Hunting Forum

i found out this morning that coffeeman has cancer
it is in his esophagus. the good news is that its managable with surgery and chemo.
he is down in the dumps but starting to look up and going forward.

hey jim, my prayers are going out for you and your family. hope for a good recovery and a complete healing

seen Jims post on fb,hope he does well and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

Jim ole buddy, you got this bud! Miss ya! Prayers coming your way! Say "hey" to the family!

Jim you been through worse... thinking about you bud.

read this morning that jim has made it thru his 1st surgery ok--with a minor problem--and is ready to start his chemo. not sure yet when that will happen. but it sounds like it will be very soon

Hope all goes well and everyone keep Jim in there prayers for a full speedy recovery.

Chemo and radiation start this coming Monday. 5 weeks of chemo and 5 and a half weeks of radiation will shrink this thing to almost nothing. Then a 4 week break. Then surgery to remove whats left. Then I will be cancer free. I am a lucky man and will find a way to pay this forward. Thanks Bill,Scott, Paul, and Matt for the prayers and support.

Hang in there Jim, we got yer six. Hope those boys of yours are deer killing machines! Ive gotten 2 bucks so far, the third deer will be for you.

nice to see ya back jim....we are all in yer corner with you

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Jim

Thanks again guys. It means a lot. Paul, Tommy (my youngest) only hunts a few times a year. He's killed 3 deer over is young career. My oldest, Kenny, (you never met him, you met Phil and Tommy at SGT. Bill's) hunted last year and took a young un. His first time hunting with me in 5 years. Of course Phil was in love with the outdoors before he died. None of us have hunted deer this year. I haven't because of the cancer, and the boys haven't because I haven't.

We are all thinkin' about you and praying for you and yours.

Still hanging n there. Chemo is all it's cracked up to be. Haven't been able to keep anything down for 3 days because of it, so now I'm dehydrated. gonna put an IV into tomorrow. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.

Here ya go Jim, third one is the charm!
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Nice Paul. Very nice.

congrats on the deer Paul.I had hockey post a pic of my deer,it's under Posting pics.

Paul, thats the 3rd one, right? Ya got pics of the other two?? I still don't think I'm gonna be able to hunt this year. But we were hit so hard by EHD if there is a year to miss, this would be a good one. I did manage to get out during the early antlerless season in September for 1 morning hunt. That was before this illness was diagnosed. I saw 2 bucks of course, and 1 doe snuck through on me and I got no shot. And I did kill a fall turkey Oct 2nd. Haven't been hunting since. But there is next year, and I'm thankful that I will have a chance at it.

Sorry to hear the news Coffee, but glad you are doing well. Hang in there buddy, keep you in my prayers

Thanks CG. Had blood work done, saw the chemo Doc, Did my 2nd round of chemo(only 3 more to go), and started my 2nd week of radiation today( only 22 more radiation treatments to go). Doc said everything is looking real good. Go to U of M tomorrow to consult with the surgeon and find when thats gonna happen, then back home for radiation.

This thing is curable, and I'm gonna beat it.

Sorry to hear the news about your cancer coffeeman. Glad to hear you doing well and on the road to recovery. I haven't been on the forum in a long time. Hope you can keep us posted on your progress. I will try to look you up on FB.