No Finer Christmas Gift...

To those of you who've known me awhile-- hairwing530, aka Jerry --you're fully aware of my running battles with brain cancer. Last night, I received the greatest "Christmas gift" of all-- I'm now listed as "Full Remission Status." The treatments are done and the "every three months" check-ups/tests will continue, but the tumor is now HISTORY!!

That's the great news! The bad news is that you're going to be forced to put up with me awhile longer...

Be well and take good care, my friends... I wish you all the best of the upcoming holiday seasons... hairwing530, aka Jerry, aka "Santa Hooks"

Hi Jerry;

That is truly wonderful news !!!! MERRY X-MASS

Congratulations Jerry. That is a wonderful Christmas present for you, your family and friends and for all of us. I pray you have many, many more Merry Christmas's.

Great news and maybe proof of what a POSITIVE outlook can do in these cases. I guess I don't need to tell you to have a great Christmas. It has started already.
Peter

That is the best news I have heard so far. Me along with a lot of other people prayed for good news. You truly are a blessed man and what better time of year for the prayers to be answered. I hope the good Lord has also listened to my other prayers and that good news will come of it on my end. Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas from the NewTyer1 household

Wonderful! Great! what a nice Christmas gift. God is good.

Great news, Jerry!

Fantastic news Jerry. You deserve many, many more....Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Bernie

Glad to hear it Jerry. I rejoice with you.

Great news Jerry.

Dave

That is great news.
But remember that you have to put up with us also.

Rick

Congratulations! It is a fine Christmas gift indeed. Both your news and the fact we have the priviledge of your company.

Bill

(Now on the annual follow up.)

That is even a better gift than a Red Ryder BB gun Jerry;). Seriously that is great to hear. Congrats to you, I hope you have the best Christmas you've ever had this year!

Steve

Thanks, everybody. It's been a long road to get here, often rutted and full of potholes. But then, I have been known to be an absolute terror in my "Fish Truck"-- an old '98 Chevy Tahoe 4x4. Like me, it's getting on in years and has a few rust spots, but neither one of us have quit yet! And, we two don't show any signs of giving up in the foreseeable future...

My Christmas wish to you all is for joy, peace and happiness... After all, I shouldn't be enjoying this kind of feeling all by myself!!! hairwing530, aka Jerry, aka "Santa Hooks"

Wonderful !

Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!!

Great news. Merry Christmas

Can't beat news like that for a Christmas gift.

Rocky

Thank You Lord, we gladly accept the trouble of putting up with Jerry, as long as he knows, WE GET EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That truely is wonderful news! Thank you for sharing it with your FAOL family.

Merry Christmas and God Bless.

Jim Smith

Jim,

You nailed it right on the head. In this day and age of "electronic everything," the true meaning of "a family" is never more evident than it is among we fly-wranglers or pipe smokers. (The guys on Smokers Forum are a great group.) We as a lot tend to be fiercely defensive of our own and highly protective. And, that to my way of thinking, is a truly good thing! It takes me back to a gentler time when I was growing up on my grandparents' farm, learning the lessons of responsibility, respect and compassion for others. My grandfather was Scot/Irish and my grandmother was Scot/Polish. They lived a life comprised of hard work and a solid connection to the terms "family and neighbor." In you all, I have the best of both, in that you care and you're not afraid to show it. Don't ever change that approach, my friends, as it is a rare commodity these days...

I thank you all for your support, your prayers and your good thoughts. May they come back to you ten-fold...

Best as always... hairwing530, aka Jerry the healing one, aka "Santa Hooks"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

What fantastic news! Lots of Prayers answered. :D
God Bless,
Mike

:-) :-) :-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful news.

Jerry and his wife are great people and noone deserves it more than he. I know someone who is going to have a great Christmas. By the way, have you and your daughter hit the river together, since she has been home?