hahaha, that ole cancer is in a corner rocking itself to sleep. good job Man! and hey, living as a survivor is something of itself! my mom is a breast cancer survivor of...... i think 6 years as of this post. and yes, do hit your local casinos if there are any, but dont push it to far ;)

Had a little bit of a setback this week guys. I went in to have the stent removed from my right kidney in what should have been a day procedure, but ended up spending the night in hospital because things didn't go exactly as planned. The stent came out okay, but the ureter collapsed again straight away and the surgeon couldn't get another stent back in. So now my right kidney is blocked again and prone to infection which could turn very serious very quickly. I'm on antibiotics for a week to hopefully prevent this happening, but if I have any pain or fever I have to ring the surgeon straight away and get to hospital a.s.a.p. for an emergency drain to be put into the kidney. Man, two steps forward and one step back.

You watch out, and take care of yourself, kidneys are deadly when they go south on you! Take it one day at a time, and eventually all will be well again!

Great advice Pat. Craig be well my friend.

Ouch, that's a shame to hear. Take good care of yourself and keep fighting. This is a set back, but hopefully only a temporary one.

At least we have one step forward and you'll go fine man.

Hopefully the stent won't be a big setback, and here's hoping you get selected for the research. It is good to hear at least some positive progress.

Get feeling better man! You make that ureter your b*tch!

Hopefully you don't get infected by the hospital food! Well, the stuff they serve you without question. The stuff in the cafe is good old... uh... well, made-to-order but it's not like you can get a bacon cheeseburger and onion rings as a patient. WEll, I don't think you can. But yeah. Take care. And check out my top 10 (or so) images in Mr Stone's post. :D

Focus on the two steps forward, good sir. You'll get there.