CTU_Clay Status

[Onkel Neal]

I just got a note from our friend Clay,

start treatments (radiation) within the next few weeks, and will be treated Monday thru Friday for 6.5 weeks.
I have dropped 21 pounds in weight over the last month. Considering my age of 80, I am now at recommended weight for my height & age.

I'm asking you to make a post wishing him luck, hopefully the treatments will arrest his illness.

Neal

[AVGWarhawk]

Hello Clay,

Praying wisdom to your doctors and your expedient recovery!

[HW3]

Hello Clay,
Praying the treatment works for you as well as mine did for me (prostate cancer). Get well soon.
Dave

[u crank]

Best wishes for you Clay and a speedy recovery. :salute:

[Rockstar]

Keep on keepin' on Clay.

[blackswan40]

Hi CTU Clay my old Buddie from way back in the WPL days Steel Sharks too hope your treatment goes well Sir we are all routing for you here

hope to see you around on the Forums once you get your sealegs back Salute Sir :Kaleun_Salute:

[mapuc]

Oh this was truly sad news. I pray for you, so you can get well soon.

Markus

[les green01]

best wishes

[Jimbuna]

Hopefully the treatment will bring about a speedy recovery and we'll see you around these parts soon.

All the very best Clay :salute:

[HunterICX]

Hoping for a succesful and speedy recovery putting you back into the embrace of your family and loved ones.

[Kapitan]

Wishing him a speedy recovery

[August]

Best wishes sir.

[Commander Wallace]

I'm sorry to hear of your difficulties Clay. Wishing you all the best now and through your treatments. Keep us informed as to how you are doing.


Best of luck in your recovery.


All the best to you as well, HW3.

[Eichhörnchen]

Wishing you all the very best, mate :Kaleun_Salute:

[vienna]

All hopes for a good outcome and a solid recovery; kep fighting on and know others do care about your well-being...




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[CTU_Clay]

Thanks for all the kind words from each of you. My treatments are underway now. I have 8 under my belt and should complete on July 16 2021.

Beware of the shallow waters when attacking your targets.

Good luck and happy hunting.

R. Clay Reynolds
aka/CTU_Clay

:Kaleun_Salute:

[Commander Wallace]

Wishing you all the best Clay as you move forward with your treatments. I'm hoping you can rejoin us shortly and during your convalescence.



Sending thoughts and prayers your way. :salute:

[Catfish]

Hello CTU_Clay,
keep your head up, july 16th is not so far away :up:
I hope it turns out well, and wish you all the best. A successful recovery and a hopefully speedy recovery from all this :salute:

[d@rk51d3]

All the best, Clay.
My father has just gone through the same. All looking good so far.

[Jimbuna]

Onward and upward Clay :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[vienna]

Its good to hear your treatments seem to be progressing well and you are holding up as well; continued wishes for a good outcome from your treatments... :salute:




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[u crank]

Best of luck and a speedy recovery Clay.

:salute:

[Reece]

All the best Clay, hope you are on your way home soon!:yep:
Cheers,
Reece.

[sublynx]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/7c/ce/b17cce305734368fbafecb0e257300b4.jpg

Keep on sailing 😀

[CTU_Clay]

Hi CTU Clay my old Buddie from way back in the WPL days Steel Sharks too hope your treatment goes well Sir we are all routing for you here

hope to see you around on the Forums once you get your sealegs back Salute Sir :Kaleun_Salute:

Thanks Andy:
I am keeping a positive approach to this illness as I hope to reopen The Lone Wolf Flotilla on/or about July 17, 2021. :yeah:

-clay

[CTU_Clay]

Just arrived at my temporary housing where I stay while having my radiatiom treatments this week in Katy, TX.

[vienna]

Good to hear you are still around and able to get treatment; hope the radiation goes well and you see good results soon...



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[HW3]

Hope it goes as well for you as it did for me Clay, 6 months check up was cancer free.

[vienna]

@HW3: Congrats on your good news; hope it keeps up and you stay well...




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[Jimbuna]

Onward and upward Clay :Kaleun_Salute:

[Commander Wallace]

All the best as you move forward, Clay. Like HW3, I hope this is little more than a " speedbump " and you can get on with your life. Keep us up to date on your progress.


@ HW3. I'm glad things are going well for you, as well. Hopefully, you are back to doing the normal things you used to do before any of this happened.


All the best to you as well.

[CTU_Clay]

Hi Folks,
Finished up all my radiation treatments today and now I am back home after a long 8 weeks in temporary housing.
In the follow up orders I am to have a new "pet" scan on August 23rd to see where I am at now with the cancer. My cancer was in the parotid gland on right side of my neck'

-clay

[Catfish]

Wishing you all the best, and for now a nice weekend.

[Jimbuna]

All the best Clay.

[u crank]

Wishing you all the best Clay and glad you are back home.

[CTU_Clay]

Thanks Neal for coming to see me today. :Kaleun_Salute:

[Onkel Neal]

Yes sir, my pleasure. :Kaleun_Salute:

[CTU_Clay]

Looks like my cancer has returned with surprising aggression, but at least I am still at home and alive. Don't get out except to visit my doctors. I go to my cancer doctor the most, doing requested lab tests, ct/scans etc. The migration went from my RT ear to my lungs. Last scan in October indicated it was in the top nodes of both lungs. I have not given up yet but depression is hard to dismiss even with prescribed meds.

Take care all and I hope you had a "Happy Thanksgiving"

-Clay
:salute:

:subsim:

[Catfish]

Thank you for posting an update.

[Jimbuna]

Very sorry to learn of this....you take good care of yourself matey.

[Commander Wallace]

We are keeping you in our thoughts, Clay. All the best to you.

[AVGWarhawk]

Sorry to hear. Keep the faith.

[CTU_Clay]

I am doing my best to deal with the cancer but sometimes I fall back toward depression and that stinks.
:salute:

[Onkel Neal]

I just got an update, not good news. :-? Clay's cancer has increased in size and his doctors project he may not make it until the end of the year. Thankfully, he is not currently in great pain and they are investigating an experimental drug but the outlook does not look good. Clay has been a really great guy and thoughtful SUBSIM member, please keep him in your thoughts.

[AVGWarhawk]

Not the news folks want to hear. Give him my best next time you talk with Clay.

[Jimbuna]

Thoughts and prayers.

[Commander Wallace]

Not the news anyone wants to hear. Keeping Clay in our thoughts and prayers.

[mapuc]

I would jump in joy the day Cancer is something we read about in the history books.

Markus

[Skybird]

:Kaleun_Salute:

[Catfish]

Sorry to hear this. Still, wishing you the best CTU_Clay. Keep the doctors interested, ask and ask again.
I would jump in joy the day Cancer is something we read about in the history books. Markus
Yes.

There have been news popping up here and there about erasing cancer, but this was mostly sensational rubbish.
However they began experimenting with mrna vaccines against cancer almost a decade ago, with some promising early results. One of the spin-off results have been the mrna based vaccines against Covid.

As a friend said, "Cancer is an a..hole". I hope Clay gets some stuff that helps.

[Skybird]

There is a new and quite revolutionary cancer paradigm coming in and partly already being accepted by the medical community, but I cannot assess to what degree. To me, after the failed attempts before to explain what cancer is and why it is there, this new paradigm makes an awesome lot of sense. Its about so-called atavism and cancer cells starting to behave as single cellular lifeforms again, not as part of an integrated organ structure. Ifd this is so, it explains why the previous paradigms in explaijng and attacking cancer, were only in parts successful, did not lead to lasting declines in rates of cancer, and in major parts simply failed.

Thats why I am a bit sceptical about mRNA vaccines for cancer. I think they will not become THE one big weapon against cancer, just another tool in an arsenal of tools against some aspects of various cancer types. Also mind you that there are many open questions about mRNA vaccines regarding their technical implementation and the effect of their lipid technology on the long term health status of the body. That long term studies were not initially run with Covid vaccines, is understandable, but we are one year later than 2021 now, and still no new data on these vaccines that are needed for demanded studies have been analysed and published, as should have been expected. That does not help to raise acceptance for them, to put it midly. Authorities also do not push for them, as would be their duty. My red lights slowly start warming up. Not in alarm mode already, but I slowly start to become alerted. Everything has its timings and timetables, and they have clearly exceeded theirs, and significantly by now.

Its probably is a bit inappropriate to discuss this in this thread, so I apologize just in case anyone feels offended, and refer as a closing just to this:

Jason Fung: The Cancer Code. A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery. Harper Collins 2020.

With 1100 ratings at amazon.com, it got a rating of 4.8.

[Onkel Neal]

Well good news and better news!

I got the results back today for the Brain/Skull MRI. There is no sign of cancer. It is a joyful day.

-clay

Update:
My cancer doctor has extended my treatment of Keytruda 8 more doses. I get an IV infusion of Keytruda every 3 weeks. I'll keep you updated.

-clay

[AVGWarhawk]

Awesome news!

[Jimbuna]

:yeah:

[mapuc]

What a wonderful news.

Markus

[HW3]

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Catfish]

Thanks Neal for the update, this is good news :yep:
Wish him all the best!

[Commander Wallace]

This is fantastic news. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::Kaleun_Applaud:
I'm sure this is welcome news to Clay as well. The poor guy has been through so much. This news couldn't have come at a better time having just lost Steve here.

All the best to Clay.


Thanks Neal for letting us all know.

[u crank]

Great news. All the best Clay.

:salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

Great news!

[d@rk51d3]

Awesome news.

All the best, Clay. :yeah:

[Onkel Neal]

9/22/2022 Medical condition update:
My cancer is slowly taking it's toll on me. I'm having more bad days than good days.
Feel free to update the SubSim community.

:06:

[Commander Wallace]

^ Neal, I'm confused. I thought Clay was doing well ?

[Jimbuna]

Hang on in there Clay. Sending thoughts and prayers.

[August]

:06:9/22/2022 Medical condition update:
My cancer is slowly taking it's toll on me. I'm having more bad days than good days.
Feel free to update the SubSim community.


That was post #44. In post # 52 you said:


Well good news and better news!


I got the results back today for the Brain/Skull MRI. There is no sign of cancer. It is a joyful day.
-clay

Update:
My cancer doctor has extended my treatment of Keytruda 8 more doses. I get an IV infusion of Keytruda every 3 weeks. I'll keep you updated.

-clay


Color me concerned but confused.

[CTU_Clay]

I want to thank all of who replied to this thread. Yes, it's been a long journey, but I have enjoyed my life and will continue to enjoy it to the end.

God Bless all of you.

-clay
:salute:

[Commander Wallace]

I want to thank all of who replied to this thread. Yes, it's been a long journey, but I have enjoyed my life and will continue to enjoy it to the end.

God Bless all of you.

-clay
:salute:


Sending many thoughts and prayers your way, Clay. We are all hoping and praying for a great outcome for you. :yep::salute:


God bless.

[Jimbuna]

Sending many thoughts and prayers your way, Clay. We are all hoping and praying for a great outcome for you. :yep::salute:


God bless.

Seconded

[HW3]

:agree:

[CTU_Clay]

December 19, 2022, 1:10 PM

Hello, Fellow Sub-Simmers,

I'm Still Alive, adjusting to my new lifestyle, chemo treatments, reading the posts on SUBSIM, watching TV, and taking numerous naps. :D

Thank you, Sweet Jesus, for taking care of me, my wife Georgia, and all my fellow sub-Simmers here on SUBSIM.

"Merry Christmas" to all, enjoy life.

R.Clay Reynolds
Bellville TX 77418
:salute:

[les green01]

merry christmas clay

[Commander Wallace]

December 19, 2022, 1:10 PM

Hello, Fellow Sub-Simmers,

I'm Still Alive, adjusting to my new lifestyle, chemo treatments, reading the posts on SUBSIM, watching TV, and taking numerous naps. :D

Thank you, Sweet Jesus, for taking care of me, my wife Georgia, and all my fellow sub-Simmers here on SUBSIM.

"Merry Christmas" to all, enjoy life.

R.Clay Reynolds
Bellville TX 77418
:salute:


As always, good to hear from you, Clay. :Kaleun_Cheers: We all hope you are doing well. Have a good Christmas there and all the very best in the new year including good health.


Hope to have you back with us in the new year on a more permanent basis.

Thoughts and prayers your way. :Kaleun_Salute:

[Catfish]

^ Clay, good to hear from you, wish you and the family a Merry Christmas and a positive Happy new year, and as healthy as possible.

Taking "numerous naps" is the new normal anyway when getting older, along with medication and some other.. inconveniences :D

[ExFishermanBob]

Indeed. Wishing you well from Scotland and enjoy each day that you have. (Also, they aren't really naps, one is just checking one's eyelids for holes).

[Jimbuna]

All the very best to you and yours Clay https://i.postimg.cc/qvjBCnTm/santa.gif (https://postimages.org/)

[vienna]

Glad to hear you are still around; I'm well familiar with the "Age of Naps"; as long as you keep waking up, they're not so bad at all...


Many hopes to you for your continued recovery and many more hopes for a coming good year for you and yours...




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[Reece]

Good to hear you are well, Have a happy Christmas and may the Lord be with you. :yep:

Reece.

[Commander Wallace]

Good to hear you are well, Have a happy Christmas and may the Lord be with you. :yep:

Reece.


^ :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
And to you and yours as well, Reece. :yep:

[Reece]

As to you and your family CW. :yep:

Many thanks my friend! :yeah:

[mapuc]

I hate this condition a body enter when Cancer is developing.
(cancer is not a disease. It is a condition where some cells begin to divide uncontrollably at a high rate.)

Yesterday I was told that a good friend have leukemia and his survival chances is 46 %

Hang in there my friend and may the Christmas spirit spray a lot of happiness over you and your love ones.

Markus

[HW3]

Merry Christmas Clay!!!
:salute:

[CTU_Clay]

Good afternoon, fellow SubSimmers.

My cancer doctor want's me to have a CT-Scan, so he can see how my chemo treatments are working. The scan will happen today, and is scheduled for 3:30 PM, Houston time, so we are leaving home around 2:05 PM.
Everybody, keep your fingers crossed, for favorable results.

-clay
:salute:

[AVGWarhawk]

Praying for good results!

[HW3]

Fingers crossed Clay!!!

[mapuc]

I pray for you, that you may recover from this evil thing called cancer.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

All the very best Clay.

[d@rk51d3]

All the best. :up:

Got everything crossed for you here.

[Reece]

Yes I and many others here on Subsim hope and pray for a positive report and a full recovery soon! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[u crank]

Hoping for a great outcome Clay.

:salute:

[Commander Wallace]

Definitely keeping good thoughts on your chemo working, Clay. Many thoughts and prayers your way that you start healing and are able to move forward with your life.


All the best, Clay.

[HunterICX]

Here's hoping the results show you're kicking it's ass and that you get some good news from the Doc. :up:

[CTU_Clay]

Good afternoon, fellow SubSimmers.

My cancer doctor want's me to have a CT-Scan, so he can see how my chemo treatments are working. The scan will happen today, and is scheduled for 3:30 PM, Houston time, so we are leaving home around 2:05 PM.
Everybody, keep your fingers crossed, for favorable results.

-clay
:salute:

Waiting on the doctor to call me with the results.

-clay
:salute:

[CTU_Clay]

I am so grateful to the doctors, and new modern medicine that has extended my life. :Kaleun_Applaud:

-clay
:salute:

[Skybird]

:up: :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Aktungbby]

Doctors are one part; but "ya gotta wanna" as we used to say in wrestling. Your great fortitude and will to overcome adversity is a huge factor too! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Commander Wallace]

I am so grateful to the doctors, and new modern medicine that has extended my life. :Kaleun_Applaud:
-clay
:salute:




I hope you're doing well Clay. As Aktung said, your attitude has played a huge role too. With spring here, I hope you can get out to do the fun things in your life.


~ All the best, Clay ~ :yep: :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Onwards and upwards Clay :up:

[Onkel Neal]

Glad to hear that, Clay, you are one hell of a fighter, sir. :up:

[Catfish]

@CTU_ClayThank you for the update, i am glad that the modern medicine worked. I hope that it continues to do do so, wish you all the best :up:
:salute:

[Reece]

Good on ya Clay, keep fighting!! :Kaleun_Salute:

All the best,
Reece.

[d@rk51d3]

:Kaleun_Cheers:

[u crank]

Great to hear you are doing well Clay.

:salute:

[HW3]

:Kaleun_Party::Kaleun_Salute:

[vienna]

Great to hear you are doing so well; I hope it continues and you continue to enjoy your life; keep on top of the doctor's orders and if you need to, don't be reluctant to ask them questions...






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