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Moparsmitty
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I'm not a very religious guy, but I believe that there's someone out there somewhere that's watching over us all. I will say a little prayer for you Jimi and hope that you make a full recovery. Fight the good fight and know that we are pulling for you.
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Jimi we are hear for you! I beat stage 4 cancer 15 years ago. You can get through it. Get one of those nurses to sit on your lap and give you lots of hugs and kisses. if you need to talk message me I am glad to help.
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Bladecutter
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I grew up in this Bird from 1962 to 1968. My Old Man was Chief Pilot for Duval Mining in Tucson.....Duval bought it from Gulf Oil,Whom it was converted for in Fifties...One of three dubbed GulfStars.
A Lockheed L-18 Lodestar with Mods.,wings clipped,long nose, flap tracks removed, Curtiss Wright 1820 engine conversions....Dad didn't like the Wrights...Lockheed produced the majority of L-18 's with Pratt & Wittney i believe. Pretty slick... just a cut under a Learstar. Bill Lear's Lodestar conversions. Some Lear Trivia....the original first model 20 series Lear Jet was built from a Military proposal that Seversky Aircraft planned. Military passed on it, Bill bought the basic design & applied it to the expanding Corporate Aviation niche..
Duval ended up part of Pennzoil' & They kicked down one of their Grumman G-1 Turbo props, when the G-ll pure jet arrived. Before the Gulf star, in San Antonio, Tex (my Birthplace in 53) He flew a mildly modded Lodestar...retained the flap tracks.....with the external tracks, flaps fully extended, trailing edges were in the weeds....difference in landing speed between the two was significant.......Gulfstar had to come across fence about 105 mph...the Lodestar around 90 mph. The Gulfstar was state of the Art in avionics packages. Along with the Lodestar, He flew a C-18 Twin Beech...converted from Military C-45.
A Lockheed L-18 Lodestar with Mods.,wings clipped,long nose, flap tracks removed, Curtiss Wright 1820 engine conversions....Dad didn't like the Wrights...Lockheed produced the majority of L-18 's with Pratt & Wittney i believe. Pretty slick... just a cut under a Learstar. Bill Lear's Lodestar conversions. Some Lear Trivia....the original first model 20 series Lear Jet was built from a Military proposal that Seversky Aircraft planned. Military passed on it, Bill bought the basic design & applied it to the expanding Corporate Aviation niche..
Duval ended up part of Pennzoil' & They kicked down one of their Grumman G-1 Turbo props, when the G-ll pure jet arrived. Before the Gulf star, in San Antonio, Tex (my Birthplace in 53) He flew a mildly modded Lodestar...retained the flap tracks.....with the external tracks, flaps fully extended, trailing edges were in the weeds....difference in landing speed between the two was significant.......Gulfstar had to come across fence about 105 mph...the Lodestar around 90 mph. The Gulfstar was state of the Art in avionics packages. Along with the Lodestar, He flew a C-18 Twin Beech...converted from Military C-45.
I told my wife of your situation Jimi and she said that we will say a lot of prayers for you my friend! Keep the faith!
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Prayers go out to you, Jimi.
Positive thoughts and prayers to & for you Jim. Hang tuff.
Sonny Black
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/ prayers/..........
Remember you should "Expect a Miracle"
MPH
Remember you should "Expect a Miracle"
MPH
Bladecutter
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Thanks You Guys! I got Home @ 12:00pm pacific. Got my Pup back. Gotta change my residence to Orange County so i can keep my Doctor & Hoag......Very Comforatable, cant change horses in stream. Medi-Cal wants me to change to Riverside county providers. The procedure Doc Torrey has is state of the art fabrication....pretty trik **** He's got in mind..whole new bladder plugged into kidneys & urethra. So i have to move to OC.
The pain is all but just gone, so no longer impeded...so bang out some shapes.
The pain is all but just gone, so no longer impeded...so bang out some shapes.
joseph p.
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you will be fine,,tiger.
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Best wishes for a complete recovery and a healthy life.
We can rebuild him....
Endangered Species
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I'll be Praying for you!
Praying for you
Hey Jimi--The best overall healer is the living energy we have that we are born with.
Our natural immune system keeps us alive attacking cancer from day one.
Your -intent- to keep living tells your body you are not done yet.
I'm looking forward to hearing how well your body comes back after the intrusion.
Cheers.
Our natural immune system keeps us alive attacking cancer from day one.
Your -intent- to keep living tells your body you are not done yet.
I'm looking forward to hearing how well your body comes back after the intrusion.
Cheers.
Mike67
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Hey Jimi sorry to hear you are having to go through that. My family will be praying for a complete recovery, strong mind and great doctors....
Keep faith, fight hard, and live life!
God bless!
Keep faith, fight hard, and live life!
God bless!
Bladecutter
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....& now,, the bionic neo bladder. relaxed @ Home....lost my keys.....took a couple vicoden....this is another adventure...a test of wear with all. I have been extremely Lucky with Health to now. So i don't have regret, contempt for the odds, i'm pro-active in the mechanix of the surgery done & the schedule to come......my treatment thus far has been of the Highest in Skills Attendance, & Warmth. I am on a decent frequency internally.
God Bless All
cryplydog
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Hey Blade, not the greatest news but is doable. I have a few less internal parts as well as a few foreign parts and I'm still hangin in. Looks as if you are a couple years older than me is all, and you WILL come out the other end. Run right through it like fire, I've always found new to go on as you will. Peace, johnny.
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