tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post6218912895674615103..comments2013-02-10T14:31:05.939+00:00Comments on Still My Turn This Year: ProgressAndy Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07519794876959586774noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-56716296347353607242009-06-25T14:28:31.052+01:002009-06-25T14:28:31.052+01:00Hello Andy
I have only just heard you are not well...Hello Andy<br />I have only just heard you are not well and would like to send you my best wishes.If you feel like reading try Lance Armstrongs book "Its not about the bike". Lance recovered from cancer and went on to win 7 Tour de France bike races. We only met once a couple of years ago at the Forum Xmas lunch so my name may not ring any bells,don`t worry about that just concentrate on getting well.<br />Take care <br />Kind regards<br />Brian Phythian (BrianP on the forum )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-27801293609916621062009-06-16T08:25:43.147+01:002009-06-16T08:25:43.147+01:00Having just returned very late last night from Hes...Having just returned very late last night from Hessenpark (many thanks to Robert for being so good with lifts over the weekend and for bringing me back to London from Hesse) I am so very glad to read of the vastly better news. Everyone at the meeting sent their very best wishes!spylaw4http://www.thedecisivemoment.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-81921881305202741412009-06-12T14:50:15.970+01:002009-06-12T14:50:15.970+01:00Andy, I am convinced you ARE going to make an extr...Andy, I am convinced you ARE going to make an extremely good recovery. Put another way, I have(am) drinking youir health to great extent. Trust me! I am a photographer, not a doctor, so I know what I am talking about. What's more, unlike so many doctors, I have trod this path several times and survived. Doctors can only quote what they observe (if they are looking). I, on the other hand have and am living the experience of "near death" so I know what I am talking about.<br /><br />Been interrupted several times while trying to type this. Takeen 3hrs and counting!! Will pack it in now and off to bed. Let me assure Andy that any tough times ahead can and will be overcome. The way I explained it to my oncologist was that my only problem was how to enjoy myself. His problem was/is; if he finds anything wrong, he has to deal with it, not me. So thereby it becomes his problem. It made the serious bugger laugh anyway.<br /><br />Incidently, the day of the last One Challenge in Krakow, I was due for a bit of an "investigation" with the 'onco'. I told him I had a more important meeting in Poland and explained it to him. He actually agreed that I made the right decision. It was a decision to "live". I commend it to you.<br /><br />As promised I will tell you the full story(s) but will PM you as I don't think the world is interested my meanderings. I'm off to bed now. Catch you tomorrow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748486485122081452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-9784883268620955452009-06-12T12:01:27.907+01:002009-06-12T12:01:27.907+01:00"Choose life", as Ewan says...
Quite so..."Choose life", as Ewan says...<br /><br />Quite so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-12374520518772704042009-06-11T23:29:03.071+01:002009-06-11T23:29:03.071+01:00Too late for Hessenpark this year, but trying to o...Too late for Hessenpark this year, but trying to organise a trip to Scotland for the end of next week. Depends upon dates for this new scan. I really need to sit on that beach in Kintyre watching the sea otter<br /><br />"Choose life", as Ewan says...Andy Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519794876959586774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-6474548052680771872009-06-11T21:28:30.233+01:002009-06-11T21:28:30.233+01:00Andy, excellent news. Too late to rebook that flig...Andy, excellent news. Too late to rebook that flight to Germany?<br /><br />Take care.<br /><br />I think I'll raise a glass too (hick)Steve Unoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-81892810720135077572009-06-11T21:26:39.893+01:002009-06-11T21:26:39.893+01:00Hey Andy, old bean, it's beginning to look a b...Hey Andy, old bean, it's beginning to look a bit better now. Which is nice :-)<br /><br />However, there was no need to turn this into a political post: I am referring to the pensions issue [big grin]<br /><br />No treatment is the best treatment, that is encouraging too, no? <br /><br />quote: "so I may as well die a month after I retire" That's what they call Galgenhumor in the Fatherland ;-)<br /><br />To then have regular checks sounds the ticket.<br /><br />Do the £900 for the PET-CT scan have to come out of your pocket? £900! Crikey, you can get a decent second hand Leica lens for that.<br /><br />You are sure right about us being fortunate about advances having been made in medical science.<br /><br />Absolute sod about the cancelled Leica trip though :-(<br /><br />Definitely drop your GP a line. Is he on Twitter?<br /><br />w.<br /><br />________________________<br />Anne Widdicome for Speaker: http://tinyurl.com/luzbqoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099825856712706886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579078618975222953.post-23059203909368317762009-06-11T19:30:30.921+01:002009-06-11T19:30:30.921+01:00Andy, that is seriously good news. Isn't it a...Andy, that is seriously good news. Isn't it amazing how just knowing more can be a boost? I shall raise a quiet glass to you and yours tonight. We are all going to die sometime, and frankly I'd rather slope off a bit early and spare me and mine all that dribbling and stuff than hang on past my welcome.Billhttp://lightmancer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com