Keep My Dad In Your Prayers

[littlemack]

We just found out he has a very agressive benign tumor that is eroding his jaw called an Ameloblastoma. Thankfully it is benign, but these things grow very fast and can turn malignant. No beating around the bush with this one. He's gotta have it out next week. He will have to have a section of his jaw bone taken out and a plate installed and then a bone graf done. He'll probably have a huge scar on his face to go along with it. We shall call him scarface. Joke.
Its eroded his jaw so much that his dentist and oral surgeon have warned him against biting down hard which could break his jaw. My dad's had a whole host of health problems including high bp and uncontrollable typeII diabetes. 60 yrs. old, 6'0" 375lbs. Played offensive and defensive line in highschool with Gene Upshaw(who was his backup. lol). Phil's been a trooper and been helping us with him. This is a rare type of tumor, but we suspect 30 years of dipping snuff to be the cause.

 

[lucian]

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bro our prayers are with him.
im sory to hear about this.
i hope he recovers quickly
best wishes
lucian

 

[bulldog21]

Dorry to hear about this too....

Prayers for fast and speedy recovery...

I can relate to the dipping snuff.....I did it for ten years and finally stopped this year...it was really really hard quitting......

 

[thebrick]

Mack

Sorry to hear that news and I sure pray for a speedy and successful recovery

I have a very good friend that has dipped his whole life and I worry what that stuff can do to your mouth over the years. Did the doc mention this as a possible cause?

 

[lynx]

Sorry to hear about your dad, prayers sent.

 

[littlemack]

Sorry to hear that news and I sure pray for a speedy and successful recovery

I have a very good friend that has dipped his whole life and I worry what that stuff can do to your mouth over the years. Did the doc mention this as a possible cause?

My Dad is a retired GP physician who went into farming with his father in his late 20's. Being around other farmers who dipped got him started with it. He finally quit in his 50's b/c he had 2 or 3 spots in his mouth that his oral surgeon said were pre-cancerous and told him to quit so he went to nicorettes. These places in his mouth dissapeared in about 3 months. His oral surgeon told him then, out of all of the thousands of cases of oral cancer that he has seen only TWO were not tobacco related.

My dad did some research on this thing, and its a really rare benign tumor that has been found in children as young as 21 months. He's going to meet with his Doc on Friday to learn more about the procedure. We just got the biopsy results back yesterday. It was sent off to Baylor Medical Center where most of the textbooks are written on this kind of stuff. I'll keep you guys updated. Really appreciate the support and prayers.

 

[speedbacker]

Will def keep him in our prayers bro.

 

[Kingofools]

you are your family are certainly in our prayers. Our thoughts will be with you dad on a speedy recovery

 

[Tyrone]

Def. wish the best for your father's recovery and beating it Mack

 

[Str8jacked]

Will do

LM. Good thoughts and tons of prayers from the Str8jacked family to your Dad.

 

[TeamZ]

Hang in there Bro our prayers are with you and your family!

 

[K1]

Shit bro, I'm really sorry to hear this!!! It f'in sucks having shit happen to our parents!! My prayers bro, and wish your father a quick recovery!!

 

[oldfella]

Hey LM, I will keep your dad in my prayers for sure. I hope he gets well and makes a full recovery.

 

[manboy270]

Hang in there!

 

[buffbabeca]

God bless your dad and your family LM.... xoxo

 

[claymore]

Sorry to hear this bro

 

[luckyone]

My prayers and blessings for you, your Dad and the rest of your family. May the good Lord watch over him and see him through this crisis.

your brother in Christ,

Lucky

 

[dragonfire101]

I will say a prayer. My fiance's aunt just had a large benign tumor removed from her head because it was causing hemoraging from pressing against and braking blood vessels. She made out good and the surgery was a sucess. People don't sometime relaize although a tumor is benign it can cause problems for other structures of the body. Stay strong.

 

[JETHRO TULL]

Just prayed for him.

I will continue to do so.

 

[pumpputnam]

Mack... he'll be in our prayers. I'm sure everything will go well. He sounds like a trooper!