Dear Dietrich

Bawanna · #1 11-07-2011, 07:55 PM

I've received many inquires on our own Dietrich. I've held off partly waiting for permission from Dietrich to make this post and mostly I held off in hopes that there would be some tiny sliver of good news to share.
In the old story of I got some good news and some bad news I have no good news.
I'm heartbroken to report that it's absolutely all bad!

Forgive me Dietrich for running with this but I can't carry the burden of all this sadness and heartbreak by myself anymore. I'm plumb used up.
My hope is that you'll be so pissed you'll come west and give me a whipping which I surely deserve and quite honestly will enjoy immensely.

Dear Dietrich has Cancer, reports indicate that it has spread and it is inoperable. As many may recall it came on very fast. A slam dunk. Just suddenly down, lost his mojo. He had his first round of Chemo Therapy today in hopes for some relief and a reprieve from the inevitable. He reports his concentration is next to zero, lack of focus, doesn't even care about his guns and for folks like us you know that's a bad bad sign.

His reports have been infrequent and I asked (I begged) to have him tell his wife to send me updates and post. So far nothing from her. But I still have hope.

I went through this same scenario with my own dad 7 or 8 years ago and he did have a few days a week when the chemo wore off that he had good days, before they hit him again.
I'm sure with all the miriade of things going through his head he's overwelmed with things he wants to get done or accomplish but I know he really wanted to get on here and make his own post. That says alot for us here at Kahrtalk that we rank high enough in importance for him to want to do that just for us.

I don't know if that will happen. If he was to call and tell me taking a couple buckets of grease and getting launched over a prison fence nekkid would make him feel better, I'd be on the first plane to NC with a drum of grease and smile on my face and I don't care who knew about it.

That's all I know for right now. I sure hope he understands my need and desire to share this bad news with everyone here. Dietrich has been a rock here on kahrtalk with some of the most off the wall threads, sayings and general side splitting conversations. A tremendous asset. I know back in some of the ugly early days he's directly responsible for many of us still being here. Several of the early members, myself, Jocko, Wynn, several others got tired and left, he got tired and left several times too. He was always there to talk everyone into sticking around and of course we were all there to talk him into staying too. I'm sure glad we did.

I'll post any new news or reports I receive.

I hope we can all laugh at this as a sick joke 30 years from now when he gets the miracle cure. Now that would be a side splitter.

Ubaldo99 · #2 11-07-2011, 08:04 PM

Bawanna, thank you for the update. We newbies owe the KT founding fathers quite a debt of gratitude. Suggest we get the prayer circle cranked-up in high gear for Dietrich.

ltxi · #3 11-07-2011, 08:23 PM

Years of multiple family and friend cancer tragedies has really sensitized us to this issue and I'll tell you...this just really sucks!! If you get to talk to him, Bawanna, please let him know that I/we care.

JFootin · #4 11-07-2011, 08:25 PM

Bawanna, be sure to let him know how much we care about him, and that our combined thoughts and prayers are working in his favor.

LaP · #5 11-07-2011, 08:54 PM

Being somewhat new to the forum, I do not know Dietrich on a personal level.
But, as a cancer survivor, I am aware of the difficult road ahead for him. I wish him strength, understanding and courage.

MikeyKahr · #6 11-07-2011, 08:50 PM

Thanks for sharing the update Bawanna. Even though it's news we don't want to hear or share, i think it's news we were expecting unfortunately all things considered. And yes I too hope Dietrich will heal up and slug you a good one for spilling the beans but I think all he'd do is shake your hand and thank you, kindhearted fellow that he is. And maybe a hug. Gentlemanly, of course.

Dietrich, many thoughts and prayers are headed up on your behalf and for Mrs Dietrich. May God bless mightily and heal beyond expectation.

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wyntrout · #7 11-07-2011, 08:53 PM

Thanks for the news, Bawanna, even though it's bad. My eyes are watering and not in a good way. I hope he gets some relief from the chemo.

I'm not very religious, but my prayers and thoughts are with him and his family. My younger brother has been through hell with cancer several times and will never be as strong as he was. He's supposedly cancer free, but not problem free.

Please keep us in the loop and give him our best when you can.

Wynn

TheTman · #8 11-07-2011, 09:43 PM

Oh no, what a heartbreaker, My prayers go out for him and his family.

Bawanna · #9 11-07-2011, 09:50 PM

For some of you who don't know Dietrich, do a search of his threads and post. I suggest not drinking anything carbonated or eating anything you can't swallow or spit out fast.

I've gone back in the archives myself many many times just to read some of his post.

He's had a ton of excellent signature lines but I think my favorite was

"Say something nice to your cousin Shirley....For a fat girl, you sure don't sweat much....cue sound of head slap"

Husky44 · #10 11-07-2011, 10:01 PM

I've prayed. Will continue to do so. I'm a noob, but now how important the old guys are to any community.

I'm also a believer in the miraculous power of God. My mom is a survivor of pancreatic cancer (5 years this month!). I know too many others whom God has touched, when the doctors said it was impossible.

May God bless and heal you, Dietrich.