I'm a three year survivor. How many more members of the club are out there?Curt
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:24:46 -0800
> From: lo...@oldcrank.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Thank you - not phono related
>
> 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
> >
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