Poor old Seve - let's hope it goes well

Groucho



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 06:55

Seve Ballesteros will have a third operation on Friday to reduce brain swelling after the discovery of a tumour earlier this month.



Let's hope it goes well



I'm going all mushy, it's just I've always thought he seemed like a consummate gentleman and a fine sportsman....

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 11:08

Yes this is very sad Groucho. Seve was, is, a gentleman on and off the golf course. I truly hope he pulls through.

fredred


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 11:32

A great golfer, a true gentleman, our prayers and thoughts are with him.

RedSnapper


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Posts: 540

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 11:39

yes he is a top man and has done a lot to bring the sport into the lives and homes of us all, a true gent. it always happens to the nice people... god speed

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 15:40

A friend sent me this:

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'

He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

'She got this t he first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:

'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion'.

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not sur vived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day... I'll w

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 15:41

I use crystal glasses every day... I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Someday...' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.

She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one.

Coachie



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 18:22

Hi all ..A fantastic man and a fantastic golfer.I reaLLY DO HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL!!

bondi


Joined: 12/07/2007
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 18:27

It just goes to show that wealth cannot buy health! This gentleman of the fairway, who has been an ambassador for his sport, is now suffering from this awful illness. Let's hope he pulls through and is soon on the mend.

Coachie



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Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 20:48

Hi all ...The latest bulletin off the 6pm news is that operation was atotal success..hope they are correct....

no1doyen


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 21:17

Coachie, that's good news. Let's hope seve is back on the golf course soon.

Coachie



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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 21:19

No1 Doyen ..Couldnt agreewih you more, we shall just have to wait and see At this moment in time I just want him to survive the ops and worry about the golf after....

no1doyen


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Message Posted:
24/10/2008 21:22

Yes, fingers crossed coachie.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
14/11/2008 22:30

Heard today that Seve will be out of Intensive care very soon

Fantastic news

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
02/12/2008 20:34

Ballesteros has fourth operation



Golf great Seve Ballesteros is back in intensive care after undergoing a fourth brain operation.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 10:36

hi no 1 doyeen such lovely words how true, i do hope he pulls through such a lovely man and a credit to his sport. My friend also a famous sportsman died of a brain tumour just show the Big C has no respect for fit people poor or rich you take care and your words made me think lilli

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
03/12/2008 11:08

A work colleague of mine had a Brain Tumour last year. 28 Years Old. He had Chemo and Radiotherapy and is now in remission. He is unable to work though. He sold his flat and moved back in with his parents who have been really supportive, in fact his Mum gave up her full time job as a Teacher to nurse him through it. A lovely guy.

Coachie



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Message Posted:
03/12/2008 13:32

On the news this morning it said h was in a stable condition. really do hope he pulls through allof this...

Navek



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Message Posted:
09/12/2008 18:17

Seve Ballasteros



MADRID, Spain (AP) —



A Madrid hospital says Spanish golf star Seve Ballesteros has been released, weeks after undergoing brain surgery to remove a malignant tumor.



Madrid's La Paz hospital says the 51-year-old Spaniard left the facility d Tuesday morning and will continue to be treated as an outpatient.



Ballesteros, one of Spain's best known sports personalities, was admitted on Oct. 6 after fainting at Madrid's international airport

Lilli



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Message Posted:
09/12/2008 18:46

hi navek thanks be to god lets all just hope and pray xx

windmill


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Message Posted:
09/12/2008 21:57

Doyen,

You are quite right,message 5,i have watched my dad die with a brain tumour

His clothes were for special occasions,furniture always covered,it was like new when we gave it away,yet he never had the pleasure of it,begrudge himself a few pleasures,he was not a tight or greedy man,just the times he grew up in.

Turtle


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Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
08/01/2009 23:18

Just to post a little good news,



Seve left hospital before christmas and today announced he hopes to return to pro golf next year.



All the best Seve

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
08/01/2009 23:41

That's great news for his family and all golfing fans.