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Davidt
·Welcome back. Fingers crossed you’re on the mend and things improve.
Where The fυck Has Norman Been?
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blubarb
··IG: #blubarb19Good on yer, Norman. Good to see you back here. 👍👍
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Transitus
·I am so glad you are ok and join the others in wishing you all the very best for a recovery.
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janice&fred
·Welcome back norm. I was wondering where you went and hope all is well. Glad to see you back. As others have shown I still sport my gems as well.
I remember when that gorgeous tag was posted, and kicking myself in the ass for not snapping it up!
Good you're back posting as you are a very valuable resource to this watch community!
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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega AficionadoTRIGGER WARNING -
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.Here, "like" means support.
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flw
··history nerdUgh. That's scary. Whatever we can do, Norman, we're here.
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UncleBuck
··understands the decision making hierarchyBrother, all I can offer you is my love....you are in my heart.
Jim
Jim
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vintage hab
·Hang in there Norm, and keep talking to us.
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High Hope
·I've been too embarrassed of my own problems to admit to you what has been going on. Check your pm's, it's been 10 years since you sold me that sweet black guilloche and over 4 years since you kindly loaned me that 30.10 for service parts.
I miss you, I miss your expertise and I miss your appreciation of the artistry of horology.
A big welcome, my friend (I hope!).
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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega AficionadoI may have previously posted this quote from Stephen Fry, a fellow mental health advocate, but as I battle my way through an absolutely brutal holiday season, it bears repeating.
And thank you to everyone who has reached out to me, it really means a lot, more than you can imagine.
And thank you to everyone who has reached out to me, it really means a lot, more than you can imagine.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...First time I saw this thread, anytime you want to hang out my friend please reach out, we are so very local to each other.
-Phil
-Phil
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JwRosenthal
·First time I saw this thread, anytime you want to hang out my friend please reach out, we are so very local to each other.
-Phil
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Widows Son
·Glad you're back, I enjoy reading your posts. It's obvious you have lots of friends here!!!
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janice&fred
·anytime you want to hang out my friend please reach out, we are so very local to each other
Hey don't mean to butt in, and Norman is way cooler than me, but I still have relatives up in Benedict Canyon and visit there sometimes. Is that nearby? Maybe I can swing by your place unannounced around dinner time? 😁
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Omega D
·Nice to see you. I suffer from a milder form anxiety also, it is always there. A very individual situation totally different to whomever it affects. Does this stop you working or effects your business if self employed?
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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega AficionadoWhen I posted this thread back in August I said there was something else really horrible going on in my life…
A year ago today February 11, 2022, this hellish nightmare began. My husband who I have been with for over thirty years went to emergency with a severe headache and dizziness. An MRI revealed a mass on the back of his brain. Surgery on February 14 discovered the worst possible thing, Glioblastoma (GBM), grade IV brain cancer. Although they were successful in removing the tumor and subsequent radiation and ongoing chemotherapy have held things at bay, it is something for which there is no cure, a ticking time-bomb. This is the same cancer that took Senator John McCain, Senator Ted Kennedy as well as President Joe Biden’s son Beau.
Perhaps the cruelest thing is that circumstances being what they are I am unable to be with him except for a couple days every few weeks. Living alone after being under the same roof for twenty-eight of those thirty years has shall we say not been good for my already fragile mental state, the sword of Damocles hanging over me for a year now.
I could not have ever imagined that pain and grief could possibly be worse than when we lost my mother and our dog in 2017 and 2018, but even those enormous losses did not begin to prepare me for this.
I’m told that talking about grief helps with the healing process, so here I am talking to you, thank you for listening.
A year ago today February 11, 2022, this hellish nightmare began. My husband who I have been with for over thirty years went to emergency with a severe headache and dizziness. An MRI revealed a mass on the back of his brain. Surgery on February 14 discovered the worst possible thing, Glioblastoma (GBM), grade IV brain cancer. Although they were successful in removing the tumor and subsequent radiation and ongoing chemotherapy have held things at bay, it is something for which there is no cure, a ticking time-bomb. This is the same cancer that took Senator John McCain, Senator Ted Kennedy as well as President Joe Biden’s son Beau.
Perhaps the cruelest thing is that circumstances being what they are I am unable to be with him except for a couple days every few weeks. Living alone after being under the same roof for twenty-eight of those thirty years has shall we say not been good for my already fragile mental state, the sword of Damocles hanging over me for a year now.
I could not have ever imagined that pain and grief could possibly be worse than when we lost my mother and our dog in 2017 and 2018, but even those enormous losses did not begin to prepare me for this.
I’m told that talking about grief helps with the healing process, so here I am talking to you, thank you for listening.
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sxl2004
·Brain cancer is a bitch!!
It so hard on everyone involved. Particular if you are already on the fringe of mental health.
All the best to both of you!!!
It so hard on everyone involved. Particular if you are already on the fringe of mental health.
All the best to both of you!!!
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Dan S
·I'm so sorry that you and your husband are going through this, Norman. Thank you for trusting us with this. My wife and I have each lost someone close to us to glioblastoma. It's an awful disease.
