Get well soon, Jim Sumner!

[Bob Green]

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2013/12/27/5247250/jim-sumner-on-hiatus

Jim, Get well soon!

[blazindw]

All the best Jim. Hope you are on the mend soon and we will hold it down until you return!

[duke74]

Jim, let me add my wishes to those preceding me for a swift and full recovery. This whole community's thoughts are with you and wish you the best.

[Indoor66]

I'm always sorry to hear of illness - anywhere - but especially befalling one of my "PUB" buddies. Be well and heal expeditiously. Best wishes as well to your family.

[Ggallagher]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Take care.

[OldPhiKap]

Good vibes for a full and speedy recovery!

((((((((((((+))))))))))))

[timmy c]

Sending prayers for a quick and full recovery.

[WillJ]

Best wishes for a quick and full recovery, Jim.

[MChambers]

Jim,

We need you to recover quickly, because this board may become totally untied from any factual anchor without your posts!

Matt

[loran16]

Get well soon Jim!

[Newton_14]

Very sorry to hear Jim is having health issues, and wishing him a very speedy recovery. One of the great writers of our time, and we are blessed to have him be a member here as well.

Get well soon Jim! We will keep you in our prayers and hope you are back with us soon.

[moonpie23]

hope you are better soon.

[roywhite]

Best wishes, Jim.

Can't think of better medicine than a Chick Fil-A Bowl win for the Blue Devils.

[mgtr]

It is interesting how you take some things (and some people) for granted, and don't really think about them until they aren't there. I never really thought much about how fortunate we are on this board to have Jim's factual grounding. Fortunately, his absence is temporary, and I promise never again to read a post from him without thinking of him. Bounce back, Jim!

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

So sorry to hear you are on the injury list! Be the best patient ever and make this just a bump in the road! It will be in your rear view mirror very soon. I just feel it. Good luck, big guy!
Love, Ima

[OldPhiKap]

Jim,

We need you to recover quickly, because this board may become totally untied from any factual anchor without your posts!



"Literally"

[sagegrouse]

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2013/12/27/5247250/jim-sumner-on-hiatus

Jim, Get well soon!

Ditto. A speedy recovery as the year turns. [/illness]

[miramar]

for a speedy recovery. Come back soon!

[Duke79UNLV77]

When he speaks, people listen. If I see Sumner listed as the lost poster on a thread, I click it. If I'm browsing a threat and see he's posted, I stop and read it. He's a credit to his profession and to our university. Get well soon!

[DukieInKansas]

Prayers for a quick return to good health.

[77devil]

Speedy recovery Jim. We'll try not to mess up the board too much in your absence.

[buddy]

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery. It's going to be a long season without your insights.

[Mike Corey]

Mend well and mend fast;
'Til then, we'll miss your knowledge of present and past.

[Lid]

Best wishes for a quick and full recovery! Until you're back around and feeling better, I'll miss your posts and seeing you at all of the women's games. Rest well and heal!

[Kedsy]

Yeah, what they all said. Get well soon. It won't be the same without you.

[ice-9]

Jim Sumner along with Al Featherston are my two favorite things about DBR.

Wishing Jim a full and quick recovery!

[MarkD83]

Jim, get well soon. BTW just received one of Jim's books for Christmas and have already read it cover to cover and plan to read several chapters again during bball season.

[oldnavy]

Jim,
Praying for a full and quick recovery.

-OldNavy

[tommy]

Jim - this is a much diminished place in your absence. Hurry back as soon as you're healthy and ready.

-- tommy

[jv001]

Jim, I'll be praying for your quick recovery. Get well soon and God bless you and your family. GoDuke!

[cape cod]

This long time lurker will miss your insights and factual analysis. Get well soon.

[cato]

Get well, Jim! Surgery is no fun, and recovery is the worst, but hang in there.

[91_92_01_10_15]

I often come to this board just to read your posts. Thanks for all you have done for this community. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[dukelifer]

All the best, Jim and wishing you a speedy recovery. We look forward to your next posts.

[Jim3k]

Me, too, Jim. Get better.

[fidel]

Jim, you will be missed here...until you are back!!! Get well soon...

[devildeac]

Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.

[juise]

Saying you will be missed is an understatement. Hoping that you recover in record time!

[FerryFor50]

Get well soon!

[Troublemaker]

Looking forward to your next article already, Jim. Best of luck with the surgery, and get well soon!

[wallyman]

Best wishes for a quick and complete recovery. Will miss getting to read you while you're on injured reserve.

[chrishoke]

Jim, DBR nation sending virtual chicken soup.

[heyman25]

Good luck in your recovery. Being an aging baby boomer myself I have discovered we do not mend as quickly as we used to. Just be patient and you will return healthier than before.

[ricks68]

Get well soon, buddy. We all will miss you during your hiatus. Please keep us informed of your progress back to your old self. It should be pretty obvious that we care about you very much and wish you a very speedy recovery.

ricks

[davekay1971]

Get well soon, Jim!

Your post-game columns are one of my favorite parts of DBR. You will be missed around here, and we'll all look forward to your recovery and return.

Remember, as Count Rugen, the Six Fingered Man, reminds us all: "If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything."

[mkline09]

Get well soon Jim.

It was a pleasure talking to you at the Carolina game back in November. Hope to see you back soon.

[gep]

Best wishes... Jim. Will be waiting for you to "get back in the saddle":cool:

[-bdbd]

Get well quickly, Jim!

Positive, healing thoughts heading your way....

[NSDukeFan]

When he speaks, people listen. If I see Sumner listed as the lost poster on a thread, I click it. If I'm browsing a threat and see he's posted, I stop and read it. He's a credit to his profession and to our university. Get well soon!
There are actually a number of posters that when I see they have posted last, I will also take notice. I will also click on a topic that I would otherwise not be interested in if I see Jim's name knowing whatever he has written will be worth reading.

Get well soon, Jim!

Your post-game columns are one of my favorite parts of DBR. You will be missed around here, and we'll all look forward to your recovery and return.

Remember, as Count Rugen, the Six Fingered Man, reminds us all: "If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything."
I agree the after game reports are one of the highlights of DBR.
Get well soon, Jim. You will be missed.

[dalmatians98]

Another lurker wishing you a speedy recovery, Jim.

[Native]

Get well soon, Jim! Thanks for all that you do.

[sagegrouse]

Jim:

Wishing you a speedy recovery and all the best in the new year. Send us a note whenever you can. -- sage

[summerwind03]

More get well wishes coming your way, Jim.

[Billy Dat]

When he speaks, people listen. If I see Sumner listed as the lost poster on a thread, I click it. If I'm browsing a threat and see he's posted, I stop and read it. He's a credit to his profession and to our university. Get well soon!

This is exactly what I was going to say. Also, you know you've got that pit in your stomach when Jim refutes one of your stated points, like the teacher sending you back to your desk for another revision.

[richardjackson199]

Get well soon Jim! I'm bad with analogies or metaphors, but you are the Coach K of this board. You've been here as long as I can remember DBR, and you transcend it to levels of sheer excellence with everything you do. You work relentlessly. We wish you all the best in a full recovery. Take care of you.
Richard Jackson

[Merlindevildog91]

Prayers for successful surgery and a speedy recovery, Jim. DBR isn't the same without you.

[msdukie]

Get well soon, Jim! Best Wishes!

[mph]

Praying for a speedy recovery, Jim! Hope to have you back with us soon.

[weezie]

So sorry to have been off the boards the past week and to be adding my best wishes so late in the game!

Jim, come back soon and please know that we are all pulling for you....and that we are a mighty bunch of Blue Devils for Jim Sumner!

[MCFinARL]

Very best wishes. We miss you already.

[BlueDevilBrowns]

You're in my thoughts and prayers Jim. Get well soon!

[Jarhead]

Your sense of the history of Duke sports helps all of us to appreciate our community. Get well soon-- the sooner the better.

[gotoguy]

Get well soon Jim. Hope the kick off of the ACC conference schedule will provide balm for your recovery.

[Grey Devil]

Hope you have a speedy recovery, Jim. And a happy and prosperous New Year, too!!!

The board is not the same without you.

Grey Devil

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Get well soon, Jim. Best wishes for the New Year! Let's Go DUKE!

[Clay Feet POF]

Godspeed Jim in your recovery!!

[Indoor66]

Any word on his current situation, condition, prognosis?

Again, Jim, I only wish Godspeed and quick mend.

[jipops]

Best wishes Jim!

[stickdog]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[jimsumner]

Hi everyone, I'm scheduled to have surgery tomorrow morning to remove my gall bladder. If no complications arise, I should be home Saturday. I'll not attempt to guess how long it will take for me to get back up to full speed. I very much appreciate everyone's expression of concern and prayers.

[-jk]

Hi everyone, I'm scheduled to have surgery tomorrow morning to remove my gall bladder. If no complications arise, I should be home Saturday. I'll not attempt to guess how long it will take for me to get back up to full speed. I very much appreciate everyone's expression of concern and prayers.

Good to hear you have a plan! Both my parents had their gall bladders removed. It's a Southern food thing...

Get well soon!

-jk

[Indoor66]

Too darn many hush puppies! Godspeed and be well. I am happy it is not more serious - though serious enough. :cool:

[Merlindevildog91]

Prayers for you tomorrow, Jim.

I had my gall bladder out at 25. Haven't missed the stupid thing since!

[DevilHorse]

Wishing you the best on your path to recovery.

[DukeDevil]

Get well soon Jim! Bounce back like it ain't no thang!

[nvobluedevil]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery

[HateCarolina]

Jim just a quick note to wish you a speedy recovery!! Thanks for all of your insights and I hope to see you back soon.

- Michael "I hate Carolina" Pond

[Faustus]

Gall bladder? Who needs 'em? Back in Wallace Wade's day they played football within minutes of getting theirs removed, and played both ways, too. None of this tv time-out stuff or fancy helmets that changed design every other week either. Hope all will be well soon, Jim.

[CathyCA]

I hope you'll find immediate relief after your cholecystectomy, Jim. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your medical team today.

[79-77]

Best wishes Jim. Magazines, pulp fiction, TV, ice cream and rest. You'll be back in no time.

[The Gordog]

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2013/12/27/5247250/jim-sumner-on-hiatus

Jim, Get well soon!

My thoughts and prayers are with you, Jim, and your family. Your wonderful writing has been a steady source of insight and enjoyment for Duke fans worldwide. We miss you!

[BluBones]

Get well soon, buddy!

[Waynne]

I hope the surgery went well, Jim, and that you're feeling better already. You've got Duke/Notre Dame to look forward to tomorrow.

[Newton_14]

Hi everyone, I'm scheduled to have surgery tomorrow morning to remove my gall bladder. If no complications arise, I should be home Saturday. I'll not attempt to guess how long it will take for me to get back up to full speed. I very much appreciate everyone's expression of concern and prayers.
I wish you well Mr Sumner! I had the same surgery when I was in my 30's and took about a week to get back up to full speed. I can say though that it helped me a lot with stomach issues from that point on. Huge relief. Hope it cure your ill's as well.

Godspeed!

[Travis]

Jim

Praying for your quick and complete recovery.

Travis

[Duke_92]

Best wishes from a fellow Robesonian! Get well soon Jim.

[nyesq83]

Hope you are recovering nicely Jim!

[beach rev]

Lots of thoughts, prayers, and good vibes being sent your way, Jim. We're grateful for you, and we're hoping for a quick recuperation and recovery!

[throatybeard]

Jim,

We need you to recover quickly, because this board may become totally untied from any factual anchor without your posts!

Matt

This is my favorite one.

If Facebook is a guide, Sumner is on the mend. Thank goodness.

[SupaDave]

Keep pushing Jim!!!

[weezie]

Yes Jim! Try not to laugh too much or it will hurt. But, then again, laughter is the best medicine.
Maybe just go over to "inside car-bore-lina" and laugh at them a bit.

[Lord Ash]

Glad to hear Jim is doing better... looking forward to getting you back:)

[WV_Iron_Duke]

Gordog says:" Your wonderful writing has been a steady source of insight and enjoyment for Duke fans worldwide. We miss you! "

+1.
Jim, Especially enjoy your writings on Duke sports history. Was fortunate to attend as a kid to the '55 Orange Bowl and the '66 Final Four as a college frosh.

[dukepsy1963]

Best wishes from the mountains......!! Get well!

[jimsumner]

Brief update.

The worst is over.

I'm in full recovery mode.

It's going to take awhile.

I appreciate the kind words, thoughts and prayers more than you can possibly imagine. Helped get me through some rough times. You guys are the best.

[OldPhiKap]

Brief update.

The worst is over.

I'm in full recovery mode.

It's going to take awhile.

I appreciate the kind words, thoughts and prayers more than you can possibly imagine. Helped get me through some rough times. You guys are the best.

Great to hear you are on the mend!

[timmy c]

Brief update.

The worst is over.

I'm in full recovery mode.

It's going to take awhile.

I appreciate the kind words, thoughts and prayers more than you can possibly imagine. Helped get me through some rough times. You guys are the best.

Great news Jim. Looking forward to your Ryan Kelly-esque return!

[tommy]

Thanks for the update, Jim. I'm sure a lot of us have been anxious, hoping to hear soon that you're on the mend. Come on back soon. We're gonna need you for our tournament run!

[jv001]

Jim, it's great to hear you're doing better. Hang in there, warmer weather is on the way. That's always good for therapy. GoDuke!

[Clay Feet POF]

God Speed Jim

[Indoor66]

Bravo. Mend well, mend quickly, mend completely. I think I can speak for most all here in saying we look forward to your return to the Pub on a regular basis.

[ricks68]

Jim,

Been waiting for this kind of update. Here's hoping for your speedy recovery. DBR has not been the same without your wonderful input. Please keep us posted on your progress.

ricks

[The Gordog]

Brief update.

The worst is over.

I'm in full recovery mode.

It's going to take awhile.

I appreciate the kind words, thoughts and prayers more than you can possibly imagine. Helped get me through some rough times. You guys are the best.

Grateful praises be. </worry>

[superdave]

Jim

I hope you are surrounded by old VHS tapes of great, past Duke games while you have some down time!

Looking forward to having you back.

David

[ArnieMc]

Jim

I hope you are surrounded by old VHS tapes of great, past Duke games while you have some down time!

Looking forward to having you back.

DavidTapes? He don't need no stinkin' tapes. He remembers every play of every game.

Hurry back, Jim. We need you!

[Indoor66]

Tapes? He don't need no stinkin' tapes. He remembers every play of every game.

Hurry back, Jim. We need you!

I heard he has a memory like Patrick Davidon.

[nyesq83]

Or Richard Avedon...

[Mike Corey]

Glad the healing process has begun in earnest, Mr. Sumner. Thanks for keeping us updated, and keep getting better.

[Mike Corey]

Just wanted to see if anyone had touched base with Mr. Sumner; hope he is on the mend and doing well.

[jimsumner]

Just wanted to see if anyone had touched base with Mr. Sumner; hope he is on the mend and doing well.

Still on the mend. This is taking much longer than I could possibly have expected. But the trend lines are positive and there should be no permanent problems.

Thanks for caring.

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

Hoping you have licked whatever it was that complicated what is almost always a simple operation. (We all know there is no such thing.) I can promise you from experience that CTN vibes are miracle workers. You've had bucket full of them working for you so I've not even been worried!!! It's gonna be good to see you back in the fray!!!!
Love, Ima

[Newton_14]

Still on the mend. This is taking much longer than I could possibly have expected. But the trend lines are positive and there should be no permanent problems.

Thanks for caring.

I hope I speak for all of us in that we care greatly about your well being Mr Sumner. You have been greatly missed. I kept waiting for you to jump back in there and enlighten us all with your wisdom in the stretch run of the season, and when that did not happen I admit to being a bit worried something was not going right. Glad to hear you are mending. Hope you reach the finish line of this deal soon. We miss your knowledge and input.

God Bless,

Mark

[gep]

Still on the mend. This is taking much longer than I could possibly have expected. But the trend lines are positive and there should be no permanent problems.

Thanks for caring.

Jim... it's very nice to hear from you. Was wondering through the whole season how you were doing. Well, if the hard stuff is behind you, next year's Duke basketball AND football teams should be very good, very fun, etc. I hope you make it back by then... and get to enjoy. :cool:

[richardjackson199]

Still on the mend. This is taking much longer than I could possibly have expected. But the trend lines are positive and there should be no permanent problems.

Thanks for caring.

Prayers! Best wishes for a full recovery.

[ricks68]

Jim,

Good to hear from you again. You are sorely missed around here. So, get well already!

ricks

[jv001]

Get well Mr. Sumner, golf season is upon us. God bless you and your family. GoDuke!