Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Condolences to The Guyer Family

Dear Dr. Guyer:

It is with deepest sympathy that those of us at TSB send you and your family our sincerest condolences on the loss of your son.  By the sound of Jeff's blog, and the many nice things said about him, he must have been a great young man. To lose a parent or a spouse is painful, but nothing compares to the pain that we experience when losing a child.  TSB can understand. Though the pain never goes away, keep his memory in your heart and no matter how bad things get remember that great smile and the warmth and love that he brought into each of your lives.  God Bless You and Jeff's loved ones.  May his soul rest in peace.

37 comments:

  1. My heart goes to you and your family Rick and my thoughts and prayers are with you and your son and your whole family. May you always cherish the fond memories of the good times you had together. God Bless.

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  2. Check out:

    jeffsfightwithcancer.blogspot.com

    His courage and positive attititude in the face of his disease was superhuman. If there is one good thing to come of this, it's to remind us to never forget how precious and fleeting life is. Godspeed, Jeff.

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  3. The Spine community is a small one and this loss is felt throughout. We lost a bright spine engineer and part of our future. We thank the Guyer family for sharing their wonderful son with us and our hearts are broken along with theirs. Jeffery was a wonderful and inspiring young man and the family should be proud of him. We hope they will find some comfort in that Jeffery has changed the world and we wish them no more sorrow.

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  4. I think WE SHOULD ALL take a moment and reflect just how fragile life is. We all are in this business I hope to heal patients and so was Jeff Guyer. While I have never worked for NuVa I certainly have see the success that came about due to his hard work and dedication.
    RIP Jeff

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  5. At first, my sympathy went out to the Guyer family. But, after reading Jeff's blog, my sympathy turned to the thoughts of celebration of Jeff's life for not only the Guyer family, but also Jeff's friends and acquaintances. They all should feel lucky to have such a determined young man to have touched their lives. One's accomplishments in life cannot be measured by the length of their life, but by the quality of their contributions during that time. Long live Jeff's memories and those that knew him should celebrate his accomplishments!

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  6. TSB, you must be working for a company that wants to sell something to TBI. Lots of followers of your blog lose loved-ones, but you only comment when a prominent surgeon's child passes? That's very interesting.

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  7. No need to write some smarmy comment when attempting to celebrate someone's life, do you have a soul or are you just ignorant?

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  8. 8:33
    My condolences to you as well, for your lack of sympathy, compassion, understanding and dignity.

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  9. Skip 8:33

    Things like this always make me take pause, this could happen to any of us at any time. Don't waste your time while you are here.....

    My condolences

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  10. 8:33 has to be the ass of all asses I have ever seen on TSB.
    What a sicko...

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  11. Newbie here, who is Jeff Guyer?

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  12. 8:33 - How far up your ass is your head???

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  13. I agree...8:33 what a lame ass. TSB I am glad you allowed this persons comment to post, you could have simply removed it but you chose not to. Allowing us to see just how far someone will go to try and point fingers or make assumptions. 8:33 this is a blog, meaning the author writes whatever he/she feels is on thier mind. Dont like...DONT READ IT!

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  14. My condolences to the Guyer family. I have a family member who has battled cancer as well....and this post helped me get back in touch with what truly matters in this life....which is, " how well have we learned to love"...and it certainly sounds from reading Jeff's recent blogs....this guy got it! How fortunate....may we all be as fortunate to love as well as this man did. Carpe Diem!

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  15. This blog prompted me to read part of Jeff's blog. My condolences to the Guyer family and I sure hope they continue Jeff's work. It certainly is an inspiration in today's dismal world.

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  16. Thanks TSB

    I just finished reading the entire Blog beginning to end. Ive had mystery pains for a while now that Ill certainly be getting check out by my PCP, that I was previously putting off.

    My condolences to the Guyer family.

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  17. Key Inventor: "Guyer Lumbar Interbody Fusion"

    http://ryortho.com/spine.php?news=931_First-ThreeLevel-GLIF-Performed

    http://jeffsfightwithcancer.blogspot.com/2010/08/guyer-interbody-fusion-device.html

    "Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."
    - Randy Pausch

    R.I.P.
    - Fellow engineer

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  18. Condolences to the Guyers.

    But three level lateral (d, g, or x) cases are nothing new. First to issue a press release about it maybe, but not first to do it. Fact.

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  19. My condolences to the Guyer family. I did not know Jeff, but read his last blog and was very touched.

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  20. TSB - Why do you write your post as though the entire countries spine community resides within one city? I have no idea who Guyer is or that his son waa sick. Why wouldn't you start your post out with some proper background of the who what where and why's? The assumption that we all know exactly what's going makes me feel left out of the club. Yes I'm a few years new to spine and I guarantee I'm not the only one who knew nothing about this story. I can't explain why this post bothers me, but as tragic as the content is - I can't help but roll my eyes a little at the "of course everyone knows about this" vibe. Has the same feel as the reps who use surgeons first name as much as possible to try and impress others with their closeness.

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  21. 8:33 hang your head low. I can't believe you would bring that in here. RIP JG.

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  22. Well, I read the post this morning and I thought, wow, finally a post that will show some humanity. And, that we are all just frustrasted and actually are good human beings in a circle of madness... but, No... Thanks to 8:33 I see that even the passing of someone allows certain people to be idiots.
    What a scumbag. Post your name. I'd like to kick your ass.
    4:27- You aren't much better.
    If you don't know who Dr. Guyer is than you aren't really 'in the know' of spine.

    Dr. Guyer- The humanity you have to have raised a son with thanksgiving and love and appreciation shows your were successful in life... it's what counts.
    With regards,
    Jon W. in KC

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  23. 4:27 you should be ashamed. Do some research and you will quickly learn who Dr. Guyer and his son are. People like yourself give this industry a bad reputation.

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  24. To the Guyer family--this promise has brought me comfort, and I hope it will provide a measure to you as well...

    Rev. 21:4 "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

    With Sympathy,

    SH

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  25. Oh come on... what 4:27 said wasnt so bad. I didnt know who Jeff was either till i read his entire blog. To be honest, anything about Jeff until i read his entire blog this afternoon.

    And reading it, i didnt think twice about this shitty industry, and i have to believe Jeff didnt think about it very much during his battle other than the honor he had of having an implant named for him and his spine surgeries. Other than that, i imagine "this industry" wasnt exactly at the forefront of his thoughts. His wife, his daddy, his mom and his friends were all that mattered, and he conveyed that in his blog entires. At least thats what I got out of it.

    Some of you take yourselves and this business way to seriously. If you do, go to Jeffs blog and back it on up to his first entry and read them all. It might take you an hour or so, but I promise Globus aint going public and nothing with PODs is gonna change in that time and it just might do yourself an your family some good.

    im also amazed at how in one post we have so many people volunteering their names and locations...gimme a break.

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  26. I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Guyer on a couple of projects, and he is truly one of the rare, genuine good guys, not just in this business, but in this world. I never had the opportunity to know his son Jeff. From what I have read and hear about him, that was my loss. He clearly touched many and had passion for life...Dr. Guyer, you must be very proud. May his memory shine brightly within you forever.
    With Warmest Condolences,
    Tom K in Mass

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  27. I was fortunate to befriend work alongside Jeff and though we lost touch just before he began his fight, I feel a tremendous sense of loss with his pass. For those that did not have the priviledge to know Jeff, sure he was a great engineer but he was truly a great person. Please support his foundation he created for cancer research.

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  28. TSB or other bloggers, would someone have an appropriate mailing address for Dr. Guyer so that a card may be sent? Thank you.

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  29. TSB, thanks for sharing this story. Jeff embodied everything that was right in the spine industry. A truly bright, dedicated and capable engineer. A compassionate and giving friend. Who has changed and brightened the lives of those who knew him (or have read his words).

    In his life he has shown us to live and work with integrity.
    In his passing he has shown us why.

    If you dont know Jeff, read his blog. He still has much more to teach.

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  30. RIP JG

    How about a new post - US Senate Looking Into POD's.

    I hear the only reason the government is looking into this as that they are pissed because they didn't think of this "scam" first.

    Isn't it ironic that we are paying to have immoral corrupt thieves investigating immoral corrupt thieves????

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  31. I knew Jeff, he was an exceptional young man. His wife, family, parents and friends were blessed to have been a part of his life. Take some time over these next days and read his blog, you'll be inspired. To those who loved him and those he loved you have our deepest sympathies.

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  32. Hey 4:27, if you REALLY wanted to know anything about Jeff or D.r Guyer you should have maybe googled his name of looked over the many posting that others have made on this blog. Many of them way before you made your comment have posted and attached website address for people like yourself that are not in "the know". If you have NO idea who Dr. Guyer is..well maybe you should head off back to sales training 101. Class is in session my friend. Lets start off..have you ever heard of TBI?

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  33. Sorry 4:27, but I concur with a number of the other posters. Dr. Guyer is enough of a "household name" in spine that the due diligence is your obligation, not TSB's.

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  34. I googled his name and an Orthodontist came up, so dont get on everyone for not knowing the backstory. I'm in NYC and I've never heard of him as well...but I do send my condolences for this unfathomable loss

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  35. To the Guyer Family

    I had the opportunity to read all of Jeff's blog today. An amazing journey by a courageous young man. I am amazed by the dignity and grace that he exhibited during this battle. He was too young to be taken from you let alone this world. The loss of one's child makes one question what is the meaning of one's life. A man's legacy is not measured by how much money one earned, or by one's material possessions. It is measured by one's goodness and love for his fellow man and family. It is evident by Jeff's blog that he understood that. God Bless you and he will be in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow.

    TSB

    For those of you that would like to learn more about this courageous young man log on to

    www.jeffsfightwithcancer.blogspot.com.

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  36. I had the opportunity to work with Jeff and he was always a good guy, committed to his project, GLIF, considerate to others and just a nice person.
    He will be missed that all who knew him and to those who did not please read his blog and get to know him a bit

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