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Update... not great. I had my first scans in 6 months a few weeks ago, and for the first time in 3.5 years, there is a new nodule in my lung. Well, apparently not new, as there is evidence of it in my prior August and April scans, but it was too small to register. It's still small, 6 mm, so too small to biopsy or to see on a PET scan (needs to be 10 mm to reliably see). Given my history, and because there is just the one nodule, we've decided to have it surgically removed. Benefits of this is that it will definitely be removed (with chemo, immuno, and/or radiation, you never really know), and they will biopsy it while I'm still out on the table, so we'll know if it is cancer. It's less clear to me if they can conclude it is from my past metastasis, or if it might be some unrelated, less-threatening thing like an adenocarcinoma. Surgery is on Tuesday, 4/8. Because it requires collapsing my lung temporarily, they want to keep me overnight. Ending on a positive note, there are a few things in my favor. One, it is reassuring to have a plan. Two, in addition to the above adenocarcinoma, it could be benign. For instance, I occasionally aspirate (fancy for leak) food and drink from my esophagus into my trachea (and thus my lungs). If a particulate settled somewhere, my body might build a nodule around it. Given it's growth over the past year, unlikely, but maybe. Three, it's in my right lung, whereas my past tumors (lung and throat) were all on my left side. The lungs are interconnected via the trachea so the doc doesn't put much credibility in it, but the engineer in me finds it odd that there would be a single dormant nodule on the other side. Four, speaking of dormant, my original cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) is typically like a yip yip dog -- supposedly it either grows like a week and kills ya quick, or you kill it first. It's not like some breast cancers that lie dormant for a decade or more. Relatedly, it grew very fast the first time around, whereas this growth has been much slower. Five, I've never smoked and I exercise regularly, so my lungs are as awesome as 57 yr old lungs can be. The surgery is Masters week, so for my EdEx buddies, I'll probably have to come up with a plan to finish the draft (hopefully we can make my part of the 3-4 turn on Monday). I also have not only approval but insistence from my wife that I sit on my ass recovering and watch the tourney all weekend. Anyway, that's it for now, I'll update things after the surgery.

It’s really disgusting to read this hate filled nonsense here but what’s worse is that nobody around here condemns it. @Frozenbeernuts, @Cdub100 , and @HB Localboy have shown themselves to be ignorant hate filled anti-Semites, yet they’re tolerated as if they were normal people.

For anyone who wants real facts: The bill was introduced in January of 2023. HR82 of the 118th Congress. It passed the House November 12th of 2024. It passed the Senate on December 21st of 2024. It was signed into law on January 5th, 2025 by President Joe Biden. The OP wants to make it a Trump thing because he desperately wants Trump to use his tongue as toilet paper.

Biden signed the law on January 5th of this year. MAGA pedophile supporting dummy MO can't even get simple facts right.

This is wrong. It’s exactly why I DIDN’T vote for Trump. It’s immoral and un-American to deport this woman IMO.

All I've learned from this thread is that Maximum Overkill supports pedophiles as long as they are MAGA devotees. Sickening

I use to also find stories of rape and murder were helpful lighten the mood... but that only ever occurred when phillybear wrote them. He had a unique talent. I worry that this Natalie Wood one just doesn't produce the effect you're going for.

There's the tranny in women's spaces stuff, the drag queen with kids stuff, defund the police, sympathy for terrorists and illegal alien sex traffickers and drug smugglers, the flag kneeling, the Antifa riots, the race baiting, unsecure borders, the no ID voting, the Howard Zinn / 1619 rewriting of US history to focus on the bad and worst aspects of US history. Seeing Thomas Jefferson statues hit the ground was infuriating. This isn't an argument about tax and spend policy or energy vs climate change policy anymore. I don't rightly know how anybody with any sense of decency is a Democrat on 2025 and I don't want to live in a community that is governed by them.

the judge doesn't understand multiple things you can't serve if you are required to be on daily medication getting tranny surgery is an elective procedure, and should not be paid for by being in the military and lastly serving in the military is NOT A RIGHT

thats all

Thank you, Joe Biden!

Dude. Seriously? NO. Diabetics usually aren't allowed. If you were diagnosed with Asthma after a certain age (usually young teens) you cannot serve. if you have high blood pressure you have to show that it's well controlled if you want to serve. Cannot believe you actually asked these questions.

Thank You, Biden.

you have 8 threads on the first page and only half of them resulted in actual discussion. find a new hobby or something. no one cares about this.. i feel sad for the people who actually watch political shows on a daily basis.

@RaiderHaters Revenge Have you gotten enough chirps yet? Prosecute those that committed the crimes. There is no excuse for political violence.

https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1901739365635641418 (picture at link of protest crowd) BREAKING: This is a drone image of an Anti-Trump protest in Greenland. Important context: The entire population of Greenland is just 55,000 people. How do you like this “Crowd size”?

Not stupid. Incredibly courageous. She fought for the rights of others at tremendous risk to herself. Exactly the sort of person I want here.

Sounds to me like the guy with a mental illness has experience with it and can spot it. Not sure what the problem is here. The guy belongs in prison if he's guilty AND TDS is a mental illness. Just because you don't like the source, it doesn't mean the information is invalid.

https://x.com/denversmayor/status/1902042530490773525 (video clip at link) Mayor Mike Johnston @denversmayor Jeanette Vizguerra is a mom of American citizens, a Target employee, a nonprofit leader and an immigration reform advocate with no violent criminal history. Her detainment is not about safety. This is Putin-style persecution of political dissidents.

I don't condone political violence and the perps should be arrested and charged, but it's also hard to feel bad for the richest guy in the world who has spent the last 2 months illegally cutting off funding that saves lives and destroying the lives of good hardworking Americans.

Keep licking those boots dude. Here's my conspiracy theory- @jonmx is what happens when first cousins have sex and create a kid.

I'd put Trump over Lincoln. Trump proved that he could take a bullet. Lincoln freed the slaves (yeah right) and Trump freed the American people.

It's a given. He's fat and ugly.

The SCOTUS justices I support stick closely to the Constitution, the SCOTUS justices you support make up their minds with little regard for the document. Also which side wants to shred the Electoral college and which side wants to expand/pack the courts, and which side wants the judiciary to overrule both the legislative and executive branch?

The CIA got rid of the real stuff long ago, or never put it on paper to begin with. Just like with MK Ultra.

Bob down at traffic court is actually Chief Judge of Federal District Court in D.C. Courthouses are EXACTLY where overreaching politicians are superceded. Did you pass 6th grade?

Somebody posted a laugh emoji on my update.

If you can control it without medications, that makes sense. However, the constant need to check blood sugar, make sure you always have a snack on hand, etc. And I agree that if you diagnosed prior to enlisting, might be more difficult. When Tim said, "Certain types" I thought he'd invented some new Type 3 diabetes, or at least knows someone who has it. The military wants young healthy people to enlist. Not people who have to be monitored (self or otherwise) for various medical aliments that could get their brothers killed in action.

My rebuttal is pretty simple: transgender persons don’t suffer from gender dysphoria. If they had it they’ve been cured of it by undergoing a sex change. Now they’re who they were supposed to be. Therefore mental illness is not a sufficient reason to restrict a transgender person from joining the military. (Now I would agree that it is not the proper role of the military to pay for someone’s surgery. Therefore I have no problem excluding a person with gender dysphoria or who hasn’t yet had the surgery. But if they’ve already had the surgery, then it seems to me it’s wrong to exclude them. Thus I believe this judge is correct and you are wrong.)

Regardless of who was responsible, it sounds pretty damn good compared to what some of the left-wingers have been spewing MUSK & TRUMP ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR SS AWAY!

I appreciate you highlighting the disconnect between you people. You call truth bigotry. You expect us to hold our tongue because we may offend someone with brown skin or, or basically anyone who isn't a white male. We would rather deal in facts than worry about feelings first. That's not bigotry, and to think it is is a big reason why Donald Trump has to come in with a blow torch to burn all the woke crap down. Watch it all burn. It's your choice if you want to become a common sense citizen, or if you want to revel in your self loathing. It's all up to you. I'm here to help you on your spiritual journey when you're ready.

She purposely skipped an immigration check in. She also hid in a church. She has done everything and anything to avoid consequences for her actions. She is the exact opposite of the type of person we should allow to immigrate to our great country.

That law is bad and should be ignored.

I actually can’t believe what I’m reading here especially coming from someone that exploits the labor of illegals that also hurts lower income workers . Astonishing lack of self awareness

No, type 1 diabetics (like my daughter) cannot join the military. To your initial question in the OP of making an argument, I'll let your own link argue for me: This podunk low-level activist judge is directly contradicting recent SCOTUS precedent. She should be impeached and disbarred. Further: Gender dysphoria is a mental health condition as per DSM-5, which in and of itself is sufficient to disallow joining. But in addition, it would likely lead to the person pursuing trans surgery, on the taxpayer's dime of course, in addition to all of the (expensive) daily medication which further precludes deployment. Your rebuttal on my argument?

I don't have a trach, I had a laryngectomy. I permanently breathe through a stoma in my trachea, unless they come up with a way to regrow my larynx. Which is actually being worked on at the Mayo here. I'm not sure if they would have needed to do something prior to my surgery to make such a procedure work, and I'm usually disqualified from such things because of the metastasis, but who knows, maybe someday. I've done swallow tests. My problem is a combo of (1) the reconstruction of my throat left some ridges that pool food and liquid, and (2) I speak through a prosthetic device between my trachea and esophagus (TEP, or trans-esophageal prosthetic). The TEP is basically a tube with a valve -- when I push air through it, the valve opens, my esophagus vibrates, and walla! sounds kinda like speech. Works quite well actually. Unfortunately, it is not a permanent device, as crud and fungus collects on the valve and affects the seal of the valve and the TEP cylinder itself. So some amount of aspiration eventually occurs. The trick is to determine when it is consistent enough to get it changed, which happens every few months. The change involves pliers to yank it out of my throat, then a device to jam the new one into my throat. It's not a pleasant experience. ETA: Regarding the swallow test: with a lary, my esophagus is completely isolated from my trachea, so that isn't the issue.with my aspiration. I mentioned above that I brought up the possibility of aspiration-related nodule, and the doc said it was possible. She didn't use the word pneumonia though. Googling around, it looks like usually this presents with infection-related issues (fever, etc.) which I don't have, nor do I have a cough. But it can cause a "lung abscess." It sounds like you had limited symptoms as well. I'm not inclined to delay the surgery any more, but thanks for the info. I really hope this is the cause.

Its not easy, but when you look at the big picture, you have the astronauts themselves, other astronauts on the ISS, NASA, Biden and others vs Musk and Trump, and we know that Musk and Trump are huge liars and will say anything to benefit them politically, I will believe the former.

The CIA was officially involved. Everyone with common sense is vindicated. This also isn't the entirety of the files, but I didn't expect that. Common sense keeps winning, and it will continue to win. Please take note of the people who read the part where the CIA was involved, and then they claim to not have read that. We are living in a weird time where our realities are splitting. It's the only explanation why they can read the sentence "the cia was involved" and then turn around and claim the cia wasn't involved.

It’s not just about them being trans Tim. Take you for instance. Even though you don’t have gender dysphoria, you do have breasts like a woman. You too would be disqualified.

Both for me. He was a lone nut. Sorry @Jon_mx

ADIOS AMIGO! CIAO! AU REVOIR! AUF WIEDERSEHEN!

No. I support the boycott. Not any acts of violence.

That Oswald was the lone shooter. That's all. His ties to Russia certainly make it possible that he wasn't just acting alone. But conspiracy-loving knuckledraggers around insist there were multiple shooters, and every focking expert investigation for more than 60 years has decisively concluded otherwise. Weak-minded people buy into conspiracy theories because it gains them some sort of confidence in the lifelong intellectual prowess that has eluded them and resulted in mental insecurity.

lol ok buddy boy mandate, people have spoken, guess what ZERO POLLS matter now especially your MSDNC ones

From what I’ve read the left dash gives you height trajectory similar to the 1x but with much lower spin and has the same firm feel. The softer feel is what I prefer about the regular. After playing one last year and going back to the x it felt like I was hitting a rock.

This guy... https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-senator-justin-eichorn-arrest Arrested for trying to fock a kid. Nice job maga.

100% of Liberals are perverted freaks

Best of luck brother.

Maybe his own, but I don't think that's the kind of thing the NFL wants on tv.

I sold a lot of football cards on eBay in 2020. Shipping was already expensive versus the last time I've sold about five years earlier & I expect it's far higher now. EBay and PayPal fees have also went up a lot & buyers also have to pay sales tax at the time of purchase if they live in a state that has one. You can sell up to $2500 worth of items on eBay for 2025 before a 1099 materializes. Next year that amount drops to $600 One more thing about eBay that may interest you. They always side with the buyer when any type of problem arises. If you want to see what vinyl has been selling for on eBay recently, you can choose completed listings. Here's an example for bachman-turner overdrive not fragile https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bachman+turner+overdrive+not+fragile+vinyl&_sacat=0&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1