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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I so regret not being able to spend some time here at the OFC in the past months. As some of you already know, my wife started chemo for breast cancer (IDC) back in January, and it has been a long and difficult road, watching my best friend and soulmate of 39 years go through so much suffering. She has finished the heaviest/worst chemo drugs and will now have to continue with targeted chemo for the rest of the year. Two weeks ago she underwent a double masectomy, and I've been providing her care since then. What a terrible ordeal!, but there have also been many blessings that have come to us and between us in the midst. Hoping to get here a lot more...I feel I've missed out on a lot of time with my Ovation family. You guys and gals are great.
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Hi BVince!
You are an Incredibly Special Person!!! It takes someone extremely Special to go through Cancer and a Mastectomy with someone. To do all of the awful things that need to be done, many times a day, to see terrible, but necessary, things done to a person you Love, and have to keep a brave face for them. To see the pain they are in, and the confusion and being scared that you are, that is amplified in the face of your Loved One. I have been through it, and I remember feeling so badly for my spouse, because I could not even look at myself, and he had to change the bandages, empty and measure the bulb, and re-dress a massive, gross mess, and see the pain that we try to hide but can't.
I know women get allot of credit for going through breast cancer, and it is not fun in any way, shape, or form, but the Men that stand beside us, and lend us their strength, and try to keep us moving forward, deserve a HUGE amount of Credit that they often don't get.
SALUTE BVince! <3
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Thanks for your kind words Nancy... But I could do nothing less for the woman I love. She would be there for me also, no matter the situation. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | bvince - 2016-08-21 11:06 AM
Thanks for your kind words Nancy... But I could do nothing less for the woman I love. She would be there for me also, no matter the situation.
BVince? Could I have some of your DNA please?? I would like to clone you! I am sure there are many other women who would like a piece of you too!  |
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Location: Denmark | You are right in the spot where you are needed most. Thumbs up!
I wish You both strength. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Hi Vince, sorry to hear you and your wife are going through such an ordeal. I hope everything turns out good at the end. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | For once, I'm at a loss for words. Both of you are in my prayers. |
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Location: Jet City | Hey there Vince. NW Mojo is all around you buddy.
P.S. The T60 group moved again, let me know if you need details |
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Location: When?? | Vince.. it's all forward from this point. Here's sending my very best to your wife and yourself as you move together in that direction. It has been written in many medical journals that hearing the specific tone of Ovation guitars is highly beneficial to the recovery of most any physical ailment. Okay, okay, so I stretch the truth a bit... but it's a therapy that certainly can't hurt her! Play on, my friend. |
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Location: Vancouver, WA | Vince,
I am a pharmacist and would be more than willing to answer any medication related questions that may come up. I hope your wife and you find the strength to get through this time. My thoughts are with you.
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Missin' You'all
