William

Appreciate All the prayers coming from your neck of the woods. If you attend services today, tell them I'm going in smiling 👍😊

Some wild mibs for sure!

From what I can tell possibly Sunsets.....

Happy Slags and Swirls Saturday 👍

Well, Bad news and Good news my marble collecting friends. After having a not so great voice for a while paired with a rather quick weight loss, I was diagnosed with throat cancer in March. After a throat scope, it was discovered that a tumor the size of a big gumball had grown off my larynx, almost completely blocking off my esophagus. It had "rolled" over my airway, making breathing very difficult as well as swallowing food. I underwent a procedure at the end of March where they "debulked" this mass, too allow a little more room for breathing and eating. During this procedure, I also received a tracheotomy, which I still have. After a week stay at the hospital, I came home with the news that they think they still caught it in time. Not only is there the tumor too deal with, but apparently the cancer has all but consumed my larynx/voice box. My next step. Gain as much weight back as I can. I normally weigh around 175-180, which has pretty much been the norm most of my life. Entering the hospital on the 28th of March, I checked in at 149 pounds. Ouch. I have been weighing myself every other day since April 9th and this morning I am back up to 159.8! Yay! Oh, I didn't mention that I have been fitted with a Gtube (feeding tube) in my stomach, the main reason for this of course was to assist in the nutrition category. I can still eat by mouth but am limited to basically soft easy to swallow foods. The big, life changing surgery is coming up the 26th, this Tuesday. The surgery will be an all day thing involving 2 surgeons. The first surgeon is going to be removing my larynx and all my lymph nodes in my neck on both sides. The second surgeon will be removing skin from my leg and grafting everything together in my throat as well as closing off my esophagus. Yep, a Laryngectomee. After this, I will be a patient at the hospital for about 2 weeks, give or take. Then, it's come home and heal up some more and gain weight back, again. After about 4 to 6 weeks, I will begin a month long chemotherapy treatment program just to clean up any microscopic cells that are left from the surgery itself. Good thing is, I get too live. Bad news is I lose my voice forever. I'm going to be ok with that, a small price too pay for life I say. I just thought I would share this journey that I am on with my friends here at MarbleConnection. It just feels good to simply talk about it. Thanks for reading and listening. I appreciate all of you 👍

Is that a brownish base glass? Thinking that color is one of the more HTF helmets?

Could this be a Pelt?

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Happy MK Monday 😊

Nice marble, Rick 👍

People are still digging that area? Oh wow, that would be fun just to take a day, pick a random spot out there and dig.

I'm really interested to see what the consensus is myself....it's nice though 👍

A Fenton Turtle Trinket tree 😊

Vintage baby bottles 👶

Happy Akro Friday 😊

Can't wait to see ya post some individuals 👍

There is a Rainbo with these colors (per Alan's site), so I can see that too 👍

If MK, maybe a Hercules?

I'll have to double check, but I think it might be my first 4 plus color cork. Pretty jazzed, Ron 😊👍