Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 This is amazing. You are such a fighter Jim!! God Bless you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Praying for you, Jim. This will be bigger than any Super Bowl win when you beat this thing and we'll celebrate it with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Mike Rodak ESPN Staff Writer Statement Friday on Jim Kelly from Dr. Mark Urken, head and neck surgeon at Mount Sinai West: "Mr. Kelly continues to make solid progress in his recovery from extensive surgery for his oral cancer. He has been moved out of the intensive care unit and made that transition by walking, on his own, from the unit to the inpatient floor where he will continue the next phase of care. He is still several days away from resuming swallowing and taking nutrition by mouth." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I don’t know if anyone cares to hear my wife’s armchair diagnosis as a medical speech therapist, but she works with a lot of patients in similar predicaments. She can tell Jim is trached (that’s the safety strap going around his neck) for breathing, which is OK, because they don’t want to mess around with his mouth’s healing process right now by sticking a tube down his throat. She’s also pretty sure that’s a brand new feeding tube hanging off to the side of his face. That’s good news if they’ve moved to that from the peg tube that goes into the side of your gut. Most people can probably guess why the family isn’t showing Jim’s face right now. He’s bound to still be pretty swollen, bruised and just generally jacked up. Plus the tracheostomy. I think this is a nice, intimate, but still respectful way they’ve chosen to document Jim’s recovery in these immediate days. So still a long road ahead, but this is all good progress. Especially him being up and moving with the procedure they had to do on his leg (you can see the bandages on his left leg) to reconstruct his upper jaw. Much love to the Kellys! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, jimmy10 said: I don’t know if anyone cares to hear my wife’s armchair diagnosis as a medical speech therapist, but she works with a lot of patients in similar predicaments. She can tell Jim is trached (that’s the safety strap going around his neck) for breathing, which is OK, because they don’t want to mess around with his mouth’s healing process right now by sticking a tube down his throat. She’s also pretty sure that’s a brand new feeding tube hanging off to the side of his face. That’s good news if they’ve moved to that from the peg tube that goes into the side of your gut. Most people can probably guess why the family isn’t showing Jim’s face right now. He’s bound to still be pretty swollen, bruised and just generally jacked up. Plus the tracheostomy. I think this is a nice, intimate, but still respectful way they’ve chosen to document Jim’s recovery in these immediate days. So still a long road ahead, but this is all good progress. Especially him being up and moving with the procedure they had to do on his leg (you can see the bandages on his left leg) to reconstruct his upper jaw. Much love to the Kellys! Thanks for that info. What you say makes sense. I pray to God that this finally cures Jim of this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said: I pray to God that this finally cures Jim of this. Me too man. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 JIM KELLY CONTINUES TO PROGRESS AFTER CANCER SURGERY Mark Urken, head and neck surgeon at New York City's Mount Sinai West hospital, delivered a positive update on Jim Kelly's condition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: Thank God. and the surgeon....great news Edited April 13, 2018 by nucci 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Amazing news!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Great to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Praying for his continued recovery. Kelly Tough is a real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Happy Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Very good news. Hope he finally has this beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 This put a huge smile on my face tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bbb Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 14 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: He's walking pretty good for having part of his leg taken out two weeks ago! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 wow, he looks pretty great for coming off that surgery. it gets repeated a lot, but he is tough as hell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Wow Jim looks completely different. Praying the cancer is gone for good this time. #KellyTough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Just now, Canadian Bills Fan said: Wow Jim looks completely different. Praying the cancer is gone for good this time. #KellyTough I know. Almost didn't recognize him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: Wow Jim looks completely different. Yeah, losing your whole jaw will do that to a guy. I hope Jimbo can find some peace and live out the rest of his days in some sort of comfort. I just don't have a great feeling about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The past few years he has been so much. He has a loving family supporting him. His daughter is a beautiful person in a number of ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SouthNYfan Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 On 4/17/2018 at 3:19 AM, bbb said: He's walking pretty good for having part of his leg taken out two weeks ago! Yeah definitely. Fibula resection is a tough one. I treated a guy last year who had similar procedure, fibula bone piece taken out and grafted into his shoulder (not jaw) His walking came back pretty quick, but it was painful. He also wasn't a cancer patient, so bone healing is a lot slower for Jim due to that. Wishing him the best. I met him as a kid back in the early 90s, was a great experience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 God Bless you Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mead107 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Good to see him out and around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 God Bless Jim Kelly and the Kelly family #KellyTough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Great to see you out there Jim! On a personal note, today is the last day of my brothers radiation treatments!!!!!! So far it's looking good for him. Keep fighting guys! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 He actually looks really good, considering the invasiveness and recency of the procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitum Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I wonder if he will talk any different than before. Sure looks different. I have a relative who went through something kind of similar, looks and talks completely different now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 the group shot of Jim Bruce Steve Thurman kind of choked me up a bunch, knowing why they are all there together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMilBill Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Is that swelling in the jaw or will he look like that from now on? He looks like he's aged a lot the last couple years. Poor guy. Praying for Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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