Hubbard going on the IL
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Hubbard going on the IL
To my fellow Raiders fans:
As you know, I have been a Raiders fan for a long, long time (since the 1969 season) and been through all the crap the last decades. I have been on a Forum since, I think, the late 1990's. Been here for a while now. And, I see how we all drop the differences when we need to as we have this one thing in common -- the Raiders. But, I know we have more in common than just a football team we like, love, and get frustrated about. We rally around each other no matter our politics, backgrounds, religions, or anything else. I come to you knowing how much you all can give. I need a bit now.
I got the double whammy going. On Feb 7th, I tore my Achilles tendon skiing at Mammoth Mountain with my daughter. I am an advance/expert skier and rarely fall. But, I did fall that day and did a somersault when I hit a big 'ol mogul straight on without my binding releasing. I felt my left heel tear. I had surgery on Feb 17th and it went well. The first surgeon advised against surgery "due to my age" -- I am 74. But, I got a second opinion (push your medical providers you all) and she was great and said "we will get you back on skis if that is what you want to do." I am on the 9-12 month path of rehabbing it but in the early stages. It is slow work (as I listened to Kevin Durant and Jason Tatum describe online). My goal is: Walk the dogs (two big retrievers) by July; hike by August; golf by October; and ski by January.
Meanwhile, tomorrow, Thursday March 26th, I go in for brain surgery. Long story short, I have a connection between arteries and veins on the side of my brain that should not be there. If you want to look it up, the shorthand is called AVF. I won't describe the surgery but it is delicate and takes 2-3 hours. It is a rare condition -- one in one million people get this -- WTF is up with that?!?. I am very lucky in that my Kaiser neurosurgeon is very talented and experienced at this kind of surgery, even though she does not do it frequently. Kaiser send patients to her from around the northern California. It probably has been there for years and finally manifested itself the last few months. I get out of surgery tomorrow afternoon sometime and stay in the ICU overnight. If things go well, I get home Friday afternoon. I won't be posting for a few days as even I have the ability to restrain myself if need be. So, silence from me for a few days after the surgery is to be expected.
I have been incredibly lucky health-wise for a long, long time so 2026 is the time when I suddenly get to feel my age and then some. I know I can count on you to send me vibes, prayers, thoughts, well wishes, and the like. Thanks in advance for that and I'll let you know how it went when I can.
RunOverByHubbard
(Bill in Sacramento CA)
As you know, I have been a Raiders fan for a long, long time (since the 1969 season) and been through all the crap the last decades. I have been on a Forum since, I think, the late 1990's. Been here for a while now. And, I see how we all drop the differences when we need to as we have this one thing in common -- the Raiders. But, I know we have more in common than just a football team we like, love, and get frustrated about. We rally around each other no matter our politics, backgrounds, religions, or anything else. I come to you knowing how much you all can give. I need a bit now.
I got the double whammy going. On Feb 7th, I tore my Achilles tendon skiing at Mammoth Mountain with my daughter. I am an advance/expert skier and rarely fall. But, I did fall that day and did a somersault when I hit a big 'ol mogul straight on without my binding releasing. I felt my left heel tear. I had surgery on Feb 17th and it went well. The first surgeon advised against surgery "due to my age" -- I am 74. But, I got a second opinion (push your medical providers you all) and she was great and said "we will get you back on skis if that is what you want to do." I am on the 9-12 month path of rehabbing it but in the early stages. It is slow work (as I listened to Kevin Durant and Jason Tatum describe online). My goal is: Walk the dogs (two big retrievers) by July; hike by August; golf by October; and ski by January.
Meanwhile, tomorrow, Thursday March 26th, I go in for brain surgery. Long story short, I have a connection between arteries and veins on the side of my brain that should not be there. If you want to look it up, the shorthand is called AVF. I won't describe the surgery but it is delicate and takes 2-3 hours. It is a rare condition -- one in one million people get this -- WTF is up with that?!?. I am very lucky in that my Kaiser neurosurgeon is very talented and experienced at this kind of surgery, even though she does not do it frequently. Kaiser send patients to her from around the northern California. It probably has been there for years and finally manifested itself the last few months. I get out of surgery tomorrow afternoon sometime and stay in the ICU overnight. If things go well, I get home Friday afternoon. I won't be posting for a few days as even I have the ability to restrain myself if need be. So, silence from me for a few days after the surgery is to be expected.
I have been incredibly lucky health-wise for a long, long time so 2026 is the time when I suddenly get to feel my age and then some. I know I can count on you to send me vibes, prayers, thoughts, well wishes, and the like. Thanks in advance for that and I'll let you know how it went when I can.
RunOverByHubbard
(Bill in Sacramento CA)
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Good deal man, yea, I checked the thread several times to see an update, glad you are out of the theater and homeRunOverByHubbard wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:14 pm Hey guys. Home, pretty much exhausted. Brain blood circulation fixed - 4 hour surgery. I will write more tomorrow. But -- thanks so much for the outpouring of support. Really. You all rock, and I loved seeing people come out of the woodwork (many not the usual posters) to add to the thoughts and prayers.
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So happy to hear that it went well! Prayers for a speedy and full recovery.
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Great news bro. Course, with a name like Hubbard ya just know you a tough SOB, eh? Happy rehab, hope you're back complaining about the Raiders soon 
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Relieved to hear it went well. Rest up and follow your doctor’s recovery plan!
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I am home and laying low -- headaches, but they say that is to be expected. I wrote my friends a description of the surgery which I will paste in below. It is way too much information for most people, but some of you may be into medical stuff and technology. The fix I got is incredible and essentially saved my life, as one day in the future, as the doctor explained to me, this part of the blood supply to the side of my brain was going to burst. For you, my fellow fans I am grateful for the expressions of support the last few days. I told Chucker, who was my back up plan to communicate with you if I could not, that you all here rally around each other when needed and you did. Thanks again for your support.
So skip the below message to my friends unless you have an interest in medical technology and there is also a lesson in being your own advocate in your health conditions -- a fact that I bet many of you have discovered, if not for yourself, for your loved ones.
Bill in Sacramento AKA Run Over By Hubbard
I emerged from neurosurgery Thursday morning and came home Friday. I am in pretty good shape considering all that has occurred. I had almost four hours of surgery at Kaiser in Sacramento performed by an incredible surgeon using simply incredulous techniques. The problem she needed to correct is called an arteriovenous fistula, or AVF. If this was not discovered and repaired, there was a significant risk it would burst one day and then you get a brain aneurism and die. So, once discovered, there was no choice but to fix it. As some of you know, I pushed on a couple of lame doctors at Kaiser who insisted I had sinus problems and I kept saying it was something else inside my head. In their defense, the odds of having this condition are about one in a million, so not your garden variety of head/sinus/inner ear issues. This went on for months until one ordered an MRI which showed the messy complex of arteries and veins. My surgeon injected 15 platinum coils to stop the connections (I had multiple fistulas, making this more complicated). They said I would likely experience headaches for 1-2 weeks and sure enough, they are here. I get a follow up MRA (magnetic resonance angiogram) in a month and meet with my surgeon to discuss. I have not delved into all kinds of question I might have about how long the fix works, or will new unwanted connections grow up there on the side of my brain. I am not reading up on this stuff, surpassing my natural instincts to research, plan, and yes, worry about it. So, in effect, my life was saved by advanced medical techniques and I was in the hands of a skilled, experienced surgeon which is exactly what I read I needed a couple of months ago when this was discovered. My surgeon, and Jen and Juliette will attest to this, is an angel - her name is Geum Joo Hwang. She got her MD and training in Seoul Korea but then did many more years of training at UC Davis, Stanford, and Beth Isreal Hospital in NYC — she essentially repeated her medical training in the US. I was so lucky to have someone like this at Kaiser. So, I am taking it easy at home, still hobbled by my Achilles tendon repair, which will help keep me moving slow for a couple of weeks which is prescribed. I have headaches post surgery. Part of the thing about this was that I kept telling the doctors that I NEVER get headaches and kept getting this ephemeral ones and I knew something was not right upstairs. I now have much greater empathy for those of you who get headaches and migraines.
If you want more medical/technical information (like I would!) read on, otherwise, I just want to express my deep gratitude for the thoughts, prayers, healing messages and energy all of you gave me directly or through my wife.
For those of you who like science, medicine, details, and the miracle of modern medical technology: After sedation, they entered my body at the groin, inserting two catheters, one in my femoral artery and one in my femoral vein. She did that in case she needed to work upstairs in ways should could not anticipate and indeed, she needed both catheters. She started with an angiogram using radioactive contrast material and an X-ray (not CAT or MRI). We already had an MRA (magnetic resonance angiogram) from February that she used for planning the surgery, but she needed a fresh picture to work with as the procedure went forward. She has about a 100-inch video screen in front of her to see what is going on. I lay under an Xray thing that allowed a real-time picture to be on that large screen. Lord knows how much radiation I received for hours, but it is what it is. She went over what she did with my wife and me after I woke up, but I did not retain most of it. I got a repeat explanation the next morning when I was more with it. She had to access the improperly connected arteries/veins both in the front and back of my skull, using the carotid artery and the jugular vein. She allowed for that possibility by inserting two catheters. She showed me pictures of the before and after and of the left normal side of my brain and the differences are huge. I had a lot of stuff going up there so the repair was complicated and took a long time. She told me that after fixing the main area, she re-did the angiogram and found more tiny connections that had to be fixed, resulting in another hour of surgery.
A key lesson to be learned here is to listen to your body, read about your body, and push on doctors who are busy dealing with hundreds of patients and may not have expertise in the area you need help with. Now back to my Achilles tendon rehab….
Bill
So skip the below message to my friends unless you have an interest in medical technology and there is also a lesson in being your own advocate in your health conditions -- a fact that I bet many of you have discovered, if not for yourself, for your loved ones.
Bill in Sacramento AKA Run Over By Hubbard
I emerged from neurosurgery Thursday morning and came home Friday. I am in pretty good shape considering all that has occurred. I had almost four hours of surgery at Kaiser in Sacramento performed by an incredible surgeon using simply incredulous techniques. The problem she needed to correct is called an arteriovenous fistula, or AVF. If this was not discovered and repaired, there was a significant risk it would burst one day and then you get a brain aneurism and die. So, once discovered, there was no choice but to fix it. As some of you know, I pushed on a couple of lame doctors at Kaiser who insisted I had sinus problems and I kept saying it was something else inside my head. In their defense, the odds of having this condition are about one in a million, so not your garden variety of head/sinus/inner ear issues. This went on for months until one ordered an MRI which showed the messy complex of arteries and veins. My surgeon injected 15 platinum coils to stop the connections (I had multiple fistulas, making this more complicated). They said I would likely experience headaches for 1-2 weeks and sure enough, they are here. I get a follow up MRA (magnetic resonance angiogram) in a month and meet with my surgeon to discuss. I have not delved into all kinds of question I might have about how long the fix works, or will new unwanted connections grow up there on the side of my brain. I am not reading up on this stuff, surpassing my natural instincts to research, plan, and yes, worry about it. So, in effect, my life was saved by advanced medical techniques and I was in the hands of a skilled, experienced surgeon which is exactly what I read I needed a couple of months ago when this was discovered. My surgeon, and Jen and Juliette will attest to this, is an angel - her name is Geum Joo Hwang. She got her MD and training in Seoul Korea but then did many more years of training at UC Davis, Stanford, and Beth Isreal Hospital in NYC — she essentially repeated her medical training in the US. I was so lucky to have someone like this at Kaiser. So, I am taking it easy at home, still hobbled by my Achilles tendon repair, which will help keep me moving slow for a couple of weeks which is prescribed. I have headaches post surgery. Part of the thing about this was that I kept telling the doctors that I NEVER get headaches and kept getting this ephemeral ones and I knew something was not right upstairs. I now have much greater empathy for those of you who get headaches and migraines.
If you want more medical/technical information (like I would!) read on, otherwise, I just want to express my deep gratitude for the thoughts, prayers, healing messages and energy all of you gave me directly or through my wife.
For those of you who like science, medicine, details, and the miracle of modern medical technology: After sedation, they entered my body at the groin, inserting two catheters, one in my femoral artery and one in my femoral vein. She did that in case she needed to work upstairs in ways should could not anticipate and indeed, she needed both catheters. She started with an angiogram using radioactive contrast material and an X-ray (not CAT or MRI). We already had an MRA (magnetic resonance angiogram) from February that she used for planning the surgery, but she needed a fresh picture to work with as the procedure went forward. She has about a 100-inch video screen in front of her to see what is going on. I lay under an Xray thing that allowed a real-time picture to be on that large screen. Lord knows how much radiation I received for hours, but it is what it is. She went over what she did with my wife and me after I woke up, but I did not retain most of it. I got a repeat explanation the next morning when I was more with it. She had to access the improperly connected arteries/veins both in the front and back of my skull, using the carotid artery and the jugular vein. She allowed for that possibility by inserting two catheters. She showed me pictures of the before and after and of the left normal side of my brain and the differences are huge. I had a lot of stuff going up there so the repair was complicated and took a long time. She told me that after fixing the main area, she re-did the angiogram and found more tiny connections that had to be fixed, resulting in another hour of surgery.
A key lesson to be learned here is to listen to your body, read about your body, and push on doctors who are busy dealing with hundreds of patients and may not have expertise in the area you need help with. Now back to my Achilles tendon rehab….
Bill
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the most common thing that occurs for men is ignoring the small problems and going about your business, its also the reason why so many men end kicking the bucket early in life...let your doctors know about even small changes and symptons
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