Matt, Misha, and family...

[Mr. Wonka]

Matt will be undergoing surgery tomorrow, and I’d like to ask everyone to say a prayer, send positive vibes, or whatever you’re into, to help them through this situation.

Matt, we love ya bro, and there’s a lot of people pulling for you. Keep the faith, and we wish you a speedy recovery. You know you guys have an extended family here, so don’t hesitate to ask if you need anything.

Good luck, God bless, and please keep us posted on your progress :)

[J McGhee]

i'll be at matt and misha's tommorrow watching the kids. so ill be giving you guys updates.

all are best wish goes out to matt.


much love to ya man



jason mcghee

[fumalicious]

I'll be there tomorrow by the afternoon to help out as well...

Stay strong Matt- this will be over before you know it!

[Emmett's Glass]

This is a place that does meal delivery in their area. They do gift certificates. http://www.delivereddish.com
Good luck Matt.
E

[yinzer]

if i leave now, i could be there in oh say...a few months (id be walking). so i think ill stay here and wish you guys the best. you are all in our thoughts. take care

[Shatner]

Good luck, Matt.

[gypsea]

Good luck to you with the surgery Matt, and calm wishes to Misha as she waits thru it all......

[Monkythrowpoop]

Matt, best of luck, we're all here for you. I hope you have an easy, speedy recovery. I'm sure after this time away you'll come back to the torch with some new inspiration and make some great work. I'll send as many good vibes your way as I can, get better real soon.

Ben

[VinE]

Good luck Matt! I hope everything goes well, and you can get back on the torch soon.
Let me know if you guys need anything-( I have some halibut and smoked salmon that I could send down). Best wishes-vinE.

[cheng076]

Best wishes from the lower Seattle gang of one!
I have family in Ptown so can come down to lend a hand anytime.Love youse, PJ

[PyroChixRock]

Thanks a lot you guys. :) I'll have jason and kev update you asap tomorrow when he comes out of surgery.

Thanks Gypsea...i'm hella more stressed out then matt is heh. How can that be, he's the one going through it!! Fucked up heh. i'm doing ok tho, and I'll have people with me at the hospital tomorrow, too.

Love you guys back. :)

[Kris .H.]

Good luck M&M, you both will be in our thoughts.

[Randorf the Red]

Best thoughts go out to both of you in your time of need. I hope the good vibes serve you well.
And I promise I'll find someone to pray for you.

Best wishes and best of luck,
Randorf the Red

[KT-Old School Glass]

We are definitely thinking about you here, Matt. Hope all goes well for you and the family.

[Swampy]

You got it.

[Bryan C Wise]

Much love. Best of luck.

We'll be thinking of you!

[kruger]

much love, prayers, and positive from down south.


-kruger

[Mark F]

Good luck Matt, Hope all goes well

[somberbear]

Luck.

sir.

peace
rob

[Izzy Spun]

with all this positive nergy going out, I'm afraid we might just alter the Earth's orbit and fuck everything up.lol good luck Matt and Misha. I know iverything will go well, and everyone out here is puling for you.

[jiminyrootkit]

i'm hella more stressed out then matt is heh. How can that be, he's the one going through it!!
duh misha, he'll be the one pumped fulla astromorph and valium ;)
j/k...
hang in there, everything will be fine, we'll be pullin for ya.
-f

[richsantaclaus]

You both know you have all my prayers for ya!

[kbinkster]

I'll pray for you, too!

[sarah]

good vib to you Matt, everything will be fine, love and care will do the rest

Sarah

[lucidvisions]

Our thoughts will be with you!
Josh and Lance

[LoneWolfandSon]

throwing all the good vibes your way.

[Steve Sizelove]

Good luck with everything. Matt, I wish for you a comfortable and speedy recovery. Misha and kids - I hope you have harmony and strength through these rough times.

ALL THE BEST!!!!

[bizzy]

I hope everything goes as smooth as possible for all you... You're in our thoughts here for sure...

[Vapor Glass]

thinking of you.

[smutboy420]

I'll be sending a good vibe all day today

[nickglassdood]

in my thouhts

[WORLD FAMOUS]

Update....The doctors are 2 hours into the surgery and everything is going good so far - no excessive loss of blood, and he's doing really well. I'll keep updating as Misha calls with more details.

[Vapor Glass]

reading and hoping. reading and hoping.

[Spider]

More best wishes and positive thoughts from us here at studio-11

[boxfan willy]

Much love and prayers to you guys. This will def be a positive change for you all. Can't wait for the good news.

boxfan, Jenn, Trey and Ally

[Collin]

Best wishes from all of us at Victory machinery. Hope your up and melting glass soon

[kbinkster]

Thanks for the update, Nate!

[john madden]

such a supportive group here. i dont know the family but i know that you guys are the reason this community exists, so my hopes are with you guys.

[fumalicious]

Another update.... seems things are ahead of schedule, and Matt hasn't needed any blood yet. They are finished with the tumor removal, and are closing him back up. Misha said she should get more info in about 2 hours.

:D

[Vapor Glass]

whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop!

[karlt13]

iv been away for a bit, im not sure the situation. Im deffinatly sure i love you guys, i wish the best of everything and good things to come. Mishas advice has pushed me threw tough times, and my love goes out to you guys. Be well and thanks for everything
-karlt13

[Arcane Glass]

Thanks for keeping us updated, thoughts are with you and your family right now. Peace


James

[Destructo]

Wishin you guys all the best and a speedy recovery!!!

My thoughts are with ya
mark

[BlueDevil]

Hope all is well and my thoughts are with you guys and your family. Positive thoughts for everything.

Lee

[bearclaw]

good news,thoughts.

[T Lewis Glass]

Get er' done Matt ..

And hang in there Misha !!!!!

Best wishes and thoughts


~T

[fl0werchilde]

best of luck - hope - much love & hope for a fast & pain-free recovery
- tiff

[Shadow]

Link to a post on LE about Matt's surgery.... sorry it took so long to get the word out, but had a t-storm move in and had to shut'r down...

http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25907

[steven p selchow]

yep..good vibes and thoughts, your a strong pyrochic girl, Matt's got some good luck, did my prayer this morning, hope for the fast recovery.

[Harry Paratesteez]

Hey, J or anyone elese, I lost mishas cell....someone threw out the piece of paper I wrote it on.
If anyone could help me out w/ the # I would be grateful.

PIece
MAtt
just Pm me tho.....I dont want it on the board

[Micah Evans]

Good luck Matt!!! I'm a little late but it sounds like things are going well!

best wishes,

me

[PyroChixRock]

Everything is well. Matt still hasn't needed blood yet, and the bleeding seems to be slowing. :D He does have a low grade fever so that sucks, but for now I think it's ok. He's feeling ok, not in too much pain, but they've got him on good meds.

I'll let you know what happens as I can. They actually have a computer here for me to use, they've got him in the VIP suite. :lol Pretty kick ass room with a KILLER view of the entire city, Mt Hood, and sunsets. :D Not such a bad place to get stuck in for awhile. the nurses have all been great so far, too.

[PyroChixRock]

Oh and, Matt's aim is matteugenerain if any one wants to hit him up. :)

[bizzy]

Yay... great news! =) Matt's not online ATM or I'd say "wut up"...

[J McGhee]

hey misha i have the other # can you give me matt's celly # and i need the info to visit tomorrow, and what hospital. the kids were awsome today...

i didnt get any sleep last night and today. never had to sign a will, made me a feel weird all day...

glad all is well. you know matt is like a brother, so when he's up to it tell that biatch to call me....





:pimp: :fworks

[NOFO]

It's great to hear all is going well, stay positive !!!

[Ashes & Glass]

Ive been away from the board for a while so this is the first Im hearing of all this.... Glad to hear things are going well.

Wishing you a speedy recovery and good health,

Frank

[skip]

hey Here's to A quick recovery!!!

[brettodie]

good luck with the recovery glad to hear everything is going smooth so far :) much luv and well wishs..peace brett

[Vapor Glass]

yes glad to hear matt is doing good!

[firedanceglass]

I'm so happy to hear you are doing well Matt!
Much love to all of you!!!

Melanie

[fyrsmith]

I'm very happy for you both that the surgury went so well. Sendling white light for a speedy recovery.

-Don-

[PyroChixRock]

No transfusions still, and I think he may be out of the woods on that. It was a little scary for awhile, there was talk of rushing him back to surgery again, but they didn't have to. :)

He's doing pretty well, in lots of pain, not feeling well, but that's to be expected. His mom is there right now so I can hang out with the kids and dogs for awhile.

I'll update more when I can, I'm going to go rest for a bit now. Thanks again everyone!! :D

[Shatner]

Glad to hear he's doing good. I'm sending good vibes his way.

[Momka's Glass]

GOOD LUCK MATT,
We wish you fast recovering and no more pain...
We are with you always.
Momka,s glass

[HumanLathe]

Hi everyone. I'm going to keep this short because its not to comfy sitting in this chair but all of your positive energy pulled me through this I just know it and I cannot thank you guys/gals enough. The pain is getting better but I'm pretty damn sore. My nausia has calmed down so I should be able to actually get some sleep tonight. My arm doesn't seem to have lost much mobility so I soon as I am healed I should be able to continue blowing glass, but I have already come to the conclusion that my hand blown glass is going to be some what limited because I don't want to have this thing grow back in a year. hopefully by the time I am done healing I will be able to have a lathe sitting in my shop.

Thank you all so much i will see you soon!

[Shatner]

Hey Matt, I don't know if it's the pain meds that are making you nauseas, but if it is, your doc can give you something to stop it. I know it's just another med, but it beats feeling sick and puking all the time.

I'm glad you came through safe and hope you heal quickly!

[jusbag]

surgery sucks man. did you have to spend the night in the hospital? not always a bad thing with the morphine and all but you still usually just want to be home. hope the recovery process goes well for you. lot's of patience. so you still have full mobility? that's rad!

[Mr. Wonka]

I'm glad to hear that things are going well for you Matt. Give me a call when you're feeling better :)

[cheng076]

Very glad you are doing so good.

You get ready to setup that lathe you give me a call. Worked around lathes most of my life.... not glass lathes but the setup/leveling/alignment is the same.

BTW, largest lathe I ever saw was in Japan back in '66. They had a section of tail shaft (the shaft that connects to the propeller) chucked up and spinning about 400 rpm. Little Japanese man sitting in a seat at a control console controlling it all. The shaft was a little over 1 meter in dia. and 10 meters long; chips comming off were thick as a pencil. That's 40 inches by 33 ft long for you non-metric folks.

Take care my friend, PJ

[PyroChixRock]

Quick catch up...I’m tired and glad I get to get in my own bed and actually get some rest tonight.

Matt is doing really well!!! He's off the IV's, on to oral pain meds, still on anti-nausea meds and probably will be for awhile as he easily gets very sick from meds.

He's walking around, did two laps around the halls earlier! Fever gone, pain under control, and they are giving him an ambien to sleep tonight so he should be even better tomorrow. I'll have to bring him some good food now that he's eating better. :D

I'm really proud of him, he's done so well. Way better then anyone expected, that's for sure!! Still no word on when they will let him go home, but I don't think he's going to have to stay the expected 7-10 days! :D

Ok bed calls me!! Night everyone!

[Kool]

On my drive home tonight from a 3 day trip I was wondering how things went...I somehow knew it all turned out well. Glad to check up here and get confirmation. Here's to a speedy recovery and lots of positive vibes being sent out for the rest of the family as well.

[skip]

hehe I knew he was a tough son of a bitch........lol

Now just take it slow...... ( that's something we all know he won't be able to do)

The guy will be doing tube pulls by next week.....

[WORLD FAMOUS]

Ahhh, just get him some Sirius in the hospital room and time will fly...lol.

[xiaan]

I hope u feel better soon

[HumanLathe]

Ahhh, just get him some Sirius in the hospital room and time will fly...lol.

That's my man! Always thinking like me... where is Howard ? There is this daily voice missing in my head lol.

I feel pretty good today pain is down a little but getting a good nights rest was a big help . A big hug to my wife friends and family that came and visited me. I should be getting out of here tomorrow or the next day, I just have to get this body of mine functioning properly. As far as blowing glass though it's going to be while heheh. the good news is I have almost full movement of my right arm without too much pain.They again removed a lot of muscle tissue from my back so that is what is going to hold me back to working my daily shift. If all goes well I should be somewhat normal in a month or two. I am quite pain tolerant and I will get through this as quickly as my body allows me too.

Thank you all again your support has helped me and my family more than you could ever realize!!

[phab]

...glad to hear youre doing well matt. you too misha.

matt if you can get a laptop in there you can get your howard injection on the internet because the show is streaming now. either way, get well soon.

[kbinkster]

So good to see you feel well enough to post, Matt! Don't overdo it, though. Do what they say and get as much rest as you can while you're there (hard to do when they check vitals every few hours - or more frequently). You'll be home soon enough and will have a long road ahead of you. You can do it, and we'll all be pullin' for ya'.

[Arcane Glass]

I'm so glad to hear that everything went so well. Its a good day indeed to find out you will be back at again soon enough. Until then, take it easy, enjoy the time off for now and get well.

James

[chris ecklund]

Super stoked that everything went well for you Matt. Hope the recovery goes just as smooth. Physical therapy I'm sure is soon to follow, and when I had my surgery, even though it hurt like hell to go thruogh, it helped me as much as the actual surgery for sure. Stick to their schedual, and you'll be back to normal in no time. Take it easy man, you gots this shit.

[lucidvisions]

Great to hear Matt, hope you get on the torch as fast as possible.

[misled youth]

wow, i dont know either of you. but i do know your glass. i am glad all worked out for the best.

[GlassDiver]

I am so happy for you and your family. With your positive friends and family you sound like you are on your way to a healthy recovery. Take your time and enjoy a machine to turn the glass for you.

[PyroChixRock]

Small set back (I hope) Matt's blood pressure has gone way up. No fever, they aren't sure why, but they can't get an IV in him to get meds in him. So I think he's going to end up having to stay longer while they get their act together.

I have to work some today then I'll go down and see him. His mom is down there now, she's a nurse, so she's going to get them on it.

thanks for all the notes to matt, he reads them and it helps. :)

[skip]

It sure helps when your mom or some one who is there with you is a nurse.... Cut's out a lot of the B.S.

Stay strong Matt....

[PyroChixRock]

The dr came finally and said he didn't need blood pressure meds, that when he leaves the hospital he needs to change his diet. I'll go down to see him in a bit, gotta feed the kids first. :D

[Devils Defect]

Glad to hear he's doing good. Your guys work is very inspiring and hope to see more from you soon. Just to catch me up since im new, what kind of surgery did he have to go through? From reading I gathered some kind of shoulder surgery. :twitch:

[PyroChixRock]

Actually, he had a very large hemangioma tumor partially removed...they'd never be able to get it all. It was a very very dangerous surgery because it’s just a nest of blood vessels, but he did better then any best case scenario we were given. We'll see how it goes from here, he may end up in another surgery soon, but I really hope not. They had to take out more of his muscle, and he doesn't have very much on the side as it is. He's lost a lot of strength in his right arm, and I guess could lose more if they have to take more. We won't know for awhile, but it looks positive today.

[Devils Defect]

Dang, He must have a strong will to get back doing what he loves, and Im sure all the positive vibes from the posts didnt hurt either. Keep on keepin on :D

[Mac Maestro]

Glad to hear things are best case scenario-ing
Stay strong, Matt and Misha!
Supportive, recooperative thoughts coming your way.

[blackstoneglass]

I hope you have a speedy recovery. you are in my prayers

[GGB]

Sry I missed this thread Misha. Im glad you guys finally got some help..

My thoughts are with Matt , you and your family..

[LaPlayaGlass]

All the best vibes are coming 2 you both
AL & Donna

[skip]

hey How's Matt doing???

Hope everything is well. Heal quickly.

[J McGhee]

i talk to him today on the phone
well today he was pretty sore plus they had their son's b day,.....
matt still has alot of rest to do before attemping to do any torch work... but he is very strong willed and will bounce back. i know the hardest part is not being able to play with his kids and enjoy going out... i drove him to sushi the other day and he was pretty wore out...but we did down some serious sushi.....

he enjoys reading all your posts and responding to them...

'


jason mcghee

[Spider]

Hey Matt,

Serious sushi eating is a good sign. Don't eat all the eel - well actually yes eat all the eel or whatever they call it - that slippery little thing has got to be good for rejuvenation. We continue to have you in our hearts & minds for an astonishing recovery.

All the best,

Spider & crew

[HumanLathe]

Here is a update from me for a change. Today I feel good I woke up kind of numb, I think I took that muscle relaxer kind of late. :D The extension of my arm still sucks I throw a ball like a stereo-typical girl and there is no way I could blow glass I can barely can lift a gallon of milk without wincing is pain. I have decided maybe I will learn to sleep standing up, I have found that to be the least painful position. Every time I see some cool shit on the board or just look at my lonely torch sitting out there in the dark, I start to jones so hard to just blow a little bead or something, but I know inside I need to heal more still. Id say I'll start conditioning myself to get back on the torch in a month or two but for now I am just doing sketches. I see you guys around and thank you all very much!

[jusbag]

sounds like your healing up nicely. good to hear man!

[cheng076]

'bout time to change that avatar?!!!!

Keep on keepin' on,
PJ

[HumanLathe]

Im going to photo shop it! :) They only removed half of my tumor so in about six months I will have to deal with this all over again. They just want me to gain strength before they go in and remove possibly more tomours muscle tissue.

[BlueDevil]

Glad to hear your doing better Matt. Hope to see ya up and working soon (i know ya miss it) Let me know if there is anything we can do for ya up here.

Lee

[Devils Defect]

Just think of it this way, atleast you can still throw a ball right? :D Good to hear your doing better, and its only a matter of time before your blowing that badass stuff that you do.


DD.

[PyroChixRock]

He can't throw a ball heh, he's trying to be a tough guy and say he can still throw like a girl. Haha Matt, that's not workin for ya! :lol

[HumanLathe]

See... thats kinda weak you guys have an inside source !

[J McGhee]

hey i got your back matt.. i know you can atleast throw like a 4 yr old girl..


lollollolololol

[WORLD FAMOUS]

You can still throw Jason out when he gets too obnoxious!

[HumanLathe]

lol yeah he's a big puss anyway! {ducks the flying fists]

[J McGhee]

talk shit well im sleeping huh.. fuckin pussys .... nate i made you get off my belt loop long ago.. and for my biatch matt we'll leave it at that..... loll

[HumanLathe]

Biatch? who drove who to the doctor this morning LOL HEHEHEHEH!

[PyroChixRock]

Sometimes I swear you two are married.


:lol

[J McGhee]

dam,,, got me there lollololol