Well, here goes, it's not the best news but it is what it is. The second op still found the aggressive cancer but also found a second type of cancer that grows flat, which is why the missed it the first time. This flat cancer can be treated by filling my bladder with TB toxin which activates my immune system but it does not do anything to the original cancer. The other option is removal of the bladder, drastic but effective, so I'll be called in for a full CT scan to check that I'm healthy enough for surgery, then it's of to theatre once more, hopefully for the last time. Apparently it's about a week in hospital then about 6 weeks recovery time. Call me Gloria Gaynor----I will survive!
Yes and you can survive Dave........ at the very least you then can go to the loo when you choose.... warm wishes ...and no taking the piss!!
Sorry to hear that Dave. Not good however you look at it. For what it is worth. Julia has "survived" over 7 years since a tumour the size of a rugby ball was cut out of her. The surgeon thought he had taken it all but it returned within a year. The drugs they use nowadays are incredible. She has been told that because she has been taking her current ones for over 5 years they have a new generation of pills that work even better. I am sure you will get the latest and the best. As I have said before we both think of you and wish you all the best.
Dave, sorry to read that, but sure they will take the best action to obtain the best result. You are on the list that Mme and myself think of each day.
Good morning all from a cool and dry Weston-super-Mare, I am overwhelmed by all the good wishes I have received, a heartfelt thank you to you all Have a good day!
Morning all from a sunny island. Dave, best wishes and be positive. My Uncle, who lives in Norwich, was told he had 6 months to live when he was diagnosed as having myloid fibrosis. He's still here, and that prognosis was just after Christmas 1988!
Morning all from a bright but breezy Bucks. To me it feels cold, but the weather man says it is normal for this time of year. My trip to Glos. yesterday went well until we were on our way home in the dark. The roads between here and there are a mass of pot holes, 3'-4' long in places and 6" deep. The rain had been tipping down and the holes were filled with water, so you couldn't see them, just feel them. One of the main roads was shut because of an accident, and we had an exciting time finding our way through tiny villages. I am told that the repairs to these holes just do not last more than a week or two, but that is no great hardship to the companies employed to keep refilling them. Flood signs had been placed at regular intervals along several roads. Why didn't man who placed the signs go out with a shovel and cut a channel from the road to the ditch? He had been to the site after all.
The roads are particularly shocking around and through RAF Halton... thought I'd come a cropper on my way back from the Leicester City match having negotiated the M1 in inches of snow. Fortunately the MOT passed and main service showed up nothing a week later.
Tomorrow I start my travels again, and will be heading in the right direction. Dinner at a rather good Italian restaurant with the in-laws, before arriving Friday afternoon in France. I rather doubt that I will have time to do a match thread even if it is for Monday, so perhaps someone can step forward. Sat here this evening with the wood burner blasting forth. Maybe my blood is getting thin.
Good morning all. Well 8:30 here in Delhi. Flying back to Madrid at 3 pm. We've been out of internet and even phone network coverage for a while but wasn't uplifted when we received word of the 'orns every now and then. Anyway should be back at base looking for a stream by monday, not with great optimism I must admit. Well for all those in battles at the moment wishing you all the best of results. ps Yorkie picture on some great momos very soon.
