RCSubGuy Under the Knife and Out of the Shop for July

[Schmitty1944]

Thanks Bob and Renee for the updates. Glad to hear you are doing well. looking forward to having you back in action.

Jason

[rwtdiver]

Bob is back! (Most of him, anyway!)

Back from the hospital yesterday. I still have two wound drains coming out of my abdomen, but those are the only two holes left that aren’t supposed to be there. Doctor took out a golf ball sized core of muscle tissue from my lower right belly. Test are confident that they got everything. Reconstructive surgeon extended my oblique muscles and allowed the two sides of the hole to be stitched together. Then they put a reinforcement mesh behind it all and stitched it all up.

Feeling a bit abused, but good overall. Follow up appts early next week and hopefully a flight home the following weekend.

Slowly wading through emails, but have committed to doctors (and more importantly my wife) that I won’t step foot in the shop until early August. In the meantime, Jason has been reorganizing the shop to take advantage of our extended space that has AC. Looking forward to seeing what he’s accomplished while I was away.

Thanks to all for the well wishes. They are very much appreciated.

Bob

Good to hear you are doing well Bob! Take care, stay down and get the rest you need!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[biggsgolf]

Great update Bob, hang in there, and as always listen to Renee!

[RCSubGuy]

Bob is back! (Most of him, anyway!)

Back from the hospital yesterday. I still have two wound drains coming out of my abdomen, but those are the only two holes left that aren’t supposed to be there. Doctor took out a golf ball sized core of muscle tissue from my lower right belly. Test are confident that they got everything. Reconstructive surgeon extended my oblique muscles and allowed the two sides of the hole to be stitched together. Then they put a reinforcement mesh behind it all and stitched it all up.

Feeling a bit abused, but good overall. Follow up appts early next week and hopefully a flight home the following weekend.

Slowly wading through emails, but have committed to doctors (and more importantly my wife) that I won’t step foot in the shop until early August. In the meantime, Jason has been reorganizing the shop to take advantage of our extended space that has AC. Looking forward to seeing what he’s accomplished while I was away.

Thanks to all for the well wishes. They are very much appreciated.

Bob

[BWRIGHT]

Speedy recovery

[tifosi12]

Some great news. All the best for a speedy recovery!

[biggsgolf]

Thats GREAT NEWS! Thanks so much for updating us as I know you guys have been in our thoughts! Make him follow the Doctors orders!

[rwtdiver]

Thanks for the update Renee! That's great news! MD Anderson is the best for sure! Positive vibes and prayers heading your way!

Rob & Lorraine
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Hi everyone, Bob’s wife Renee here with a quick update. Bob went into surgery around 7am and was in recovery around 5pm. A grueling surgery where the fantastic docs at MD Anderson cut a big piece out of his abdominal wall. He’ll have a long painful recovery but the good news is that they were able to remove all the cancer cells. I’m allowed to visit him, a recent and fortuitously timed change in policy as of 3 days ago. So I can keep an eye on the nurse chasing ;).
I’ll post another update later, but much thanks for all the wonderful messages, I know he appreciates them immensely.

Whew!... Dodged the bullet. Thanks for the update, Renee. Our best to you and yours.

David

[RCSubGuy]

Hi everyone, Bob’s wife Renee here with a quick update. Bob went into surgery around 7am and was in recovery around 5pm. A grueling surgery where the fantastic docs at MD Anderson cut a big piece out of his abdominal wall. He’ll have a long painful recovery but the good news is that they were able to remove all the cancer cells. I’m allowed to visit him, a recent and fortuitously timed change in policy as of 3 days ago. So I can keep an eye on the nurse chasing ;).
I’ll post another update later, but much thanks for all the wonderful messages, I know he appreciates them immensely.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Made it to Texas. Had bloodwork this morning. More tests as the week goes on...

The good news is that I should have time this week to catch up on website maintenance and upgrades, long overdue!

Bob

That's gonna cut into your nurse-chasing time, pal.

David

[RCSubGuy]

Made it to Texas. Had bloodwork this morning. More tests as the week goes on...

The good news is that I should have time this week to catch up on website maintenance and upgrades, long overdue!

Bob

[TINFISH]

Hang in there Bob. I will be thinking and praying for you as you go thru this and the recovery.
Mike

[RanSan]

Best wishes, looking forward to your return.

[tifosi12]

Godspeed Bob!