Overtime Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Hey Rage, remember when I texted you the other day? Me too, pretty cool stuff 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rage- Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 9:05 PM, !@#$% said: i thought i'd never ever everrrr post on this site again but yeah. Ayyyyyy symbols! It's truly great to see you on here again. Don't be a stranger. On 2/28/2021 at 4:40 PM, the.crooked said: Found out this morning that a close family friend has lung cancer. A close friend of mine was also diagnosed not too long ago. He had surgery to remove the spot on his lung. Since early winter I think 4 or 5 of my friends have been diagnosed with some form of cancer. On 3/2/2021 at 1:20 AM, Overtime said: Hey Rage, remember when I texted you the other day? Me too, pretty cool stuff I need to get the ball rolling on the new Polaroid book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Found out it hasn't metastasized in our friend. Looking at options now, obviously not out of the woods, but seems like it may pan out alright. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 @-Rage- How you been doing dude? Was hoping to get a check in haven’t seen you post in a bit. Hope all is well and you are spinning vinyl and taking flicks…… 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Delle Donne Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 thought of you and this thread @-Rage-for no reason, hope you're well. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Seems doubtful but I was just thinking how it would be nice to get an update on the homie @-Rage- I am about 5 months away from seeing RATM after holding on to these tickets for two damn years!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 hope dude is still rockin around so i can ask if he still wears naturally grayed tighty whitey underwear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 I tried to lurk his IG but its a private profile. /nostalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Bumping this. Anyone hear from @-Rage-? Hope he's sipping a drink on a beach somewhere and doing great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Happy to say that my man is still raging against the machine. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 9/22/2022 at 6:37 AM, fat ralphy said: Seems doubtful but I was just thinking how it would be nice to get an update on the homie @-Rage- I am about 5 months away from seeing RATM after holding on to these tickets for two damn years!! Ahat happened with those tickets now that RATM have broken up for good? Did you see them beforehand? Wait, rage is... alive! That is good news. On 9/22/2022 at 6:37 AM, fat ralphy said: Seems doubtful but I was just thinking how it would be nice to get an update on the homie @-Rage- I am about 5 months away from seeing RATM after holding on to these tickets for two damn years!! Ahat happened with those tickets now that RATM have broken up for good? Did you see them beforehand? Wait, rage is... alive! That is good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 @Mauler5150they refunded purchases - definitely a bummer though. Initial shows got canceled by Covid, the reschedule was canceled after De La Rocha hurt his ankle and didnt want to perform at less than 100% I have seen RATM before fortunately but I was looking forward to a final send off. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 20 hours ago, fat ralphy said: @Mauler5150they refunded purchases - definitely a bummer though. Initial shows got canceled by Covid, the reschedule was canceled after De La Rocha hurt his ankle and didnt want to perform at less than 100% I have seen RATM before fortunately but I was looking forward to a final send off. The first cd I ever owned was the Killing in the name single. And every time I read one of rage's posts here over the years, other than the "wait" meme, I always thought of RATM. And it is a shame I never saw them live, so it is sick you got to catch them at least once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Rock the Bells SF 2007 Tying this back to Rage - I connected with him once on Reddit and later Discogs because he had a similar SN and we were corresponding about some RATM vinyl. I really like De La Rochas vibe in One Day as a Lion - dont sleep on that group if you havent heard the EP they released. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1 hour ago, fat ralphy said: Rock the Bells SF 2007 Tying this back to Rage - I connected with him once on Reddit and later Discogs because he had a similar SN and we were corresponding about some RATM vinyl. I really like De La Rochas vibe in One Day as a Lion - dont sleep on that group if you havent heard the EP they released. Yo. That looks like it was a dope ass show. I was discussing RATM with my wifey a few months ago. Like where is the new Rage? Kids these days have the most to be pissed off about and I can't believe they don't have a sound track to get them pumped to go fuck shit up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) @mr.yuckim so out of touch these days - hip hop is emo now idfk Edited February 22 by fat ralphy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Checkin in 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 2/17/2024 at 10:29 PM, mr.yuck said: Happy to say that my man is still raging against the machine. Where’s he at? Get him to check in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 @-Rage- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Cancer is a real motherfucker and I'm sure we all have some story that can relate. My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer about 6 years ago now. She went through the gambit of chemo, radiation, and surgeries with all the common side effects (hair loss, sickness, etc.). While at the time, post-treatment, she received a clean bill of health just last year it was back and classified as meta-static stage 4 and had presented itself as a spot on the liver, lungs, and spine. She initially did not want to go with the traditional therapies of chemo and radiation again and started persuing other routes. We flew her down to San Diego to visit the Gerson facility in/around Tijuana which taught her about juicing, vegan dieting, and an overall more holistic approach to treatment. While this method seemed to have some benefit in her tumor markers the actual CT and PET scans didn't reveal any changes so hope was fading with relative quickness. We then started going back to having consultations with other providers looking for alternatives. In the meanwhile, she had a surgery to remove an ovary which revealed a large unknown tumor and ultimate had both removed on the same day. After doing more research she found a place in Arizona, where we live, called Envita. Envita's claim to fame is that they do extensive testing using a biopsy and bloodwrok specific to the patient and extensively test all known cancer killing agents. This testing includes a range of holistic approaches like Vitamin C, traditional chemo is smaller doses for the speific cancer, and a very wide variety of what they call "off-label" chemos that would typically treat other cancer types. This testing is something that a normal oncology office would NOT do and revealed that there were some very effective options in lower doses that would never have been prescribed by other oncologists. So after paying $6K for this testing we had a relatively good "roadmap" of the treatment she wanted to persue, but Envita was not covered by our insurance. I've been very fortunate in my career choices and hold an executive position with a large major corporation who is self-insured, administered through a major insurance company, but thought I could have some discussion with our Chief of Staff to help us find a solution. The tricky part of using Envita as we desired was that it would cost us $80K out of pocket, and I don't know about you guys but I don't have that kind of cash that's liquid. Have a bunch of equity in my home, investments, and an +800 credit score but we were in no way capable of dropping $80K in the 8 weeks with no option for a payment plan. Long story short, we were given a personal liason with the insurance company to explore all oncologists office all over North America who would potentially administer the drugs perscribed from the testing done by Envita. The NET result to this search was NULL, and we were back to square one. Again facing the possiblity of spending $80K was completely off the table for me more/less because I had no idea where this money would come from. My wife was on a mission to make this and honestly I would have and would do anything to give it to her. She's the mother of my son, my wife, and literally the glue that holds our little family together. We attepted the obligatory GoFundMe wtih friends and family on social media and tried to spread it around, but were still short a pretty significant margin. We finally came across a company that would buy out her life insurance policy, but as you can imagine they are hedging against what they believe is the inevitable. Once they pay out a percentage of the yield, they own the policy, can renew it, but the payout is not taxed and we figured since it was a term policy it would never have been renewed with the current diagnosis (only 2 years left on a 10yr term). So we did it, and the company paid out about 65% of the total value but now she had enough to cover the $80K expense of treatment. While some might consider this a gamble in some ways and the thoughts can get kind of dark when considering all the variables this was our decision. She's now about 6 months post-treatment and the cancer is almost completely gone. The leisons in her spine will never heal, but they're so microscopic that a radiologist did not feel it was neccessary to persue radiation on the spots. The spot on her liver reduced to almost nothing and expected to decline further and the nodules in her lungs are completely gone. While I'm not overtly optimistic that the cancer is completely gone, her live expectancy went signicantly up with these results. There's no number they can peg at this moment, but when she was diagnosed orignally it was maybe 10-12 months. To not have a definitive number today, is a blessing well worth praising. To summarize, I don't know that anyone will read all of this and it honestly just made me feel better to write it all out. My hope is that it gives someone and somewhere some small amount of encouragement. DO NOT believe that the narrative or diagnosis is the end all, be all. Granted, some will not have these results and I would never want to give a false sense of hope to someone. Although, take the time to really review all of your options and get more opinions even if it's from the interwebs. There may be more hope than is originally perceived....End Ramble. 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 @ClueTwo I certainly don't have the right words, but my heart goes out to you and yours. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 37 minutes ago, Fist 666 said: @ClueTwo I certainly don't have the right words, but my heart goes out to you and yours. I echo this statement. Not hijack @-Rage-'s thread, but that's an incredible story. I do hope it helps someone and my best wishes to you, your wife and family for things continuing to improve. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rage- Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 Not sure anyone gives a fuck, but I’m still kicking. Been doing chemo now for FOUR AND A HALF fucking years. How’re y’all doing? 4 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Glad to hear from you! We definitely give a fuck! I found out fairly recently I have some silent reflux condition and have thought a lot about this thread and your situation. Maybe not the exact same thing but I def have taken it more seriously than I did before. Taking some meds for it now that help but don’t really know what the solution is…..mainly get asthma symptoms after eating from acid coming up. Ignored it for a long time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Yes! @-Rage- - awesome to hear from you. Taken any photos lately? Listened to any good new music you dig? Thanks for checking in - a lot has gone on here and yet weirdly its the same old oontz 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMdoubleXL Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Fuck yes. we give fucks 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Still gives a Fck 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Keep giving em hell Rage, be well 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 (edited) Hells yeah! What's new in your world @-Rage- Some one tag rage in the Taylor swift scat thread 😂 Edited July 14 by mr.yuck 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 4 hours ago, -Rage- said: Not sure anyone gives a fuck, but I’m still kicking. Been doing chemo now for FOUR AND A HALF fucking years. How’re y’all doing? We absolutely give a fuck. So stoked to see this thread bumped with good news. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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