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marble falls

(72,366 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:32 PM Apr 18

Bad day yesterday. After we left for Austin for my wife's appointment, where we were told she has a small ...

... 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 ... (Original Post) marble falls Apr 18 OP
Healing vibes on the way to Mrs. MF & you SheltieLover Apr 18 #1
I wishyour wife all the best& a smooth recovery. Yesterday was irisblue Apr 18 #2
How sad malaise Apr 18 #3
What awful day. Diamond_Dog Apr 18 #4
We were told that it probably could not have been caught any earlier. We're very optimistic. marble falls Apr 18 #9
Second that buzzycrumbhunger Apr 19 #51
Wishing you and your wife healing thoughts, mf. sheshe2 Apr 18 #5
Positive vibes to your wife and you. Nevilledog Apr 18 #6
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 Apr 18 #10
Aww poor pup... róisín_dubh Apr 19 #38
A woman with our own sprit. I used to tell people I can cut my hand off if I have to. ... marble falls Apr 19 #40
Oof that is really really hard róisín_dubh Apr 19 #45
Our lives are richer because of other people blessing us. marble falls Apr 19 #49
Wrote a long piece on it, but missed posting from the tears. marble falls Apr 19 #43
Seriously... 2naSalit Apr 18 #7
The neighbor drives the same car as was hit, because it was in our driveway our other neighbors thought it might ... marble falls Apr 18 #11
Ah... 2naSalit Apr 18 #17
She's a very nice person. We've been neighbors for over twenty-five years. marble falls Apr 18 #22
I can understand your... 2naSalit Apr 18 #25
Speedy healing to your wife, marble falls 💚 Clouds Passing Apr 18 #8
Good vibes mean everything. Thankyou. marble falls Apr 18 #12
A lumpectomy + 5 days justaprogressive Apr 18 #13
It is amazing how quickly progress cancer treatment has advanced. I had my bladder cancer treated in 2019. ... marble falls Apr 18 #31
I'm sorry for your bad day. It must have been very traumatizing for you and your wife MIButterfly Apr 18 #14
She confident and up to the fight if it comes to it. And I am a committed corner man. marble falls Apr 18 #37
Thinking of you both. Dunc Apr 18 #15
One tough piece of gristle to another: thanks, man! marble falls Apr 18 #36
Traumatic to know a death occurred. I had tgat happen once when I MerryBlooms Apr 18 #16
Very sorry to hear this about Mrs. Marble Falls. Sending vibes for strength and quick recovery. IcyPeas Apr 18 #18
She's as tough as me. I am seriously tough. marble falls Apr 18 #35
Life..for some it ends unexpectedly and for others, time offers healing extensions and all that happened Deuxcents Apr 18 #19
I'm glad your wife's cancer will be able to be removed with a lumpectomy. Scrivener7 Apr 18 #20
Bad day indeed. Sorry to hear. At the same time, KPN Apr 18 #21
All the best to you and your wife.. so glad you caught it early.. mountain grammy Apr 18 #23
Sorry about your wife's diagnosis, and all she will have to go through. HeartsCanHope Apr 18 #24
Good luck to your wife - I have survived two different kinds of cancer walkingman Apr 18 #26
We're in the same club: Colon cancer surgery in 2017, but didn't lose enough colon to require a bag, ... marble falls Apr 18 #34
Oof UpInArms Apr 18 #27
I'm glad your wife's cancer was found early. Healing vibes to her. LoisB Apr 18 #28
My mother had bilateral lumpectomies, with some radiation, and Oral Tamoxifen and lived to die of something else. surfered Apr 18 #29
Hugs, prayers, and healing vibes for you and your wife. It's good that they caught the cancer so early, and highplainsdem Apr 18 #30
We're in good hands. If you live long enough there will be a cancer sometime. We're old. But fortunately ... marble falls Apr 18 #32
All the bdamomma Apr 18 #33
Vibes work. I feel so bad for his family. marble falls Apr 19 #41
I'm so sorry. area51 Apr 19 #39
Sending very good wishes for your wife and you. brer cat Apr 19 #42
We got and give good attitude. I am so glad for you positive outcome. marble falls Apr 19 #44
Well. It's a relief for your wife that Figarosmom Apr 19 #46
No suicide. Bad corner, a driver who made a bad decision and a pickup going over the speed limit. Welcome to Texas. ... marble falls Apr 19 #48
Prayers for Mrs MarbleFalls and yourself. sueh Apr 19 #47
Here's hoping today is a better day. hamsterjill Apr 19 #50
Fortunately, the radiation will be over five days in one week. They don't believe there will be any need to ... marble falls Apr 19 #52

SheltieLover

(81,399 posts)
1. Healing vibes on the way to Mrs. MF & you
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:35 PM
Apr 18

So sorry to hear about her small mass and the accident. This must have you both pretty rattled.

Diamond_Dog

(40,839 posts)
4. What awful day.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:01 PM
Apr 18

I know you both must be very rattled.

Tell your wife not to worry about her breast cancer. It was caught early and that’s very good. Odds are she will be fine. I’m a survivor of a stage 3.

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
9. We were told that it probably could not have been caught any earlier. We're very optimistic.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:25 PM
Apr 18

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,077 posts)
51. Second that
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:27 PM
Apr 19

The lump was caught early asnd statistically, should be a minor thing in the long run. No need to ponder how much worse things could be with such an awful example right on your doorstep. 😬

sheshe2

(98,062 posts)
5. Wishing you and your wife healing thoughts, mf.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:02 PM
Apr 18

The accident sounds pretty horrifying and not a good end to your day.

Nevilledog

(55,103 posts)
6. Positive vibes to your wife and you.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:03 PM
Apr 18

My mom had the same diagnosis and treatment and was never bothered with it again. She did, however, scar my husband for life by sending us a picture of her boob marked up with target lines by the radiologist.

My condolences for the poor gentleman and his family.

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
10. 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 ...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:30 PM
Apr 18

... his ashes are under our bed right where I sleep.

We've let the surgeon know Joy doesn't wear bikinis anymore, not to worry.

róisín_dubh

(12,374 posts)
38. Aww poor pup...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:58 AM
Apr 19

Your last line made me chuckle. My great-gran needed a double mastectomy in her 80s and the doctors were clearly apprehensive. Full of sharp wit, she responded “my husband is dead and I don’t wear bikinis! Take ‘em off!”

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
40. A woman with our own sprit. I used to tell people I can cut my hand off if I have to. ...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:04 AM
Apr 19

... After our son came back from Iraq with eleven months stop loss and two years, he was a mess. Bradley came to be with us while he worked through PTSD and some legal issues. We live in a condo, about 1400 sq ft. I would walk him four or five times a day, but he just needed to run. An there is just no place for us to let him run. One morning I just opened the door and out he went and into traffic, I got around the corner just in time to see a hit and run driver roll him under her car. I about lost it. Another couple of drivers driver carried him across the street to our veterinarian.

I had to walk right over THE spot where he died everyday to and from my studio everyday for years. My heart sunk every day two times a day.

That was just a good dog living in the wrong neighborhood, with people too old handle him.

Our son pulled through and is doing very well in Alaska. He's a good man.

róisín_dubh

(12,374 posts)
45. Oof that is really really hard
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 11:37 AM
Apr 19

I dream of my dearly departed pups all the time. We have the dogs at the times we do to teach us something; I’m not always sure what though.
I’m glad your son is doing well. Big hugs to you and your wife.

2naSalit

(103,628 posts)
7. Seriously...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:07 PM
Apr 18

Not the best of days!

There are little rays of light, though... your wife's cancer is treatable, that's a good thing. True, that she has it at all sucks.

The accident where the victim passed in your driveway... at least you weren't standing or somehow in the path of the vehicle when out of control. Sucks that the event happened and for the deceased.

Not sure what you meant about the neighbor. But if she's okay, there's that.

Here's hoping everything goes better from here on out!

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
11. The neighbor drives the same car as was hit, because it was in our driveway our other neighbors thought it might ...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:35 PM
Apr 18

... have been her. She's deaf and can't hear the door bell or phone ring. These are hooked to a light that flashes when the phone or doorbell rings.

Clouds Passing

(8,124 posts)
8. Speedy healing to your wife, marble falls 💚
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:10 PM
Apr 18

15 years bc free 🤗 lumpectomy, chemo, radiation (with follow up heart valve replacement 14 years later)

justaprogressive

(7,045 posts)
13. A lumpectomy + 5 days
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:45 PM
Apr 18

w/rads is getting off lightly, to say the the least!

Have no worries, this (for the big CA), is strictly routine now.

.... comforting thots to you and quick healing for your wife,
post her lumpectomy!

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
31. It is amazing how quickly progress cancer treatment has advanced. I had my bladder cancer treated in 2019. ...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:32 PM
Apr 18

... if I had to have it, I wish it were now: they now use an aerosol to cure it.

MIButterfly

(3,010 posts)
14. I'm sorry for your bad day. It must have been very traumatizing for you and your wife
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:46 PM
Apr 18

I wish your wife the speediest of recoveries. All best wishes and good vibes are being sent her way. Please keep us posted on her progress.

MerryBlooms

(12,357 posts)
16. Traumatic to know a death occurred. I had tgat happen once when I
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 05:57 PM
Apr 18

Rolled up on an awful scene...
Take care.

IcyPeas

(25,652 posts)
18. Very sorry to hear this about Mrs. Marble Falls. Sending vibes for strength and quick recovery.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:09 PM
Apr 18

Deuxcents

(27,418 posts)
19. Life..for some it ends unexpectedly and for others, time offers healing extensions and all that happened
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:25 PM
Apr 18

For you and your wife too close to home..literally. Medical advances and science, will thankfully be the life saving treatment your wife needs to live a healthy life and that is the best news. Keep us posted on her progress as best wishes are coming her way and to you, her caregiver 🌺

Scrivener7

(59,919 posts)
20. I'm glad your wife's cancer will be able to be removed with a lumpectomy.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:35 PM
Apr 18

Best of luck to you both with that. My thoughts are with you both (because it's very hard to be the one in the waiting room.)

I'm so sorry that horror happened at your home. That's very upsetting.

KPN

(17,459 posts)
21. Bad day indeed. Sorry to hear. At the same time,
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:36 PM
Apr 18

my wife having hone through the exact same thing — very early detection, small lumpectomy, and a relatively limited radiation regimen, I share you and your wife’s confidence. Virtually no side effects aside from red sunburnish reaction to the radiation by the end of it - short lived and relatively painless. It’s been a few a few years since she went thru her episode — and sll positive and cancer free since.

One note that seems worth sharing: my wife researched and found a female breast cancer surgeon who specialized in removing the lump with the least possible cosmetic impact. She did a remarkably good job — the surgery is pretty much unnoticeable except to the person knowing it was done.

Best to both of you and here’s hoping for a perfect outcome and nothing but good days ahead.

mountain grammy

(29,114 posts)
23. All the best to you and your wife.. so glad you caught it early..
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:44 PM
Apr 18

Sad about your neighbor.. what a day!

HeartsCanHope

(1,723 posts)
24. Sorry about your wife's diagnosis, and all she will have to go through.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:45 PM
Apr 18

Sending healing vibes, and I will be thinking of you both. Sorry also about the driver that was killed.

Relieved for you both that it wasn't your neighbor. Hopefully today is going better for your wife and you.

walkingman

(11,057 posts)
26. Good luck to your wife - I have survived two different kinds of cancer
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:06 PM
Apr 18

and got excellent treatment in Austin. Sounds like she caught it early...that's good news. ☮

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
34. We're in the same club: Colon cancer surgery in 2017, but didn't lose enough colon to require a bag, ...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:38 PM
Apr 18

... and Urine Bladder surgery 2019 - removed my bladder and I was glad there was enough colon left to make new ureters which were removed with the bladder. The cherry of that experience is they take the Prostate with the ureters. In the necropsy that it was cncerous, also.

in 2022 I got Brucillosis that took months to diagnose because it's so rare and I had no obvious exposure to it.

And in the last two years I've been hospital 3 times a year for UTis. And once this year. But they are still on the case and I believe they'll lick this yet.

UpInArms

(55,169 posts)
27. Oof
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:08 PM
Apr 18

What a day filled with turmoil

I am so sorry, marble falls

Hugs to you and your lovely wife

(((((HUGS)))))

surfered

(13,932 posts)
29. My mother had bilateral lumpectomies, with some radiation, and Oral Tamoxifen and lived to die of something else.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:23 PM
Apr 18

Best wishes for a good success.

highplainsdem

(62,737 posts)
30. Hugs, prayers, and healing vibes for you and your wife. It's good that they caught the cancer so early, and
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:26 PM
Apr 18

that they have such good treatments now. I'm sorry she has this, but she should be fine. A close relative of mine beat more advanced breast cancer ten years ago, and the treatments have probably improved since then.

What a horrible, tragic accident in front of your house while you were away.

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
32. We're in good hands. If you live long enough there will be a cancer sometime. We're old. But fortunately ...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:10 PM
Apr 18

... we both have extremely good health care. EVERYONE in the country should get my coverage for the same price I pay for it - $0. The US one the of the largest providers of socialized medicine and I am a member of one of the largest units: VA. My wife doesn't have Cadillac insurance - she has Rolls Royce insurance, by dint of her 28 years with CIA through United Health Care. Her premiums are under $300/month.

We are doing fine. Now all I need is a solution for the UTIs (that have gone septic twice) I get about every three months. And they are working on it, I go into the clinic tomorrow and have another CAT scan on Friday.

bdamomma

(69,596 posts)
33. All the
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:24 PM
Apr 18

best vibes and healing go to both of you. So sorry about the accident that claimed a life.

brer cat

(27,642 posts)
42. Sending very good wishes for your wife and you.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:50 AM
Apr 19

I had a double lumpectomy last year to remove two malignant spots in one of my breasts. It's amazing how this surgery has progressed along with good outcomes.

My surgeon made a point of telling me that my positive attitude and the excellent support of my family were key to my good result. I hope you both remain optimistic and she has relatively easy time

Figarosmom

(12,736 posts)
46. Well. It's a relief for your wife that
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 01:29 PM
Apr 19

it is treatable, bad news that she has it though.

But the accident was freaky, hope it wasn't a suicide.

Good vibes for your wife's treatments.

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
48. No suicide. Bad corner, a driver who made a bad decision and a pickup going over the speed limit. Welcome to Texas. ...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 03:31 PM
Apr 19

... here in Marble Falls, speed limits are treated as the minimum speed limit.

hamsterjill

(17,694 posts)
50. Here's hoping today is a better day.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:18 PM
Apr 19

So sorry all of that happened. It's kind of hard when things all pile up.

Wishing your wife all the very best. Have had a family member undergo the lumpectomy and subsequent radiation visits. She had DCIS. I think she had to do 17 radiation visits. All went well except for fatigue from the radiation. She has other health conditions that might have contributed to the fatigue, so hopefully your wife will sail through.

Again - all the VERY best.

marble falls

(72,366 posts)
52. Fortunately, the radiation will be over five days in one week. They don't believe there will be any need to ...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 05:13 PM
Apr 19

... take any of lymph nodes.

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