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I know on my car Ford had installed baffles on my side exhaust to keep the noise down probably for just that reason. I believe most of us removed them ASAP!
Originally Posted by Mustang Freak
The 'restrictor exhaust plates' were a joke I'm trying to find a pic of the thing. I think the open hole couldn't have been any bigger than 1/2"!
You mean these guys? The are tiny holes. Write-up says they are a 5/8" opening. Very small and barely any sound gets through. I call that true to their name, restrictive. I added the Boss exhaust to my car early on and removed these plates at install. Replaced with QTP Electronic Cutouts, so I can control the opening...
I finally have some updates from my follow-up appointment with the Urologist on this past Friday... Anyway, I'm not really very good when it comes to understanding medical terminology very well, but I'll try my best... He said despite the biopsy results as being high-grade cancer, the tumors are considered to be TA/superficial, meaning the tumors were localized only to the bladder wall region and did not attach or spread to any muscles or any other organs which I also assume means the cancer was detected while in the early stages?
The Urologist also mentioned that he does not recommend any type of radiation or chemotherapy treatment at this time, nor recommends being put on oral treatment medications, at least for the time being... In the meantime, he wants to follow-up every 3 months to monitor and reexamine my bladder as a precautionary measure and if in the event the tumors return, I'll be required to have them surgically removed once again and will then be placed on oral treatment medications to start out with and if that isn't enough, then the next steps will be radiation or chemotherapy treatments which I hope to God it doesn't ever come to...
Anyhow, just thought I'd follow-up and let everyone know how everything went with the follow-up appointment from 2 days ago and want everyone to know just how grateful I 'am for keeping me in all your thoughts and prayers during such a very difficult and stressful time in my life, as words cannot describe just how much I truly appreciate all your support...
-Rocky
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Thank you once again, Steve and I promise to keep following-up and let you all know if anything changes... Also, thanks for always being with me as well...
I finally have some updates from my follow-up appointment with the Urologist on this past Friday... Anyway, I'm not really very good when it comes to understanding medical terminology very well, but I'll try my best... He said despite the biopsy results as being high-grade cancer, the tumors are considered to be TA/superficial, meaning the tumors were localized only to the bladder wall region and did not attach or spread to any muscles or any other organs which I also assume means the cancer was detected while in the early stages?
The Urologist also mentioned that he does not recommend any type of radiation or chemotherapy treatment at this time, nor recommends being put on oral treatment medications, at least for the time being... In the meantime, he wants to follow-up every 3 months to monitor and reexamine my bladder as a precautionary measure and if in the event the tumors return, I'll be required to have them surgically removed once again and will then be placed on oral treatment medications to start out with and if that isn't enough, then the next steps will be radiation or chemotherapy treatments which I hope to God it doesn't ever come to...
Anyhow, just thought I'd follow-up and let everyone know how everything went with the follow-up appointment from 2 days ago and want everyone to know just how grateful I 'am for keeping me in all your thoughts and prayers during such a very difficult and stressful time in my life, as words cannot describe just how much I truly appreciate all your support...
-Rocky
This is great news, it means they aren't really that worried about what they found in the way that they feel they need to get aggressive with treatment so they feel the risk is low at this point...but they want to keep an eye on it. Seems like this is the best possible report from the doctors after your surgery and initial results. Stay the course with follow up and I believe you'll be good.
I finally have some updates from my follow-up appointment with the Urologist on this past Friday... Anyway, I'm not really very good when it comes to understanding medical terminology very well, but I'll try my best... He said despite the biopsy results as being high-grade cancer, the tumors are considered to be TA/superficial, meaning the tumors were localized only to the bladder wall region and did not attach or spread to any muscles or any other organs which I also assume means the cancer was detected while in the early stages?
The Urologist also mentioned that he does not recommend any type of radiation or chemotherapy treatment at this time, nor recommends being put on oral treatment medications, at least for the time being... In the meantime, he wants to follow-up every 3 months to monitor and reexamine my bladder as a precautionary measure and if in the event the tumors return, I'll be required to have them surgically removed once again and will then be placed on oral treatment medications to start out with and if that isn't enough, then the next steps will be radiation or chemotherapy treatments which I hope to God it doesn't ever come to...
Anyhow, just thought I'd follow-up and let everyone know how everything went with the follow-up appointment from 2 days ago and want everyone to know just how grateful I 'am for keeping me in all your thoughts and prayers during such a very difficult and stressful time in my life, as words cannot describe just how much I truly appreciate all your support...
-Rocky
EXCELLENT ROCKY!!!
I am happy to hear this brother. God bless and good luck going forward.
I finally have some updates from my follow-up appointment with the Urologist on this past Friday... Anyway, I'm not really very good when it comes to understanding medical terminology very well, but I'll try my best... He said despite the biopsy results as being high-grade cancer, the tumors are considered to be TA/superficial, meaning the tumors were localized only to the bladder wall region and did not attach or spread to any muscles or any other organs which I also assume means the cancer was detected while in the early stages?
The Urologist also mentioned that he does not recommend any type of radiation or chemotherapy treatment at this time, nor recommends being put on oral treatment medications, at least for the time being... In the meantime, he wants to follow-up every 3 months to monitor and reexamine my bladder as a precautionary measure and if in the event the tumors return, I'll be required to have them surgically removed once again and will then be placed on oral treatment medications to start out with and if that isn't enough, then the next steps will be radiation or chemotherapy treatments which I hope to God it doesn't ever come to...
Anyhow, just thought I'd follow-up and let everyone know how everything went with the follow-up appointment from 2 days ago and want everyone to know just how grateful I 'am for keeping me in all your thoughts and prayers during such a very difficult and stressful time in my life, as words cannot describe just how much I truly appreciate all your support...
-Rocky
Great news Rocky!
And for my update, hubby had his surgery on Thursday and it went well.....except for the fact he must have already passed the stone without knowing it They did find a couple of fragments though and cleaned them out and still put the stent in. He gets the stent out tomorrow and can't wait, lol.
In other news, we had some really nasty storms come through last night. I had to pull over on the expressway on my way home from work last night, it was so bad. Still out of power at home but they are expecting 80% of people in my area to have it back by 11pm tonight (which I hope includes me!). I'm thankful for our generators so I can at least keep the fridge cold, charge the phones, and most importantly....make a cup of coffee Wish I could have taken a shower before I came to work though because I feel icky.
This is damage in my neck of the woods. It's a miracle nobody was killed on this heavily traveled road!
And for my update, hubby had his surgery on Thursday and it went well.....except for the fact he must have already passed the stone without knowing it They did find a couple of fragments though and cleaned them out and still put the stent in. He gets the stent out tomorrow and can't wait, lol.
In other news, we had some really nasty storms come through last night. I had to pull over on the expressway on my way home from work last night, it was so bad. Still out of power at home but they are expecting 80% of people in my area to have it back by 11pm tonight (which I hope includes me!). I'm thankful for our generators so I can at least keep the fridge cold, charge the phones, and most importantly....make a cup of coffee Wish I could have taken a shower before I came to work though because I feel icky.
This is damage in my neck of the woods. It's a miracle nobody was killed on this heavily traveled road!
In the meantime you can threaten to pull the string if he doesn't behave...lol. Good to hear he's on the mend.
I saw that pic...crazy. Had to be straight line winds at the very least. Hope you get your power back soon!
In the meantime you can threaten to pull the string if he doesn't behave...lol. Good to hear he's on the mend.
I saw that pic...crazy. Had to be straight line winds at the very least. Hope you get your power back soon!
No string for his, lol. He is supposed to get it out tomorrow, but their office is right there by that intersection in the picture and they have no power so I think they are sending him to another location tomorrow. He's in a lot of pain again today and the dr thinks he may be passing one of the other two stones that he has that were still attached, so they may do another scan tomorrow to see what's up
I heard our area made national news, but with no power and terribly spotty cell service, we hadn't seen any updates so it's been frustrating. It's been hard to even get a text message to send at times. I hope the power comes back on too because I need a shower and we are on a well and septic so we have no water. And we don't have any water on the RV right now, so that's out too.
No string for his, lol. He is supposed to get it out tomorrow, but their office is right there by that intersection in the picture and they have no power so I think they are sending him to another location tomorrow. He's in a lot of pain again today and the dr thinks he may be passing one of the other two stones that he has that were still attached, so they may do another scan tomorrow to see what's up
I heard our area made national news, but with no power and terribly spotty cell service, we hadn't seen any updates so it's been frustrating. It's been hard to even get a text message to send at times. I hope the power comes back on too because I need a shower and we are on a well and septic so we have no water. And we don't have any water on the RV right now, so that's out too.
Sounds like an unplanned vacation to the beach is in order...
And for my update, hubby had his surgery on Thursday and it went well.....except for the fact he must have already passed the stone without knowing it They did find a couple of fragments though and cleaned them out and still put the stent in. He gets the stent out tomorrow and can't wait, lol.
In other news, we had some really nasty storms come through last night. I had to pull over on the expressway on my way home from work last night, it was so bad. Still out of power at home but they are expecting 80% of people in my area to have it back by 11pm tonight (which I hope includes me!). I'm thankful for our generators so I can at least keep the fridge cold, charge the phones, and most importantly....make a cup of coffee Wish I could have taken a shower before I came to work though because I feel icky.
This is damage in my neck of the woods. It's a miracle nobody was killed on this heavily traveled road!
I'm glad his surgery went well. I hope he has a speedy and full recovery.
That is one nasty storm. This year has been the "Year Of The Storms". Lots of them this year. All across the U.S.A.
The Act of kneeling to pray in this case, The only knee mail I know about
I should had known that with "knee" as the keyword, Ken lol.
Originally Posted by svopaul
This is great news, it means they aren't really that worried about what they found in the way that they feel they need to get aggressive with treatment so they feel the risk is low at this point...but they want to keep an eye on it. Seems like this is the best possible report from the doctors after your surgery and initial results. Stay the course with follow up and I believe you'll be good.
I sure hope my interpretation was accurate enough, Paul? Like I said, I'm not very good when it comes to understanding medical terminology very well... In the meantime, thanks once again for all your support and motivation for maintaining a positive attitude... I will follow-up once again in 3 months after the next follow-up examination...
Originally Posted by Stage_3
EXCELLENT ROCKY!!!
I am happy to hear this brother. God bless and good luck going forward.
Thank you once again, Tony... In the meantime, please continue to keep those prayers in your thoughts while moving forward brother...
Originally Posted by 08GTCandyApple
Great news Rocky!
And for my update, hubby had his surgery on Thursday and it went well.....except for the fact he must have already passed the stone without knowing it They did find a couple of fragments though and cleaned them out and still put the stent in. He gets the stent out tomorrow and can't wait, lol.
In other news, we had some really nasty storms come through last night. I had to pull over on the expressway on my way home from work last night, it was so bad. Still out of power at home but they are expecting 80% of people in my area to have it back by 11pm tonight (which I hope includes me!). I'm thankful for our generators so I can at least keep the fridge cold, charge the phones, and most importantly....make a cup of coffee Wish I could have taken a shower before I came to work though because I feel icky.
This is damage in my neck of the woods. It's a miracle nobody was killed on this heavily traveled road!
Thank you, Jill!... I'm also very relieved to know that everything went will with your hubby's surgery and was also able to clean out all the fragments from the kidney stones as well... Now let's just hope he never has to go through this ever again...I also looked over the image of that horrible storm which also affected you and so relieved that you were not injured in anyway during your commute home from work, as it was indeed a miracle that nobody was either injured or worse after looking over the image you posted...
Meanwhile, thank goodness that your house wasn't damaged at all by the storm and fortunate to have the power generators on board and running until your power has been fully restored which I hope is real soon... However, what I don't quite understand is how your workplace required you to go into work today, knowing how bad the roads were damaged by the storm on yesterday and that 80% of residents are still without power, including yourself... Just doesn't make much sense to me, IMHO
In the meantime, please know that you're also in all my thoughts and prayers for your hubby's continued speedy and complete recovery and that your power is fully restored by tonight, at the very latest..
Really glad things are looking less serious Rocky, hope you continue to improve. You'll still be getting prayers sent up from down here in the South.
Glad Mr Jill is doing better, hope you got your juice back on at the house Jill. Love having well water too, but not so much when the power is out. Double whammy.
And for my update, hubby had his surgery on Thursday and it went well.....except for the fact he must have already passed the stone without knowing it They did find a couple of fragments though and cleaned them out and still put the stent in. He gets the stent out tomorrow and can't wait, lol.
In other news, we had some really nasty storms come through last night. I had to pull over on the expressway on my way home from work last night, it was so bad. Still out of power at home but they are expecting 80% of people in my area to have it back by 11pm tonight (which I hope includes me!). I'm thankful for our generators so I can at least keep the fridge cold, charge the phones, and most importantly....make a cup of coffee Wish I could have taken a shower before I came to work though because I feel icky.
This is damage in my neck of the woods. It's a miracle nobody was killed on this heavily traveled road!
Glad your hubby is doing well!
Wow, snapped those power poles like toothpicks! That was some serious wind! I am sure that was a scary storm!
Thanks all. Luckily our power came back on after about 24 hours, so we were lucky as many are still out. It's not anything near the devastation of having leveled anything like so many others have seen and nobody was killed by those falling poles. With dozens of cars with passengers stuck in them for hours, it truly is a miracle. And hubby is back to work today until he retires at the end of the month!
8/6/23, 08:18 AM
They did find a couple of fragments though and cleaned them out and still put the stent in. He gets the stent out tomorrow and can't wait, lol.
Wish I could have taken a shower before I came to work though because I feel icky.
