[Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:04:34 -0400

Hey Duane....

You are just like one of my favorite Heroes..

General Douglas MacArthur.....

"I Shall Return... ! ! !   "

And by God,  he DID !
And ended up whuppin' their asses  too,  by the way.

You'll be back, and you won't have to wade ashore either !

73  Dave W1DWZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:45 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] W8DBF Has Left The Stage -

>
>
> 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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