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Long story ... short, A man in my church (I'm a pastor in Clarion, PA) has been diabetic since age 20. Shortly after that, his kidneys failed, too. Five and a half years ago (at age 42) he had a pancreas/kidney double transplant from a recently expired person. The pancreas works great, but the kidney was a lemon; it's been failing since early 2003. This year, his family takes him off of the transplant waiting list and begins their search for a living donor. After ministering to his kids in the youth group for a few years, I am very close to the family and decide to pursue the process of testing for a match. I've been going through testing for almost 2 months now and I am being presented to the surgical transplant board for approval on Sept 30th. My wife (themommy) and I are actually really excited about the prospects. We're looking at the possibility of surgery on December 7th -- and I should be home in time for the game on Sunday If they can take the left kidney, they'll do it laproscopically -- minimally invasive, 2 small holes and one 3" incision. If they have to take the right kiney, it's a 15" incision and I might lose my bottom rib. Obviously, the recovery time would be greatly extended if they take the right. Anyway (I thought I said it would be short), I am an excellent candidate for the surgery and just wanted to ask for your prayers through the approval on the 30th and I'm praying that they could take the left kidney. Thanks in advance. And no, Portis is not hurt, he's very healthy.

4-4 so far, not bad

belinda

It seems that it isn't that different from the Walt Corry days in early 90s in Buffalo. Frustrating to see teams march up and down the field, but still make the plays when they needed to happen.

The deep throw should have been knocked down by Nick Harper. Indy's DBs were a step or more away from almost every throw last night.

all in all, without paying, your best option is following the game in the NFL.com gamecenter. Not always accurate, or fast, but it beats reading about it the next day.

I know we were disappointed in not seeing Lee used much in Preseason, but I'm ready to see it now. That underthrow by Travis Brown in the 3rd game would have been a bomb of a TD, Evans had beaten his man by 5-10 yards. Just a matter of time. Don't waste him on Kickoffs

as much as I like to take credit for the bogus report, I don't want to. It was really well done, fooled me big time, and I rushed to post it here because I wanted to be the first so I wouldn't get flamed for being second ("didn't you see the other post" "check before you post" etc.) My mistake, but I'm glad others got fooled too -- especially if it was on the air. Internet mistakes are one thing, but on the radio too? wow. Next time I link to a bogus article, I'll make sure it leads right to pixyland!

You guys do a great job. Again, sorry to those I upset and sent into a panic.

Cool, I didn't think I actually did this. Oh nuts, I have us going 12-4

wow, Fezmid hasn't touched this one yet? Amazing Go DirecTV. I started with Dish back in 95ish. Got the big run around from their service dept. Switched to DirecTV and never had a problem since (about 97)

Hmm ... Shane Conlan was dubious in that way as well. Not to mention, Shane's legs were like toothpicks.

No pre-sunday games are included in the picks, I believe. All Season Correct me if I'm wrong someone.

Beating the Rams in OT back in the early 80s? When the guys came out after the game and danced in big circles on the field? That was during Talking Proud years. Buffalo's got the spirit. One problem with the Shout song is that too many teams used it or have used it. Talking Proud was always specific to Buffalo.

Actually, I love to lose if it means that the Bills won. It's not much of a consolation, but the flipside of that is that if the Bills lose you can feel like a smart GM for playing someone against the Bills. It really stinks when you think the Bills are gonna stuff _______________, so you bench him for the week. Then you watch the game and he has 150 yds rushing, 8 rec for 87 yds and 3 TDs. Then it's a lose-lose situation.