DM Wellards Jade Regent
Game Master Wellard

So...the lootkeeper's been falling down on the job lately. From the last fight we have the following:

+1 Longsword
Dragon-shaped helm

I'll go back through the thread to find all the loot we've tracked down in the fort so far to see what else needs to be listed. DM Wellard, have we come across any amount of coin that hasn't been mentioned main thread?

no I've given you everything.

Just making sure, but Lissa did get the sword right? No one else wanted it if I remember.

I've been going on the assumption that Lissa did.

Cool, just wanted to make sure I wasn't adding gear to my list that was still up for grabs, lol.

So...got a request for my favorite PbP group.

I had a seizure for the first time in my life yesterday morning and have ultimately discovered that it was a result of two nodules and a lesion in my right brain. There was a lot of swelling and edema around the area and I'm currently in the hospital taking steroids to reduce the swelling. I have a biopsy scheduled Friday to determine if it is malignant before we decide what route to take with treatment.

If any of you are praying people, please send a message Heaven-ward for me, please.

I'm sorry I haven't been able to check in as much as I'd like lately. We had a death in the family recently, and I fear another may be coming soon. (Not mine, so don't get the wrong idea.)

Phillip, I really hope things work out in your favor. Let us know how things turn out.

Thanks, Nirthuus. I appreciate that. Today's been the first day since I went into the hospital that I've been at all back on my feet.

My preliminary pathology report is due back on Wednesday, but I won't know anything more about my condition until then. I had to go get some routine labs done today at a local doc. If my understanding is correct, the neurosurgeon is hoping to find increased calcium levels in my blood, because that may mean that the nodules and lesion in my brain are calcifying and that would mean they are significantly less likely to be cancerous.

As soon as I know something more, I'll let y'all know.

Medical status update for you guys: After consulting with an oncologist in Warner Robins, Georgia this morning, I have learned that I have either a grade 2 or grade 3 astrocytoma. It IS cancerous. It is NOT the really bad kind. The oncologist I spoke to told me I have already begun the process of scheduling an appointment at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas with a very experienced neurosurgeon there. I'll find out tomorrow morning when exactly my consultation appointment is but it's almost definitely going to be either next Tuesday or next Thursday and my surgery will likely follow within a couple days of that.

For at least a few days following the surgery, it's probably a safe assumption that I'll be incommunicado with everybody..which I hate, because I love you guys!

While that doesn't sound like "good" news, it does sound like "it could be worse." We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

I'm sorry I haven't checked in for a few days. We had another death in the family and I haven't had the chance to web-surf like I usually do. This next week will be pretty hectic, so I may not be able to check in.

Wellard, go ahead and GMPC Omara if you need to.

Medical Update: I'm at MD Anderson in Houston going through new patient stuff today. Very busy schedule until early afternoon meeting with different specialists and getting the actual surgery scheduled for tomorrow. I should be able to post again tonight, but after that I'm not sure when I'll be able to post again.

They're telling me to expect a local recover of 7-10 days, but it's really all gonna depend on me, so expect me to be incommunicado for around a week or so, beginning tomorrow. Sorry for having to do this to you guys! As soon as I'm able to, I'll let you all know what's going on. My wife has told me she'll sign on for me tomorrow after the surgery is over to let you know how it went.

Phillip is feeling fine... well, as fine as one can feel after an all-day brain operation. They think they removed over 95% percent of his tumor. We'll know for sure after he has a post-op MRI.

He's awake, talking, walking, about to get to eat something... Just letting everyone know he's okay like he asked me to do!

Hey gang! Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm back home, recovering from the surgery. Got some very good news from the neurooncologist. The mass that they found in my brain is a grade 2 astrocytoma, the lower grade it could've been. The neurosurgeon was able to remove (according to him) 95-98% of the tumor with the surgery, which my wife has already told you.

At present, because the tumor is grade 2 and the nature of grade 2 astrocytomas is that they are very slow-growing, I do not require any follow-up treatment in the form of radiation or chemotherapy. Moving forward, the treatment plan seems to be that I'm going to have to have an MRI done roughly every quarter to check and see if the tumor has started growing again. When it does, it is at that point that I'll need to seek out radiation/chemo or whatever. But for right now, I am hunky-dory!

Hi Everyone,
I'm sorry that I've been out of touch for so long, but a lot of stuff has happened over the last few weeks. We had a funeral for my mother. Lots of relatives, many I didn't even know. Lots of trips to ATL airport, too. I put two wills into probate. And I finally quit my crappy job. Then I took a week off from the world and went to the mountains, with nothing but squirrels, birds, and DVDs to keep me company.

2012 and 2013 have not been very kind to my family and I. Both of my parents were in and out of hospitals and nursing homes for the last 11 months. Dad passed from cancer in February and Mom just recently from kidney failure. Both of them were pretty miserable for the last few months of their lives.

Trips to two different hospitals every day, watching my parents getting worse and worse, was tough. Combine that with working full time for a company I was growing to hate, plus having to take care of my own life, and I was worn out. My sister-in-law's family owns a cabin in the mountains and it was suggested that I go there rest and "recharge my batteries." Now I know what "stir crazy" feels like.

But the worst is over now. Tomorrow I'll get sworn in as executor and start handling their final affairs. I have the free time to do it.

Phillip, I'm really glad to see you're doing well.

Well sorry that all of that came in such condensed timing, but hopefully now that some of that pain has passed things will stabilize a bit. It can be hard to lose family and deal with the aftermath, my condolences.

Bu you know, I really admire this little cadre we have. Each of us has had some pretty rough stuff come up in since we started the game and we just keep trucking along. Go us, LOL. Welcome back Nirthuus.

Good to see you back Nirthuus. And my condolences as well for your losses.

Agreed! It's really good to have you back, Nirthuus. I don't know if it'll mean the same to you as it does to me, but I'll keep you and your family in my prayers.

Also, it's good to have you back!

Sorry to hear off your bereavements this year..I lost my dad three years ago come June and it came hard.

Sorry for my absence guys but I needed a break from PbP my brain was just fatigued over the last week