KellyToTasker Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 All choked up. From afar, It's easy to distance oneself from the situation. Reading these posts, brings things a little closer and better defined concerning Jim's battle. Praying hard for his strength and courage that he and many others have to use in this terrible fight for health and life. My hero.
bbb Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I posted this on the Jim Kelly thread and didn't realize there was another one now. Does anybody know where he is right now in the treatment?: I don't understand what has happened and is going to happen with Jimbo. I know he went to Sloan Kettering Monday and they were doing a bunch of MRIs, etc. It sounded from the WIVB report that he had his jaw taken out and was then at ECMC..........Then, he was home yesterday............But, now Jill posted this: Tweets Jill Kelly @HJKforever 5h Getting the hospital room ready with @erinkelly12 #prayersforjk The LORD will FIGHT FOR YOU; you need… http://instagram.com/p/l2giBOrI_i/
Mr. WEO Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 This truly is ominous. For a recurrence so soon after resection. Makes one wonder about the completeness of the original resection--and the decision not to recommend adjuvant chemo/radiation. I hope for the best...
bbb Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 This truly is ominous. For a recurrence so soon after resection. Makes one wonder about the completeness of the original resection--and the decision not to recommend adjuvant chemo/radiation. I found that kind of baffling at the time. To declare within 3 weeks that it's all gone, and nothing more needs to be done. I know it's been a long time and things have changed, but the first cancer my mother survived was ovarian. They caught it early - this was 1978. But, they still did a course of "preventative" radiation, in case they missed anything.
Mr. WEO Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I found that kind of baffling at the time. To declare within 3 weeks that it's all gone, and nothing more needs to be done. I know it's been a long time and things have changed, but the first cancer my mother survived was ovarian. They caught it early - this was 1978. But, they still did a course of "preventative" radiation, in case they missed anything. I just realized he went to ECMC for his initial treatment. Holy Cow....
DPR4444 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I just realized he went to ECMC for his initial treatment. Holy Cow.... i know - why not Roswell??
swede316 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 ...Truly sad...I did not think it was an aggressive cancer. Fight it Jim!
todzilla Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 I saved my money when I was in high school to buy an authentic Kelly jersey. For a long time it was my most prized possession. I wore it to the 3 AFC Championship games at Rich. He has always been my favorite player and I think I am more impressed with him as a man, husband and especially father. I can't imagine what the past 15 years have been like for him. I pray he beats this, if anybody can it's Jim Kelly.
chaccof Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 I thought I had read that he did NOT dip or chew tobacco....I must admit, as someone who has dipped off and on (mostly on) for 35 years this has scared the heck out of me....tough to quit though, so tough....God watch over Jim Kelly and his family.... I think Roswell is primarily a cancer research center so maybe that's why he and his family elected to go to SK....
fansince88 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) As a Christian I have hope in Jims recovery. It is to his God I also pray. In the Bible the book of Philippians chapter 2:19-24 say the following: 19 for I know that through your prayers and Gods provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. 20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24 but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. As I said I too am praying for his recovery. Jim will live with Christ Jesus if he does pass from this and we will all will miss him. Yet if it is not his time He will live out his Life for Christ. Either way, know that the family is at peace! Edited March 23, 2014 by fansince88
Rivermont Mike Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Thanks, everyone, for the updates. Watched #12 fight back with some amazing drives. C'mon Jim, time for another one! You've got fans in Lynchburg, VA cheering and praying for you.
BuffaloBill Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Same experience with my Dad; post-surgery he kept complaining how much pain he was in; it had spread beyond the original diagnosis and he was gone a month later. The news on Jimbo sounds very ominous. I agree the situation does not sound good. However, if anyone can fight through it is him.
Bills1218 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Generally, if they suspect the tumor is local and hasn't spread, the assumption is that surgery is sufficient...docs will only prescribe chemo if they have reason to believe the cancer may have spread (no clean margins on the removed tissue, lymph nodes, etc.). Right now, for Jimbo, it depends on whether it's a local recurrence or if the cancer has spread (in my mind, it's hard to picture how the cancer could recur locally given that his entire jaw was reconstructed, but we just don't know at this point). Totally agree that it's senseless that this would happen to someone like #12, who has already been through so much. I was personally devastated after Tim Russert passed away because he was such a great ambassador for and champion of Buffalo. I'm keeping Jim in my prayers right now, not just for his family, but for the community that he means so much to.
Tipster19 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 Jim Kelly IS Buffalo and Buffalo is Jim Kelly. Thanks for loving us Jimbo but we love you more!
KellyToTasker Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Jim Kelly IS Buffalo and Buffalo is Jim Kelly. Thanks for loving us Jimbo but we love you more! Yup!
KGUNBILLS Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Jim Kelly is truly my hero, and will be forever. I had never met him before, and always wanted to. A very close friend of mine invited me to go turkey hunting with him down in Ellicottville. We got up early and headed out. We were both hungry so decided to stop at a truck stop diner. There were a few turkey hunters sitting in a corner booth having some breakfast and a few laughs. I really didn't pay much attention to them, until they started to get up to leave. One of them was having a real hard time getting up and walking. It took him a minute or two to get upright. That's when I noticed it was Jim Kelly and a few friends. I was going to go over and say something to him, but he looked like he was in a lot of pain, so I let him slip out without bothering him. He looked like he was having enough to deal with at the time. Now looking back 14 years on that May first morning, I wish I had at least told him good luck hunting, or something along those lines. He is a true warrior.
Tipster19 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 Jim Kelly is truly my hero, and will be forever. I had never met him before, and always wanted to. A very close friend of mine invited me to go turkey hunting with him down in Ellicottville. We got up early and headed out. We were both hungry so decided to stop at a truck stop diner. There were a few turkey hunters sitting in a corner booth having some breakfast and a few laughs. I really didn't pay much attention to them, until they started to get up to leave. One of them was having a real hard time getting up and walking. It took him a minute or two to get upright. That's when I noticed it was Jim Kelly and a few friends. I was going to go over and say something to him, but he looked like he was in a lot of pain, so I let him slip out without bothering him. He looked like he was having enough to deal with at the time. Now looking back 14 years on that May first morning, I wish I had at least told him good luck hunting, or something along those lines. He is a true warrior. Thanks for sharing your memory. I would love to hear everyone's memory, story or interaction that they might have had with Jim Kelly. With enough insights and perspectives of so many fans would only give a greater portrait of one of Western New York's favorite sons. As a Western New Yorker myself the number 12 to me means only one thing, it means Jim Kelly! Go Bills and go Jim Kelly.
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) He did not dip or smoke which really makes this so more infuriating. Wow! You are right, it makes it that much more infuriating. Jim has had to deal with a lot in his life. It makes it that much harder to accept stuff like this happening! I am not saying this to offend anybody or be disrespectful: If there is a God, what is it that God is trying to prove w/Jim? Please God, he has been dealt a lot of blows, cut him some slack! I found that kind of baffling at the time. To declare within 3 weeks that it's all gone, and nothing more needs to be done. I know it's been a long time and things have changed, but the first cancer my mother survived was ovarian. They caught it early - this was 1978. But, they still did a course of "preventative" radiation, in case they missed anything. My mother's aunt survived ovarian cancer in 1972... My mother lost her battle to it in 1999 (age of 58) after over 6 years since first being diagnosed. Back then if they knew how hereditary it is, I am almost certain she would be alive today. After her last child, my younger sister, was born in 1972, she had a partial hysto... Leaving the ovaries in! They were ticking timebombs that went off 20 years later. Edited March 23, 2014 by ExiledInIllinois
bbb Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Thanks for sharing your memory. I would love to hear everyone's memory, story or interaction that they might have had with Jim Kelly. With enough insights and perspectives of so many fans would only give a greater portrait of one of Western New York's favorite sons. As a Western New Yorker myself the number 12 to me means only one thing, it means Jim Kelly! Go Bills and go Jim Kelly. I thought it was really cool to go into the Big Tree after the Bills beat the Titans on opening Sunday night in 2000 - and Jimbo was bartending. What other city would you have your HOF QB bartending, just for kicks?!? Some drunk ahole started saying stuff like "You couldn't win the big one, etc" and Kelly just said to us "this guy's just looking for a million dollar punch" and the bouncers escorted him out.
bbb Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 My mother's aunt survived ovarian cancer in 1972... My mother lost her battle to it in 1999 (age of 58) after over 6 years since first being diagnosed. Back then if they knew how hereditary it is, I am almost certain she would be alive today. After her last child, my younger sister, was born in 1972, she had a partial hysto... Leaving the ovaries in! They were ticking timebombs that went off 20 years later. My sister went last week or so for that genetic testing, because my mother had ovarian in 1978 and breast in 2000. She died in 2012 from neither. She said somehow I'm supposed to go, too! They still have to give her results.
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