GP’s Old Man With A Plan Log

[gphagan1]

I have liked the xpg carnitine. I don't recall the base but it can go on sorta cold like applying Icy Hot. When I used to mega dose oral carnitine I felt like it had helped with fat loss on a cut, XPG Carnitine I assume would do better, but what I do notice is pumps similar to XPG Pump Gel.

Yeah, I wanted to try it when I started back. Hyde had said it is comparable to the lower dose injectable with it’s benefits, so excited to throw it in the mix.

 

[Dustin07]

so I'm crossing 3 different threads here at this point but my session today, which I mentioned FELT like I was on PED's in Kleens thread, I forgot I had dosed XPG Carnitine about 1hr before hand. always awkward to walk into the company bathroom with a jar of mystery gel and take my shirt off, but the pumps today on a simple back day was awesome. I forgot how great this product is. I do think it hits me better when taken closer to a lifting session vs early morning after shower.

 

[PolishHamm3r77]

I want to try it all. Champagne taste, beer budget

 

[sns8778]

4/29/2025
Tuesday
Stretches
Warmups
Light Machine Low Rows

DB Rows
50s x 8
65s x 8
75s x 8, 8, 8

Wide Mag Grip Pulldown
115 x 8
130 x 8, 8, 8, 6

Preacher Curls
70 x 10
75 x 10, 8, 8

DB Concentration Curls
35 x 10
40 x 10
45 x 8, 8

Felt really good today, and another very satisfying good pump. Wanted to give a shout out to Steve @sns8778 for continuing to bring us outstanding supplements through all his companies. I haven’t taken all his products, but what I have taken are all great and top of the line in their category. Here are the ones I’ve been taking recently, and I’m very pleased with these products…..

SNS Multi XT
SNS Growth Factor XT
SNS Cardiovascular Support XT
SNS ATP Elite
SNS Endoflo XT
SNS Pea Relief
CEL BASIS
I also use Apex Alchemy Helios (transdermal Curcumin)
This combination has not only helped with my workouts and recovery (very little DOMS after such a long layoff at 60 years old), they really seem to be helping my shoulder heal and recover quicker. I highly recommend his products.
I have XPG Carnitine transdermal gel ordered, going to order some Joint Support XT, Focus XT, when in stock and Recomp 20 when in stock. And I’m on Test 150 a week TRT.

Thank you for the kind words.

Focus XT will be back in stock very soon

Recomp20 will be back in stock within the next couple of weeks I hope.

 

[gphagan1]

4/30/2025
Wednesday
Stretches
Warmups

Hack Squat
215 x 8
265 x 8
285 x 8
265 x 8
265 x 6

Leg Extensions
4 x 8

Leg Curls
4 x 8

Glute Machine
3 x 10

Standing Calf Raises
115 x 15, 15, 15

Started having some pain in the right knee warming up on Hack Squats, arthritis sucks, so put on my Gym Reaper Knee Sleeves which helped. I’ll put them on before warmups from now on. Rubbed some Apex Helios (transdermal Curcumin) on it, so hopefully it will feel better by morning.

 

[Dustin07]

I want to try it all. Champagne taste, beer budget

haha Steve usually hears from me around pay day.

Gym Reaper Knee Sleeves

are those the 7mm? I've run some gym reaper stuff, I like the brand but I'm still in awe that my Rehbands are going on about 10 years old now.

 

[gphagan1]

haha Steve usually hears from me around pay day.


are those the 7mm? I've run some gym reaper stuff, I like the brand but I'm still in awe that my Rehbands are going on about 10 years old now.

Yeah the 7mm….when these wear out I’m getting Rehbands next. Everyone I’ve ever seen that has them say they last forever.

 

[Dustin07]

yeah I think 7mm is key personally as well, I had been through 2 other brands before landing on my rehbands. my first ones were 5mm rock tape and they were pretty much garbage. they would never stay up and I wore holes in them, lol.

 

[gphagan1]

yeah I think 7mm is key personally as well, I had been through 2 other brands before landing on my rehbands. my first ones were 5mm rock tape and they were pretty much garbage. they would never stay up and I wore holes in them, lol.

My old workout partner a few years ago had some 5mm, can’t remember the brand, but after only about 3 months he was putting on one of the sleeves and when he pulled it up over his knee it literally ripped in half. I told him “well I guess all that grip work you’ve been doing lately is working”.

 

[Dustin07]

I'm really excited to see what you think about the XPG Carnitine. Yesterday preWO all I had was:

the new Mutant EAA's
Pump Addict
XPG Carnitine

and my session was insane, I felt like I was geared out the gills. Whatever is in my system right now, is making me feel like I'm on PED's, it's been a great week in the gym. I am also taking the M Test and Anabolic Effect + 1 Alpha One, but those are at like 5am and lifting was like 8 hours later yesterday. the Carnitine I applied about 30-60 minutes preWO.

 

[AnfoAjax]

right knee warming up on Hack Squats, arthritis sucks, so put on my Gym Reaper Knee Sleeves

do you think wraps would help/work out better than the sleeves?

 

[gphagan1]

I'm really excited to see what you think about the XPG Carnitine. Yesterday preWO all I had was:

the new Mutant EAA's
Pump Addict
XPG Carnitine

and my session was insane, I felt like I was geared out the gills. Whatever is in my system right now, is making me feel like I'm on PED's, it's been a great week in the gym. I am also taking the M Test and Anabolic Effect + 1 Alpha One, but those are at like 5am and lifting was like 8 hours later yesterday. the Carnitine I applied about 30-60 minutes preWO.

Yeah I have heard a lot guys say they like it. I am definitely fired up to throw it in.

 

[gphagan1]

do you think wraps would help/work out better than the sleeves?

That’s a good point they may…. I haven’t used my wraps in over year, but I may have to dig around in the garage and find them. Unfortunately sometimes I go in the garage and my Grandkids have helped rearrange stuff for Paw Paw, so hopefully they haven’t been playing the Mummy with my wraps again. Ha, the 7 year old and 10 year have actually done that when they found them in my gym bag one time. Actually it was pretty funny, so I ended up joining in.

 

[Dustin07]

That’s a good point they may…. I haven’t used my wraps in over year, but I may have to dig around in the garage and find them. Unfortunately sometimes I go in the garage and my Grandkids have helped rearrange stuff for Paw Paw, so hopefully they haven’t been playing the Mummy with my wraps again. Ha, the 7 year old and 10 year have actually done that when they found them in my gym bag one time. Actually it was pretty funny, so I ended up joining in.

I can confirm by age 22 this doesn't stop. I'll be spending a weekend reorganizing this spring/summer after last years pro longed visit from the step daughter and her boyfriend.

 

[gphagan1]

5/2/2025
Friday
Stretches
Warmups

Shoulder Press Machine
80 x 8
90 x 8
100 x 8
100 x 8
100 x 8

Dip Machine
160 x 8
175 x 8, 8, 8,

Wide Mag Grip Low Row
115 x 8
130 x 8
145 x 8, 8, 6

Cable Curls
35 x 10
40 x 10
45 x 10, 10, 8

Decline Chest Press Machine
135 x 8
185 x 8, 8, 7

Everything felt great today…..it feels really good getting back in the groove. And thank God no setbacks.
Got home and my XPG Carnitine Gel was sitting on my Camaro. Can’t wait until Monday to add it to my pre workout routine.

 

[gphagan1]

My wife and I are huge animal lovers, she is actually a dog trainer. We have owned several Akitas over the last 25 years. We got to talking about dogs in @MrKleen73 log, because he just had to spend a lot of money at the vet taking care of one of his pups. And it got us all thinking…..So I shared how we lost our last male Akita last Summer to a Copperhead bite. I found him in the backyard with head and neck swollen next to the dead snake, and he died on the way to the vet.
But I wanted to post a picture of him…..that part of the back yard he is in was his favorite spot in the back corner. And that whole area about a 10’ x 20’ spot he had trampled all the grass out. He would take all his toys, and stuff he would tear up, including rabbits, Opossums, and Squirrels he would catch and kill and play with them until I would take them away. The whole fenced in area him and the female were in is 1 acre, but that was like his lair. That’s also where I found him next to the Copperhead he had killed.

And this is our female, still healthy and strong at 8 years old.
Now she wouldn’t dare take anything out of our big male’s lair, that was forbidden. Right now she weighs in at 123 lbs at last vet visit, yeah she’s a big girl, and he had weighed in at 137 lbs the last time he was weighed. They are solid muscle and extremely strong.

 

[SkRaw85]

My wife and I are huge animal lovers, she is actually a dog trainer. We have owned several Akitas over the last 25 years. We got to talking about dogs in @MrKleen73 log, because he just had to spend a lot of money at the vet taking care of one of his pups. And it got us all thinking…..So I shared how we lost our last male Akita last Summer to a Copperhead bite. I found him in the backyard with head and neck swollen next to the dead snake, and he died on the way to the vet.
But I wanted to post a picture of him…..that part of the back yard he is in was his favorite spot in the back corner. And that whole area about a 10’ x 20’ spot he had trampled all the grass out. He would take all his toys, and stuff he would tear up, including rabbits, Opossums, and Squirrels he would catch and kill and play with them until I would take them away. The whole fenced in area him and the female were in is 1 acre, but that was like his lair. That’s also where I found him next to the Copperhead he had killed.




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And this is our female, still healthy and strong at 8 years old.
Now she wouldn’t dare take anything out of our big male’s lair, that was forbidden. Right now she weighs in at 123 lbs at last vet visit, yeah she’s a big girl, and he had weighed in at 137 lbs the last time he was weighed. They are solid muscle and extremely strong.
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Man, sorry about the copperhead bite, that’s crazy. I dunno how you all can coexist with those things. My dog got bit on the face by a rattlesnake when I was a kid, some complications and died a week later. Copperheads are next level.
Very cool looking dogs ya got there!

 

[gphagan1]

Man, sorry about the copperhead bite, that’s crazy. I dunno how you all can coexist with those things. My dog got bit on the face by a rattlesnake when I was a kid, some complications and died a week later. Copperheads are next level.
Very cool looking dogs ya got there!

Yeah the Copperheads are not a snake you want to play with. They’re not as big as the Eastern Diamondback Rattlers here in Georgia, but they are still deadly. Unfortunately Akitas are not scared of hardly anything, but that courage cost him that time.

 

[Dustin07]

When Titan, my wife's German Shepherd from before we were together died, I dug a human sized grave and just kept digging. I wrapped him like a mummy and out of respect tried to make sure he'd never be dug up. I thought burying a human sized dog was surely harder than small dogs. But when Roxy my little 40lb girl passed in March..... Man I stood in her grave stalling for a while cause I knew the second I laid her down I'd never see or touch her again. Losing a dog is miserable.

I've really appreciated yours and Chris's stories, they've definitely helped.

 

[gphagan1]

When Titan, my wife's German Shepherd from before we were together died, I dug a human sized grave and just kept digging. I wrapped him like a mummy and out of respect tried to make sure he'd never be dug up. I thought burying a human sized dog was surely harder than small dogs. But when Roxy my little 40lb girl passed in March..... Man I stood in her grave stalling for a while cause I knew the second I laid her down I'd never see or touch her again. Losing a dog is miserable.

I've really appreciated yours and Chris's stories, they've definitely helped.

Man, I know that pain, and really sorry for your loss. And one of the things I love about this forum is not only the camaraderie we share in fitness, lifting, nutrition and this lifestyle, but also we share about our lives and experiences. As men we tend to hold things in more than we should, because after all we’re men, we don’t want to be vulnerable. But when we are able to share with other men, it really does help heal the soul when we’ve gone through difficult challenges and even tragedy. And it really helps us when others share similar experiences, because you know they can relate and understand what you’re going through.It truly is a unique brotherhood.

 

[Segansational]

4/29/2025
Tuesday
Stretches
Warmups
Light Machine Low Rows

DB Rows
50s x 8
65s x 8
75s x 8, 8, 8

Wide Mag Grip Pulldown
115 x 8
130 x 8, 8, 8, 6

Preacher Curls
70 x 10
75 x 10, 8, 8

DB Concentration Curls
35 x 10
40 x 10
45 x 8, 8

Felt really good today, and another very satisfying good pump. Wanted to give a shout out to Steve @sns8778 for continuing to bring us outstanding supplements through all his companies. I haven’t taken all his products, but what I have taken are all great and top of the line in their category. Here are the ones I’ve been taking recently, and I’m very pleased with these products…..

SNS Multi XT
SNS Growth Factor XT
SNS Cardiovascular Support XT
SNS ATP Elite
SNS Endoflo XT
SNS Pea Relief
CEL BASIS
I also use Apex Alchemy Helios (transdermal Curcumin)
This combination has not only helped with my workouts and recovery (very little DOMS after such a long layoff at 60 years old), they really seem to be helping my shoulder heal and recover quicker. I highly recommend his products.
I have XPG Carnitine transdermal gel ordered, going to order some Joint Support XT, Focus XT, when in stock and Recomp 20 when in stock. And I’m on Test 150 a week TRT.

What do you note from BASIS or ATP Elite so far. I've got both in stock, but waiting to use this Pepti-bolic first...

 

[gphagan1]

What do you note from BASIS or ATP Elite so far. I've got both in stock, but waiting to use this Pepti-bolic first...

They both are helping with recovery, I get very little DOMS, which at my age, considering I hadn’t really lifted significantly for months, is amazing. And the combination of those, PeaRelief, and Curcumin are definitely helping my bad shoulder heal. I’m also progressively getting stronger, waist is shrinking, and I can see my muscle fullness starting to come back. Which I know a lot can be attributed to muscle memory, but still I know BASIS and ATP Elite have boosted all that in the right direction. And the combination of those and Endoflo XT have contributed to some really good pumps.

 

[SkRaw85]

Yeah the Copperheads are not a snake you want to play with. They’re not as big as the Eastern Diamondback Rattlers here in Georgia, but they are still deadly. Unfortunately Akitas are not scared of hardly anything, but that courage cost him that time.

At least he went down with one last kill.

 

[Dustin07]

At least he went down with one last kill.

I had the same thought, dude sounds like an absolute beast

 

[gphagan1]

I had the same thought, dude sounds like an absolute beast

Those big beef bones at Walmart for dogs, I had to quit giving them to him because he would chew them and bust them up in no time, like they were a piece of candy. He never got choked, but he could eat one in less than 30 minutes, so I quit giving those to him. Most dogs chew on them for days and never bust them up.

 

[gphagan1]

May 5, 2025
Monday
Stretches
Warmups

Bench
135 x 10
155 x 10
185 x 10
195 x 8, 8, 8

Incline Bench Machine
165 x 8, 8, 8

Incline CG Bench

115 x 6
135 x 6, 6, 6, 6

Tricep Kickbacks
3 x 20

Arnold Press
25s x 10, 10, 10, 10

Another day that everything felt good after stretching and warming up. Started the XPG Carnitine Gel pre workout and found some Apex Alchemy Ursa Major that I applied this morning. Energy was up, and it seemed like I sweated more and had even better pumps.
Decided to throw in some Incline Close Grip Bench after seeing @Smont added them in his workout, and talked about how they didn’t stress the shoulders as bad as flat. And @Hyde was talking about Louie with Westside recommended them. And they were right, definitely didn’t stress the shoulders hardly at all, and really hit the triceps better than flat in my opinion.

 

[Dustin07]

curious if you noticed any pump assistance on the tricep work after adding the xpg carnitine, and how it feels when you throw in a biceps day. I'm finding about 1 hour preWO is my sweet spot. Two things I notice with the pump products (both pump gel, and carnitine) is I might get a little more winded, sorta like being dehydrated, but the pumps and sweat are way up, as is work capacity.

its great on the weekend, just add at home and go. a little more awkward walking into the office bathroom with a mystery gel to take my shirt off

 

[gphagan1]

curious if you noticed any pump assistance on the tricep work after adding the xpg carnitine, and how it feels when you throw in a biceps day. I'm finding about 1 hour preWO is my sweet spot. Two things I notice with the pump products (both pump gel, and carnitine) is I might get a little more winded, sorta like being dehydrated, but the pumps and sweat are way up, as is work capacity.

its great on the weekend, just add at home and go. a little more awkward walking into the office bathroom with a mystery gel to take my shirt off

Yeah I do believe the tricep pumps was even better than what I have been getting, and I was already getting some good pumps. Today is upper back and biceps, so I will see the difference with biceps, because I have already been getting some gnarly bicep pumps since starting back, but I love it.

 

[Hyde]

How am I just now finding this log??

You should have tagged me sooner! But I’m all caught up

 

[gphagan1]

How am I just now finding this log??

You should have tagged me sooner! But I’m all caught up

Man brother glad you’re here. Yeah I was fired up when the orthopedic and physical therapist gave the go ahead to get back. Truthfully everything is feeling so good it’s hard not to want to go heavier on some of the exercises, but it’s a marathon and I can’t afford anymore set backs, so gonna progress slowly.

 

[gphagan1]

May 6, 2025
Tuesday
Stretches
Warmups

Cable Rows
4 x 8

Wide Mag Grip Pulldowns
130 x 8
145 x 8, 8, 6, 6

DB Rows
60s x 8
75s x 8
80s x 8, 8, 8

Machine Preacher Curls
50 x 12
60 x 12, 12, 10, 8

Cable Curls
70 x 12
80 x 12, 12, 10

Man my metabolic furnace is definitely turned up. I was drenched even more than usual today. Bicep pumps were outstanding, and it felt like I could go on for hours. The XPG Carnitine really seems to be doing its thing.

 

[SkRaw85]

Nothing beats a nasty bicep pump when exiting the session! Bet we all wish we could always carry that

 

[gphagan1]

Nothing beats a nasty bicep pump when exiting the session! Bet we all wish we could always carry that

Man, that is so true.

 

[Dustin07]

Nothing beats a nasty bicep pump when exiting the session! Bet we all wish we could always carry that

that's why I like to finish with a set of 21s from time to time lol. anything to make myself look full retard when I'm stuck in my shirt unable to get it off in the locker room

 

[gphagan1]

5/7/2025
Stretches
Warmups

Hack Squat
215 x 8
265 x 8
285 x 8
265 x 8
265 x 6

Leg Extensions
4 x 8

Leg Curls
4 x 8

Glute Machine
3 x 10

Walking Lunges
3 x 10

Standing Calf Raises
115 x 20, 20, 20

Really felt a dialed in focus today, with energy to spare. My legs were so pumped leaving the gym I had the Frankenstein walk down pat.

 

[Dustin07]

that's my kinda leg day! I gotta admit I kinda love how much that glute machine can suck. my onlyfans account really blew up after I started using it.

 

[gphagan1]

5/8/2025
Thursday
Stretches
Warmups

Shoulder Press Machine
90 x 8
100 x 8, 8, 8, 7

Dip Machine
160 x 8
175 x 8, 8, 8, 8

Med Mag Grip Pulldowns
130 x 8
145 x 8, 8, 6

Alt Dumbbell Curls
35 x 10
40 x 10
45 x 10, 8, 6

Decline Chest Press Machine
135 x 8
185 x 8, 8, 8

Good day…..got home late, ate some fish, roasted red potatoes, and salad my wife made, and crashed watching River Monsters, the show with the dude that catches huge fish. Gave me and my wife the fever to go fishing, so we may be hitting the lake this weekend. Depends on whatever she wants to do.

 

[Dustin07]

River Monsters, the show with the dude that catches huge fish.

have you seen the one when he was up here in my area chasing Sturgeon? we have caught some huge sturgeon up here but I think he had like an 11ft+ one out of the river IIRC! big ol dinosaur fish!

 

[gphagan1]

have you seen the one when he was up here in my area chasing Sturgeon? we have caught some huge sturgeon up here but I think he had like an 11ft+ one out of the river IIRC! big ol dinosaur fish!

That’s cool, I would love to catch a sturgeon. I’ve heard you guys have a lot of great areas to fish up there.
Yeah, I think we have seen every episode. We got hooked years ago watching him catch one of those huge Goonch Catfish that was 10’ long.

 

[gphagan1]

have you seen the one when he was up here in my area chasing Sturgeon? we have caught some huge sturgeon up here but I think he had like an 11ft+ one out of the river IIRC! big ol dinosaur fish!

This may be the one you’re talking about…

This is the Goonch Catfish, looks like he just finished a good bulking cycle.

 

[Dustin07]

This may be the one you’re talking about…
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This is the Goonch Catfish, looks like he just finished a good bulking cycle.
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Yes Sir! here's my boy a few years back with one. I believe the slot limit was around 4ft back then so they had to be like over 48" long and under 60" to keep

both of us, prime xfit years, probably only 175lbs lol
I had no idea back then he'd be squatting 355lbs a few years later hahahaha

 

[gphagan1]

This is the hardest and saddest Mother’s Day for me, my wife, family, and friends. My Mother passed away yesterday after a long hard fought battle with cancer. She was 89 and the best Mom I could have ever had. She was strong all the way to the end, but thankfully she is no longer suffering to that horrible disease.
In 2018 I built her an apartment in our detached garage and moved her in, she called it her bungalow. In 2023 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, and lived a year and half longer, with no chemo, because of her age, and only a little radiation to try and slow the growth of the tumor. The Doctors were amazed. When she was diagnosed in November of 2023 I moved her into the main house with us. Even through all the pain and suffering she always was sweet and loving and kept a positive attitude. My awesome wife helped me take care of her. She was completely bed ridden the last 4 months. But we now take comfort knowing she is in Heaven and suffering no more.
Be sure to always show your Moms love and appreciation, and always make them feel special. And be sure to show the Mother of your children, or the Woman that steps in to be a Mother to your children, the love and appreciation they deserve.
Thank you guys for your thoughts and prayers, and I truly do wish all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day, they are all heroes.

 

[sns8778]

This is the hardest and saddest Mother’s Day for me, my wife, family, and friends. My Mother passed away yesterday after a long hard fought battle with cancer. She was 89 and the best Mom I could have ever had. She was strong all the way to the end, but thankfully she is no longer suffering to that horrible disease.
In 2018 I built her an apartment in our detached garage and moved her in, she called it her bungalow. In 2023 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, and lived a year and half longer, with no chemo, because of her age, and only a little radiation to try and slow the growth of the tumor. The Doctors were amazed. When she was diagnosed in November of 2023 I moved her into the main house with us. Even through all the pain and suffering she always was sweet and loving and kept a positive attitude. My awesome wife helped me take care of her. She was completely bed ridden the last 4 months. But we now take comfort knowing she is in Heaven and suffering no more.
Be sure to always show your Moms love and appreciation, and always make them feel special. And be sure to show the Mother of your children, or the Woman that steps in to be a Mother to your children, the love and appreciation they deserve.
Thank you guys for your thoughts and prayers, and I truly do wish all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day, they are all heroes.

I am so sorry for your loss. I will keep you and your family in our prayers, I mean that.

My grandmother has been declining in health over the last 6 months and its taken a tremendous toll on me mentally because she's always been the person that I've been closest to and the only person that really 'got me' and accepted me for who I am. She will be passing soon, its down to where it could be days or it could be any minute, there's no way to really know - but it will be shortly. I can relate to what you said about this being a super sad mothers day and I'm so sorry for you loss.

 

[Segansational]

So sorry to hear this brother. But I am glad you had the extra time with her together. You're a good son for that. Wishing you and your family peace today and moving forward.

 

[gphagan1]

I am so sorry for your loss. I will keep you and your family in our prayers, I mean that.

My grandmother has been declining in health over the last 6 months and its taken a tremendous toll on me mentally because she's always been the person that I've been closest to and the only person that really 'got me' and accepted me for who I am. She will be passing soon, its down to where it could be days or it could be any minute, there's no way to really know - but it will be shortly. I can relate to what you said about this being a super sad mothers day and I'm so sorry for you loss.

Thank you Steve, and I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers

 

[gphagan1]

So sorry to hear this brother. But I am glad you had the extra time with her together. You're a good son for that. Wishing you and your family peace today and moving forward.

Thank you Seg…. I really appreciate that.

 

[Renew1]

This is the hardest and saddest Mother’s Day for me, my wife, family, and friends. My Mother passed away yesterday after a long hard fought battle with cancer. She was 89 and the best Mom I could have ever had. She was strong all the way to the end, but thankfully she is no longer suffering to that horrible disease.
In 2018 I built her an apartment in our detached garage and moved her in, she called it her bungalow. In 2023 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, and lived a year and half longer, with no chemo, because of her age, and only a little radiation to try and slow the growth of the tumor. The Doctors were amazed. When she was diagnosed in November of 2023 I moved her into the main house with us. Even through all the pain and suffering she always was sweet and loving and kept a positive attitude. My awesome wife helped me take care of her. She was completely bed ridden the last 4 months. But we now take comfort knowing she is in Heaven and suffering no more.
Be sure to always show your Moms love and appreciation, and always make them feel special. And be sure to show the Mother of your children, or the Woman that steps in to be a Mother to your children, the love and appreciation they deserve.
Thank you guys for your thoughts and prayers, and I truly do wish all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day, they are all heroes.

I'm praying for you and your family, brother. ...And I am Happy for her, that she is no longer suffering.

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

... I miss my own Mom, tremendously.

 

[PolishHamm3r77]

This is the hardest and saddest Mother’s Day for me, my wife, family, and friends. My Mother passed away yesterday after a long hard fought battle with cancer. She was 89 and the best Mom I could have ever had. She was strong all the way to the end, but thankfully she is no longer suffering to that horrible disease.
In 2018 I built her an apartment in our detached garage and moved her in, she called it her bungalow. In 2023 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, and lived a year and half longer, with no chemo, because of her age, and only a little radiation to try and slow the growth of the tumor. The Doctors were amazed. When she was diagnosed in November of 2023 I moved her into the main house with us. Even through all the pain and suffering she always was sweet and loving and kept a positive attitude. My awesome wife helped me take care of her. She was completely bed ridden the last 4 months. But we now take comfort knowing she is in Heaven and suffering no more.
Be sure to always show your Moms love and appreciation, and always make them feel special. And be sure to show the Mother of your children, or the Woman that steps in to be a Mother to your children, the love and appreciation they deserve.
Thank you guys for your thoughts and prayers, and I truly do wish all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day, they are all heroes.

I am truly sorry for your loss Brother. This being the first Mother’s Day since my mother’s passing made it a rough one. I chose to focus on my amazing wife, the mother of our daughter. You wife is incredible for supporting you and assisting your mom with her needs. It is a very selfless act. A true sign of her love and devotion to you.
She is in a better place and no longer suffering. Watching a loved ones decline is unbearable and I am sorry you went though that.

Happy Mothers Day to mothers of past and present!

 

[gphagan1]

I'm praying for you and your family, brother. ...And I am Happy for her, that she is no longer suffering.

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

... I miss my own Mom, tremendously.

Thank you for the prayers brother, and that awesome scripture…that says it all.Amen
And sorry for the loss of your Mother.

 

[gphagan1]

I am truly sorry for your loss Brother. This being the first Mother’s Day since my mother’s passing made it a rough one. I chose to focus on my amazing wife, the mother of our daughter. You wife is incredible for supporting you and assisting your mom with her needs. It is a very selfless act. A true sign of her love and devotion to you.
She is in a better place and no longer suffering. Watching a loved ones decline is unbearable and I am sorry you went though that.

Happy Mothers Day to mothers of past and present!

Thank you for the kind words brother, and you are right, my wife is truly an Angel sent from Heaven.
Sorry for your loss too…. I know Mother’s Day will always be tough, but showering our wives with love and appreciation not only blesses them, but also all of us who have lost our Moms.