Monday 2 May 2011

Tomorrow

           Tomorrow is not a day that I have been looking forward to.
           Some of you may know but I will tell you about it at any rate.  On the 1st of December last your, after 2 years of investigation, it was discovered that I have prostrate cancer and I have been told by many that it is the easiest of cancers to treat.   I believe that but the word "cancer" is still to me terrifying.   In the mean time it has also been discovered that I have heart problems with an irregular heart beat.
            Tomorrow I see a Specialist and my radium treatment for the prostrate begins.  My blood has been thinned to prevent any clots forming.  My body has been marked for the treatment and I am rather scared.   One of the medications is causing my vision to be out of focus.  I am having difficulty with focussing on the TV and I cannot read the words on the screen in church.
           I want to get back to my Blog as I have wrtten only a small part of my story, but I just cannot concentrate.  So this is hoping that I will feel much better after tomorrow and that my problems can be sorted out.
          In the meantime I have been watching the buds popping out in my aloe garden and they are promising me a nice show this year.   May be I can become like then as they don't seem to mind our lack of water.   Yes, P E still has severe water restrictions and we are still hoping for rain before winter.
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  1. Janine2 May 2011 at 07:01

    So glad to to find a blog from you this morning. If anything, the fact that the treatmint for the cancer will be started and the cancer cells destroyed by the treatments start to help you feel better knowing this. And whatever side effects you may experience be manageable knowing that you are going to get better and be rid of the cancer. So hopefully yes with all this you will feel hope rise in your heart. I am sure you will have a wonderful show from your Aloes this year, do take photos of them if you can. Hopefully some of the ones you got in Jhb last year will reward you too. Much lv and prayer for you. Janine

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  2. Anonymous1 June 2011 at 20:38

    Just went through that scare but 21 biopsies all came back negative. Meanwhile I researched the heck out of it. It's one of the slowest growing cancers and often men your age don't get very aggressive treatment because you'll be long dead of natural causes before the cancer does anything significant. But, if you do need the surgery, they've got it down to an art. Lots of videos on You Tube about it. A close friend of mine just had it done and is doing fine. This isn't meant to belittle any concerns you have. That is just natural. I'm sure this wasn't anywhere on your calendar of things you wanted to do or deal with. Get some opinions on the best course of treatment for YOU in particular then go for it and get back to living normal.

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  3. Anonymous20 August 2011 at 04:50

    Vernon, I am hoping you are doing well. I just came across some other info you posted on your family tree on 1820settlers.com.

    Thank you for your research as it helped me move substantially forward with my own research.

    don

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