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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bad day yesterday. After we left for Austin for my wife's appointment, where we were told she has a small ... [View all]
... cancer in one breast that will respond well to a simple lumpectomy and a five day course of radiation; a 70 year turned right into the path of a truck from the Electric Co-op (an F-350) that seemed to be running over the 35MPH limit. He was t-boned on the driver's side and his auto spun and rolled up into our driveway. He died on scene. It stopped traffic for more than 2 hours while the State Highway Patrol investigated, removed the deceased and the wreckage. He was 71 and from another town about twenty miles away.
His car was just like one of our elderly neighbors and caused quite a bit of worry because she is profoundly deaf and can hear the bell and didn't see the light rigged to go off with the doorbell.
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Bad day yesterday. After we left for Austin for my wife's appointment, where we were told she has a small ... [View all]
marble falls
Saturday
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We were told that it probably could not have been caught any earlier. We're very optimistic.
marble falls
Saturday
#9
I just feel so bad for him. Our Doberman got away from me and was run over about 12 years ago right at the same spot ...
marble falls
Saturday
#10
A woman with our own sprit. I used to tell people I can cut my hand off if I have to. ...
marble falls
21 hrs ago
#40
The neighbor drives the same car as was hit, because it was in our driveway our other neighbors thought it might ...
marble falls
Saturday
#11
She's a very nice person. We've been neighbors for over twenty-five years.
marble falls
Saturday
#22
It is amazing how quickly progress cancer treatment has advanced. I had my bladder cancer treated in 2019. ...
marble falls
Saturday
#31
I'm sorry for your bad day. It must have been very traumatizing for you and your wife
MIButterfly
Saturday
#14
She confident and up to the fight if it comes to it. And I am a committed corner man.
marble falls
Saturday
#37
Very sorry to hear this about Mrs. Marble Falls. Sending vibes for strength and quick recovery.
IcyPeas
Saturday
#18
Life..for some it ends unexpectedly and for others, time offers healing extensions and all that happened
Deuxcents
Saturday
#19
We're in the same club: Colon cancer surgery in 2017, but didn't lose enough colon to require a bag, ...
marble falls
Saturday
#34
My mother had bilateral lumpectomies, with some radiation, and Oral Tamoxifen and lived to die of something else.
surfered
Saturday
#29
Hugs, prayers, and healing vibes for you and your wife. It's good that they caught the cancer so early, and
highplainsdem
Saturday
#30
We're in good hands. If you live long enough there will be a cancer sometime. We're old. But fortunately ...
marble falls
Saturday
#32
No suicide. Bad corner, a driver who made a bad decision and a pickup going over the speed limit. Welcome to Texas. ...
marble falls
14 hrs ago
#48
Fortunately, the radiation will be over five days in one week. They don't believe there will be any need to ...
marble falls
12 hrs ago
#52