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[Richard Quartermaine]

Well done Gordon, enjoy your liberation.
Every good wish
Richard

[Gordon Turnbull]

Someone told me many moons ago that life was like a pubic hair on a toilet seat, no matter how good the view you just know that sooner or later some ***** or some **** is going to come along and pee you off. Well, just after I posted the above I was back on double doses! Constipation!!!! Wish I had been a mathematician and I could have worked it out with a pencil but having been a chef I certainly was not going to work it out with a boning knife! Anyway, double pessaried, triple Laxido'd, two bars of diabetic chocolate and a packet of liquorice allsorts, satisfaction was achieved! A few days later the pain in the back disappeared again so halved the morphine again, this time successfully. Off t oncology on Wednesday and 30 weeks of chemotherapy to come, probably starting in September. 10 doses 3 weeks apart. To say I am gutted is way way understating things and to be honest I am struggling with it a bit at the minute. A few more days and I reckon the positivity will come back but having seen my dad go through chemo many years ago I can only hope that things are not as bad now as what they were then. A yea and two days since I retired but never envisaged my retirement being this ****. As you can see I am feeling sorry for myself, but I'll get over it, no doubt after some of you old codgers tell me grow a pair and get on with it!!!! :-)

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[Richard Quartermaine]

Hang in there Gordon. I in my way and shipmates here in their way are wishing you well. Keep us in the loop.
Richard

[Captain Kong]

All the very best wishes for you Gordon. I am sure all the agony of Chemo will be a good success for you.
Cheers
Brian..

[Ivan Cloherty]

Us old codgers wouldn't be so unkind Gordon, there's not many on here who haven't felt a personal pain when faced with experiences we cannot control, so hang on in there, we are all on deck with you.

[happy daze john in oz]

Gordon, life has a habit of throwing curve balls at us some times, most time we take them in our stride. But there are times when it can get a bit tough going, but I have found that self belief and respect for the work the medics do helps greatly to give a better feeling and meaning to life.
Chemo nowadays is not what it was at the time your dad had it years ago, likewise the radio therapy is also grteatly improved.
So hang in there mate, never ever give up and just make sure yo do not confuse your boing knofe with your pencil or you will be in more trouble than Flash Gordon.

[John Pruden]

gorden you fight every step of the way life is a battle and lets say that life you are terminally ill as soon as you come out of your mother? look and feel positive in every thing you do if you let it get you down you will go down? you are in the ring at the moment so make sure you are the winner? you may feel like sh.te after the cemo but its made for your condition . you think positive mate and just say to yourself every day that thing is not going to beat me. all the very best mate and my wishes for good health is with you mate...jp

[Gordon Turnbull]

Well me old shipmates, been in dry dock for a while. Chemo started 4 weeks ago so have had two doses now. Not teaching my granny to suck the proverbial eggs but man it kicks the *** out of you! Unfortunately after the last scan they found I had 35mm of cancer on my spine just beside where it was on my ribs. Hopefully the chemo kicks it into touch. See if I accumulate every hangover I have ever had(and there has been a few!), that's how Sunday was. To cap it all Hertz equalized in the last minute, I kicked a chair and nearly had 240 litres of water and a couple of dozen Lake Malawi cichlids swimming round my man room! However, things are on the up and not feeling too badly today. Onwards we go!

[cappy]

stay with it mate it takes a lot out of you but youll win ....best wishes cappy

[Captain Kong]

All the Best wisshes to you Gordon.
Cheers
Brian