Marty, add me to the list of people who care and are pulling for your speedy recovery to health. I too have been treated royally as a guest at your house. A treat one does not forget.
All the best,
Paul
you are in our prayers, get well soon
Marty, wife and I will pray for a speedy recovery.............Paul
Marty,
I am certainly praying for your strength, a cure, and a speedy recovery! I really appreciate your presence here on the Forum, and I am glad I met you at York a couple years ago.
It's obvious you are way too tough to let this thing take you down. Maybe slow you down but for only for a bit. Thanks for sharing great advice and suggestions. Get well soon tough guy.
Marty you have been instrumental in keeping me current in OGR. My Prayers and thoughts are with you as you fight this battle. Attitude is a key player in this battle and I know you are ready for the fight. Reach out if there is anything we can do to help.
HI MARTY
Get Better ! I hope beat the cancer !
Run Trains ! Have Fun !
God bless
Marty,
I'm sorry to hear you will miss York. The collective thoughts of everyone here on the forum are with you. We're all pulling for you and praying for a full recovery. Stay strong my friend.
-Greg
Get well my friend. Like Jim, I'm not a big prayer man, but you know how Sue and I feel about you and we're so much pulling for you.
Gerry
Marty will beat this. He is as strong as they come and has some of the best medical care in the country. We are a phone call away Marty if you need something.
You are a rare individual as illustrated by your contributions to our hobby. I send my best wishes for success in your determination to overcome your illness.
Marty, best whishes for speedy recovery.
Get better soon Marty, everybody's pulling for you!!!
Good luck beating this illness. I know you will.
Dewey Trogdon posted:You are a rare individual as illustrated by your contributions to our hobby. I send my best wishes for success in your determination to overcome your illness.
I completely agree. May your fighting spirit prevail.
Get well soon Marty.
Get well soon Marty from the Strittmatter's
Get well soon, sir.
Marty,
One of the worst side effects of surgery is the anesthesia "hangover" !
The combination of how deep under..how long under..how many times under..and your age make it harder to come back each time. It can take weeks..even months sometimes but as all have said you are one tough SOB and you will beat this with time..
Good thoughts and all the best wishes...
RD
Marty, my brother-in-law is going through the same exact situation as you. Like you, he has a great attitude is determined to beat this disease.
As we both know it is harder to come back from each surgery. I'm still recovering from my Lumbar Fusion Surgery that I had last July. We just have to take it easy and let our bodies heal.
I'll miss you at York this April but am looking forward to seeing you again at York in October.
Be well my friend and know that everyone is pulling for you to have a rapid and full recovery!
Steve Tapper
Marty, keep fighting, take the best care of yourself. I’m waiting to go in for a heart procedure myself. Hopefully we can meet at the October York.
PRR Mark
Best wishes and lots of prayer for you Marty, we've never met, but you've helped me with a problem at 11:30 PM and the info you provided me fixed my problem. Thanks, I've seen you at York, and was trying to get your attention, I turned around and you were gone. I saw you last at the NJHR open house this year but you were deep into the corner at a dining table so I passed up the opportunity but nonetheless, I don't have to see you or meet you to talk to God about you, and we will meet at York or NJHR soon. Get Well Very Soon - MARSHELANGELO
Marty, prayers and best wishes for a full, strong and complete recovery my friend from Lynley and I.
Lynley has told Dotty that you’re both more than welcome to come visit us in sunny San Diego to recover, recharge and relax!
Marty,
Best wishes to you, keep up the fight.
JohnB
RD,
You are so correct. I had the anesthesia for the bladder on Monday and emergency called for it on Wednesday of the same week for the blood clot. Two hits of it for the blood clot. This has left me in not so good a place. I appreciate all the great folks that have posted on this.
Thank you,
Marty
Fight the good fight, Marty!
Marty; I see folks say you are a tough SOB. With all the folks praying and thinking of you God will help you stay tough and beat this . I will add you to my prayer list as well. WISHING YOU A SPEEDY RECOVERY !!
Franky-Ogee
Get Well Marty. Fight on Brother
Jim D.
Marty, It's all been said, but again best wishes and keep up the good fight.
Prayers not only for you and your wife, Marty, but for all of those who will be taking care of you.
Hoping to hear you're getting better everyday Marty.
Marty, Get well soon, !!!!!!
Hang in there Marty and hope to see you at York in October.Best wishes for a good recovery.
Marty, Prayers for a good recovery.
prayers for continued recovery
Patrice and I are pulling for you buddy!
Billy C
Never met you Marty and certainly hope to do so one day. I've certainly enjoyed your many helpful posts since I joined this forum! I'm wishing you a speedy recovery back to wellness and good health!
Marty Fitzhenry posted:RD,
You are so correct. I had the anesthesia for the bladder on Monday and emergency called for it on Wednesday of the same week for the blood clot. Two hits of it for the blood clot. This has left me in not so good a place. I appreciate all the great folks that have posted on this.
Thank you,
Marty
It just takes time brother... I've been there & I know first hand. After my last back surgery it was a week before I could type my bank password!!!!
One foot in front of the other and you'll be back solving problems for the board before you know it ..
good thoughts & 🙏🏻
Prayers and best wishes for you Marty!
George
Marty, I’m sending my best wishes, thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery!!
Marty and I are both preparing for the next football season and then we battle then. But for now my friend, recuperate back to 100%. I will be awaiting those harassing texts when the Jets lose as usual to your Patriots! Lol!
While I was too ill to attend last October's York(1st time in 26 years), my buddy, Marty, is missing his 1st York in way more years than mine being in the same condition I was then. It hurt missing York for the social aspect but I was too weak and ill to even think about walking those halls. First it was skin cancer on the nose in July, then it was shingles coupled with the worst headaches I ever had and was believed to be a brain aneurysm in October and was cleared of that in December showing it was a brain blood vessel mimicing an aneurysm. Not a good 2018 for me.
Get better buddy, the season is coming up! 
I'm getting my new Jets helmet on.
Marty,
You are in our prayers and in the prayer chain at my church. Get better soon. You are the best. I know that Dotty will take great care of you and will always be there for you. I hope you get well soon. We just lost one and we cannot afford to loose you too. God Bless and take it easy.
ICRRE8
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Marty, your positive attitude will get you through this! Good luck!
John W
Marty,
All my best for a speedy recovery. Hope you feel well soon.
-Tom
God Speed on a quick recovery Marty!
Just read this prayer and want to pass it on to you:
May God heal you, body and soul. May your pain cease, may your strength increase, may your fears be released, May blessings, love, and joy surround you and yours!
Stay strong!
Dorcie & Roger Farkash and all the TW TrainWorx Traingineers
Hi Marty,
Praying for your recovery.
Marty,
Looking forward to seeing you in October!
Side Rod 🚂
Marty....you know you can depend on many folks here on the forum if you need anything.... You are a great friend and we remember you each day in our prayers and good thoughts. Jim, Allan, Ed, and I are looking forward to your recovery and thank you for being a great asset to the hobby and this forum in particular....
Alan
Get well Marty!!! We got miles to go, brother. Many miles to go!
Marty, sorry to hear about your health challenges. Keep up your positive attitude and focus on resting up. It is amazing how much surgery and anesthesia can take out of you - I have experienced that on several occasions over the past few years.
Hope to see you at October York.
Eileen and I are praying for your recovery.
Best to you and Dotty.
Marty,
Hope you get well and are back on your feet soon. I'll keep you in my prayers.
Chris
Marty,
I've been thinking of you and praying for your full recovery. You've been a great help to me in the past and I look forward to leaning on you more as the years roll by. It has been speculated that being around electro-magnetic fields is beneficial, you see people wearing those magnetite bracelets to achieve the same benefits. You just need to sit in the middle of your layout and run lots trains, phooey on the other stuff!
May The Great Physician guide the hearts, minds and hands of those who minister to you and may His immeasurable healing powers restore you. Your knowledge, insight and humor are missed.
Buck up, the best is yet to come!
Sam
You have no shortage of devoted friends here, Marty, and you know all are pulling for you. You're a tough guy and a fighter, so I have all the confidence in the world that you'll get through this thing and be walking the aisles of York with us in October.
I spoke with him a few days ago, he's as tough as they come. He's very positive and i know he'll beat this and be with us at York .
Alex
I sure am praying for Marty to be back in the pink, he's one of a kind! I really do look forward to seeing him and Dotty at York. 
Marty, thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery!
John W
Hey Marty.....I'm reposting my wishes and prayers that you get well, and stay that way. May you and Dotty be cruising the halls come this October York!
Marty
get we’ll soon I’ll be praying for you and your family
Best wishes and Prayers Marty.
Marty,
Never had the chance to speak to you, I worry about being out of place in making any comment. However, through the list serve I have read some of your thoughts and know of your passion for life, family, friends and people you don't yet know. I always learn from this forum, not only the answers to questions posed, but see the really kind and interested people who have patience enough to answer those questions.
I have this impression that you have lived your life as someone who brings joy to his family, friends and this hobby.
Therefore, please accept my best wishes and hopes that you recover soon so that your family, your friends and those who have not yet met you have you back in full form. I look forward to having the pleasure of reading of your recovery and your always entertaining comments, answers and observations.
Get well soon,
Manny Levin
Marty; you have been and still are in my prayers. I said it before, they say you are a tough SOB. God will keep you tough and you will beat this and be well.
I'll keep you in my prayers so you get well soon!
Franky-Ogee
Hi Marty,
Even though I have not had the pleasure of meeting you in person, I have enjoyed and learned from every one of your posts. The power of Prayer is awesome! I know as I speak from experience. Hoping for a speedy recovery. You, and your family and friends are in my thoughts and Prayers.
Best,
Joe Gozzo
Marty,
You are one of the really good people in this hobby and you have been a good friend to me over the years and I thank you for that. I am blessed to know you.
Hey, I want to see you at York this October! I hope the Good Lord lets it happen. I figure a few prayers for you on a regular basis can't hurt, so I am doing that. As Alan Arnold said earlier, anything you need, please let us know, we want to help.
Hope to see you in October.
Ed Boyle Partner, Associate Editor
O Gauge Railroading magazine
Marty and I thank you all for your kind words and prayers. God willing, he'll be doing better and we will be able to attend York in the fall.
That's great to hear Dotty, I really look forward to seeing you folks there. I think we universally hope that Marty is back to 100% soon.
gunrunnerjohn posted:That's great to hear Dotty, I really look forward to seeing you folks there. I think we universally hope that Marty is back to 100% soon.
AMEN to that!!
-Greg
Definitely need you at York. How else are the rest of us going to get a full head of steam. Get well.
Glad to hear Marty is doing better. Been worried about him for a while now, I have been praying too.
Marty and Dotty,
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Just a quick post. Marty is not doing better or OK right now. It's too early in his treatment to know if the radiation will shrink the tumor in his leg (that is causing the blood clots) or the chemotherapy will slow down the growth of the cancer. It has spread to his lungs so is now considered stage 4 sarcoma. We really won't know until later this summer, after the first round of treatments. He's determined to fight this and it makes it easier knowing all our fellow Forum members are behind us. Thank you all! (BTW: I'm fielding all questions and providing what answers I can. He hasn't felt like talking or texting on the phone, or getting online.)
Thank you Dotty for the update and best wishes to both you and Marty. Stay strong and positive.
I am praying for you Marty & Dotty.
Marty, sending prayers through our overhead wires to yours. Thank God you have Dotty and hundreds of wonderful people on this forum thinking and praying for you. Can't wait to see you running trains again. Thinking of you always. Don & Vicky
Dotty,
Sad to hear this. My best wishes to you and Marty.
MELGAR
Hi Dotty and Marty, Thank You for your kind update concerning Marty’s present condition, your friends in Tennessee/Kentucky/Indiana will be praying for Marty to get better as quick as possible. Prayers are powerful and so is Marty. I watch Marty on the DVD ‘s often, his layout is a Crowd Pleaser, and the Crowds praying for Marty to. Best Regards, Thank You for being there for Marty. Your friend, Leapin Larry Levin
Marty, As a stage 4 survivor, I can speak to the therapeutic and curative properties of "workin' on the railroad". St. Thomas Aquinas said "work is prayer" so I encourage you to invest both emotional and physical energy in your magnificent pike. During my recuperation it worked wonders. Having met you and Dotty at the Big E, several years ago, I know you have both the motivation and support to overcome this challenge. And besides, anybody who can build working catenary can do anything! Good luck to you both.
My prayers are with you Marty and Dotty; you can do it; God Bless!
You can beat this Marty. My thoughts are always with you my friend.
Ralph
Marty, we have never met and probably wont as I am on the west side of the states. I wanted to say that my family and I are praying for you and hoping for a good recovery. I like Tom is a stage 4 survivor. I belive in prayer and the thought of others played a big part in my recovery, so I want to make sure I pass it on for your recovery! God Bless you Marty!
God Bless Dotty, You and Marty can rest assured that we are all on your side.
Marty i will keep you in my prayers!!!
Dotty....bless you for being a true Guardian Angel. Marty, I love you Brother. Remember Lone Survivor... we're never out of the fight!! You will survive and overcome!! God is watching. You are an honored man among men. Jim
I never know the right things to say. There have been some great posts here and I truly hope they help Marty get better. He is a genuine person and I am grateful to have met both him and Dotty. I have been saying prayers for him for a good while now. I look forward to seeing him in a certain new mid engine model cruisin' down the highway again soon. I think they'll have it ready for you Marty! 
God Bless,
Prayers and Best Wishes
Marty you hang tough , you’re a fighter. You’re in my prayers everyday day. May God bless you and watch over you.
Dotty God Bless you.
Alex
Marty,
It's clear that you have an angel at your shoulder, not on it, and her name is Dotty! Your fans are grateful not only for you and your innumerable contributions to both society and our 'umble Forum but also for your stalwart helpmate. God bless both of you!
Marty we have never met nor do I believe we have communicated with each other directly, But mine and my wife's prayers are with you and Dottie.
Dotty and Marty... Deanna and I send our prayers for your overcoming this affliction. Your friends are numerous and the power of prayer miraculous. God bless you both at this time and always while holding you within His hands.
God bless and take care, always....
Jesse and Deanna
Marty, just keep that fall York goal in your head, That's how I got back on my feet with all my heart problems and complications just keep fighting and we'll keep praying!
Marty, I’m keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. You’ve done so much for all of us in the hobby and we can’t thank you enough.
Thank you so much Dotty for keeping us posted on Marty. I can understand him not wanting to communicate at this time. He needs every little bit of strength he can contribute to healing. Our prayers will also add to that strength.
Marty I’m still keeping you in my prayers and thanks for the update
Prayers for you both.
Marty and Dotty, you are both in my prayers.
—Matt
Marty, You're in my thoughts daily. Stay strong.
Thank you Dotty for the update. Prayers for both of you!
Best wishes to Marty! Hope to see you at York in October.
