I am terminally ill...

MarkJerling · 12-11-2021, 05:29 PM - **1 Like**

Steve, sorry to hear. I don't pray but I'm certainly holding thumbs that you receive the transplant you need as soon as possible.
Thinking of you and your family.

**pres589** · 12-11-2021, 05:32 PM - **1 Like**

Steve, I'm really sorry to hear about your illness. I will keep you in my thoughts and I do hope you are able to get through this.

**.a.t.** · 12-11-2021, 05:55 PM - **2 Likes**

I forbid you to leave us, Steve!
We need you here.

**arnold** · 12-11-2021, 06:15 PM - **1 Like**

I wish you strength and a successful outcome Steve, may fortune be with you.

**ChrisPlatt** · 12-11-2021, 06:21 PM - **2 Likes**

Everyone at Pentax Forums is pulling for you Steve.

Chris

reeftool · 12-11-2021, 06:35 PM

Steve, you will be in my prayers. A very close friend of mine was also diagnosed with this recently and you both will be on my prayer list.

Not a Number · 12-11-2021, 07:17 PM - **1 Like**

It truly saddens me to hear this news. Losing you would be a great loss to your family, friends and this community. My hopes and best wishes are focused on you and your family. Let us all hope that things will work out next year and you'll be around for many more years.

**luftfluss** · 12-11-2021, 08:43 PM - **1 Like**

So very sorry to read this, Steve. You have a profoundly positive impact on this forum - I have learned more from your posts than any other.

Sending best wishes your way, and sincere hopes that a suitable transplant can be found ASAP.

**Digitalis** · 12-11-2021, 08:56 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by stevebrot

It has been five years since I got my diagnosis.

In an earlier thread you posted in a year or so ago: you alluded to having serious illness, I hope you don't have to wait too much longer for the lung transplant. For something so incredibly small, the virus CoVid-19 really has messed up a lot of things.

dlhawes · 12-12-2021, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by Fontan

Hi Steve

.... Yet, I still cannot fathom as to what it feels like to deal with your own mortality....

Best come to grips with that one, since we're all "terminal", if not "ill". Death is what teaches you how to live. Not that any of us wishes to get there any sooner than necessary. The hard part of having fatal disorders is the waiting and uncertainty (I've had one foot in the grave for the past sixty years). And as to that, @SteveBrot, I can sympathize. And the "higher power" (it doesn't care what you call it) does help when asked properly (i.e., with the right mental attitudes, not according to any particular form). No guarantees, but I will ask Daddy to help.

**twilhelm** · 12-12-2021, 03:18 AM - **1 Like**

I’m very sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

---------- Post added 12-12-21 at 04:18 AM ----------

I’m very sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Jeff · 12-12-2021, 03:27 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by stevebrot

General Talk has been the traditional place for sharing bad news of this sort and here I am. Several years ago, lost my mother and two of my aunts to Fibrotic Lung Disease. It has been five years since I got my diagnosis. I have been waiting for a lung transplant listing since this last spring at UCSF in San Francisco, but with Covid, that process too has been disrupted. With any luck, I may be considered at the first of the year.

If you are a praying person, I ask that you remember me. Forum member Javier does so daily, for which I am very grateful and I am sure he is not alone here in his faith. Thank you.

So sorry about your diagnosis and your long wait for a transplant, Steve. I will remember you in my prayers too.

**Rondec** · 12-12-2021, 03:45 AM - **1 Like**

I am a praying man and will add you to my list of people in need. Your need is great, but the One who hears our prayers is greater.

**aslyfox** · 12-12-2021, 08:12 AM - **1 Like**

You are in my thoughts and prayers

And, as you can see from the other posts, I am not the only one doing the best that we can do to support you

**jpzk** · 12-12-2021, 08:33 AM - **1 Like**

With the loss of a close one a few days ago here, this comes as a shock to me .... I am not very good at expressing myself in those sort of situations but be assured that I feel for you.
We all hope that this transplant will become a reality for you very soon and that the "Powers That Be" will bring renewal.

Best wishes Steve.

JP

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12-11-2021, 05:29 PM - 1 Like	#16
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,421	Steve, sorry to hear. I don't pray but I'm certainly holding thumbs that you receive the transplant you need as soon as possible. Thinking of you and your family.

12-11-2021, 05:32 PM - 1 Like	#17
pres589 Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wichita, KS Photos: Albums Posts: 4,533	Steve, I'm really sorry to hear about your illness. I will keep you in my thoughts and I do hope you are able to get through this.

12-11-2021, 05:55 PM - 2 Likes	#18
.a.t. Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: yesterday Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,261	I forbid you to leave us, Steve! We need you here.

12-11-2021, 06:15 PM - 1 Like	#19
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,299	I wish you strength and a successful outcome Steve, may fortune be with you.

12-11-2021, 06:21 PM - 2 Likes	#20
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,696	Everyone at Pentax Forums is pulling for you Steve. Chris

12-11-2021, 06:35 PM	#21
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,555	Steve, you will be in my prayers. A very close friend of mine was also diagnosed with this recently and you both will be on my prayer list.

12-11-2021, 07:17 PM - 1 Like	#22
Not a Number Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Venice, CA Posts: 10,526	It truly saddens me to hear this news. Losing you would be a great loss to your family, friends and this community. My hopes and best wishes are focused on you and your family. Let us all hope that things will work out next year and you'll be around for many more years.

12-11-2021, 08:43 PM - 1 Like	#23
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,627	So very sorry to read this, Steve. You have a profoundly positive impact on this forum - I have learned more from your posts than any other. Sending best wishes your way, and sincere hopes that a suitable transplant can be found ASAP.

12-11-2021, 08:56 PM - 1 Like	#24
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	Originally posted by stevebrot It has been five years since I got my diagnosis. In an earlier thread you posted in a year or so ago: you alluded to having serious illness, I hope you don't have to wait too much longer for the lung transplant. For something so incredibly small, the virus CoVid-19 really has messed up a lot of things.

12-12-2021, 02:20 AM	#25
dlhawes Guest	Originally posted by Fontan Hi Steve .... Yet, I still cannot fathom as to what it feels like to deal with your own mortality.... Best come to grips with that one, since we're all "terminal", if not "ill". Death is what teaches you how to live. Not that any of us wishes to get there any sooner than necessary. The hard part of having fatal disorders is the waiting and uncertainty (I've had one foot in the grave for the past sixty years). And as to that, @SteveBrot, I can sympathize. And the "higher power" (it doesn't care what you call it) does help when asked properly (i.e., with the right mental attitudes, not according to any particular form). No guarantees, but I will ask Daddy to help.

12-12-2021, 03:18 AM - 1 Like	#26
twilhelm Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,369	I’m very sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. ---------- Post added 12-12-21 at 04:18 AM ---------- I’m very sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

12-12-2021, 03:27 AM - 1 Like	#27
Jeff Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Berkshire, England Posts: 838	Originally posted by stevebrot General Talk has been the traditional place for sharing bad news of this sort and here I am. Several years ago, lost my mother and two of my aunts to Fibrotic Lung Disease. It has been five years since I got my diagnosis. I have been waiting for a lung transplant listing since this last spring at UCSF in San Francisco, but with Covid, that process too has been disrupted. With any luck, I may be considered at the first of the year. If you are a praying person, I ask that you remember me. Forum member Javier does so daily, for which I am very grateful and I am sure he is not alone here in his faith. Thank you. So sorry about your diagnosis and your long wait for a transplant, Steve. I will remember you in my prayers too.

12-12-2021, 03:45 AM - 1 Like	#28
Rondec Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gladys, Virginia Photos: Gallery Posts: 27,663	I am a praying man and will add you to my list of people in need. Your need is great, but the One who hears our prayers is greater.

12-12-2021, 08:12 AM - 1 Like	#29
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,582	You are in my thoughts and prayers And, as you can see from the other posts, I am not the only one doing the best that we can do to support you

12-12-2021, 08:33 AM - 1 Like	#30
jpzk Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Québec Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,251	With the loss of a close one a few days ago here, this comes as a shock to me .... I am not very good at expressing myself in those sort of situations but be assured that I feel for you. We all hope that this transplant will become a reality for you very soon and that the "Powers That Be" will bring renewal. Best wishes Steve. JP