Best wishes to both of you, get well soon Outrider.

Thanks for the information! We are (still) praying for you!!!

More friends from Brazil

Adriano "Gatilho" & Alessandro "Von Victor"

All my prayers and thoughts are with both of you guys - keep fighting Craig! I can't wait to see your next round of dio pictures!

Outrider Update
 

(posted by Deanne on behalf of Craig) Tuesday - Hey guys, still in hospital recovering from the surgery. Things are coming along ok, probably be a few more days in here. Thanks to everyone for your kind thoughts, it means a lot to me (I printed the forum for Craig to read). I'm looking forward to getting back on the boards, posting pics and checking out everyone's great shots!! :)

good to here he's doing well .Fingers crossed everything will be back to normal soon and he's gotta lot of catching up to do :p :D

It's great to hear from you, Craig!

Emergency surgery
 

Just want you to know you will be in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you get better. Stay strong, we need you!!

Great to hear from you man, stay strong.

Pretty soon you will be good as new.

Let's go!!!
Grande Craig.

Fantastic
 

Fantastic news :)
You keep your strength up rest well and eat well, look after yourself and dont rush things. We've all been rootin for you and wishin you get back on the road to recovery.

We all look forward to seeing you back here. :D

Come back soon, the ROC is taking over JoeDios! :eek:

Take care and be well!

I knew that's our Crocodille Dundee coming back from a surgery.

Great news. Before we know it, Craig will be back in action showing us all up with his excellent photos.
Keep it up Craig.

Thats Awesome news! Get your rest and get back to us at 100% we will be waiting!

Agreed.

It's great to hear from you Craig. We were starting to worry. Get well soon, we'll be here when you return.

Craig man, I'm so sorry. you will be in my prayers!!!

I hope you make a good and healthy recovery soon! I miss your awesome shots.

CF :)

Hey Craig!

I just returned to the site after a few days out, and found out you had the surgery!

Seems things are going well, tumor was removed and now you're in recovery and in good hands...

I'm confident you have gotten through the worst part and hopefully from now on, things can only go better :)

You're in my prayers man!

Bartus.

Awesome, awesome news! So glad to hear things are looking up, Craig! Knew you could do it! And thank you, Deanne for keeping us posted!

:)

What he said... word of wisdom... Take care of no.1 first, picture time is later :D

and best wishes and strenght to Duanne too, all this must be difficult to her too.

stay strong man!!

Get well soon man!

Hey guys, I'm back! :) Just got home from the hospital today, and though I still feel like I've been hit by a truck, I just wanted to let everyone know the news, and it's mostly good. The main tumor is completely gone now and for the first time the doctors are talking about full recovery. There are however still a few very small cancerous spots remining around the area where the main tumour was, as well as the spots on the liver, so some further treatment (non surgical) will be in line when I recover from the surgery. They also discovered I have a minor heart problem which I have to see a cardiologist about, but it's not life threatening or anything.
I gotta say it was a close run thing again though - by the time I got to the hospital, I needed 9 units of blood just to keep me alive until they could operate. :eek:
Whilst I'm still not feeling up to taking pics just yet, I'm going to spend some time over the next few days catching up with everyone else's great work.
And finally, thanks to everyone for your unwavering support, it really lifted my spirits during those long days and nights in hospital. You guys are the best! :D

God is good and He hears our prayers! May your recovery be full and complete!

I second this! Welcome back Craig!

Words fail to express how awesome it is to see you back here Craig. You are to be commended for staying as strong as you did during all this. May your strength continue throughout the next few weeks and months while you recover from this surgery, and continue your treatment.
Have a well earned rest my friend, you deserve it.

Welcome back sir! It is so nice to hear some good news from you. Rest and recover, and we all look forward to seeing your pics here again. God Bless!

Welcome back, bentornato!

Welcome home Craig!

Awesome news Craig. Can't wait for new shots. Take it easy, you've been through quite an ordeal. Your still in our thoughts and prayers.

Wow, this is great news. I haven't said much in this thread, but I've thought about your condition a lot lately, and it was fantastic to read this most recent post. I look forward to many more Outrider photos in the years to come!

I knew it!

I don't need to say much more, since I always knew that you would come back better. Soon you'll be back on your feets.

Melhoras meu amigo! (Get well my friend!)

Great to see you are back home buddy, home sweet home :) you eat well and rest up. I have a heart problem too, again not life threatening but it did require me to be cut in half when i was about 6 months old :(

I'm hopeful that with this surgery out of the way and your preparations for further treatment you will be able to hit the full road to recovery.

All the best to you and deanne for the future, keep us updated on your progress please :D

Rich

This is Awesome! I never doubt the ability of God to perform miracles (especially when so many are asking him for one) but it never gets old seeing it happen. This is great news and i'm sure things will only get better from here. It's really good to have you back here.

WOW!!! GREAT NEWS!!! I'm so glad to hear that the prognosis is good and that you have turned a corner!!! I will pray for a speedy recovery!!!

Incredible news, man! Absolutely incredible. Take care of yourself, and come back strong so you can make the rest of us look silly.

Again :D

The old saying goes, you can't keep a good man down. Welcome back, my friend from down under. You were missed!