Well, my 89 year old dad, yes 89 years old has been going radiation therapy treatments for last 5 weeks for a tumor on his left thigh. His left leg is twice the size of the other one.
He is scheduled to have a preop/xray at a hospital located in Gainsville Fl tomorrow to see if the tumor has spread to his lungs. If is hasn't they will remove the tumor on the 2nd of May.
If it has spread to his lungs then they won't remove it and that's that. I am optimistic that it has not spread to his lungs as I have plans on going down to see him (The Villages,FL)
after surgery and has recouped. My Dad is a retired Navy CWO-4 (select) who was a Aviation Electronics Tech. He taught AT-A school in Millington, TN in the early 50's. A lot of you
here were either not on this planet then or like me in grade school. Yes, I am also a retired Navy Brat as well. Have seen a lot of the world when I lived with him + my own Navy Career.
Anyway, at 89, his mind is still sharp as a tack but sounds a little feeble at times when I talk to him on the phone. He joined the Navy in 1941 and after a brief stint with the V-5 Program
(Pilot) he quit Navy Pilot training (his class was just ahead of Bush 41). Went to Alameda CA for RADAR school which was very hush hush back then. He was a aviation radioman then flying
in P2V's and Hudsons down in Racife Brazil and at coco solo Panama. I remember when I was about 4/5 years old watching him fish from docks at Panama back in 1948.
He was Avionics Officer with VF-151 (F4B) 1964/65 on USS Coral Sea as well as at FASRON 118 at Naha Okinawa back in 1957. Fasrons are now AIMD's. He made chief in 3 Years, a featno other sailor has accomplished. That is another story in and of itself and can later elaborate on that.
I know he has enjoyed seeing my two younger brothers (one at Jax,FL) the other from Nashville. Soon, my turn to visit and hope to find him well. I am praying that tomorrow
will find the X-ray results with no spread of the cancer to his lungs and that he will be able to undergo the removal of that tumor from his leg.
Amen.....
He is scheduled to have a preop/xray at a hospital located in Gainsville Fl tomorrow to see if the tumor has spread to his lungs. If is hasn't they will remove the tumor on the 2nd of May.
If it has spread to his lungs then they won't remove it and that's that. I am optimistic that it has not spread to his lungs as I have plans on going down to see him (The Villages,FL)
after surgery and has recouped. My Dad is a retired Navy CWO-4 (select) who was a Aviation Electronics Tech. He taught AT-A school in Millington, TN in the early 50's. A lot of you
here were either not on this planet then or like me in grade school. Yes, I am also a retired Navy Brat as well. Have seen a lot of the world when I lived with him + my own Navy Career.
Anyway, at 89, his mind is still sharp as a tack but sounds a little feeble at times when I talk to him on the phone. He joined the Navy in 1941 and after a brief stint with the V-5 Program
(Pilot) he quit Navy Pilot training (his class was just ahead of Bush 41). Went to Alameda CA for RADAR school which was very hush hush back then. He was a aviation radioman then flying
in P2V's and Hudsons down in Racife Brazil and at coco solo Panama. I remember when I was about 4/5 years old watching him fish from docks at Panama back in 1948.
He was Avionics Officer with VF-151 (F4B) 1964/65 on USS Coral Sea as well as at FASRON 118 at Naha Okinawa back in 1957. Fasrons are now AIMD's. He made chief in 3 Years, a featno other sailor has accomplished. That is another story in and of itself and can later elaborate on that.
I know he has enjoyed seeing my two younger brothers (one at Jax,FL) the other from Nashville. Soon, my turn to visit and hope to find him well. I am praying that tomorrow
will find the X-ray results with no spread of the cancer to his lungs and that he will be able to undergo the removal of that tumor from his leg.
Amen.....
