Anthony, Congratulations and welcome to the survivor's club! I'm glad you decided to stick around :)
Regards, Loran On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Anthony Sinclair <sa...@yoaa.com.au>wrote: > Greetings from the other side of the world, > It has been some years since I posted here but rest assured that > I do read pretty much all of the emails that come > from Phono-l. For those who don't recognise my name I write a regular > column called "Australia Calling" for In The Groove. > Yes, I am Anthony Sinclair of Australia. For those who are not members of > MAPS then this email will probably be meaningless > to you so I will keep it short and to the point. > > Back 23/March 2007 I was diagnosed with cancer and given three weeks to > live. As I try to keep a low profile (aside from > teasing my American friends with scurrilous remarks in ITG) I told only a > few people. Well, news leaked out and the number of > emails, cards and phone calls that I received was not only staggering but > very, very heart warming. The kind and generous > support continued right through my - obviously successful - chemo and I > can truly regard the international phono family > as exactly that: a FAMILY. > > Well, today was my final visit to my cancer doctor as it is now over five > years since my treatmentand, as I am still alive, I am > statistically boring and likely to keep on living for a long time to come. > Unless I upset too many of my American friends > by calling a VV-IV 'cheap and nasty' again. > > On behalf of my wife and family I say THANK YOU to everyone. Your kind > words, your prayers, your presence (even > on the other side of the world) made a pretty tough time tolerable and, > sometimes, fun. On my own behalf I say to anyone > with cancer now and in thefuture remember this: cancer IS curable. More, > much more research is to be done but don't forget that > you must have faith and a very positive attitude. > > Anthony Sinclair > AUSTRALIA CALLING > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
