Medical Bulletin
i’m about to undergo an operation to attempt to drain the fluid from my lungs by inserting a tube. this will take 3-5 days and i will be in hospital. it is possible i will not be able to communicate during this time. they will then try to seal the lungs which if it succeeds will help me. we will then begin chemo and other therapies. the operation is said not be dangerous. please expect no correspondence or articles from me during this period. it is hoped that by next week i will be pretty normal and undergoing care. i have wonderful doctors. i hope and believe we will be together again in future. with all my gratitude for your being good readers and interested in my thoughts. i hope i have been helpful to you. please keep up the fight for what’s good and decent and right even when it costs us in personal and professional terms.
G-d bless you. You are a terrific writer, very clear. You can’t write like you do without being a terrific guy too. My prayers are with you and your family.
Mike M.
Praying for your full recovery. Godspeed.
Best wishes, Prof. Rubin.
We need you, Barry.
I’m not a praying person, but will pray for you regardless.
Refuah Shlemah, or as close to shlemah as possible.
Michael
I agree wholeheartedly. We need you, Mr. Rubin! For so many of us you are the go-to guy for Middle East wisdom.
I am not the praying sort either, but an exception must be made.
Godspeed.
Wishing for a full and speedy recovery, Mr. Rubin. And don’t worry, the Middle East will still be a mess after your recovery.
All the best to you from Chile, dear Barry.
God bless you Barry Rubin.
If the Mi Sheberach (Jewish prayer for the sick) is the sort of thing with which you are comfortable, I (an many other readers) would be honored to learn your Hebrew name.
Agreed. Although for now I suppose Barry ben Sarah may do.
I asked at Israellycool.com, and commenter mrzee responded with the Hebrew name:
Baruch ben Ilana.
(Bah-rukh ben Ee-lah-nah)
Please add this to the articles.
Godspeed !
My prayers for you.
Thank you for being such a good friend of us !
It will be alright whatever happens. You’ve made it so by your work to this point. Best wishes on a speedy recovery.
Barry, all your readers greatly appreciate your work. We rely on you .
but we can also tell what a compassionate and principled person you are from your writing.
My heartfelt wishes and prayers for a full recovery.
You’ll be in my family’s prayers (Mi Sheberakh).
You are in our thoughts and prayers!
Wishing for your Refuah Shlema, Mr. Rubin. I love to read your columns here.
Thinking of you. You are facing this in a courageous manner.
Wishing you the best.
Praying for your encouragement, physical healing, and sending best of wishes.
I will be lifing you up. God be with you.
I hope your operation goes well! All the best to you. My prayers are with you.
God bless you,
Refouah shlemah to you . Give a serious thought to Papaya diet. it really helped a friend of mine who had liver cancer and followed this diet plus chemiotherapy.He had 6 months very difficult lost 15 kg and survived .That was 12 years ago.He is is still around.The papaya effect on cancer has been documented on the web.( papaya latex , the milk of the not ripe fruit is extracted, dried, and compacted into pills ).
rich harper