Comments on: A Message from Otto

By: Heidi M

Heidi M — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:32:13 +0000

Otto… it has been at least 10 years since i have seen you and have no doubt that you are still the most handsome man on the planet! I just received an email from Renee and had to read it twice… FUCK CANCER is right! I am sending all positive vibes your direction, and am a HUGE believer in karma, what comes around goes around… so for sure you have all good things coming your way! Be well my long lost devilish handsome friend XO Heidi (Dewey Beach cir. 1995)

By: nikkyjo

nikkyjo — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:12:18 +0000

My thoughts and prayers are with you and I wish you all the best. I feel very lucky to have had the privelege of traveling with you and getting to know your beautiful spirit. Love, Nicola

By: Sterrin

Sterrin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:04:45 +0000

Otto…I’m thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers…Me and all of the ladies from 421 W. 3rd Street in Chico, circa 1989 love you! Cheers, Birdwoman

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Otto « Me — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:49:10 +0000

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By: jessica hurley

jessica hurley — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:14:11 +0000

Otto, you helped me at reggae on the river at the drop of a hat, the least i can do is get you free cancer treatment cancer from my friend who is exec vp of a top viral pharm research company who is hooked up with all the latest treatments and best doctors … seriously, i couldn’t stop crying reading the amazing messages here. catherine and I were sad we couldn’t see you at shine but we left you a little “girls gone wild” video message. Michael sang his heart out for you in monterey… and catherine and i kept saying “it’s just not right, otto is supposed to be here!” As I told her San Francisco is “2 Degrees of Otto” … you are an institution that we won’t let be torn down … just a little rennovation. As I said whenever I’m lost like in the middle of the desert if i’m going to run into anyone it will be you… it has to be you! when i saw you this year, you were glowing. i actually saw you again and just watched trying to figure out what was different. And it all makes sense now. It was true love! congratulations! So I sent all the information on how to reach my friend who said she would be honored to help you in anyway you need to Kimberly and Lee. She is the real deal and is in the global family (she does a lot of AIDS med stuff in Africa) … and even better she’s close friends with Dave Stuart who is a big spearhead fan and friend! I worked with her on a documentary proposal for her old friend Sir Richard Branson. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need any other kind of help so you can help me wrangle artists at earthdance next year! We love you and my prayers are with you … we need you to take more republicans to burning man and turn them into liberals! love, jessa

By: mmg.olson

mmg.olson — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:37:57 +0000

Hi Otto, Tim and I remember you fondly from Shel’s Pals ski trips. We are keeping you and your loved ones close in our hearts and prayers. Stay strong and beat this. Much love, Tim & Michelle Olson

By: catdawg007

catdawg007 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:40:23 +0000

Otto – I belong to the OTTO HUG cult. Thanks for words and this warrior is on the front line with ya – you know that’s where I like it!!!

Catherine

By: Erock

Erock — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:30:56 +0000

Dear Otto,

Hello, my friend.

Lots of love to you, and my deep and honest empathy to you. If I were in the same room with you right now, I’d give you a hug… but I’m not, so I’ll save it for next time I see you.

As soon as I read news of your diagnosis, I was so scared for you – so sad for you. I went to work the next day and started asking questions from social workers and liver surgeons and physicians assistants… I am now SO encouraged, and I want to talk to you soon to share all of this positivity with you. There are so many treatment options – effective treatment options for you. And it’s been equally encouraging how much support and interest I instantly have from these co-workers just because I have a friend in need. I LOVE my job. Really.

Your sister will attest to this – we at the hospital give alot of ourselves to complete strangers everyday – for no other reason than they need help and its what we love to do. I am most honored to lend you that same support. And… Livers are our speciality.

What naughty nurses lack in appropriate dinner party conversation skills, we make up for in our ability to engage in frank conversations about all things sickness in health. No topic too gross, no emotion out of range, no limit to the number of times you may ask me the same question over… and over… and over again (a lot of new info + stress = painfully low retention. but we’ll get a notebook and it will all be cool).

And when I say you – I mean your family – your new family, your extended family, our blessed SF family.

I’m 3000 miles away from my dirty southern roots. Not long ago, I told someone that I’m only as good as the people I surround myself with. I am so blessed to have found the beautiful collection of people who I have adopted as San Francisco family. We lived a charmed life.

I smile as I read you still direct us to GIVE THANKS. Life is so very beautiful, And I live in awe of this miracle. Think back to all the moments that brought you to where you are today… and then let out a cry of joy and pain all at the same time. This time, right now, even as you face new unknowns – this is a beautiful, painful, sacred, amazing time in your life. Otto, you are a force of nature; and this illness is nothing more than a stage in your life that will make you more grounded, more wise, more forgiving of yourself and of the gods. I am sad for you, I am scared for you, I am in pain for you, and… I am truly excited for you – because I know that you are going to embrace this experience and make it into something beautiful. You already have.

And so, like everyone else, I’m here for you. Through all of it.

So give me a call so we can hook you up with a doctor and show this fucking cancer what is up!!!

Fuck yeah,

Erock

By: bewleybewley

bewleybewley — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:34:20 +0000

Otto, i’m in florida reading, smiling. laughing, crying with tears of sadness and JOY! for how much of an inspiration you are. Even in this you are shining light. you are special my friend and your energy has inspired a field of power that has vibrated across this nation and around the world. i can FEEL it and SEE it coming from you across to us all. when the time comes that you need the energy back visualize people around the world sending the field of energy and light out from us and BACK INTO YOU! You have a team and we have a MISSION! xoxo