Fellow Milblogger in Need of Prayers

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A fellow MilBlogger is in need of our thoughts and prayers. Greg at Greg Note's formally known by some as Middle of Nowhere and Two Feet From Hell, has recently returned from battle in Iraq, safe and sound. However, he now faces a new battle from within. He has been diagnosed with colon cancer. You can find details on his wife, Sheryl's blog Two Blue Lines.

Here's an excerpt from Sheryl:

The doctor ordered blood work and a colon scope... to which my husband vehemently opposed, but finally agreed. I made arrangements to farm out the children to the four corners of the earth (no one person wants to keep ALL of them) and I headed to Hattiesburg on Saturday to await the results of the tests. When I arrived in town, Greg told me it was cancer. They found a golfball size mass in his colon that had to be removed immediately. The surgery was scheduled for Monday morning. We both stared at each other trying to soak it in and register what was happening. I am not sure that we have fully gotten there even now.

Monday morning the doctor found that the cancer has spread outside the colon. They removed half of his colon, his appendix and 15 of his lymph nodes. He will have to undergo 9 - 10 months of chemotherapy after he heals from the surgery. The prognosis? 60% chance of survival unless the cancer has spread anywhere else.

...Me? I am still numb and trying to busy myself by dealing with Tricare and the military to make arrangements to bring him home. I am staying here at the hospital until they release him. He will have to stay here in Hattiesburg until the doctor releases him to make the drive back home. We are told that will be 4 -6 weeks.

Greg Anton is in Wesley Medical Center, Room 336, 5001 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402.

Greg is blogging a little with updates of his progress thus far:

I am doing better. I was awaken to my doctor standing over me this morning. He looked at me and said, “Good morning. I am going to look at your incision and we are going to take your catheter out today.”

I looked and said, “Ok.” After he started yanking on the bandage on my stomach I thought I was going to kill him.

...Sher needs a break. She has been here non-stop. She needs to go get some real food and she needs to go to my hotel room and sleep but she will not leave me alone. She eats from the machines and the cafeteria. She sleeps on this love seat which she has to put a chair at the end of so her feet do not hang off. I told her to go get a break and she says no. I just do not want her to over do it. She is a great help.

They could use our help as well. The support of the MilBlog community has been unmatched any where in the blogoshere and has does wonders in the past. Greg and Sheryl have a long precarious road ahead of them. Lets combine our efforts to keep their spirits high while he battles this newfound enemy.

Thank You

UPDATE:HOOAH RADIO EMAIL

I am in contact to Greg of Greg Notes and I am doing a special Show for him on the European Morning Show of HOOAHRADIO.
He said it would be okay and I asked him for a list of Songs he would like to listen to. If you want to send him a note or a wish just tune into http://www.hooahradio.com at Saturday 2AM eastern time (8AM in Germany) and click on the dancing little star in the upper right corner. Or simply ad me on yahoomessanger as nelly_hooahradio to leave your dedication and request. The European Morning Show is all about Greg and his family tomorrow.

We will not leave him alone, and he'll be in our hearts and prayers. That's why I dedicate the Show to him and his family tomorrow. He knows of it and he also asked if he can listen from the Internet so I am pretty sure he is listen into it, let's swamp him with dedications, wishes and notes for his recovery. He deserves it.

Yours

Nelly aka Tankers Angel of Hooahangel.blogspot.com

Thanks Nelly.

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