Does anyone care?

[Swagman105 (Geoff)]

Knowing about disc problems, Only very rarely am I glad to hear that someone suffers one. 50 bags of concrete and 40 star pickets will just about do it.
Get well Alex, no more piers for at least another week.

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by BuyoTheAstroCat

I care. Enough to read this whole post. It is a long post so that shows how much I care. If writing long post will help you take your mind off things and alleviate your problems, I will gladly read them all.

I do not know you, but I do care.
Hope you feel better soon.
And have no guiding problems.

Thank you very much your post has uplifted me.

Yes the guiding...that is my greatest concern ...that plus the various issues with the new rig and the new problems with the roof motor.

However I know that everything will be ok and the main thing is not to worry about anything.

Thanks again.

Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Swagman105

Knowing about disc problems, Only very rarely am I glad to hear that someone suffers one. 50 bags of concrete and 40 star pickets will just about do it.
Get well Alex, no more piers for at least another week.

Thank you.

Strangely I think it was the painting in the observatory that may be responsible..I did that only a day before I started to notice the first signs of pain and well after all the pier work..like 5 weeks? .one does not think too much about it but even sitting down painting the movement is prolonged and varied.

Probably at my age I may start paying for a lifetime of over doing things.... I hope not or the worst is still ahead.

Anyways I am certainly experiencing less pain now and plan not doing a single thing and just rest and hope that everything will be ok...I have run out of the pain killer they gave me to tide me over until I get more via the GP but I was on morphine a while back but stopped it and ended up with a few spare pills and I think they will get me thru...

So things are as good as I could wish for...I am just so lucky how things work out so well for me...on the positive assumption that cancer is not responsible for the disk problem.

Alex

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Glad to hear things don't look quite as grim as they could have been Alex and fingers crossed for it just being an "Overdid it" response.

[EpickCrom (Joe)]

Hi Alex.

Sorry to hear about your struggles and I'm happy to read that it is not as bad as first feared. Stay strong and persevering, we are all rooting for and care about you!

You are our lovable eccentric uncle after all. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Joe

[xelasnave]

Thanks Paul and thanks Joe much appreciated.

Just out of radiology now and got a scrip for more drugs so short term no back worry so all ok at least way ahead of last Sunday...the neck lump is just the same cancer they treated last August and they are confident the back is nothing to do with cancer so how good is that..booked in for two weeks again in the nice little flat near the hospital and really what more could you ask for.. The back will need physiotherapy but the fact the pain can be managed with drugs is ok....I will mainly rest and expect it will heal in no time at all.

AND I am using the opportunity to buy an inverter to see if I can sort out this gate motor given it shuts down the current inverter and I can sort it out seeing I can move a bit...actually coming back ...I just now bought it and it was on special..told you I am just so lucky ...what a great and productive day and a classic example of why there is nothing to be gained from worrying.

Thanks everyone... and even though I dont understand why anyone would consider me eccentric I will try and fit that image and do some funny things in an uncle like fashion...but it is nice to be so well thought of even though apparently different.

My best to everyone ... I like being alone but if not for this place I could not hack it really.
Alex

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Hello Alex, I have returned after 8 years of silence and am saddened to read you have not been well. I read this thread from start to finish, it took most of the morning. I used to have a different username back in the day, which can't be written or spoken out loud, so just Ron will have to do. I'm going to get a telescope seeing I'm younger now than I used to be. It will probably be a Dob ;-)

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by DobDobDob

Hello Alex, I have returned after 8 years of silence and am saddened to read you have not been well. I read this thread from start to finish, it took most of the morning. I used to have a different username back in the day, which can't be written or spoken out loud, so just Ron will have to do. I'm going to get a telescope seeing I'm younger now than I used to be. It will probably be a Dob ;-)

Hi Ron

It is nice to hear that you are still alive and presumably well.
I ended up buying another property up North but kept the place in Sydney which I will keep until it is rezoned for 30 storey high rise and demand a pent house as part of the purchase price as I like that street. (Attempt at humour..And strong wishing)

Look things really are not that bad for me I just tend to make things sound worse than they really are..the cancer has been taxing but its nothing really..when you finish the current book you are reading have a look at my thread in the DIY Observatories titled "New Observatory" which gives you a full account of my ups and downs...ups equals a great new observatory with four scopes and dedicated cameras etc...three narrow band units and one OSC ... All controlled from my mobil phone and a nice toy car ( mazda mx5) all purchased as a response to finding that I had thiroid cancer ( representing the downs) and finally I realised that life is finite and that I cant " take it with me"...so I decided to spend a little on some toys...

I like to think of myself as the luckiest man on the planet mainly because I really am the luckiest man on the planet.

Never put off until tomorrow something that you can do this afternoon.

Alex

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Hi Ron

It is nice to hear that you are still alive and presumably well.
I ended up buying another property up North but kept the place in Sydney which I will keep until it is rezoned for 30 storey high rise and demand a pent house as part of the purchase price as I like that street. (Attempt at humour..And strong wishing)

Look things really are not that bad for me I just tend to make things sound worse than they really are..the cancer has been taxing but its nothing really..when you finish the current book you are reading have a look at my thread in the DIY Observatories titled "New Observatory" which gives you a full account of my ups and downs...ups equals a great new observatory with four scopes and dedicated cameras etc...three narrow band units and one OSC ... All controlled from my mobil phone and a nice toy car ( mazda mx5) all purchased as a response to finding that I had thiroid cancer ( representing the downs) and finally I realised that life is finite and that I cant " take it with me"...so I decided to spend a little on some toys...

I like to think of myself as the luckiest man on the planet mainly because I really am the luckiest man on the planet.

Never put off until tomorrow something that you can do this afternoon.

Alex

Yes mate, somehow, I'm still kicking, it really is a mystery

So really sorry to hear about the cancer, it can be beaten of course or at least delayed somewhat and you're just the bloke to do that. All your new toys sound cool. I love how you found the missing piece the day the new one turned up, they *ort (is ort a word?), anyway they ort to name a law about that and not Murphie Murphy Murph whatever.

Spelling is so hard, it's got to do with letters and words.

Anyway, you will never be forgotten for the adventure we shared back in the day. It all started with you and every great adventure needs a start. I'm organizing the purchase of a new telescope and no doubt I'll be looking to you for guidance, seeing I have forgotten absolutely everything I ever knew, except that up, was sort of that way the direction my eyes are pointing to.

One last observation, you sure as heck put some distance between us in posts, I remember I was neck and neck with you but now, you are freerolling to eternal IIS glory. Well done buddy

Regards

* I couldn't help myself, it was bugging me, it's spelt ought - gosh dang it!!! I hope that question comes up on Eddy on Ch 9

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Quite often, I come onto IIS just to see what (mis)adventures our good young Alex has been up to.


I must say that his seeing either the humorous or the philosophical in each of his scrapes with humanity, reality or mortality, makes the reading all the more worthwhile.


Plus, I'm glad to see that he managed to one-up the Matron! I'll bet dollars to donuts that you are now on her list!

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Originally Posted by DobDobDob

I'm organizing the purchase of a new telescope and no doubt I'll be looking to you for guidance

That may not be advisable, given his autoguiding woes of late!

[Peter Ward]

I read your, to be frank, verbose, trials, and did indeed have a pang due my own trials.

In my case it was a rather large metastatic tumour that required six hours of surgery,
two rounds of radiation therapy and six weeks of radio therapy, plus on going drug supression.

Ah... the joys of being exposed at altitude to solar and galactic radiation.
The view from my old office window however was sublime.

I'm now missing a few useful very bits due my surgeon's knife, but, the alternative in keeping them would have been dire.

As my mother (rest her soul) liked to say here's to being "healthy, wealthy and wise".

Without the first (health), the rest is rather moot.

[glend (Glen)]

Alex is having a bad week, you may have noticed he has gone quiet. Please send him your positive energy.

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by glend

Alex is having a bad week, you may have noticed he has gone quiet. Please send him your positive energy.

Thank you for that update, it's very kind of you :thumbs-up:

Regards

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Shano592

That may not be advisable, given his auto guiding woes of late!

Alex and I worked together on a project 8 years ago, he is one of the smartest blokes I have met, don't let his facade kid you, he's as sharp as a tack

Thank you just the same Shane

Regards

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I read your, to be frank, verbose, trials, and did indeed have a pang due my own trials.

In my case it was a rather large metastatic tumour that required six hours of surgery,
two rounds of radiation therapy and six weeks of radio therapy, plus on going drug supression.

Ah... the joys of being exposed at altitude to solar and galactic radiation.
The view from my old office window however was sublime.

I'm now missing a few useful very bits due my surgeon's knife, but, the alternative in keeping them would have been dire.

As my mother (rest her soul) liked to say here's to being "healthy, wealthy and wise".

Without the first (health), the rest is rather moot.

Being frank is merely offering the truth and that can only be a good thing .... you only point out the obvious so know your call does not worry me...you said what you feel..that is good.

Perhaps if you put my grizzling in the context of the thiroid cancer, which continues in my lung, and the ruptured Gaul bladder and kidney colapse you may understand that the other night I complained about was just too much even in my brief and verbose account.,...there was much more as well.

..Anyways if you have not noticed verbosity is the key stone of my writting style and happily I see it as a virtue...please dont let it worry you.

I am so sorry to hear of your suffering Peter but just remember things change and clearly you have dealt with the change with dignity and just look at your marvelous achievements so clearly you have not just given up. My opperation was longer than yours but I must say I did not notice but the two weeks after was about as bad as I have endured..not knowing that I would be able to talk more resigned to a world where I could no longer speak...that was bad enough but perpetually drowning in your own juices that just did not stop was near impossible to manage...I think back and simply can not believe what I went thru...you no doubt must have similar memories and that makes me feel very sad for you...I have taken the course of talking about it which I know has helped me as I must display an attitude that others when faced with issues can draw on how I managed to get thru..wont help everyone but if I can help one other that is great..its the way I do things... I know it irritates some folk but I also know that I can inspire others to hang on due to my example. Its just how I choose to go thru life.

My Mum who is no longer alive would always say to me health was the only important thing..I was young and unwise and would say yes but just give me money...

Cancer took her and right to the end she was the most positive person I have known in my life...an inspirational person offering simpla wisdom.

I go in for radiation treatment next week and as serious as that may be it is of little concern because this back issue has near destroyed me... I am managing the pain with drugs but for all practical purposes I am totally immobile... I can't even sit and enjoy my microscope and at the moment I fear a future that I have been living now for a week and a half...put it this way if I had a gun I think in my down moments I may have used it...I know it is just one more thing sent to build my character which is ok if it becomes something I look back on rather than defines my existence.

You be very careful and get regular check ups and never let folk like me irritate you.
Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Shano592

Quite often, I come onto IIS just to see what (mis)adventures our good young Alex has been up to.


I must say that his seeing either the humorous or the philosophical in each of his scrapes with humanity, reality or mortality, makes the reading all the more worthwhile.


Plus, I'm glad to see that he managed to one-up the Matron! I'll bet dollars to donuts that you are now on her list!

I am happy I may bring you joy.

I hope you and yours are well.

Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by DobDobDob

Alex and I worked together on a project 8 years ago, he is one of the smartest blokes I have met, don't let his facade kid you, he's as sharp as a tack

Thank you just the same Shane

Regards

I am somewhat disappointed to hear you only consider me to be "one of the smartest blokes I have ever met" but then realised you played it down so as not to embarrass me.

Thank you for you kind words Ron and good luck with your telescope purchase.

Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by glend

Alex is having a bad week, you may have noticed he has gone quiet. Please send him your positive energy.

Thanks Glen...I must say if not for your frequent messages life would be a little hard to take right now...there is just you and one other who check on me and heck I appreciate you both so much.

Alex

[astroron (Ron)]

Hi Alex, I'm a man of few words when it comes to typing
but reading your voluminous writing makes up for my puny
efforts.
A friend of mine passed away late last year after going through
a similar situation as you.
After so many operations and no end in sight as to them stopping
any time soon,he decided enough was enough, so went down the
"let nature take it's course" route and passed away pretty quickly
after that decision.
That you have chosen to fight on, and take us all on your
journey is admirable and thought provoking.
Thankyou.
I have not long ago turned 80 and the only real ailment
is a bad back, I consider myself fairly lucky.
My bad back fades into insignificance as to what you're
going through.
I think of you often, and come on here and catch up
with your posts.
All the best my friend, keep on keeping on.
Cheers
Ron