Best KU game you've been to.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Best KU game you've been to.:
@BeddieKU23 if you get down to Lawrence hit me up! Would be happy to show you guys around.
Waiting to see what the Big-12 schedule looks like before planning something. Will be keeping that in mind. Plan is for me, the wife (not KU fan but supports my crazy fandom) and my son who’s getting into basketball. Thanks!
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@wissox the more the merrier!
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@BeddieKU23 said in Best KU game you've been to.:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Best KU game you've been to.:
@BeddieKU23 if you get down to Lawrence hit me up! Would be happy to show you guys around.
Waiting to see what the Big-12 schedule looks like before planning something. Will be keeping that in mind. Plan is for me, the wife (not KU fan but supports my crazy fandom) and my son who’s getting into basketball. Thanks!
My school district is implementing a fall break and week break in February so I’m definitely going to consider going to the midweek game that week I’m off in February.
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Wow, great stuff to read here. I am actually recovering from prostate cancer surgery this morning coming out of my fog or should I say PHOG I’m gonna be fine the doctor says.
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@wissox good news! Glad it went well. I’ve been recouping and laying low for 3 weeks. Post op apt tmrw.
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@BeddieKU23 I think I talked to you a long time ago when you lost your keys skiing?? Do you remember?
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@Kcmatt7 that was fun on tv, would’ve been great in AFH! I love Benny Mac.
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@wissox Prayers for a full and speedy recovery!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Prayers for quick healing! Good luck at your appointment.
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I was certainly fortunate to go to quite a few games during the time my son worked at KU. My all-time favorite was the last home border war game. My youngest was also going to school there at that time period and he was with me, top row! I bought some blue adidas socks, like the team wore before the game and wore them. At half my son told me to take them off, the rest is history! Never wore them again but still have them. We are a lil superstitious! I think the next game would be the triple OT against OU! So many super stars never won in AFH. Buddy got a standing O after the game. KU appreciates talent! Another fav is when we broke the noise level, believe it was the Kentucky game. My son said we actually broke it twice during that game. Comeback WV game that people actually left! There was another WV comeback game when Perry got hurt before half. I think LL fell on him. I was also at the Nova game we won. Mahomes and his crew were there, he actually stood up and got the crowd going. So many Chiefs and Royals players. Movie stars too. I always picked Sr night. Almost always it was celebrating conference champs! I went to one Late night. They gave out tickets so that’s how I got to go. My sons babies turned in to ball players and he needed time for them so he switched jobs and it was the right thing to do. I never saw a loss! Crazy huh?
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Best KU game you've been to.:
@wissox good news! Glad it went well. I’ve been recouping and laying low for 3 weeks. Post op apt tmrw.
Hope you’re doing ok.
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I don’t think I’ve never been to an exciting game in person… maybe last year WVU at home 76-74… we had a bit of a comeback. Mostly I get tickets to crappy matchups. Never saw a loss though. Harvard was memorable last year because I walked the mile and a half to AFH and back in sub zero temps.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Best KU game you've been to.:
@BeddieKU23 I think I talked to you a long time ago when you lost your keys skiing?? Do you remember?
Yes that definitely happened
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@wissox said in Best KU game you've been to.:
Wow, great stuff to read here. I am actually recovering from prostate cancer surgery this morning coming out of my fog or should I say PHOG I’m gonna be fine the doctor says.
Wow glad your surgery went good. I hope your recovery is speedy
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Hope your appointment goes well
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The moment that stands out the most vividly is Jacque Vaughn’s floating jumper as time expired against Indiana at AFH. It won the game. He was a freshman.
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@wissox said in Best KU game you've been to.:
Wow, great stuff to read here. I am actually recovering from prostate cancer surgery this morning coming out of my fog or should I say PHOG I’m gonna be fine the doctor says.
Hey, I’m in the reluctant brotherhood of prostate cancer survivors. Everyone’s journey is somewhat different, but if you ever want to chat with another person, I would be please to chat. I was diagnosed 6+ years ago (stage 4 oligometastatic) and have learned more about the disease and its treatments than I ever would have imagined.
All the best on a speed and full recovery.
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@bskeet Wow, thanks. I’m fortunate to have caught it before it’d spread. There’s a small chance as they biopsy the now removed gland, but the doctor indicating not noticing anything unusual looking is certainly good news. I’m not sure what state 4 means as my tumor was given a term called a gleason score. Gleason 6 is the least severe, slowest growing, and when my PSA jumped slightly the Gleason score moved up to a 7 and the doc recommended removal.
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@wissox Here is an article that discusses staging and Gleason scores. https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/prostate-cancer/stages-and-grades
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@wissox I’m assuming you had a prostatectomy. If the surgeon had clean margins on the surgery (and it had not spread anywhere else) you should be in good shape. Your PSA should drop if they got everything and you should be good to go.
I am rooting for you! If there is such a thing as a “good” cancer, Prostate Cancer is that cancer. It’s well researched and oncologists have an arsenal of tools to keep it at bay.
My Gleason was 4+3 which, oddly, is worse than 3+4, but basically 7. In my case, there was early evidence that it had spread out of the prostate.
Did you happen to get a PSMA Pet scan?
I was lucky enough to enter a trial for the Ga68 PSMA, which is a state of the art diagnostic. It is the most sensitive scan available and was just recently approved by the FDA. That scan is absolutely the reason I still have a good quality of life and possibly is the reason I’m still here today. The information the doctors gleaned from the scan changed how they treated my cancer (no surgery for me) and allowed for much more targeted treatments. It is truly 21st century science and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
If your PSA doesn’t drop appropriately after the surgery, or if it ever starts to rise, you should ask for a PSMA Pet Scan. (The scan only works with elevated PSA because it uses a tracer that attaches to PSA which is emitted by the cancer cells.)
Well, that’s probably too much unsolicited info. But seriously, good luck and hope you feel better soon.
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@bskeet Thanks for the information. My doc mentioned a pet scan if the PSA isn’t basically zero. Glad it helped you. My gleason score was also 4+3. Very thankful for all of the medical advances that have benefitted us.
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Best of luck Wissox!
My best game… haven’t been to too many ( I married a KU grad and got sucked in big time to KU basketball over the past 30 years ) was two years ago… senior day against Texas - they won in overtime and then went on to win the NC. Allen Fieldhouse… NEVER been in a louder arena in my life. The volume was was almost lifting me out of my seat to the rafters… Plus senior day/night games are very emotional. Awesome experience ! I was proudly wearing my Marcus Garrett jersey
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@Bosthawk Sounds amazing!
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@Bosthawk that was a fantastic game, remember j will showing his finger w/
at the end?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Oh yes that’s right… thanks for reminding me !
