BeBop Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 I can only echo all those wishes for a successful conclusion of the treatments and full recovery VERY SOON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Best wishes for your recovery and renewed health! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 So glad you're doing well. I thought you were gone from here because it can be annoying. Best wishes for your recovery, my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Very sorry to hear what you have been going through and glad to see that things are moving the right way. Here's a strong hope for complete recovery. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 All the best. I can't imagine the crap you've been going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Good luck with your recovery. Sounds like you deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I think that most of us take good health for granted until we don't have it. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us and best wishes for a continued recovery. The good attitude you have will no doubt help you along that path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I had no idea... Glad to hear it was caught in time and that you are recovering. My very best wishes go out to you! (And congrats on getting the Anita O'Day box! It's a keeper!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I admire your upbeat attitude. Best wishes on a speedy recovery. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Thyroid cancer is very, very curable. I think the survival rate is above 95%, IIRC. An ex-girlfriend of mine had it. She had to have two operations. They took out 1/2 of her thyroid thinking that it had not spread to the other side. Unfortunately, it had so they went back in and took out the other 1/2. She did the radiation pill too. Anyway long story short she's fine now (9 years later) and she had twins a few years back, too. Good luck and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Thanks for the kind words. Yes, survival rate is high, but do keep in mind that there are (at least?) three different types of thyroid cancer. Mine was of the follicular type which loves to spread to the lungs once it has reached a size above, say 1 to 2 cm and more. Mine was small enough not to have done that, a lady at the same hospital wasn't so lucky. So, curable, yes, but things get very difficult down the road if you carry this around too long and if you have a more dangerous type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) Thanks everyone for your kind words and the encouragement oozing from your posts. I'm fine and despite the fact that is the second (mild) bout with the big "C", I'm keeping a very upbeat attitude and outlook (not always as easy as it sounds when you consider the various health issues I had to fight with because of what the cancer caused (not the cancer itself ... which was usually removed and treated fast and efficiently once found). I certainly do not want to start a political discussion here, but without a good solid (in my case private) insurance, I would have been screwed years ago. Last night, just out of interest and because I have to send in bills, I added up all the costs I have so far raked up (for my insurance) and including the hair-risingly expensive and extensive search for both problems I had these past years plus the serious health "side-issues" that needed to be taken care of, I have passed the two-hundred thousand Euro mark. I ain't kidding. In my area, that's almost a decent-sized house. So people, as long as it's only a sore tooth, no probs, but in two cases like mine, you'll end up under a bridge in a sleeping bag. BTW: Once you start analyzing all the numbers and treatments it also becomes quite clear that the system in my country is far from efficient. A lot of money is wasted. I hope you understand that I couldn't give a rat's ass right now (I benefited greatly from all of it), but things need to be streamlined here to save huge amounts of money for the state. Still, without the system we have in place, I would have been screwed. So glad you're doing well. I thought you were gone from here because it can be annoying. Best wishes for your recovery, my friend! Jim, we always come back, don't we (even drama queens like me)? I still wish couw would one day, but I guess he's one of the very very few that is cured today. And thanks for the best wishes. Volkher Edited March 31, 2010 by neveronfriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 OK. Last Thursday I got the "all clear" ... cancer free. It's difficult to describe how insecure one gets about one's own body and how one starts distrusting anything anyone says, but so far, nothing has spread to the lungs, the brain or the lymphatic system. I'll add a couple of bottles of Venezuelan rum to make sure it stays that way. I've been away a lot, whenever I had the chance, to replenish my energy reservoir and to just meet lots of friends and live it up ... that's why I'm posting here again. I wanted to ... a) thank everyone for their mails and personal messages (they were a great comfort), b) I wanted to thank Hans (J.A.W.), especially, for helping me out, c) and I wanted to apologize to Flurin (king ubu) for not having gotten back to him re those many mails he sent (I'll get back to you this weekend). I have been more than grumpy lately, because I had to turn my life upside down, so if I stepped on anyone's toes (can't recall) these past 5 months or so, I'm sorry. Just write it off to my old age. The little time I afforded myself online, I spent shooting off one-liners to make it look like I was around. I really wasn't. Cheers! Volkher (neveronfriday/deus62/Grumpy/...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Volkher, only read about all this now. I'm glad to hear the treatment obviously has succeeded, but your positive attitude may have been the main ingredient. My best wishes, and keep your head up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Fantastic news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Great news indeed! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 I'm not sure you can get news that's much better than that. Glad to hear you're back in the saddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Glad to hear it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Man, that is great news. Live it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vajerzy Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 That's awesome!! I'm very happy for you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 (edited) Thanks, guys. My current attitude, in a nutshell: Edited May 27, 2010 by neveronfriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 :tup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Great news! Very happy for you. And welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Good to hear this, keep on going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Great news Volkher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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