[Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:56:29 -0700

We all know this is just another plot of the wily frog to throw us 
off of the real threat here, We must stand alert for the invasion 
of spam touting legislation giving free bugs to things green.

BTW, have you every heard the song "Its nice to be Green", by 
Buddy Rich (the drummer)?

WBob

Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> 	
> As announced during the Sunday July 13th HCI 20 meter Net, I am leaving all
> things Hallicrafters, vintage, SWL and pretty much everything else, 
> indefinitely	
> 	
> If any of you encounter a problem with any list I currently administrate, please
> contact Al Waller, K3TKJ, at: [email protected] He will be handling things until
> return. 	
> 	
> Briefly, i went for a routine doctor's visit a week ago today. It was time for
> my annual physical anyhow, so while I was there I had the blood work done. 	
> 	
> The next day the doctor called and told me that he wanted me in the hospital
> immediately for a three unit, (pint) transfusion. I was stunned. My hemoglobin
> was 6.8, less than half of normal. Everything to do with Iron was a mile below
> the bottom of the scale. Such as Iron from 35-150, mine was 7. Additional blood
> tests showed the only thing wrong with my blood, was almost no Iron. Hence, the
> bone marrow uses Iron to produce hemoglobin, and I had no Iron. What hemoglobin
> was stored in reserve in the liver had been used up. I was alive, he was not
> sure why, but running on less than the fumes from an empty gas tank.        	
> 	
> Then he totally knocked me off the chair when he told me the probable cause was
> advanced colon cancer. I had not had any signs of blood in the urine or stool,
> and the urine test showed none whatsoever. 	
> 	
> Tomorrow morning I am in the hospital for a transfusion. Then more blood work.
> Then I am in the hospital for colon, stomach and other intrusive tests. The
> normal six to eight week waiting period is being waived, as he figures I won't
> be alive by then. 	
> 	
> That is a brief overview of what has happened to cause me to put my life on
> hold. I hope there is not a SK sale in my near future and I hope I will survive
> whatever is going on inside me. Frankly, right now, my future is hour by hour.
> Why am I still home? Well, first I had to get some areas of my life taken care
> of in the event I could not manage them myself and second because I am too
> blasted determined to continue on and pretend this is not really happening. But
> if I get any weaker, I won't be here, so it is time to put my life in God's
> hands, do what the doctor says and try to think positive thoughts. I am not yet
> ready to write Frogzilla's last chapter! 	
> 	
> Keep the Hallicrafters, and other vintage tube gear, glowing for me and keep
> this list active, productive and peaceful. If there is any way to be on the air
> Wednesday night, I will be there! If it is possible to do the Saturday and
> Sunday Nets, I will be there! But if I am not there, I hope that one or two of
> you will step up to the plate and pinch hit for me as NCS. 	
> 	
> Keep the HCI web site furnished with material and help the Web Master Fred
> Mooney, KA1DGL, keep it going. Fred and I have carried the web site on our
> shoulders through thick and thin. Craig Carter has done a marvelous job handling
> the 'forsale-swap' area the past year and a half. (thank you Craig!) Whether I
> go on, or not, I want the HCI concept, the HCI Nets and the HCI web site to
> survive. So please keep those things that still go glow in the night lit.  	
> 	
> I will not be answering e-mail for a while, but if I am able, I will be reading
> it. If I have the strength, I 'may' answer a few now and then.   	
> 	
> Take care my friends, thank you for everything over the years, keep Frogzilla
> out of the Sport's Illustrated swim suit photo sessions, keep those Halli's lit
> and God willing, I shall return. 	
> 	
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/W9WZE	
> [email protected]   	
> 
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