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    Just stopping by to say "Hi" and a public service announcement

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    Just an update.

     

    Had 9 radiation treatments so far and one Chemo treatment.

    The Chemo has damaged my kidneys a bit so they admitted me to London Hospital on Wednesday.

    I have had nonstop IV’s since then in hopes of repairing the damage.

    Fingers crossed I get to leave on Friday and spend the weekend in my own bed.

    John 

    Just stopping by to say "Hi" and a public service announcement

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    26 minutes ago, CHASEnBLUE said:

    It is normal to feel that way, I know. No one wants bad news. FWIW, a vast majority of the time the sooner something unusual is known and dealt with, the better chance of getting through the ordeal as treatment options are more likely to be successful. With my NHL, I knew about 8 to 9 months prior that something did not feel right, but I did not want to say anything as I made all kinds of excuses (it's probably this, probably that, it will go away, etc.). In hindsight, if I would have said something sooner then the cancer would have possibly only been in the lymph nodes in my groin area and I maybe would have only had to undergo 6 to 8 treatments as opposed to years of treatments off and on. However, by the time I was too sick to think straight, the lymphoma had already spread higher to other lymph nodes in my body.

    A perspective no one wants to hear and I totally get it. I'm in "remission" for the fourth time, and I still freak out for good reason when something doesn't feel right. I just know now that I need to draw attention to it whether I want to or not because that amount of time delaying can truly make a difference.

    With me...I woke up at about 5am on a sunday morning in October with a huge long lump on my neck (lymph nodes)..sore throat and a cough...I was in emergency by 5:30 am and being looked at by 6 am.

    I was asked at the time if "I thought it was a good reason to come to emergency"

    Well ...uh ya the Cancer diagnosis proved it....

     I could have not went but by the 1st week of December everytime I swallowed it felt like someone was punching me in the throat...I would have gone then... but then the diagnosis would have been a few months from now.

    Bottom line is if there is something wrong get it looked at...could be a matter of life and death

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    Just stopping by to say "Hi" and a public service announcement

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    Thank you for the kind words everyone.

    Aaron it is storys like yours and others that have made me reflect on my situation ever since the beginning of December when my ENT said it might be Cancer. There a people who have a tougher battle than what I am going through...there is a 90 % success rate for me...way better than what my dad was given...His was zero but he still fought as will I.

    I have a good group of people around me including a bunch of my co-workers who use the words "Whatever you need johnny just let us know" so many times I can't count.

     I am very at ease and not worried at all...a real sense of calm....my resting heart rate was 57 today while I was in London to meet more of the team that will take care of me.

    It is a fight I will win..I hear Las Vegas won't even take odds on this fight...

    John

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    Just stopping by to say "Hi" and a public service announcement

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    It has been awhile since I have posted on the boards...it seems I have lost interest in the hobby and have auctioned off some books over the past year or so.My Dad passing away...my daughter getting sick (see below)....the company I worked at for 28 being sold and working for the company that bought ours....Life just got really really busy.I had decided to clear out most of my collection via auction comiclink/heritage  except for some that I am leaving for my kids.

    Well my snails pace to clear it out has come to a stop.

    This is where the public service announcement comes in.

     Cancer has decided to pick a fight with me...A fight it will not win.

    I have Cancer from HPV which seems to be a cancer (head and neck) that is picking up speed in men from ages about 40 and up who have not been vaccinated. Luckily for me mine isn't in my head,only in my throat.

    I will say this though and it is for anyone reading this...if you or your partner have young kids and they have never been vaccinated against HPV then I would suggest you have that conversation.Not saying you should or shouldn't...at least do some research and have that conversation.

    My daughter got the HPV vaccine in the 2nd year of highschool...she suffered a vaccine injury because of it...Health Canada had to be contacted and she had to go to a clinic in Toronto for about a year to have all the toxins removed from her body.She is now fully recovered and healthy.

    I will be getting treatment in London Ontario for about 7 weeks which will include 35 radiation treatments (google Radiation mask for fun) as well as chemo spread out over the 7 weeks.

    The treatment will leave me with no blood in my jawbone so if in the future I ever have to have a tooth pulled (it will not heal and will get infected) it will not end well...Bone will have to be removed from my leg and have new jaw made...I am told it is a 13 hr surgery.

    I might lose some hearing and will have a dry mouth for the rest of my life.

    I also had to have Flouride plates made so that I can apply Flouride gel to my teeth every day for the rest of my life.

    At the end of my treatment I might lose the ability to swallow so I might have to have a feeding tube in my nose or stomach....I will fight like hell and do the  exercises so that I don't have to have a feeding tube.

    Now to the "Hi" part

     

    Thank you to Jim, Andy and Roy for being such good friends over the years at the conventions.

    To those that participated in the lottery draw pick a number based on a comicbook title and issue...I wish we would have won because it would have made one hell of a story how we picked our numbers.

    I am proudest to have contributed to many of the charitable causes for members that need help over the years.

    Those in the comicbook collecting hobby are good human beings.

    If this helps one person not to have to go through the hell I am about to step into I have achieved my goal.

     

    John W. McArthur

    formerly Cyclone Comic books

     

     

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    Paypal confirm identification bs?

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    I have been through this BS with paypal before....they wanted a copy of my drivers license...copy of bill confirming my address...and they wanted to know my political affiliation...all because I supported a motorcycle racer from Northern Ireland...this was all through Paypal messaging on their web site so I knew it wasn't a scam....I no longer use/deal with Paypal for anything...they can kiss my 🍑 

    Any good comic shops in Ireland?

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    Spellin

    I am gonna throw this thread off on a different tangent for you guys in Ireland...any fans of the brave that race the "Roads" over there.

    Still crushed we lost William Dunlop , Dan Kneen and others this year....tough year on the "roads"...I am hoping to get over for either the Northwest or Ulster Grand prix this year.

    Hopefully there will be some comicbook stores in the area that I can check out.