No.  I am not shunning the group.  Canada Bob's posting has been the
only bad experience I have had and I'm not going to let that get to me.
You people were a big support to both John and me when we were going
through this, and I hope others gained something from our posts.  I
don't know how I would have gotten through his surgery and the
post-surgical recovery had it not been for the support I had here.

I am sorry that Canada Bob found it necessary to leave the group.  I
have sent him a couple PEMs that I intended as tactful and hope that
they will encourage him to come back.

Yes, I do cherish life and I cherish every minute that John and I have
each other.  We were sharing about the day we went to his doctor for
the family counselling.  He said that when we met with the doctor's
assistant Karen afterwards to schedule the surgery, cat scan, etc.,
that I looked like I had just witnessed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
John said that he was twisting and crumpling the literature that the
doctor had given us at the same time.  John said he had to tell me to
calm down.  Thinking back, I guess I was pretty spooked.  Reading about
the side effects of the surgery was one thing but actually hearing his
doctor say it was another.  John told me he was looking down the hall
to see if the doctor was at the other end because sometimes he shows up
there and John was thinking of asking him if someone could give me a
shot.  I also recall the doctor telling me that day about implants,
injections, etc., that would enable us to have sex post-surgery and I
wondered why he was telling me this since we weren't even sure he would
get all the cancer (11 of 12 cores removed during biopsy were
infected).  I realized down the road that the doctor was just trying to
help me see the big picture.  Thanks for listening.

No.  I am not shunning the group.  Canada Bob's posting has been the
only bad experience I have had and I'm not going to let that get to me.
You people were a big support to both John and me when we were going
through this, and I hope others gained something from our posts.  I
don't know how I would have gotten through his surgery and the
post-surgical recovery had it not been for the support I had here.

I am sorry that Canada Bob found it necessary to leave the group.  I
have sent him a couple PEMs that I intended as tactful and hope that
they will encourage him to come back.

Yes, I do cherish life and I cherish every minute that John and I have
each other.  We were sharing about the day we went to his doctor for
the family counselling.  He said that when we met with the doctor's
assistant Karen afterwards to schedule the surgery, cat scan, etc.,
that I looked like I had just witnessed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
John said that he was twisting and crumpling the literature that the
doctor had given us at the same time.  John said he had to tell me to
calm down.  Thinking back, I guess I was pretty spooked.  Reading about
the side effects of the surgery was one thing but actually hearing his
doctor say it was another.  John told me he was looking down the hall
to see if the doctor was at the other end because sometimes he shows up
there and John was thinking of asking him if someone could give me a
shot.  I also recall the doctor telling me that day about implants,
injections, etc., that would enable us to have sex post-surgery and I
wondered why he was telling me this since we weren't even sure he would
get all the cancer (11 of 12 cores removed during biopsy were
infected).  I realized down the road that the doctor was just trying to
help me see the big picture.  Thanks for listening.