Keep fighting Dobber! You got this !!!!
My friends!
I'm in the "warmups" stage of my battle and it's going well. I underwent rigorous chemo last week that finished on Thursday. It was rough, with four or five days of nausea and vomiting. Now I'm recovering from that. I no longer feel nautious, but I'm extremely tired. Chemo destroys the body. Destroys the cancer, but also the good stuff too. So my blood counts are closing in on zero, meaning I get daily blood transfusions. Next week my bone marrow recovers and starts producing blood properly and I start to feel normal.
Next week I also get a bone marrow biopsy, meaning they corkscrew into my hip and pull out marrow and if the cancer is below 10% then I can proceed with the stem cell transplant.
The transplant stage is "The Show". That's the big one. It's set for early September and will knock me on my ass for a month - worse than the "warmups" stage.
But for the three weeks between the two stages I'll be at home and feeling close to normal.
Thank you again everyone for the tremendous support!
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15-Team Keeper, points only, best 12 fwd, 4 dman, 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - T. Thompson, Thomas, Nylander, Tarasenko, Arvidsson, Guentzel, Fiala, Quinn, Mittelstadt, Hagel, Zacha, Roslovic, Berggren, Brink, Ostlund
G - Kahkonen, Vejmelka, L. Thompson, Levi, Comrie
D - Hronek, Morrissey, Lundkvist, Girard, Brannstrom, Rathbone, Hanifin, Severson, Durzi
All the best my friend. You know you have the entire community and beyond supporting you in this fight. We aren't there but we are with you in spirit.
Keep up the good fight and thank you for the update.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Thanks for the update sir - keep fighting, we're all pulling for you to go Rob Ray on this.
14 Team H2H Cap
G A DPTS FOW SOG STP H+B | W SV SV% GAA
C: Scheifele, Stamkos (rw), Tavares
LW: Gaudreau, Giroux (c/rw), Labanc(rw)
RW: Atkinson, Thompson (c), Keller (lw), Glendening (c)
D: Klingberg, Gostisbehere, Dumba, Krug (50%), Trouba, McNabb, Gudas
G: Holtby, Fleury, Markstrom
FARM NOTABLES:
F: Bokk, A Thomas, Kaprizov, Dorofeyev, Mikheyev
D: Dalhin, Beaudin, Dunn, Kylington, Harley
G: Hart, Demko
You go Dobber. Go kick the shit out of it. I wish you luck and I wish your family so much strength.
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Thank you for the update! Really good to know how it's going. Keep fighting and know your staff is doing an amazing job here. Articles and notes have been really good.
Community here has your back. Get well!
18 team H2H Keeper League
G/A/PPP/SHP/GWG/SOG/FOW/Hits&blks/W/GAA/SV/SV%
play 4c/8w/6d/1G (2min start)/6 bench/
C: Hughes, Zacha, Howden, compher, Tierney, Frederic
W: Gaudreau, Schwartz, M.Tkachuk, Fabbri, Bratt, Yamamoto, Wahlstrom, Okposo, Heinen, M.Folingo, Hinostroza, Mcginn
D: Hughes, Ceci, Pelech, oleksiak, Holden, Poolman
G: Markstrom, Oettinger,
P:Rossi,Bowers,Heponiemi,Kupari,Wise,Dorofeyev,Fir stov,Clarke,Fortin,holloway,Nygard,Aberg,Rasmussen ,Elynuik,M.Jones,Chlapik,Platzer,Bracco,Kuokkanen, Lind,Liljegren,J.Roy,Montembeault,Raaymakers,Woll, prosvetov,Larmi
Keep your head up kid. You can do this.
- I said... "God damn this tablet is heavy!"
I love the analogy of warmpus and The Show.... I want to add to it though... you are a competitor and player and you are going to put your competitive attitude into make the Show and fighting through this.
Keep fighting!
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The nice thing about a virtual community, every one of us around the planet are with you at all times. You got an army behind you.
14 Team NHL Salary Cap Dynasty -daily starts
H2H, Salary Cap 95mil, Player actual salaries (all)
+/-,G,A,GWG,PTS,STP,PIM,SOG,HT,BS,GAA,SO,SV,W
Starters: 12 Forwards, 6 Defense, 2 Goalies
Forwards: Domi, K.Connor, Kessel, Parise, Monahan, Point, Rantanen, Kucherov, Panarin , M.Martin, Reaves, Marner
Defense: Butcher, K.Russell, Pelech, Girard, Klingberg, Larsson
Goalie: Rask, Hellebuyck
Reserves: D.Strome, Jo.Benn, Polak, C.Crawford , M.Jones, A.Dell, Koskinen
Prospects: Soderstrom, Sorokin, J.Dahlen, Kaprizov, Yamamoto, Makar, Starrett , F.Sandstrom, Timmins, T.Terry
Fantrax TAHL 2013 & 2018 Champion
Keep fighting and stay positive! My mom told me when she went through this stuff a cold damp face cloth on the back of her neck helped her not feel like vomiting 24/7.
You got this!
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Comish Dynasty - 3 Tiers - 24 GMs (G A +/- PIM STP SOG HITS BLK W SV GAA / 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G) - $1130 SALARY CAP - Tier 1
C - Point $111, Horvat $67, Athanasiou $27 (C/LW), Mittelstadt $5, Lafferty $5 (C,LW,RW), Kupari $5, Coyle $40 (C/RW), Saarela $5
LW - E.Kane $130, Bertuzzi $11 (LW/RW), Matt Martin $27, B.Lemieux $5, Haula (C/LW) $5, Motte $5,
RW - Tarasenko $117, Keller $28 (RW/LW), Niederreiter $65 (LW/RW) , Tatar $57 (LW/RW), Kyrou $5 (C/LW), B.Ritchie
D - Werenski $62, Pulock $57, R.Ellis $65, Ceci $36, T.Myers $59, T.DeAngelo $9, Bear $5, Witkowski, $5, Byram $5, Boqvist $5, T.Smith $5, Capobianco $5
G - Grubauer $42, Rittich $27, Sorokin $5,
You got this Dobber! looking forward to the next positive update
12 Team H2H Keep 6
Scoring Cats - Players: G, A, P, +/-, PPG, SHG, GWG
Goalies: W, GAA, SV%, SHO
Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1G (locked in for the week)
C: Malkin, Kuznetsov, Larkin, Couture
LW: Hall, DeBrincat, Fiala
RW: Kucherov, J.T. Miller
D: Theodore, Gustafsson, Pulock
G: Hellebuyck, Shesterkin
Much love Dobber, to both you and your family.
You got this. You're one tough SOB and I have no doubt in my mind you'll come out on top!
Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!
Good luck dobber- thanks for the update- you got this!!
Sending positive thoughts and vibes your way! Keep warm and light up The Show!!!!
5.5X Champs
20 Team Dynasty (Unique Cap) H2H 23 Man roster - 20 Minor
G,A,SOG,PIM,HIT,BLK,FO%,2G+A,D-pts,STG,GWG+SHP+ShootoutG
W,SV%,GAA,SO Start 4 C,LW,RW/6D/2G Min 3 start/ 3Bench/6IR
C-Hischier,W.Nylander,Benn
LW-Guentzel,B.Tkachuk,Marchand,Gaudreau
RW-A.Svechnikov,M.Tkachuk,Duclair,Mantha
D-Provorov,McAvoy,Gudas,Doughty,Dunn,McDonagh
G-Hart,Vanecek
B-Brannstrom,Crouse
Prospects
Rossi,Berggren,Sillinger,Giv.Smith,Perreault,Kaspe r,Gauthier,Miroshnichenko,R.Johnson
Perunovich,Salo,Capobianco,Mackey,Woo,Benning,A.Jo hansson,Thrun
Skinner,Martin,Ingram,Fedotov
Entry Draft 5 Rds [<60gp] '23 2,3,3,5
Cap 77.82M/82.5M
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