It's been a while since I've been here, but that's because summer vacation has taken me places.

I am the guy with the case of a brain tumor, classified as a Grade 3 tumor. My first round was the fight with radiation treatments, lasting several weeks, and losing hair in my eyebrows and in various places on my head. Nothing spectacular. Even in terms of side effects, nothing really happened. Which was good of course.

Intermission - I was scheduled for another MRI scan, which I had done, and the results from it were awesome news to hear, especially in a good way. The tumor was getting smaller - about the size of a couple of peas of a pod. I even got to see the MRI scan as well.

But, my team of doctors still wanted to beat it even more, which was what I was thinking too. Let's take this sucker, and really give it a beating. So, today I start round 2. Chemotherapy. A word that usually strikes terror to some. Not in my case apparently. My chemo treatment is supposedly very mild, meaning no hair loss, memory loss, sickness, and maximum effect on the tumor. This drug is also supposedly VERY effective against my type of tumor. Cool, eh?

So that's where I stand in my fight against cancer, and I'd just thought I'd let all of you guys know.

Cheers, and I'll be back.....

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I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.

Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

[url="mailto:Bruintone@netscape.net"]mailto:Bruintone@netscape.net[/url]Bruintone@netscape.net</A>
Yahoo! Name : jedibruintone77

Best of luck to you.

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Amazing attitude you've got there!

and of course, good luck

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That's wonderful to hear.

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Roach - Gyring and gimbling in the wabe...
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Celebrate good times!

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Good luck, I'm glad to hear/read the good news.

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Great to hear that your doing so well. I wish the best of luck to you in this.

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Good luck!

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -Isaac Asimov

You'll feel better once you've recovered. At least, my mother felt a lot better after she had her tumor removed. None of the strange migraines and inexplicable queasiness.

The best of luck to you, and hopefully you'll have a speedy recovery.

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Worth a million in prizes, baby.

Hey, that's really good to hear, man. Going to be on enough to start Fantasy Football again? (at least I think it was you.. don't remember)

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Prowling out of the tundra, swinging a jeweled meat hammer, cometh Outlaw Torn! And he gives a gutteral bellow:

"I'm seriously going to hump you until you scream like a banshee!"

Yeah, go kick some tumor *** !

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"This world is made of love and peace!"
"Let's live today, let's live tomorrow, and let's live the day after that, even if it means living in eternal pain."
- Vash the Stampede

glad to hear that you're so positive about it, everything sounds good though, best of luck with it.

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Drugs & Stupidity, Tons of it.

Awesome.

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"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

-Albert Einstein

Good luck and give that tumor a bad *** beatin!

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Good news, hope everything keeps going well for you, and gets even better.

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Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge.

No mercy.

Good luck.

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GhostOfYoda - General doer of stuff.

Good luck. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Good luck, keep up the fight!

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Good luck man

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ZGPC

Good to hear from you, Sanke-Eyes

Good luck with round two!

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Good luck, mate!

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Wise men say that fools rush in where angels fear to tread, so look before you leap, so to speak, because the grass is not always greener on the other side of the hill.

Great news so far - come out fighting and best of luck for round 2 (and just in case you need it, have a "good-luck smiley " from me )

-Jackpot

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"jackpot is an evil evil man... so evil, in fact, that he's awesome." - Seb

"Life is mostly froth and bubble, but two things stand in stone,
Kindness in another's trouble, courage in your own"
("Ye Wearie Wayfarer" - by Adam Lindsay Gordon)

G'luck man!

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"We came, we saw, we conquered, we...woke up!"

With that attitude, you'll most assuredly smack the **** out of that tumor.

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Kill Your Idols!

Yea. Im glad you have a good attitude about it. That goes a long way. So go ahead and beat the pulp out of that thing

And I hope your back soon.

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I'm glad you're doing fine, and even more glad that you're really driving forward through all of this, it's great to see you're hell-bent on success. Keep going, and don't forget your Guitar!

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Wake up, rise and shine, Gotta take another pint, Dig heads and watch out for the night.

Your courage is very admirable. Give that tumor hell.

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Thanks for all the support; you guys will never know how much it means to me.

On top of everything, I still exercise and eat healthy. Anything else I should/need to do?

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I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.

Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

[url="mailto:Bruintone@netscape.net"]mailto:Bruintone@netscape.net[/url]Bruintone@netscape.net</A>
Yahoo! Name : jedibruintone77

Wonderful to hear, good luck

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"Bantha's are filthy animals.......I don't eat filthy animals."

"Laugh it up Fuzzball!"
-Han Solo

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Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
:wq!

Awesome attitude man. Good luck.

Good Luck.

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Steal my dreams and sell them back to me.....

Beat that tumor like a wife.

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<.<

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Best of luck to you, man. Keep on fighting!



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