Things that make you sad.

[bennymacca]

Losing a mate today at cricket

Whoa, on the cricket field? What happened?
Sorry to hear that.

During the innings break he had a heart attack and sadly passed away

Condolences to you and your mates. That is shocking.

[Footy Chick]

Holy shit.

Very sorry to hear about your team mate.

Do you mind if I ask how old he was?

[whufc]

Holy shit.

Very sorry to hear about your team mate.

Do you mind if I ask how old he was?

45 im pretty sure, was taken far too young

Was one the nicest people you will ever meet

Was a Centrals fanatic that people might have met at games known as Harry

[Booney]

Holy shit.

Very sorry to hear about your team mate.

Do you mind if I ask how old he was?

45 im pretty sure, was taken far too young

Was one the nicest people you will ever meet

Was a Centrals fanatic that people might have met at games known as Harry

Harry Harrison? How sad, I met him a couple of times at Port games. Condolences to all who knew him.

[MW]

Sorry to hear that mate, condolences to the family and friends

[JK]

Big contributor on FB to both the SANFL and VDR topics. Sorry to hear of his passing, and thoughts with friends and family. Hope you're doing OK Whuffer.

[Magellan]

Losing a mate today at cricket

Commiserations for your loss, whufc.

It's no consolation by any means, but it sounds like your mate met his maker doing something he loved, which is how we probably all would like to go.

[Pseudo]

Holy shit.

Very sorry to hear about your team mate.

Do you mind if I ask how old he was?

45 im pretty sure, was taken far too young

Was one the nicest people you will ever meet

Was a Centrals fanatic that people might have met at games known as Harry

Harry Harrison? How sad, I met him a couple of times at Port games. Condolences to all who knew him.

Saw that name and immediately thought of Soylent Green...

[Lightning McQueen]

Holy shit.

Very sorry to hear about your team mate.

Do you mind if I ask how old he was?

45 im pretty sure, was taken far too young

Was one the nicest people you will ever meet

Was a Centrals fanatic that people might have met at games known as Harry

I think you'll find that he was 54, not that it matters, it was devastating.

[whufc]

Holy shit.

Very sorry to hear about your team mate.

Do you mind if I ask how old he was?

45 im pretty sure, was taken far too young

Was one the nicest people you will ever meet

Was a Centrals fanatic that people might have met at games known as Harry

Harry Harrison? How sad, I met him a couple of times at Port games. Condolences to all who knew him.

Yeah Paul 'Harry' Harrison

[whufc]

Going through some old footy photos which include a very recently passed away mate.

Get to a photo with me the kids and the ex wife all together in much happier times.

Certainly makes you reflect a few things that went on and puts a tear in the eye.

[Lightning McQueen]

Going through some old footy photos which include a very recently passed away mate.

Get to a photo with me the kids and the ex wife all together in much happier times.

Certainly makes you reflect a few things that went on and puts a tear in the eye.

The circle of life mate, it makes you respect the happy times so much more as well as achieving the most you can out of every day.

[The Dark Knight]

My dad going back to hospital last night.

Was released from hospital Tuesday after but is not well enough to be at home while he waits for Chemotherapy.

He was taken to hospital on Australia day for which was thought to be a slight Heart attack experiencing tightness in his chest and not being able to breathe. On further investigation in hospital it was revealed that had fluid in/on his lungs. This fluid turned out to be cancerous. Over the 3 and a bit weeks in hospital he had the fluid continually drained from his lungs while having operations on both lungs to stop the fluid coming back and because the fluid had also caused his lungs to collapse so that had to be inflated and attached to the cheat wall again.

After all the tests and scans were done it was revealed he has stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. It has also spread to the lining of his lungs, hence the fluid. He's had no real prior symptoms and they don't pick it up until late apparently.

He was ment to be having a hip replacement surgery on the Monday after Australia day, been waiting a year for it but now that is just forgotten about. He had a physical in October in preparation for his hip surgery and his results from that revealed nothing to suggest he had any internal problems. We were looking forward to his hip operation because it should of been done 10 years ago and he never did anything about it and it got to a point where he just became unbearable and frustrating to deal with.

But now nothing prepared us for this. My brother, sister and I have been ok about it and we have to be for mum. My aunt (dads sister) is very distraught about it as she's already lost their mum when they were younger and their brother before I was born, both to cancer. My grandfather had bowel cancer before overcoming it and eventually passing away aged 94 in 2014. It was believed he had some form of cancer when he passed.

So in 4 weeks my dad is due to start Chemotherapy. Hopefully it helps and can perlong his quality of life for as long as possible.

Hopefully the hospital can help him get over the terrible stomach pains and bloating he's been experiencing in the last 2 days, he can't eat and was just bed ridden. He desperately wanted to come home and stay home before his Chemo but that is not possible.

[Booney]

Very sorry to read/hear that mate. Best wishes to you and your family.

[valleys07]

Christ TDK, sorry to read mate.

Best wishes to your old man, thoughts are with you and your family.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Sorry to hear that TDK

wishing your dad and your family all the best through it all.

[The Dark Knight]

Thanks guys, appreciate it.

[Lightning McQueen]

Thanks guys, appreciate it.

Good luck with it all mate, don't be shy in letting him know how much he means to you.

[Wedgie]

All the best TDK, having lost my Dad only two days ago I concur fully with LM. Make sure you tell him how much you love him and appreciate him. I wouldn't wish the emotional pain I've had in the last week on my worst enemy, I hope you get a lot of quality time out of him yet.

[Lightning McQueen]

All the best TDK, having lost my Dad only two days ago I concur fully with LM. Make sure you tell him how much you love him and appreciate him. I wouldn't wish the emotional pain I've had in the last week on my worst enemy, I hope you get a lot of quality time out of him yet.

Yeah mate, two and a half years on and I still hurt, it's just a random song or a trip down a familiar road and the eyes water up.

The one thing that sits well with me is that there was nothing left unsaid, we had some differences over the years there was nothing left behind.