[Hallicrafters] Keep Them Lit While I Am Gone

[Roger (K8RI)]

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> As some of you may recall I had surgery for colon cancer in August of 
> 2003. During the various post surgery procedures I was subjected to 
> something apparently happened that was not supposed to. At least nobody 
> wants to take credit for it!
>
> I was told in June 2006 that my teeth were fine and to come back in three 
> months. When I was examined in September, three months later, I was told 
> that I had fourteen teeth that were "beyond repair". Not much shocks me 
> after thirty years of stage, but this sure did!
>
> How can half of my teeth go from "ok" in June to "beyond repair" in three 
> months? Just did not sound possible then, or now, for that matter. 
> However, the damage is there and real.
>
> After much consideration, and additional consultations, I decided the only 
> practical approach to this nightmare was to have all the teeth extracted 
> and learn to live with dentures. I stalled as long as I could, but the 
> pain won

Hang in there Duane. I was born with soft teeth.  They were always a problem 
and as a teenager I had the tops knocked off a couple in front. They 
couldn't get caps to stay on more than a year or so at a time.  At age 27 
they needed to do a lot of work.  I thought about it for a whole minute 
before saying, "Pull 'em".  They took 4 on one side, then about a week later 
4 on the other side and a week later took the rest and immediately popped in 
the upper plate. Other than a bit of discomfort due to the plate pressing 
against the roof of my mouth (feeling like the finger down the throat) for a 
few hours, I never had a problem after that and didn't even have to have 
them refitted.

Now days they replace individual teeth that fit and look like the originals 
and I'd go that way, but not after this many years as that'd be major work..

> out, as I knew all along that it would. But letting go of ones teeth is 
> not an easy thing to accept. Especially when it affects ones speech 
> patterns, and my voice was, and is, my trademark. I have wrestled with 
> every possible fear and even created a few new ones! But like it or not, 
> this was one more

A good dentist can make them and you sound just like before, but that 
doesn't mean they all can.

Good Luck.

Roger (K8RI)

> challenge I had to summon up the courage to face, the strength to get 
> through and the belief that I could and would come through it, no matter 
> what.
>
> The surgery is Wednesday June 27th. I do not expect to be on the air for 
> either the HHI Saturday or Sunday Nets that weekend, but I do 'hope' to be 
> back for Sunday July 8th.
>
> Al Waller, K3TKJ will monitor my lists, so if you need assistance, call 
> him. I should be back to reading e-mail by July 1st.
>
> I will be staying at home, but not alone. A life long friend will be 
> staying with me for four days. He was a medic in Vietnam and his 
> companionship and assistance will certainly help me for those first few 
> days.
>
> Keep the vintage radio faith. Keep the Hallicrafters lit. Keep the Net 
> frequencies nailed down! Hear you soon -
>
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
> dfischer at usol.com
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