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For some time now, I've been tutor and guardian to a young boy with cancer. Many of you have sent encouragement and prayers to him, and I ask that you do so once again.
Sammy will be flying up with his family on Tuesday to Olympia, Washington, (state) USA. On Thursday, he'll be getting a bone marrow transplant. The operation itself isn't all that dangerous. The main thing we all are hoping for is just that the transplant takes. It's a subtle thing, but one that is fairly important.
I ask that you simply keep Sammy (Tyger) in your prayers and thoughts. He is like a kid brother to me, maybe even like a son. His generation needs more kids like him, brave, honest, honorable, creative, humorous, curteous and respectful. He is a member of this forum, and so he's one of us as well. He's a natural leader and has a genuine concern for everyone he meets. Such rare lights need our nuturing, my brothers, so that the next generation wont suffer as we have.
I thank you for your considerations, your prayers and your thoughts. With any luck, all of it will pay off and our Tyger will be whole again. You have no idea how much I truly appreciate everything that you have done so far.
Cya on the other side, my brothers. Keep the faith.
D'Artagnon
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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I think I'll address my reply to Sammy himself, I can't think of a more appropriate way to go about making this post. This issue has been constantly in my thoughts over the last couple of days so I've had sufficient time to think about it, I hope I can express all my thoughts properly.
Well, Tyger, it looks like we're kind of approaching a moment of truth, a crossroads of sorts, not that you have a great deal of control over the outcome, other than being a good boy and doing what the doctors say while hoping and praying that it'll work, just like the rest of us are. Hopefully this will be the last crossroad in this chapter of your life, though, 5 years is far too long already. This is it, if it works then at last it will be over, at last you can reclaim the life you've been dreaming of having back for so long.
Still, I guess it's also important to look at things in perspective, to acknowledge that maybe fate has something else planned for whatever reason. And if that's the case then I hope you'll have the strength to accept it... no, I know you'll have the strength to accept it. Although this may well be the last pages of this chapter, even if it doesn't take, the chapter may still find a happy conclusion, this is far from your last hope even though at the moment it is the one we are all concentrating our thought on.
I believe that the doctors and everyone else are going to do their best and I truly believe that this really can work. Everyone is doing as much as they can to help- whether the doctors through their medical know-how, your family and Robby through their ability to be there and support you, or people on this board who spare a few minutes of their day to pray, wish or hope for you. With such a combined effort "the forever" can be a reality, it is now well within the bounds of possibility.
I know you are scared right now. Me too. But it is going to work out. Whatever the outcome.
Look at this tree. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time [...] No matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Master Oogway
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You'll do great  Piece a cake for a cool guy like you. We want you back here stronger and better than ever. All my prayers and thoughts will be with you this week.
{{{{many many hugs}}}}
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Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Best of luck and you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Ena
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... a few good thoughts for Sammy and anyone else who may need them.
Think good thoughts,
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A lot seems to have happened since we first met you, Sammy. One of those things is a large number of prayer circles that sprang up and hold you in their hearts.
I'm praying Thursday and beyond will make life simple again for you. Run free with the wind in your hair, Sammy.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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I'll be thinking about you and wishing you well.
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Sammy, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Good luck and keep a smile on your face.
Yolanda::-)
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hello there sammy. my son ashley has been a regular here for a long time. he is away right now at a clinic doing battle with some demons. it appears that you also have a battle with demons. you can win it you know?
you have a rather splendid arsenel at your disposal young man too. you have love, friendship, integrity, caring and prayers. these are all formidable weapons sammy and are usually more than a match for any demon.
your friends here you know and ones that you have not yet had the pleasure to know are all there waiting to aid you in your journey. you need not ever feel alone on this trek. all are with you.
accept the best wishes and love of a family you have never met but who feels your struggle.
love from david, mary and ashley dawson.
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I sincerely hope that everything works out for you and that you'll be whole a.s.a.p. Have faith! A good person as your friend says you are, deserves God's blessing. Good luck!
Mark
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...Except in the human spirit, and I wish for Sammy's to remain strong so he can ride out this crisis. I wish for the sake of those he knows and will get to know once he is well again, and his sake of course, and those that love him as well.
Lil Tygers in the wild love to bounce, so hopefully this one will get to bounce a whole lot more after this operation is completed!
I am thinking good thoughts for Sammy.
-L
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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Hi, My prayers'n good thoughts heading your way, best of luck
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The thing I like about good thoughts, or prayers, call them what you will, is that it matters not at all what faith one has, or whether one has a faith.
We have had posts here already from more than one faith, and form one with no faith. And it all adds to the wishes and power of positive thought
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Hi
A special hug and all for Sammy. I have been praying for you even since I knew. I wanted to send a message before but I couldnt log in.
Hugs and kisses and all. I have a melanoma (bad skin cancer) so I know a little bit about it.
Oh God, who loves us all protect and care for Sammy!
Ray
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To Sammy,
Words may exist that can convey what I feel like saying, but if they do, I know not what they are.
Gestures are powerful, but I do not have the means.
Visual art expresses much, yet I lack the skill.
So it is with only these paltry words and a simple thought that I place my hopes behind your health and happiness.
Yours in truth,
Ryan
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Sammy,
May the Lord be with you and give you a hug, so that you know you are not alone. Bless you, you are someone special. I wish you the best in your treatment.
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Bon chance mon ti-gars!
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Sammy, My thoughts and prayers and good wishes are with you this week as you fly up to Washington. I hope you just zoom through this and get your tail back home to pick up where you left off !!
Think Happy Thoughts !!!!
Love
BamBam:-* :-* :-*
Celebrate your life... embrace your love... Become intimate with your place in forever !!!
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Best wishes for you to grow old, Sammy
Pink Floyd/Wots_..._Uh,_The_Deal/
Heaven said the promised land
Looks allright from where I stand
Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in
Waiting on the first step
Show where the key is kept
Point me down the right line because it's time
To let me in from the cold
Turn my land into gold
Cause there's chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I'm growing old
Flash the red is wots...uh the deal
Got to make to the next meal
Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel.
Mile after mile
Stone after stone
Turn to speak but you're alone
Million mile from home you're on your own
So let me in from the cold
Turn my land into gold
Cause there's chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I'm growing old
Fly bright by candlelight
Up out of my sight
And if she prefers we will never stir again
Someone said the promised land
And I grabbed it with both hands
Now I'm the man on the inside looking out
Hear me shout 'come on in, what's the news and where you been?'
Cause there's no wind left in my soul
And I've grown old
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Sammy, a small percentage of those who read will reply. But the message has gone to all ho heard about you and thus all who offered you thoughts last time and in between times.
They don't know you, of course. But they all wish you well.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Hey Tyger,
I just wanted to let you know that you have a friend here who is really pulling for you. I believe that prayers work and I'm making sure that the results will be good by thinking of you and praying for you.
I'm blessed because I have nieces and nephews that are in good health. It's time that you shared in some of their good fortune.
Good luck my young friend. Keep your head up and if you ever need to talk I'm here for you.
Thinking good thoughts,
Billy
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I wanted to send my most sincere wishes for Tyger's progress toward health, and that the surgery this Thursday goes well (if I'm reading the time correctly, or at least that it went well). I know it is difficult to be ill, especially with something like cancer which takes a very Long time to reach a conclusion. I have been an insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetic since age 10 (somewhat, ahem, more than 30 years ago), so I have a tiny appreciation for Tyger's situation.
Again, I wish him the best of luck. Try not to let it wear you down, but don't feel guilty if you feel a wee bit depressed now and then. That's kinda natural in the healing process, especially with something long-term. Even happens to people with broken arms, so...
--Dave
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You both know I think of you often.
Please know that I haven't stopped.
I wish you Sammy, the best of luck on
your trip, and truly hope that this does
the trick.
Your in my thoughts
Brian
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
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nothing but good thoughts, love, and light for you at this time. i will be keeping you in my thoughts, and i hope that we are kept posted.
i can't say anything else that hasn't already been said, but i just wanted you to know that another someone-else out here is pulling for you, and will, always.
-- leander.
my void does not want.
-- 2.13.61.
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i am so happy that we are finally getting an update on sammy and that it is good news. you may not remember me but my son owns the band faceplant. i am from texas. we have kept sammy in our prayers since we first heard of him and we pray for him everytime we pray. please keep us updated more often. my prayers will always be with you.
Lynne
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Sammy,
So many of us out here have been praying for you for some time and now it has come down to a trip the the US. God speed my young friend. I continue now to pray that the medical team can work their miracle with God's help and you can return whole. Keep your chin up, smile and be brave. We're all rootin' for ya.
LOL
Harry
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Kid we are with you... I know you are going to get through..
All the best
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Hi Sammy,
I want to tell you that my thoughts and prayers are still with you especially as you undertake this new treatment. It is my belief that God loves all of us and listens to all our prayers and answers in His time and in His way and it is my hope that He will answer your way.
It is hard to understand sometimes why these thimgs happen, but someone told me once when I was very low that when we are in trouble or have trials and sickness, but keep on looking to Him, at that time He can rejoice in us and our love.
Keep your chin up my friend.
Prayerfully,
Tom
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I'll pray a special prayer every day for you.
Rodney
"more tongue and groove than a hardwood floor"
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As you (and "D'"!) know very well, Sammy, there are many (many!) lighthouses in this particular corner of the world. May they (along with their many counterparts all over the world) continue to shine their loving and protective light on you.
Keep on roaring, Tyger, knowing full well that everybody here is roaring for you right behind you.
We do not remember days...we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese
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I don't know you, Tygeer...but over here in Thailand, my boyfriend Man will be out in front of our house at about 6AM tomorrow morning. He'll be offering food to a group of Buddhist monks dressed in saffron orange robes with shaved heads and eyebrows. They will all softly chant a simple prayer in Pali (from ancient India) for the success of the procedure as well as a swift recovery.
There are lighthouses all over the world!
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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This morning, roughly at 7:25am local time (USA Central Standard Time), Tyger and his father borded a plane bound for St. Louis, Missouri, for a connecting flight and from there on to Tacoma, Washington, and then again to Olympia, Washington. I'm not really sure how that works out, but then again, I'm no travel agent. In any case, our little kat is on his way. I would like to thank everyone that has kept him in your thoughts and prayers, whether or not you have posted. His fight is just about to go into the final rounds (we hope), but he still has this next big hurdle to jump (I know, mixing sports analogies like that isn't right, but it made sense when I first wrote it).
I've always had a strong belief that people make the most difference for each other when they reach out to those they don't even know and sometimes may not even like. Such things make for great fiction, but when it happens in reality, like it has here, then it's gold, my brothers. And that gold is each and every one of you.
There are no words that can adequetly sum up my feelings. When I showed this to Sammy before we left for the airport this morning, he hugged me and cried silently. I pass that on to each of you. In Sammy's words, "With all those people behind me there's no way I can fail." My thanks to you all, and a hug from Sammy as well.
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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I've worked in the medical field for nearly 20 years now, and worked specifically with children and infants during my training all that long ago... It can work and you just need to keep you faith in the healers that (your) Super Special Being (God, Allah, etc.) has provided... Keep the faith D'Artagnon and Tyger... I am...
Arthur
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Sammy,
My prayers are with you, I feel very confident that this will work
for you.
God Bless you,
Calvin
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Hey Sammy - I wrote to you a while back and so this is me writing again to wish you the best. Dude, it sucks to be you right now. I know that. It really does. But ... it will pass.
I have said prayers and asked for good things to ALL THE HIGHER AUTHORITIES I COULD THINK OF!!! HAAAAAA HAAAAAAA!! No really!! I did.
I keep sending positive thoughts out there and .... it's GOT to do some good. By the time you get this the whole bone marrow thing will be over. So... you're on your way to recovery pal. Good.
Okay I don't wanna bore you, just to send my love and best wishes. When I think of how brave you are .... it makes me cry pal. It does.
My best and love,
Tom
p.s. - oh if you are recovering and wanna email me, feel free. I'm in Los Angeles. Oh yeah!! YOU WERE SOO CLOSE TO ME FOR A WHILE THERE!! I knew it because I could feel a disturbance in THE FORCE!! HAAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA!! Okay, out. 
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Hi Sammy,
Just know that you are in my
heart, thoughts and prayers. I truly
believe that you will survive this.
Hugs & Love,
Miss Kona
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and best wishes. I dont know Sammy but when I read the e-mail from Timmy, my heart went out to him.
Prayer...positive thoughts...really do work. Like someone said above in their post - I dont know how they work or why they work...but I do know that they do.
Sammy, I send a hug and a heartful of good wishes. You're very brave and just know that you have many friends here on Tim's board who love you.
Keep smiling and think happy thoughts.
~Lance
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hey sammy! keep up your faith in life! we talked on yahoo together already and i like ya very much. maybe cuz we are of the same race 2 cats together.
i pray for you and keep you in my mind. stay up and fight!
all the best i wish and send to wash. state from the far away germany.
hope we can talk again soon.
yours Felix the Cat (meow) 
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