede on Marianne's behalf to bring strength and healing.
Clicking through from Bound By Gravity...
Best of luck for the road ahead. I hope things turn out well.
Dr. D:
My old sparring partner from yestermonth, my prayers to the good Lord are with you and especially with Marianne. And I boldly recommend "Making Sense of Suffering" by philosopher Peter Kreeft.
May God bless and heal Marianne.
All the very best to you, John, in this difficult time.
I'm so sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
My prayers are with you and your partner. God speed her recovery.
Sincerely.
I wish you both strength and courage through this ordeal.
Best of luck to your and your partner DAWG! Left or right.....in the end, we are all compassionate human beings who need to look out for each other....God Bless and I hope you both win this fight!
My thoughts and prayers John & Marianne. May god & lord Jesus be with you in your time of need.
I hope the very best for your wife, and may you both find strength at this difficult time.
Chris
Will be thinking of you both in the weeks and months ahead. Prayers for a positive outcome.
Thinking of you both, Dawg. I will pray.
RG
This type of human crisis transcends partisan lines, and reminds us what is important in life.
I will pray for you and your Marianne. Don't give up hope, because I have seen miracles happen in our own family! Amazing miracles. But if God wants her home sooner than later, spend every precious moment with her. Help her and comfort her and cherish her.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
My prayers are with you and Marianne. God Bless.
You face a more important battle now - may you both be given the strength to do so. Keep your spirits up!
Dr. Dawg, with whom I have sparred on occasion, I am so sorry to hear your news.
As a praying person, I will keep you, Marianne, and your family in my prayers. I wish you only the very best.
Use your energetic and combative spirit--not a bad thing at all!--to fight this disease with everything you've got--and count on the prayers of those of us who can and will lift Marianne up to the Great Healer.
God bless you both.
When my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer, I did gain some emotional relief and strength through my prayers to the Virgin Mary.
And my Mom did experience several honest to God miracles, many of which came to us through the doctors and nurses who cared for her.
They were truly angels.
I have another family member by marriage, in Miami, who has lived with pancreatic cancer for several years by having a stent and chemo. He was even well enough to travel. His cancer has just returned and he knows the outcome is likely not great but he has enjoyed many many times with his family and friends since being diagnosed and is now determined to make it through the upcoming Miami Dolphins season. To each his own.
Sorry to hear such terrible news Dawg and I will remember you both in my prayers.
Oh, and Dawg I am assuming that your partner is not your business partner but is the love of your life and maybe even your wife (a little pc ribbing there, sorry I just could not resist).
Dr. Dawg... your opinions are usually (always) wrong, you're stubborn and at times fat headed.
But, the true measure of a man is how he takes care of his wife and his family. That's all that really matters...
God Bless you and Marianne and the rest of your family ... My prayers are with you.
I just read the news about Marianne's diagnosis. My first thought was to send along a bolus energy ball of strength, determination, and sheer human stubbornness. Tap into it at will -- just think about it and it's there for you.
Not believers? I take it you're referrring to religious beliefs. I know you're a believer in the willful stubbornness of the human spirit to triumph over anything that stands in its way.
In this fight, I wish both of you all the best, Doc.
A very good buddy of mine got diagnosed with it 5 years ago, I told him he was too stubborn to let it get him.
I was right, he’s still here and still stubborn.
God Bless.
John:
My thoughts are with you and your family.
If Marianne is as tough with cancer as you are with right-wingers though...
Dr Dawg, sorry to hear the news.
May many tender moments grace both your lives, no matter how dark life may become.
Take care
That sucks big time, Dawg. I know from quite recent experience that this is, as you said, 'not one of the better ones'.
Thoughts and prayers are with you and Marianne.
My dear dear Dawg and his lady Marianne,
Scott just passed on the terrifying news and my heart just breaks for you both. I will keep you in my thought and what passes for my prayers.
Hold on tight. Courage. Strength.
For what it's worth, last year we almost lost my sister to a pancreatic tumour but the bitch is still around to bug me.
Believe.
A big hug.
Dawg,
I'm thinking of both of you.
And I extend my very best.
Dawg:
At times like this, differing political views are transcended by basic humanity and true empathy for those in difficult straits.
I'm not generally a praying type of person, but I do pray for the very best outcome for you and your beloved.
Here's hoping for a speedy and complete recovery.
All the best.
What awful news Dawg.
My prayers are with you and your beloved. Long or short it is a nasty road you are going down. Know that you have friends who are pulling for you.
Having survived Cancer I know 2 things:
1. It will be hard, exhausting and unenjoyable
2. It can be beat!
Stay positive. Enjoy what you can and plow through what you can't. Remember when going through Hell just Keep Going!
I'm deeply saddened to hear about this, and I wish I could do more than say I'm hoping and praying for her recovery and your return to blogging.
Be strong.
As I said at Daimnation when I found about this, words fail me, other than to say I'm so sorry for the battle you and Marianne are facing, and I'm hoping for the best, like everyone else who has preceded me here.
No matter what Dawg, always remember to keep smiling for Marianne... sincere hope and optimism is contageous and there is absolutely no better medicine in the world than being there for somebody.
I'll be keeping you in my thoughts.
Best wishes Dawg, Best wishes.
Miracles happen.
god speed to you and yours dawg, worthy opponents indeed
Dawg - I just want to add my condolences to you and Marianne as she (and you) battle against this monster.
Your support will mean everything to her and hopefully you will know that we in the blogging community are supporting you both in spirit and in praryer.
Best wishes to you both.
Blessings to you and yours during this time--your wife is blessed to have such a loving and caring partner by her side.
I wish her well and Godspeed.
Your partner has cancer.
Partner ?
So fire the bastard.
What are you waiting for ?
(Blanks you're a fucking asshole whoever you are. A chickenshit too. Sick and sad. You think that's funny? You think that's appropriate? Where were you brought up? In a concentration camp guardhouse?)
Sorry about that everybody.
Dawg, I was just checking in, looking for an update. Just wanted to let you know you are both in my thoughts, every day.
Strength. Courage. BELIEVE.
Dawg, my condolences and best wishes to you and Marianne.
If my partner got cancer I'd fire him/her first and ask questions later,cancel the insurance before they raise the rates...
At least this fellow doesn't slam everything that doesn't go his way in the garbage can Antonia, such a racist Liberal as yourself should be a little less critical of those who's opinions you are opposed to so feministicly oppressive and violent.
Dawg, my thoughts go out to you, and we'll be hoping for a speedy recovery.
My sincerest sympathy to you & yours. I have seen quite a few close friends through various forms of cancer. It is really tough.
Dr. Dawg,
I wish you strength and courage during this difficult time. I know that nobody ever really understands the challenges that people face with illness until they walk in those shoes themselves. I know that you will need all the courage you can muster and that your wife will need even more.
I know that as bloggers we often spar, but it's times like this that show us all how similar we are as human beings, and how fragile our good times are. Take care!
When I say a prayer for my Son Logan I will say a prayer for your beloved Marianne.
With Gods blessing I will ask my son Logan, who just got his Angel wings last Tuesday, to watch over her for you here on earth.
I know in my heart that my son was an Angel of God when he was alive and I know he's an Angel of God right now.
Because of Logan, I had faith, when there was nothing else left to grab onto to survive, you too my friend.
I pray for Gods help, for Logan's help to heal Mariannes broken body.
Don't let too many teardrops fall in sadness, they can change the world, just like raindrops do.
I hope it works out OK.
You are one great guy, and it doesn't seem fair.
I will pray for you and Marianne.
I'm so sorry to hear this. You're both in my thoughts today.
Hope all is going okay and that it stays that way.
Cheers,
lance
Dr. Dawg - this is a sorry turn of events but if you manage to face it with half of the tenacity and resolve present in your blogosphere convictions, Marianne has a formidable ally in her corner with you by her side.
Best wishes during these trying times - our thoughts (and hearts) are with you...
Even as one who does not know you or your good lady, I was very saddened to hear of your time of trial through Zerb's blog message today. Keep strong Dr. Dawg, for Marianne and for yourself.
Strength.
Best of luck Dawg, I hop she can beat the odds. Cancer blows.
I was very sorry to hear about this through Zerb's blog today. I hope she pulls through well and quickly. And I wish for you continued strength. I know how much having a loved one by one's side means when one is sick, not just emotionally but also in healing.
Unfortunately, I don't have much acquaintance with you or Marianne, Dawg, but I do know a little about life with cancer, having gone through a bout of it this summer (and having had a partner who went through it with me, I know in some ways it's even harder to be the one without the disease).
Please accept my hopes that treatment gives your Marianne maximum results with minimum trouble, and that this can recede from the front of your brain to the back.
Bon courage!
So Sorry Dawg, been a wee pre-occupied of late with a wee man whose taken up all my time and almost all my energy for the past month.
I never know what to say when people are dealing with the big C.
Everything seems so cliche and said before.
It's like there are no words...
Will be sending you and Marianne tobacco, sage and cedar smoke as well as good thoughts.
love
Meaghan
Dawg. You and Marianne are in our prayers.
Dawg - you mentioned the bare facts - but you didn't mention how the Lady Marianne is handling them.
That reaction can often be even more revealing of the strength and inner selflessness of the person visited by such a test in life.
I had a special friend who had that visit three times in three years. She had a skin cancer (not melanoma but almost as malignent) just before I met her, and soon after we met -proudly informed me that she was a Big C survivor. For her, life had thrown her a challenge - she had met it, defeated it, moved on! About a year after I met her, we met for lunch and - her usual upbeat self - she kept up a brave face until the end of the meal - at which point she quietly informed me that she had had a recurrence. No big deal - just the facts - a few tears because she thought it was was behind her - then steely-eyed resolution - and she beat it again.
When only 2 months later - a routine scan caught cervical cancer in the early stages she was amazingly serene - she'd seen her oncologists guide her through the lesser threats - why not this one?
Indeed, the operation and the recovery period went perfectly....and six months after - she had a clean ticket.....more and more...the Big C is being beaten...but, as in any war...what it can do is show to those who are witness to the fight just how well the human spirit can rise to these extreme challenges.
I think that is what keeps doctors and nurses sane in the job that they do - among the pain and the suffering - they are often see the best in human qualities as they see their clients fight and in doing so, show their best attributes of courage and humour and selflessness when they see family and friends tending towards resignation and despair.
You know that Marianne is better in spirit for that bedside vigil - whether it helps cure the body is almost immaterial - your presence and its commitment will warm her soul, whenever that final call occurs.
I admire your priorities. When you get back and I am sure you will, please do reflect on the value of caregiving to those we love and to society.
The caregiving movement is what you are living- the personal is political
Best wishes
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