Re: FW: Mayonnaise Jar & 2 Beers

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Hi Chuck,You are "terrific"!!! Bob G

Worth forwarding....we all need to occasionally fall back and regroup......

Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a

day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of

him.

When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty

mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar .

He shook the jar lightly.

The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full..

The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the

entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the

sand.

The students laughed...

'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize

that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your

health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was

lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and

your car..

The sand is everything else---the small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room

for the pebbles or the golf balls.

The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have

room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with your children.

Spend time with your parents.

Visit with grandparents.

Take your spouse out to dinner.

Play another 18.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.

Set your priorities.

The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.

The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'

The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's

always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.

Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST DID!

LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS...........

IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN

A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head

and the heating system of the heart.

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Well, Thank You, Bob, but I cannot take the credit….I just pass on what I think is important to many of us. Chuck From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Bob Gonsalves Sr.Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 12:04 PMTo: ProstateCancerSupport Cc: Bob Gonsalves Sr.Subject: Re: FW: Mayonnaise Jar & 2 Beers Hi Chuck, You are " terrific " !!! Bob G Worth forwarding....we all need to occasionally fall back and regroup......Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in aday are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front ofhim.When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and emptymayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.He then asked the students if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar .He shook the jar lightly.The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.He then asked the students again if the jar was full.They agreed it was.The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.Of course, the sand filled up everything else.He asked once more if the jar was full..The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured theentire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between thesand.The students laughed...'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognizethat this jar represents your life.The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, yourhealth, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else waslost and only they remained, your life would still be full.The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house andyour car..The sand is everything else---the small stuff.'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no roomfor the pebbles or the golf balls.The same goes for life.If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never haveroom for the things that are important to you.Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.Spend time with your children.Spend time with your parents.Visit with grandparents.Take your spouse out to dinner.Play another 18.There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.Set your priorities.The rest is just sand.One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there'salways room for a couple of Beers with a friend.Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST DID!LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS...........IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAINA smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the headand the heating system of the heart.-----No virus found in this message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/4998 - Release Date: 05/14/12 No virus found in this message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/4998 - Release Date: 05/14/12

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Thanks, Chuck !!

You made my day !!

I think I'll have a beer.

Manny

Subject: FW: Mayonnaise Jar & 2 BeersTo: "Chuck Maack" Date: Monday, May 14, 2012, 12:47 PM

Worth forwarding....we all need to occasionally fall back and regroup......Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in aday are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front ofhim.When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and emptymayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.He then asked the students if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar .He shook the jar lightly.The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.He then asked the students again if the jar was full.They agreed it was.The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.Of course, the sand

filled up everything else.He asked once more if the jar was full..The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured theentire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between thesand.The students laughed...'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognizethat this jar represents your life.The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, yourhealth, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else waslost and only they remained, your life would still be full.The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house andyour car..The sand is everything else---the small stuff.'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no roomfor the pebbles or the golf balls.The same goes

for life.If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never haveroom for the things that are important to you.Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.Spend time with your children.Spend time with your parents.Visit with grandparents.Take your spouse out to dinner.Play another 18.There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.Set your priorities.The rest is just sand.One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there'salways room for a couple of Beers with a friend.Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST DID!LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING

FOR THE STORM TO PASS...........IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAINA smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the headand the heating system of the heart.-----No virus found in this message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/4998 - Release Date: 05/14/12

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:-\

Hello Chuck:

Remember me, Rody! I go Thursday to see my Urologist for the

first time in exactly one year to the day. Received letter

many months ago saying they had to forward my

appointment six months due to reduction in staff, and

installing new computer systems. I had and appointment seven

months ago, but my new appointment date was booked ahead for

six months. I feel fine but have been hurting in right

testicle for over five months. My incontinence suddenly

stopped about two months ago; as I have only had a few drops

since then. I did nothing to help this along. I know that my

nerves were messed up as I have not had an erection since my

surgery later part of 2008. It has been 18 months since my

last PSA count and as you know that it was 3.7

thirty-days post operative. You may recall that was the first

question I asked this Dr. WHY? He answered and said, that is a

good question. He wanted to know why my daughter was not with

me last May, and said to bring her next time if she is

available. She is going with me and she has some questions for

the Doctor.

You may also remember that his PA said he would start me on

Lupron injections that day; however that was not the case. On

the way out I asked the Dr. are we going to start injections

today; and his reply was (I will let you know when). Arrogant

was not the word. I really think he his pissed with the

information about treatment I mailed to the good Dr. I did

clear it with his PA before I mailed the Info you sent me.

Depending on his attitude, and office presence it could be my

last visit with Dr. Busby. UAB is my primary provider so much

as Insurance goes. If I select another provider I will have to

get another PCP. That medical information on me is about 10

inches thick.

I will let you know my PSA after Thursday. I am also facing

knee surgery, groin surgery due to hernia I have had for

thirty years which I blame on Delta. Should have had surgery

thirty years ago on the Hernia.

I was told due to tissue left behind from the Prostate, and

there are cancer cells running through my veins per Dr. Busby,

and his PA. My question is why do I feel the same. I figured I

would be dead by this time. I am tired, and fatigued, and I

have to make myself get up. I have laid in bed for seven days

before and enjoyed it.LOL.

Chuck can you give me any idea what I can expect Thursday? I

think, and know my biggest mistake when I was first diagnosed

in 2005 with 5% involvement and right side negative for cancer

cells I should have elected radiation, and the Dr. told me and

my daughter then that I will personally carry you right now

downstairs to let you speak with an oncologist.I elected to go

on "watchful waiting" for three years. (Big Mistake)

Next Biop was 20% involvement with PSA 8.4 Gleason 7+3..I

elected surgery and have regretted it since.

Chuck, thanks for listening, and your support. Hey, I am 71

feel great except for two knees, and Hernia..

Be Safe,

Rody...

Worth forwarding....we all need to occasionally fall back

and regroup......

Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,

when 24 hours in a

day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2

Beers.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some

items in front of

him.

When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large

and empty

mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured

them into the jar .

He shook the jar lightly.

The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf

balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it

into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full..

The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two Beers from under the table

and poured the

entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty

space between the

sand.

The students laughed...

'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I

want you to recognize

that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things---your family,

your children, your

health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if

everything else was

lost and only they remained, your life would still be

full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your

job, your house and

your car..

The sand is everything else---the small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued,

'there is no room

for the pebbles or the golf balls.

The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff

you will never have

room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your

happiness.

Spend time with your children.

Spend time with your parents.

Visit with grandparents.

Take your spouse out to dinner.

Play another 18.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the

disposal.

Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really

matter.

Set your priorities.

The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the

Beer represented.

The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'

The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life

may seem, there's

always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.

Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST

DID!

LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS...........

IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN

A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling

system of the head

and the heating system of the heart.

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Date: 05/14/12

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wrote:

> have been hurting in right testicle for over five months

Hello Rody,

As Chuck said in his response, this could be caused by your

hernia.  Here's how you might be able to tell:

Lie on your back and elevate your hips.  Try to get them

off the floor, bed, sofa, or whatever you are lying on so

that they are higher than your stomach.

If the pain goes away, I think that is a sign that the pain

was caused by the hernia.  A hernia involves tissue pushing

through a weakness or an opening that would normally keep that

tissue up in the intestinal area.  If lifting your hips causes

the pain to stop, that may mean that it relieved the pressure

on the testicle from above.

If that is the case you can get immediate relief by wearing

a jock strap and getting a hernia belt.  The larger drug stores

sell them, or you can buy them off the Internet.  The belt will

contain a tight band and a pad.  You position the pad to push

in and hold back the tissue that is pressing from above on the

testicle.

You might get by with no hernia operation at all, just wearing

a hernia belt.  It will work best if it fits right, and if you

wear it all of the time that you are up and awake.  Many men do.

If the hernia is not the cause then you've got some other

problem, maybe an infection, maybe even cancer.  But I'm

thinking that the hernia is a very likely source of this kind

of pain.

Good luck with it.

    Alan

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Thanks Dr. Meyer for the info.ongs as I stay idle no problem.

Walking seems to bring out the worst.

wrote:

> have been hurting in right testicle for over five

months

Hello Rody,

As Chuck said in his response, this could be caused by

your

hernia. Here's how you might be able to tell:

Lie on your back and elevate your hips. Try to get them

off the floor, bed, sofa, or whatever you are lying on so

that they are higher than your stomach.

If the pain goes away, I think that is a sign that the

pain

was caused by the hernia. A hernia involves tissue

pushing

through a weakness or an opening that would normally keep

that

tissue up in the intestinal area. If lifting your hips

causes

the pain to stop, that may mean that it relieved the

pressure

on the testicle from above.

If that is the case you can get immediate relief by

wearing

a jock strap and getting a hernia belt. The larger drug

stores

sell them, or you can buy them off the Internet. The belt

will

contain a tight band and a pad. You position the pad to

push

in and hold back the tissue that is pressing from above on

the

testicle.

You might get by with no hernia operation at all, just

wearing

a hernia belt. It will work best if it fits right, and if

you

wear it all of the time that you are up and awake. Many

men do.

If the hernia is not the cause then you've got some other

problem, maybe an infection, maybe even cancer. But I'm

thinking that the hernia is a very likely source of this

kind

of pain.

Good luck with it.

Alan