:candle::candle:Prayers for complete healing for Bob:candle::candle:

Sending out love and prayers for our good Friend Bob :love: and his wife Susan, may he be healed completely and up and back to questioning everything very, very soon!!!!
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Prayers going up for Bob, for quick, complete healing and prayers of comfort for Susan. :musicnote:musicnote

Julie, if you have his home address, can you please PM or email it to me, so I can send a note?

Whoa. I am so sorry to hear this news, but glad to hear that our good Friend, Bob, is showing some signs of improvement! Prayers for continued strength and healing for Bob; comfort and support for Susan and family.

Hello all! I am Robert Lancaster (I don’t go by “Bob” much any more}. I was in various medical facilities from the day of the stroke (08/04/2008) until I was discharged home on 06/30/2009. I just heard yesterday about this prayer thread, and thought I wuld pop by and say “thanks.”

thanks!

For those who don’t know me, here is a thumbnail sketch of my invlvement here:

First and foremost, I am mostly known around the web (when I am known at all) as a skeptic, and the creator of the skeptical sites Stop Kaz (http://www.StopKaz.com) and Stop Sylvia Browne (http://www.StopSylvia.com) I am a loyal fan of James Randi, and am well-known on his site’s forum.

Back in (I think it was) 2001, I became interested in finding out why some folks were fans of John Edward, whose TV shw was just getting popular at the time. As part of researching that, I ended up on this site (or the site which was later replaced by this one), where I became known to some as “the nice skeptic.”

I struck up friendships with many here, and am glad to say that some of those people (such as Pam and JBannister remain my friends to this day. I fondly remember getting some sage advice from Pam when I was receiving sme vaguely threatening emails from a cyber-stalker of sorts.

Back to those thanks: There are some skeptics who wuld object to people praying fr them. I am not such a skeptic. even though I don’t believe in the efficacy of prayer, I still can and do appreciate the kind gesture of a heartfelt “I’ll pray for you,” and will accept it gratefully. Last I counted, there were four prayer circles praying for my recovery, as well as a couple of skeptic grups “not praying” for me. I take it all in the spirit in which I believe it was intended, which is a generous, loving and caring spirit. So, to all of you here who prayed for my health and my wife’s comfort, I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart. Yes, skeptics have them. :)

For those curious as to how I am doing: my left side still has nerve damage. My left leg is fairly useless, and I am now a wheelchair guy. My left arm is stiff, and my left hand is frozen in a fist, pretty useless. My speech and cognition are pretty good, but could be better.

I won’t pray for you all, but know that Pam and this forum(including the denizens thereof are in my thouights and heart.

My very best to all,

Here’s a link to a post I made here some time ago. It made me several friends: Dorothy, coyotes, and an old song

-Robert L.

Robert, you have no idea how it WARMS MY HEART to see this particular “skeptic” posting on this forum.

I am so glad you are recovering – it’s better than the alternative ;) :beerhere:

I will continue to pray for your continued recovery, because, well, even though I don’t know 100% “fer sure” that it works, I know it doesn’t hurt!

Keep working at it Robert, medicine is not a perfect science either, that’s they call it “practicing”. You’ve proven them all wrong by coming this far, now prove them all wrong again. Keep up the good skeptical work. I support your work totally for a number of reasons. Mainly because I believe in freedom of thought, belief and speech, and mostly because I believe you set a good example for skeptics, in your respectful approach, always factual in word and deed.

((((((((((( BIG BEAR HUG ))))))))))))))