What happened to Sneakypete ?

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Published: Feb 23, 2020
Author: Stoner
Post Date: 2020-02-23 13:41:21 by Stoner
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Does anyone know anything about Pete ? He posted last in December. He made some mention of undergoing chemo. I sure hope he is OK. If anyone knows, let us know !!!

Thanks

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#1: Mudboy Slim    To: Stoner, sneakypete (#0)

Didn't know about the chemo. Hope you are recovering well, Pete.

Regards...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-23 14:35:13   Reply   Private Reply

#2: WWG1WWA    To: Stoner (#0)

He has been posting on The Briefing Room. Seems to ok.

WWG1WWA posted on 2020-02-23 22:32:06   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Mudboy Slim    To: WWG1WWA (#2)

Good deal...thanks.

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-23 23:22:06   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Stoner    To: WWG1WWA (#2)

Thanks, good to hear !!!

Stoner posted on 2020-02-24 00:35:22   Reply   Private Reply

#5: sneakypete    To: Mudboy Slim (#1)

Had two heart operations,and while in the hospital recovering from the second one,I discovered I had Stage 4 Lymphoma. Got massive does of chemo that pretty much fried my memory,but as slowly starting to get better now,and am in remission. Sooner or later it will return,so I go in for a Pet scan every couple of months.

Pretty much stayed away because I couldn't deal with the arguing and had a hard time even forming thoughts,which was and is about as frustrating as anything I can imagine.

I can still lose track of my train of thought as I am typing it,though. I stop right in the middle of a sentence sometimes and don't have a freaking clue what the point I was trying to make was.

Could be worse,though.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-24 00:37:01   Reply   Private Reply

#6: sneakypete    To: WWG1WWA, Stoner, All (#5)

PING

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-24 00:40:53   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Stoner    To: sneakypete (#6)

Pete, thanks for the update. Glad all is going well!!

Will pray for your continued speedy healthy recovery !!!

Stoner posted on 2020-02-24 01:54:50   Reply   Private Reply

#8: WWG1WWA    To: sneakypete (#5)

:)

WWG1WWA posted on 2020-02-24 04:22:56   Reply   Private Reply

#9: WWG1WWA    To: sneakypete (#5)

Give 'em hell, Sneaky. :)

WWG1WWA posted on 2020-02-24 05:50:25   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#5)

Sheeesh Pete, I had no idea. Sounds like a challenging three months. Good to hear you are fighting thru the worst of it. Take your time and focus on your health, but please realize that you ARE missed and I, for one, look forward to your cheery, optimistic posts. (And all the rest of them, too).

Prayers up for you, Pete...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-24 06:48:02   Reply   Private Reply

#11: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#5)

"...massive dose of chemo that pretty much fried my memory..."

Well, remember I am the guy that never EVER called you "StinkyPete"...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-24 07:48:05   Reply   Private Reply

#12: Mudboy Slim    To: StinkyPete (#11)

Bttt...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-24 07:49:31   Reply   Private Reply

#13: Mudboy Slim    To: goldilucky, Murron, mel, palo verde, Badeye (#5)

Heads up, y'all...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-24 14:52:34   Reply   Private Reply

#14: sneakypete    To: Mudboy Slim (#10)

Thanks,Mud. I do appreciate it.

Thanks to everyone else,also.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-24 21:43:36   Reply   Private Reply

#15: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#14)

Btw...rumor has it you were seen at GBR...how are the folks doing over there? Other than pilfering from Pookies Toons, I haven't lurked over there in years...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-25 06:05:25   Reply   Private Reply

#16: Vicomte13    To: sneakypete (#5)

Good to see you back, Sneaky. It's been lonely for me around here without you having my back on everything, because you always agreed with me on everything and were a reliable ally. Remember? ;)

Vicomte13 posted on 2020-02-25 08:10:07   Reply   Private Reply

#17: sneakypete    To: Mudboy Slim (#15)

Btw...rumor has it you were seen at GBR

Do you mean The Briefing Room? I have no idea what GBR is.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-25 09:31:05   Reply   Private Reply

#18: sneakypete    To: Vicomte13 (#16)

Remember? ;)

You are kidding,right? My brain is fried from chemo. I can barely remember who I am.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-25 09:32:04   Reply   Private Reply

#19: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#17)

Yes, sorry but it used to be called the GOP Briefing Room (hence, GBR). And the "rumor" was the post above (#2) where it was announced that you were alive and posting elsewhere...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-25 09:45:42   Reply   Private Reply

#20: Vicomte13    To: sneakypete (#18)

You are kidding,right? My brain is fried from chemo. I can barely remember who I am.

Well, we were best buddies always. So I'm glad to see you back.

Vicomte13 posted on 2020-02-25 18:13:45   Reply   Private Reply

#21: sneakypete    To: Vicomte13 (#20)

Thanks,I do remember you as a very intelligent poster,even when we didn't agree on some issue.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-25 22:14:33   Reply   Private Reply

#22: goldilucky    To: Mudboy Slim (#13)

Thanks Mudboy. Hope all is well with you. Hard to believe we are still talking since 2001 from the days of FR. Man that was soo long ago.

goldilucky posted on 2020-02-27 21:59:36   Reply   Private Reply

#23: goldilucky    To: Stoner (#0)

Hi Sneakypete

I heard you have been ill since last December. Hope you are taking time to recover? Glad to see you are still posting here.

goldilucky posted on 2020-02-27 22:00:59   Reply   Private Reply

#24: Mudboy Slim    To: goldilucky, A K A Stone (#22)

Has been awhile...FR alone was so long ago for me...lol. Gotta give Stone his props for keeping the lights on...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-27 22:21:27   Reply   Private Reply

#25: Mudboy Slim    To: goldilucky, sneakypete (#23)

Bttt post #23...

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-27 22:23:29   Reply   Private Reply

#26: sneakypete    To: goldilucky (#23)

I heard you have been ill since last December. Hope you are taking time to recover?

It was actually last summer when I started having problems,and there is no recovery from Stage 4 lymphoma. Just remission.

Glad to see you are still posting here.

Thanks,but I won't be posting often. I just don't have the energy.There are a couple of places I just don't post at all anymore because of this.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-28 11:36:49   Reply   Private Reply

#27: goldilucky    To: sneakypete (#26)

U understand. Take it one day at a time.

goldilucky posted on 2020-02-28 14:26:57   Reply   Private Reply

#28: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#26)

Are you a more regular poster over on the Briefing Room, Pete? As I recall, they have a pretty congenial crowd...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-28 14:42:40   Reply   Private Reply

#29: Dead Culture Watch    To: sneakypete (#26)

Am hoping the remission lasts forever Pete. I can honestly say you been one of the most well respected posters I've ever had the pleasure of conversing with.

My thoughts about religion are fairly close to yours, but am praying for your healing anyways because it cant hurt, and its pretty much all i can do as far as i know.

Love ya man!

Dead Culture Watch posted on 2020-02-28 16:35:01   Reply   Private Reply

#30: sneakypete    To: Mudboy Slim (#28)

Are you a more regular poster over on the Briefing Room, Pete? As I recall, they have a pretty congenial crowd...MUD

That is mostly where I post. Not everybody sees eye to eye there,but they don't seem to have the huge flame wars that happen on some boards.

I have to admit a few of the bible-tumping NT's there that want him tossed out of office for getting divorces and getting laid set me off more than a little. I suspect most are former Church Ladies from FR. They have that tone.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-28 18:24:57   Reply   Private Reply

#31: sneakypete    To: Dead Culture Watch (#29)

Thanks!

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-28 18:25:38   Reply   Private Reply

#32: A K A Stone    To: sneakypete (#31)

A K A Stone posted on 2020-02-28 20:10:57   Reply   Private Reply

#33: Mudboy Slim    To: A K A Stone (#32)

High-rise steelworkers...yet another job I couldn't do if my life depended on it...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-02-29 08:43:05   Reply   Private Reply

#34: sneakypete    To: Mudboy Slim (#33)

High-rise steelworkers...yet another job I couldn't do if my life depended on it...MUD

Also a job you wouldn't want to push off on me if your life meant anything to you. I am terrified of heights. I get dizzy looking down and want to jump.

sneakypete posted on 2020-02-29 12:21:47   Reply   Private Reply

#35: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#34)

And as I get older, that claustrophobia gets worse and worse...lol. But yeah, I am no fan of heights. Usedta go hauling butt up that 32-foot ladder, no problem. Not these days...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2020-03-01 17:25:01   Reply   Private Reply

#36: redleghunter    To: sneakypete (#5)

Welcome back and glad you are doing better.

redleghunter posted on 2020-03-02 11:06:14   Reply   Private Reply

#37: sneakypete    To: redleghunter (#36)

Thanks!

I have Stage 4 Lymphoma,which is related to Agent Orange. It is now in remission,but there is no getting rid of it. It WILL return,and when it does all they can do is give me a pill to help ease the pain. Could be tomorrow,could be years from now. There is no way of telling.

The good news is that at my age death is not the BFD it would be if I were 50-60 years younger. Frankly,nobody is more surprised than me that I lived this long.

Probably because I outlived most of the ones that used to whine at me.

It damn sure didn't have anything to do with careful planning,eating right,exercising,not doing drugs,not drinking,not chasing wild wimmins,etc,etc,etc. I did all that,and more.

The way I see it,I am so far ahead of this game it's too late for cancer to show up.

sneakypete posted on 2020-03-02 19:46:07   Reply   Private Reply

#38: sneakypete    To: Mudboy Slim (#35)

The funny part is I knew I was afraid of heights from the time I was a small kid,and figured becoming a paratrooper would be the way to beat it.

Little did I know there is NOTHING people who are afraid of heights want to do more than jump.

Going on or coming back from missions in VN,I would be sitting in the door opening on a slick with my feet hanging outside,and get fascinated by looking at the jungle passing below,and start leaning forward without even thinking of it. Every time this happened one of the yards sitting behind me would grab my rucksack and pull me back up straight and "break the spell". I would turn around to look,and they would all be smiling at me and laughing. So much for THAT being a secret.

sneakypete posted on 2020-03-02 19:52:37   Reply   Private Reply

#39: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#38)

Hey Pete...whazzup? You still out there giving them hell?

Regards...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2021-07-09 18:17:16   Reply   Private Reply

#40: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#38)

"...there is NOTHING people who are afraid of heights want to do more than jump."

Seems counter-intuitive at first, but I guess fear of heights is a fear of falling...once you realize there are no dire consequences resultant from diving from heights, the fear would be dispelled...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2021-07-09 18:24:36   Reply   Private Reply