tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post2072207860306070803..comments2023-07-17T01:46:09.160-07:00Comments on Dan Duggan's Head And Neck Cancer Blog Site: 3/11/09 Who is that masked man !!Dan Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733755721047397909noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-49745040631641634412009-03-18T06:59:00.000-07:002009-03-18T06:59:00.000-07:00That worked, so I will try again. Dan, I have bee...That worked, so I will try again. <BR/>Dan, I have been reading the comments posted for you, and I am so impressed, but not surprised, by how loved you are!!! I just recently discovered your blog and will continue to follow it. It is beautifully written and the photographs are great. I am still having trouble remembering the 7 PM vibe, (despite the fact that you made fun of me for being so schedule and time conscious.) So, I just send vibes whenever I think of you, whether it's day or night, to help fill the time between the 7 PM vibe, power surges. It is awesome to think about all that positive, energy cris-crossing the earth to go to you and Peggy. Thank you for your music and teaching! Cindy M. in PAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-71542960652789770882009-03-18T06:36:00.000-07:002009-03-18T06:36:00.000-07:00Dan, I wish you a good day today. I tried to post...Dan, I wish you a good day today. I tried to post a comment several days ago, but it didn't go through. So this is a test run. Be well.<BR/>CindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-89790107564624695032009-03-17T17:52:00.000-07:002009-03-17T17:52:00.000-07:00Dan,Thinking of you as always. Let me know when yo...Dan,<BR/><BR/>Thinking of you as always. Let me know when you're ready for another "story" <BR/>Love,<BR/>LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-80953535788970351482009-03-17T16:15:00.000-07:002009-03-17T16:15:00.000-07:00Hey Dan & Peg,The mask beats anything the Lone...Hey Dan & Peg,<BR/>The mask beats anything the Lone Ranger ever wore. And we know that the radiation and chemo, tough as can be, are the Silver Bullets that will drive the bag guys away.<BR/>Love<BR/>Woody & EliseELISE AND WOODYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393515820025602709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-40338461983388590792009-03-17T06:57:00.000-07:002009-03-17T06:57:00.000-07:00I'm not being an asshole... but I want to know Dan...I'm not being an asshole... but I want to know Dan if you ever smoked. Because I smoke and head cancer scares me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-19671723886669808612009-03-16T11:25:00.000-07:002009-03-16T11:25:00.000-07:00Dear Dan & Peggy -Lots of love, healing energy...Dear Dan & Peggy -<BR/>Lots of love, healing energy, visualizations coming from me and all the ripples of Wayne County and Syracuse Peace Council friends.<BR/>love,<BR/>GlendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-54347229015412399952009-03-16T08:47:00.000-07:002009-03-16T08:47:00.000-07:00Dan & Peggy-Hi, there ... love and caring from...Dan & Peggy-<BR/><BR/>Hi, there ... love and caring from the Cortland UU Congragation. (I've recently joined this one, too.) You are famous far and wide. We are following your progress. Do you still have the beard?? Will we recognize you ... ??<BR/><BR/>Love and kisses,<BR/>Chuck LochnerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-52100545329892723142009-03-15T19:42:00.000-07:002009-03-15T19:42:00.000-07:00Hey Dan,Just checking in to catch up and to send o...Hey Dan,<BR/><BR/>Just checking in to catch up and to send our wishes and prayers. Our thoughts are with you as always.<BR/><BR/>Love to you,<BR/>Scott and DoreenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-55432024873946016082009-03-15T10:03:00.000-07:002009-03-15T10:03:00.000-07:00Hi Dan and Peggy, I have been thinking about bot...Hi Dan and Peggy,<BR/> I have been thinking about both of you and have you in my prayers; Kristin asks about you often and sends her love, too. She is watching as I am typing this email and says, "Hope you feel better, call me anytime!"<BR/> Much Love!<BR/> G & KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-83305478999972348032009-03-15T04:58:00.000-07:002009-03-15T04:58:00.000-07:00oh dan!!!! what a beautiful song. im sitting here ...oh dan!!!! what a beautiful song. im sitting here on my couch catching up on some work, and i didnt get to listen to the song last time i checked the blog because i was in a sales meeting, but i just listened to it..i think i speak for alot of us here that this seems almost backward how we feel we are getting so much love and positive feelings from the both of you during all this!! i've been visualizing lots of nice things for you after all this crap is over! you and i running at allegany on a nice clear morning, you pretending to be harry karry (sp?) while im eating or drinking something and making me choke half to death, me and val coming to see you guys play in the adks this summer, and of course, the barn concert. im picturing you whole, healthy, and strong, like i know you will be. im going to go rock out 9 miles this morning. and ill dedicate it to you, and ill even let you keep your left nut!! and if you're feeling a little crappy this morning, at least you dont have anything wrong with your belly button!!!! let me know if you need a ride to chemo on thursday, i can probably swing something..also, im getting ready to cram a pie into that peg tube of yours, but it probably wont taste as good. see you guys soon, love, stef, val, tim, mark, orchard park quakers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-72553921523036424672009-03-14T16:18:00.000-07:002009-03-14T16:18:00.000-07:00Danny Boy....Love ya...Zach passes along a heartfe...Danny Boy....Love ya...Zach passes along a heartfelt "hey"See you later in the Creek.<BR/>Love,BarrrrbarrrraBarbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16748048810154359926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-26942560537193893022009-03-14T11:06:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:06:00.000-07:00In my experience, ginger tea can indeed help with ...In my experience, ginger tea can indeed help with nausea. Otherwise, it's one step at a time--one day at a time. May the increasing sunshine and warmth of spring lift you up.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Sally and LewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-91246314534559445892009-03-13T19:15:00.000-07:002009-03-13T19:15:00.000-07:00Dan, Congratulations on completing your first week...Dan, Congratulations on completing your first week of treatment. I hope you get plenty of rest this weekend. I'm glad they gave you IV hydration after chemo - that really made a difference for me. If you continue to struggle with nausea, I would recommend asking for hydration again. You can't have too many fluids during treatment! Especially when you start having trouble swallowing, the IV fluids will be even more important.<BR/><BR/>As always, we are thinking about you. I'm going to Vegas tomorrow for a few days for a conference, and you should know that I will be thinking of you when I'm standing on the Hoover Dam, when I'm walking along the strip, and when I'm playing the slot machines. <BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/><BR/>MariaMariaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107598921522194970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-4537487199504846912009-03-13T17:09:00.000-07:002009-03-13T17:09:00.000-07:00Hi Dan and Peg,Just wanted to let you know we're t...Hi Dan and Peg,<BR/>Just wanted to let you know we're thinking of you and as I write this am enjoying For The Love of Friends. It's beautiful. <BR/><BR/>We'll be visualizing nightly at 7. Looking forward to another barn concert. Next time Gary will be there with his aunt and I! Makes me smile just thinking about it. Hope it does you, too!<BR/><BR/>Take care. You, too, Peg! Keep harvesting the hope!!!!Gowingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537710992484029801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-67769594223686717562009-03-13T13:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T13:19:00.000-07:00Have you had any inspirations for music or lyrics ...Have you had any inspirations for music or lyrics while lying still under that mask for 30 minutes? I am so glad that the medical staff is kind and supportive. I think most people who choose to specialize in oncology are a special breed. I'm sure too that the unique gifts you and Peggy bring to the situation are not lost on them. My aunt, as well as friends, reported getting relief from yarrow-infused creams for skin issues related to radiation. I visualize you well and happy inhaling deeply the pine-scented air of an Adirondack Mountain summer, Peg at your side. I send you Reiki backwards through your song.CARAMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055050245424529097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-45552243453618798812009-03-13T10:22:00.000-07:002009-03-13T10:22:00.000-07:00Dan,I'm thankful all is going well so far.Hang in ...Dan,<BR/>I'm thankful all is going well so far.<BR/>Hang in there and stay positive.<BR/>We are all cheering for you and playing on.<BR/>Sue C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-33835396835570467392009-03-13T04:35:00.000-07:002009-03-13T04:35:00.000-07:00Danny,I think some of the 7 pm spiritual power you...Danny,<BR/><BR/>I think some of the 7 pm spiritual power you've been receiving made its way to the hearts and minds of your beloved Orangemen at Madison Square Garden last night! I had your boundless enthusiasm well in mind throughout each of the 6 overtime periods wherein Syracuse had to enlist their own course of mind/body techniques to overcome the physical challenges presented by a very talented team from Connecticut. It proved to be the second longest NCAA game in the history of Division I competition. <BR/><BR/>Had we been together, you would have been slapping my hand and shouting for joy, so with that spirit in mind, here's a big virtual "high five" for you! You da man!!!<BR/><BR/>TommyTom Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722727208910984509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-30914614389486799502009-03-12T15:05:00.000-07:002009-03-12T15:05:00.000-07:00Dan,Ask Peggy real nice like to make you some fres...Dan,<BR/><BR/>Ask Peggy real nice like to make you some fresh ginger or peppermint tea for that belly of yours! (You'll be glad you did.) And, look for candy that has real peppermint oil or ginger in it to carry with you. (Have any old candy canes around? Do your travels take you by a Cracker Barrel? They have hard candy with real oil.)<BR/><BR/>Also, you might want to consider wearing Sea-Bands for the nausea. Really!<BR/><BR/>We're all singing your song out here.<BR/><BR/>CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-6680864524878282192009-03-12T14:24:00.000-07:002009-03-12T14:24:00.000-07:00Hi Dan:Thanks for continuing to share "the experie...Hi Dan:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for continuing to share "the experience". You've got a great way of calmly describing all this stuff being done to you and continue to maintain a positive outlook. <BR/><BR/>I continue to look forward to walking in Trillium Lane with a cancer-free Dan in May!<BR/><BR/>- EricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-48152231406798225102009-03-12T11:36:00.000-07:002009-03-12T11:36:00.000-07:00Dan--your willingness to describe all that is happ...Dan--your willingness to describe all that is happening to you is so useful for all of us at a distance. It's good to hear that the care remains top notch and the insurance worries are at bay for the time being (for good?). Hang in there! Lots of healing vibes coming from Ballston Spa:-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427339359954839130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-8793328471225568052009-03-12T07:02:00.000-07:002009-03-12T07:02:00.000-07:00Dan and Peggy,Never mind the cancer....is that a p...Dan and Peggy,<BR/><BR/>Never mind the cancer....is that a picture of Dan!!! in the proximity of a c..c..CAT??<BR/><BR/>All though we have not written, we have been "with you" all winter. "See ya" at 7:00.<BR/><BR/>Sandi and CathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-54267765914531855602009-03-12T06:19:00.000-07:002009-03-12T06:19:00.000-07:00Hi Dan and Peg-Woa...hang in there. I'm so glad to...Hi Dan and Peg-<BR/>Woa...hang in there. I'm so glad to hear what wonderful personal care you are getting.<BR/>As one of the 535, I echo Maria B.: "BEAUTIFUL!" and Greg McCrea: "Not very polished???<BR/>I've been visualizing you both working and playing around your beatiful farm house and land, and also back up at Meadowlark--walking hand-in-hand by Washington Pond, watching the moon rise over the pond from one of the wooden swings by the shore, playing the strings off the hammered dulcimer and guitar, and the roof off the place, in a grand glorious 'super fast'jam session in the Art Barn...<BR/>I send [as always] love and strength and perserverence and esperence-<BR/>JessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889556572157705053.post-69870833936527271642009-03-11T20:51:00.000-07:002009-03-11T20:51:00.000-07:00Hi Dan & Peggy, I have been following your ...Hi Dan & Peggy,<BR/><BR/> I have been following your blog and it brings back so many memories. I often wondered what Butch's mask looked like and now I know. Thanks for the picture. Bruce, Sally and I think of you often. I know the next 6 or 7 weeks will be tough for both of you but hang in there - it WILL GET BETTER! Just wanted to let you know we are praying for you.<BR/><BR/> Do you know what you are going to use in the feeding tube? We found some nurishing drink that had about 1oo more calories than Ensure. We use to order it from the Drug Store. But that was 3 yrs ago and maybe there are better things on the market now. I'm sure your doctors will know what is best.<BR/><BR/> Will join you at 7:00.<BR/>Phyllis WoodardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com