Greg, I totally agree with what Todd said. Whatever the diagnosis was/is, if you didn't do something drastic when you did, you may not be here with us today.
Even if it stays a mystery, like you said, "If your feeling good, go for it"....

Cheers bud, hope you get a chance to slide down the mountain this winter....

GW aka Dr. Pottenstein,

Chuck is very proud of you kickin' lil 'c's arse.

So treat yerself to some new jeans on me, Bruh. :thumbsup:


:G-Dub:

Not skiing this winter!


More than 6 months after my "premature death" was announced to me..... from the panel of experts.... Gwen and I just drug a 12' Xmas tree thru the woods and loaded it in my pickup.... HA!! Running chainsaws and clomping around in the woods wasn't what they had in mind I don't think! LOL





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Amazing to me that the US Government owns the Patent on CBD, that the Major Pharma companies of the time used to sell Indica & Sativa over the counter for a number of illnesses, so they knew of the benefits, but yet they made it illegal. Hypocrisy!

It's crazy to think we are so screwed up!


I'm in Seattle - had an MRI today - and will meet with a Biliary Duct cancer specialist tomorrow (Tuesday) to see what condition my condition is in.

Good luck, I'll say an extra prayer for you tonight.

Saying a few Prayers for you this morning.

ps I started my testing for my first cancer last week and have to wait till the 20th to see the Doctor to get my results. Kinda sucks but I feel okay.

Sending you Prayers & Good Thoughts.

My Daughter in Law is some kind of Special Nurse and was working for a Cancer Specialist in Seattle, but she recently changed & went to work for a Hospice there.

We need more people like her as they are truly special people. My nurses maid my treatments so much easier and I can't thank them enough for that.

She is Special and the perfect match for my Son! If they aren't Life-Mates, then the World imploded!

Some GREAT News on Facebook!

Some FREAKING GREAT news on Facebook.

Now he is going to have to buy all of his stuff back.

:excited: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited:

When I sourced this one syringe locally on May 20th

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.......then went to visit on the second week of July and captured this image

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......all there was, because of modern day medicine practices, was the faint hope of an alternative miracle.

Today.......that faint hope, the months of riding a roller coaster full of emotions and doubt, and GW's never quit attitude appear to be paying off. :thumbsup:

"3 hrs · Seattle, WA ·
Apparently I may now be cancer free. Thank you THC/CBD oil!!
I had one bile duct (of the two you were born with). One was so obliterated the surgeon couldn't even find it 6 months ago. And he put a stent in the other one that was plugged up. Now they're both working just fine!"

-Greg's fb post...

Wow. I'm extremely happy you are doing great. You make the world better dude. Keep stoking the fire.

Wow, that's just amazing. Congratulations Greg. See you on the golf course in AZ!!

Greg, fill us in buddy! :thumbsup:

Sieg, I hate that picture.

I think I was there two weeks after you guys and can remeber that exact seen and the words being spoken. It's a powerful picture and very emotional. The lighting, contrast and color are all excellent....from an artistic view, you'd probably get a blue ribbon. :D
I know you've got a great picture somewhere, find it and post it up.
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Great news!!! Greg, hope u are FEEELING well!! Merry Christmas y'all....
Skipper, thanx for quoting.....
Cheers :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

That picture speaks to the terrible haunting reality those inflicted with cancer live. We just lost our 35 year old niece to cancer......it has no morals.

I love this picture........

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GREG!!! LOVE YOU MAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

:grouphug:

I still can't believe I post there...... WTF has the world come to? Weld must have gotten a pimply girlie face. LOL








First text was to Lillard ---- "how much do I owe you?"



<to those that don't know he has "MY" Mustang> Even though I actually now feel it's OUR (Lat G's) Mustang -- since everyone here has lived this with me.











Now you're just full of ****! But thanks buddy!











I will be there! And we WILL do Pavilions Cars and Coffee!










I will post a complete explanation right after this.










Best XMAS EVER!









I love you too buddy! But mostly I love Susan.

I was talked in to finding a new doctor in Sun Valley recently. Because he is one of those "concierge" plan doctors..... where you pay them a flat fee for the year. So we set up a meeting to see if we liked each other. Once that was done and we agreed that he'd be my new doc ---- he ordered up all my medical stuff for a complete review.

Then they called and set up a half hour "review".

First thing he says is --- Who told you that you have cancer? Why did they tell you that? And blah blah blah...... WHY WAS HE ASKING THIS?? Because he can't "see" anything in my records to CONFIRM cancer. Okay. Not sure if that's good or bad? But it is what it is.

He wants CONFIRMATION of actual cancer -- or NOT! Says it's hard to treat going forward if we don't really know what we're dealing with...... so off to a Bile Duct Cancer specialist (thankfully Gwen has a friend on the board and gets me in right away) in Seattle at the UW Medical center. So we spent the day doing the MRI thing ---- then the appointment with the big docs after they do a thorough review.

So ----- basically they can't find proof of cancer cells. The tumor on my liver (thought to be a Klatskine tumor) has SHRUNK..... my lymph nodes that were "enlarged and squishy" are back to normal..... and the biggest deal of all is that the bile duct that formerly couldn't even be found..... is working perfectly now (7 months ago the surgeon couldn't even find the opening!!).

Funny thing ------ they (the medicine man) can't figure it out. THANK YOU THC/CBD !! Zero days in waiting for chemo -- zero days of hair falling out -- zero needles and pokes and prods done...... and while I have NOT been declared "cancer free" -- they can't find any either..... GOOD ENOUGH! Merry Christmas!

Love all of you as you all know I do!

BEST NEWS EVER Greg,congrats and you earned tons of respect from me for the way you were accepting and dealing with it :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

This is your Christmas miricale . Such great news.

Thanks!

Funny part is -- it's not really a "miracle" at all..... seems this is a well known cancer cure and all I did was follow the directions.

Crazy -- but western medicine is NOT the answer to all our prayers.

I'm realizing that more and more

Love this
Love This !
LOVE THIS !!!

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All I can say is I am sharing this thread with everyone and I can't tell you how happy I am that this was the news as I feel like there are other options if my **** comes back as I really have no desire to do chemo again because it sucks.

I have shared this with my RideJanieRide family (charity I work for) and I firmly believe this is the future of cancer treatment.

Since my my daughters read my post I will stick with my FightUgly but just for today I will say F_ckCancer.

Merry Christmas is an understatement!

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HAHAHAHAHAHA T.C.!! Love it!





Alex found this piece of art for me.......









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NOTHING makes me happier than hearing this news!

Congrats Greg, keep up the fight!

Greg, I told my "team" 6 weeks ago that you were cancer free. Big smiles here in Ga.
So happy for you, Gwen, and the family!!!!
...it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

You have no idea how good it looks!

Mind you --- I still have some major health issues. I still have a tumor on my liver..... and it's not a happy camper because of it etc.... but that's a different issue than having a cancerous tumor that's infected my lymph nodes -- WHICH WAS THE CASE mid May!!

They're running some "autoimmune" tests on me now -- because if it's not cancer -- then what is going on? That sort of thinking..... So while this is FANTASTIC news ----- THEY still think they're going to find a "reason".


Here's my thinking..... I H-A-D cancer.... the original diagnosis was probably correct. What THEY can't see is that my choice of treatment did what they can't. Fixed the problem. I don't know - and I guess we might never really know. Did I, or did I not, have stage IV terminal cancer. The surgeon that did the original work says I did. I trust him. This is the second surgery he's done on me. We have history. He's seen plenty of these tumors in his time. The guy is not going to lightly say --- YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.... he knows what he saw with his own highly skilled eyes.

What they're seeing (mind you -- these two doctors I saw are LIVER CANCER SPECIALISTS -- so they're doing nothing but liver diseases!) 7 months later is someone that should be dead..... nobody has these tumors and lives... and their patients are getting sicker and sicker with each visit. While I'm doing jumping jacks. LOL It's crazy but I'm going with it!

Greg,

This has been a very informational thread. It is awesome that you have been able to take your life back! I actually have this thread saved to my computer in the event I need to refer to it at a later or share with someone in need.

I have been entertaining using the CBD oil for inflammation and had seen this article yesterday

https://www.leafly.com/news/politics...o-joke-illegal

With so many internet news outlets on the worldwide web it's becoming more and more difficult to decipher what's real and what's not.

have you had any issues acquiring CBD oil as of recently?

Thanks for the new pic, Sieg. Much mo better!

Like a lot of us did, I started looking into the THC/CBD side of things when I got the news, it's a rabbit hole of information for sure. What I've found was, it flat out works for multiple issues as well as your daily health, just like a vitamin. Being in Seattle gives me opportunities to talk with people in the industry and I've taken every advantage of that, the company I work for is actually encouraging me with field trips and training. The day Greg gave the news I had met with a potential customer that wants us to build out a 10,000sf facility, it would be their 3rd building in the area. This market is full speed ahead!

Think about it, it's a plant that has properties that help the body and mind...like carrots help you see at night and spinach makes you strong like Popeye! Thats what we've been told, just like we've been told Weed is bad and a gateway drug. I agree it is a gateway, a gateway to getting away from prescription pills.

Welds world tour continues!
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The question I've got for you, GW, do you believe enough to invest in the industry? The owners I've met have all been doctors and lawyers, they're not involved on the daily operations, just the financing behind it all. I imagine it's like your condo investments. Just curios.

:cheers:

The CBD oils are the easiest to obtain. Many - if they contain NO THC - are federally legal to sell. CBD is NOT illegal -- THC is.....

I have had zero "problems" getting THC or CBD oils ---- but you are placing yourself in a bad legal situation if you happen to live where the state laws are not in your favor. This stuff IS still illegal in most places.

You will have trouble finding the stuff in places that have become more about the recreational side of things vs the medical model many states started out with.

I looked into this early on. There were several opportunities to invest in venture Capital funds that were funding start ups.... typical was a 100K investment for accredited investors.


The reasons that keep me out of this type investment is -- it's typically HUGE gains for the super early investors.... but my feeling is that once the FEDS allow this stuff to be sold nationally and with BANKING..... the big terbacky boys will be totally involved and steam roll everyone else. They have the marketing and the distribution and on and on.

I don't know that is what is going to happen - but it seems "logical" to me that they'd jump in with both feet.