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oldschoolsoviet 25 Mar 2011 18:50:51 6,453 posts
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jonsaan wrote:
Last week I was incredibly knackered........Boredom is becoming a factor and I even managed a few levels of Disgaea and Mario Galaxy 2 yesterday which must mean normality is coming back

Still, no excuse for that "James Cameron's AVATAR" I saw. Cancer or not, no excuse.

jonsaan 25 Mar 2011 23:23:03 26,774 posts
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Funny. That was my youngest son. Honest!

Deleted user 25 March 2011 23:41:29

Threads like this remind me why eurogamer is great. jonsaan keep FCUTA

Fonzie 26 Mar 2011 01:36:48 3,144 posts
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All the best Johanson. My dad went through this about 3 years ago but it worked. It was a rough time for us all but I never doubted he would pull through.

Best of luck to you and it's great to see EG pull together again. I can't possibly know how you feel but wish you all the best. Many people may mock me but I will pray for you.

Deleted user 26 March 2011 09:28:18

Best wishes Jonsaan (belatedly having stumbled over this thread) FCUTA so hard it becomes DarkMorgado's new flatmate.

Deleted user 26 March 2011 09:36:22

Good luck old chap. I'm glad your gaming qi coming back.

FCUTA!

jonsaan 31 Mar 2011 09:57:50 26,774 posts
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Quick update for you folks. It feels a little self indulgent but it's strangely cathartic!

A bit of a setback this week as I came down with a chest infection this weekend. The result of this is that my consultant has decided to drop the drug Bleomycin from my treatment as it is notorious for messing with the lungs. I do get the occasional bout of mild asthma so he said although he wants to cure my cancer, he doesn't want to leave me with permanent lung scarring. So it's gone.

Not the end of the world though as that part of the treatment was a precaution in case I had any other types of cancer present.

I actually have seminoma which is treated with Cisplatin and Etopiside. So now instead of 9 weeks treatement I now have 10 with just the other two drugs. Which he has said is the exact equivalent of what I had before anyway.

The good news is that he can no longer feel the mass in my stomach. This also means pain is pretty rare for me now which is great. It also means that things are shrinking down which can only be a good sign. My blood markers are still insanely high but he says that tends to follow rather than lead if that makes sense.

In case you are wondering, although my condition is testicular cancer, it has progressed to what is known as M1a ( I think). That means it had spread up through my lymph nodes right up to just behind my collar bone.

Work has been fantastic and continues to pay me in full. Pretty amazing when you consider I had only been there 3 weeks when this all kicked off. I had an outreach nurse round here yesterday assisting me with a phased return to some sort of working life which will be good too.

Anyway, thanks for all the thoughts and well wishes. It is hugely appreciated and I am proud to be part of the EG community frankly!

FCUTA

Jonsaan.xx

Dougs 31 Mar 2011 10:00:40 85,212 posts
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Keep going jonsaan. Good luck, you'll FCUTA in no time.

AcidSnake 31 Mar 2011 10:01:38 7,929 posts
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Good to hear you're feeling less pain and best wishes!

KFCUTA (keep)

StarchildHypocrethes 31 Mar 2011 10:04:38 31,255 posts
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Kick it right good and proper in the womb, jonsaan!

Sounds pretty nasty buddy

but I have faith in your incredible powers of excellence. Hope these 10 weeks bear amazingly recuperative fruit, will be thinking of you mate. FCUTA!

Murbs 31 Mar 2011 10:08:32 23,868 posts
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You're a f***ing star jonsaan, and an example to us all.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to check my bollocks again. Been doing that a lot recently.

Nexus_6 31 Mar 2011 10:12:33 4,006 posts
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Up The Arse?

I Hardly think that will help 0_o

StarchildHypocrethes 31 Mar 2011 10:13:45 31,255 posts
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Herbal remedies are all the rage these days.

chopsen 31 Mar 2011 10:14:40 19,993 posts
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Glad to hear you're making progress. Chemo is a bitch. Hang on in there!

Salaman 31 Mar 2011 10:20:09 23,034 posts
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Hang in there mate, you'll emerge at the other end with athletic super powers and go on to win gruelling international sporting events.

Did I get it right that you have to go to the hospital for 3 days every 3 weeks?

So if I send a "get well" card here
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital
Stirling Road
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7RF

and adress it to Jonsaan. What are the odds it ever gets to you? :-)

Psychotext 31 Mar 2011 10:22:19 62,855 posts
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Given the continued lack of hot nurse reports I think EG is going to have to do the right thing and sort you out with a smoking hot nurse at some point.

billythekid 31 Mar 2011 10:26:05 12,196 posts
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Glad your doing ok jonsaan and fair play to your work for doing what they are. Sounds like a top place.

richarddavies 31 Mar 2011 10:26:46 6,162 posts
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Glad to hear it's going well Jonsaan. Were all thinking of you. I know im thinking of your balls daily.....All the time.

jonsaan 31 Mar 2011 10:27:38 26,774 posts
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None I should imagine. Address it to Jonathan Cottingham.
Real name shock reveal. OMG!

Yeah 3 days every 3 weeks.

TA!

pinebear 31 Mar 2011 10:28:00 8,564 posts
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Or at least a packet of jaffa cakes.

jonsaan 31 Mar 2011 10:28:23 26,774 posts
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richarddavies wrote:
Glad to hear it's going well Jonsaan. Were all thinking of you. I know im thinking of your balls daily.....All the time.

One of them is out in the wild somewhere. Check ebay.

Salaman 31 Mar 2011 10:30:38 23,034 posts
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Right ... 1 get well card coming up.
IN case any other EGers want to chuck some offline words of encouragement Jonsaan's way:

Jonathan Cottingham
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital
Stirling Road
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7RF

LockeTribal 31 Mar 2011 10:34:00 4,676 posts
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Keep fighting the good fight mate

You're a shining example to all of us.

EDIT: On an unrelated note, this is my 3000th post \o/

X201 31 Mar 2011 10:39:25 18,455 posts
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jonsaan wrote:
I had an outreach nurse yesterday

Things are looking up then.

Keep kicking it, jonsaan.

mrpon 31 Mar 2011 10:40:23 34,284 posts
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Stick at it fella, that reacharound nurse sounded interesting! 8)

Deleted user 31 March 2011 10:54:02

Keep nuking those pesky cells!

Also I think we need to set a petition at the hospital to make sure jonsaan gets the hot nurses we, errm he needs.

jonsaan 31 Mar 2011 11:06:16 26,774 posts
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I have a very nice male nurse called John.

Don't petition them you'll hurt his feelings.

Psychotext 31 Mar 2011 11:23:20 62,855 posts
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It's ok, we'll state that the quota of hot male nurses has been met.

1Dgaf 31 Mar 2011 14:13:41 5,025 posts
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Good thread, would read again. A+++++

JBlokeUK 1 Apr 2011 02:59:56 2,302 posts
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Sounds like things are looking up somewhat? Keep at it jonsaan and FTCUTAH!

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