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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:17 am 
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I can only echo what others have previously said. Good to have you back on here.

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Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
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1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:20 pm 
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Great to have you back Jon..good news indeed! 8)

The bad news for you is that i'll be popping round to see you soon! :wink: :lol:


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:52 am 
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Better news, welcome back Jon. :posting:

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:04 pm 
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Jon, I don't know you personally,but love your wit ,and your endless knowledge of our cars.Great to see you are back on here,even if only to say hello.I wish you all the best in your treatment and will remember you in my prayers( I don't often ask,so maybe i will be listened to.!!).
Best wishes. PJB.


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:19 pm 
Likewise as already said by everyone, best wishes to you for a speedy and full recovery. I'll also mention you to the man upstairs.

Karl.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:01 pm 
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Welcome back Jon - your wit and wisdom were sorely missed.

Good luck with the continuing recovery.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:47 pm 
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I continue to be overwhelmed by all your good wishes. The dolomite community really is very special.

I guess nice cars attract nice people....:-) That must be it.

Mind you I'm sometimes not that nice, just ask my wife as she is currently doing the driving until the 6 weeks are up...:-)

I loved the comment from Alun and the one about the straight through exhaust. I wish I hadn't seen those untill the scar was
a bit better healed.

So many thanks again and for those of you that pray - keep praying. I need it.

Jonners

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:38 pm 
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May I add my best wishes for your continued recuperation, Jon. I haven't been on here for a while but have to say your advice has been greatly appreciated even if, to my embarrassment, I didn't immediately accept you wisdom due to a sense of denial on my part about how easy, or difficult a repair might be.

Take it easy,
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:30 pm 
To quote PJB……again Jon, I don't know you personally,but love your wit and your endless knowledge of our cars; given me help numerous times via this forum, here's wishing you a speedy recovery back to rude health. Mark


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:27 pm 
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Many thanks again for all your good wishes, prayers, cards and messages of support.

I cant say chemo is a bed of roses, but overall its probably not as bad as I expected. The main issues are feelings of nausea after the drugs are administered which is well controlled by anti-sickness drugs, and after that a general lack of energy.

I can walk a reasonable distance, but anything strenuous drains the battery pretty quickly. As an example I changed out a battery the other day and carried it up two flights of stairs to the charger, and then had to sit down for half an hour as my legs turned to jelly. So my own car maintenance is pretty much on hold.

But this week it was VERY good news. I was referred to a liver surgeon and had a consultancy on Monday. The upshot is he believes the remaining secondaries on my liver are operable, leading to a cure in as much as I ever can have one. This is a slightly different perspective from my oncologist who was describing my treatment as palliative, but I suspect she didnt want to give me false hope, and is otherwise excellent.

It looks like I will have an operation sooner rather than later if the scans due in a couple of months reveal chemo is not being that effective, or a bit later so chemo can do a bit more reducing if it is. It seems amazing but apparently half your liver can be removed through keyhole surgery, but I expect I'll know a bit more about how it will proceed when the time comes.

So all in all its been a good week, but I still need all your prayers and support.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:26 pm 
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Good to hear you are getting second (favourable) opinions.

But that's the thing with doctors,

If they haven't done it in or to a patient, there's always another who has.

Sorry, could not resist :D ,

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:37 pm 
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:D That's brilliant news Jon, the best, the oncologist will have been covering most bases, and like you say, not wanting to get hopes up, great that the news is good.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:10 pm 
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That's great news Jon :)

All the best

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 5:41 pm 
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Love it Mahesh....

I'm sure a good laugh is therapy.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:55 pm 
All the best jon. Fantastic to hear that you are doing ok. Keep fighting mate. The dolly world needs your humour. And knowledgeable input. Obviously :)
Keep fighting buddy.


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