Paul Petrea - LinC Founder Dead At 52

[mabutiman 1,569]

 

Re-post From Living in Cambodia

 

Some sad news about Paul. This was on Battambang Connect. 

 

After a short period of suffering from  recurrent abdominal pain Paul went in for some medical tests/diagnosis.

      The final diagnosis  is pancreatic cancer, stage 4 and terminal.     Original estimate of 6 months to a year has proved to be incorrect.

    4 days ago he became unresponsive and we got him to the hospital.      

An IV and blood transfusions got him stable enough to transport him back to their home on the farm so he can be in a place he dearly loves. .

     He will stay there till he passes away being cared for by Chan and her family .       

Now he survival time is estimated to be about 7 - 10 days.     

     Paul and Chan wish's are for a proper Buddhist ceremony and cremation.      Followed by appropriate Buddhist rituals.    To be announced here at appropriate times as the situation develops.

     The farm is about 30K from Battambang and Pauls current condition really precludes visitors,

[Lordblacknail 592]

RIP bro

[towboat72 820]

Very sad news,rest in piece,will miss talking to you

[Aerosick 1,696]

20 minutes ago, Lordblacknail said:

RIP bro

 

13 minutes ago, towboat72 said:

Very sad news,rest in piece,will miss talking to you

Paul ain't dead yet Folks!!!

Edited November 6, 2018 by Aerosick

[Mr. Mike 10,442]

This is a big shock...wow. I hope he can somehow pull out of this but...………….

God bless him and his family in their struggle.

[Richard K 3,258]

wow... sorry to hear this... he always seemed to have so much vitality.
he and I had some lively discussions but always had respect to each other.
Go easy my friend... 

[to_dave007 5,504]

yes..  very sad news.. 

God bless you Paul.

Edited November 7, 2018 by to_dave007

[softail 1,640]

I want to thank Paul for starting this forum.  Without this forum I would be completely lost in my Philippines adventure. There is no way that I would have anyway to set up my move this spring.  Did Paul have his rough edges, yea he did, but I think his positive traits offset many of his shortcomings.

Thanks Paul

[Aerosick 1,696]

I see no reason not to Lock this Thread. When (or if) it needs updated, Message me and I will unlock it.

[yingy52 215]

Any special reason that Paul's situation is not being discussed? Most people including me know pretty much everything that went down. I joined LINP when Don H. started it. That was before I moved here in 2002. We know so why try to keep it confidential?

Paul had his ups and downs. Just like all of us.

Edited November 7, 2018 by yingy52

[GwapoGuy 277]

Sure hope he is going out of the country for treatment.

[Headshot 29,090]

1 minute ago, GwapoGuy said:

Sure hope he is going out of the country for treatment.

No. There is no treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He has gone to his farm to die.

[yingy52 215]

 

1 hour ago, Headshot said:

No. There is no treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He has gone to his farm to die.

Hope he won't suffer much.

[jtmwatchbiz 31,346]

16 minutes ago, yingy52 said:

Any special reason that Paul's situation is not being discussed?

from what i recall he is not online here lately so very doubtful any of us can discuss things with him on this site.  however he does use facebook if you want to discuss it with him and he is feeling up to it.  discussing him here won't accomplish anything.  everyone feels bad but what can we do? 

[yingy52 215]

2 minutes ago, jtmwatchbiz said:

from what i recall he is not online here lately so very doubtful any of us can discuss things with him on this site.  however he does use facebook if you want to discuss it with him and he is feeling up to it.  discussing him here won't accomplish anything.  everyone feels bad but what can we do? 

Circle of death.