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I appreciate it... We don't want to even ask, but don't want to miss an opportunity that may come along. Maybe someone will win Mega Millions and feel generous... We are gravitating towards not doing the surgery due to a combination of him already having no eyes and having already gone through one major surgery recently, plus his age. The chances of them getting it all out are about 50/50 and if they don't, surgery could actually give him less time. And if everything goes perfect, it may give him an extra 6 months vs doing nothing. But how much of those 6 months are learning how to eat/drink all over again after just learning how to live with no eyes. In reality, he may get 3 extra quality months. If it were a million dollars, the answer would be simple, because we couldn't do it. We could do the 5k to 7k, if we put ourselves in a dangerous position, considering all factors. But each time we talk about it, we come to a decision without factoring the money. This makes me think we are making the right decision, but are we subconsciously letting the cost effect our other viewpoints? If we do nothing, since at the moment it is not causing discomfort, it could be 6 months before it becomes a problem. At which point we would have to make that tough call. It's one of those times where doing nothing seems to be the right thing when we weigh everything, but doing nothing always seems wrong at the same time. Do you spend money you don't really have for an unknown amount of time, the quality of which you don't know? Or do you try to maintain the current quality and enjoy the remaining time? Thanks to an old accident, I tend to be able to back away from my emotions and decide based purely on statistics, but with the dog, I just can't. I have no kids, so they are my kids. I know that most times, I will outlive them, but even after times like these, it still seems worth it. I wish he could tell us what he wants... If you were an old man, who was already blind, would you want to relearn how to eat and drink, while missing your lower jaw for a 50/50 chance at an extra few months? I can't say for sure I would want that. A nice nap sounds better to me... It's the unfortunate reality of owning a pet. But the eye surgery really hit us out of nowhere, and this was coming off major expenses paying for the other Golden's cancer treatments which game him an extra 6 months. Covid just kicked us in the balls while we were just getting back up. We also just found out the black lab has diabetes insipidus, which took a while to figure out..So he is now on $90 a bag food and a pill a day to keep from dehydrating, not matter how much water he drinks. The saddest part is that the black lab can't be apart from the Golden for a minute without crying and then becoming vocal. He adjusted to his play buddy losing his eyes really well, though he misses how they used to play. I just don't know how we are going to comfort the black lab...?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-conall-with-his-cancer-treatments?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 I'm not a huge fan of GoFundMe, but unfortunately our Golden Retriever has been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw and needs his lower jaw removed. Less than 2 years ago, we had to have both of his eyes removed, which was extremely costly and stretched us very thin. Unfortunately, we ran out, thanks in part to the pandemic and could use any help possible. I am asking for help(with asking for help) more than directly asking for monetary help. Perhaps someone knows someone who is loaded and loves animal's? Or someone with a large social media following could pass on the link? While we are not sure we want to do surgery(for non financial reasons), we are in the unfortunate position of not really having that choice in our financial reality at the moment. Thank you for any help you can offer.

It was Voltageman It's been a while...

CLEAR!!!! (blast from the past) I figured it was interesting that I finally got to Mount St. Helens and snapped this pic at 10pm at night in 2009. (I began the thread under different username) I must say, in person, it's massive and the blast zone is mind boggling. Even after all those years, the evidence, especially in the surrounding streams, is still noticeable.

Perhaps a moderator could help me out with this one. I used to be active on this site a long time ago, even wrote a sticky guide for Raid and slip streaming windows XP(that's how long it's been). This is when the site looked a lot different. Well, things happened, I got busy and time moved on. And Verizon shut down their email services. I have managed to lock that account up trying to log in, and have yet to come across the password in memory. Is there a way to recover the account without the email? The email address is no longer functional Can a moderator message me in regards to this. Thank you