On 31/05/16 03:31, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> 
> That's the spirit!
> A positive attitude is a remission catalyst.
> 
> Praying this Mantle Cell Lymphoma dies.
> 
Thanks, Nekar.

I saw a few people who just gave up; they didn't last long. Whereas
those with a sense of humour like myself had a tendency to improve. One
guy I met had been living with mesothelioma* for nearly 15 years; he
said that when the Grim Reaper came to call he just laughed at him.


* Median life expectancy for mesothelioma patients usually ranges from
12 to 21 months, depending on the stage of the disease at diagnosis,
with approximately 40 percent of patients living beyond one year and 20
percent living beyond two years.

John
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On 30/05/16 23:11, jr wrote:
> 
> never met you, still, fingers crossed.
> 

Yes, you have. We had a conversation re: ffmpeg just a few days ago :-)
In the context of this ng that makes you an acquaintance.

BTW The script finally worked and I now have a collection of normalised
files. In the end I set the gain to -1.0dB. It seemed to give better
sound quality.

John
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On 5/31/2016 9:55 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 31/05/16 17:56, clipka wrote:
>>
>> No ailment in the world excuses that kind of "music" :P
>>
>
> I'd be willing to bet that you don't like this either:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkuJb8MROzg
> I used it raise my spirits when I felt particularly down. When I was in
> isolation, I had the medics dancing to it once.
>

The medics who had been working for 24 hours, straight. Right?

> Oh, and just for Stephen and a couple of other usual suspects:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5NGXyRpzTw
>

I always heard that as "have a sniff on me. ;-)

As in pass me that rolled up fiver and "ditto" :-P
And as you know I've stopped smoking cigarettes since my bypass.


> John (grinning like a maniac)
>

Like? ^_^

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On 31/05/16 22:23, Stephen wrote:
> On 5/31/2016 9:55 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> On 31/05/16 17:56, clipka wrote:
>>>
>>> No ailment in the world excuses that kind of "music" :P
>>>
>>
>> I'd be willing to bet that you don't like this either:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkuJb8MROzg
>> I used it raise my spirits when I felt particularly down. When I was in
>> isolation, I had the medics dancing to it once.
>>
> 
> The medics who had been working for 24 hours, straight. Right?
> 

24 hours? That's a half shift for some of them. Exaggerating but only a
bit (as you very well know). The nurses too would often work 16 hours
and then return the next day to repeat the same. Beth (NFN) was one of
those dedicated to doing that.

>> Oh, and just for Stephen and a couple of other usual suspects:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5NGXyRpzTw
>>
> 
> I always heard that as "have a sniff on me. ;-)
> 
> As in pass me that rolled up fiver and "ditto" :-P
> And as you know I've stopped smoking cigarettes since my bypass.
>

Of course you have ;-)

> 
>> John (grinning like a maniac)
>>
> 
> Like? ^_^
> 

You might very well think that; I could not possibly comment.

John
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On 5/31/2016 10:42 PM, Doctor John wrote:

>
> 24 hours? That's a half shift for some of them. Exaggerating but only a
> bit (as you very well know). The nurses too would often work 16 hours
> and then return the next day to repeat the same. Beth (NFN) was one of
> those dedicated to doing that.
>

And you let her stick needles in you?


>
>>
>>> John (grinning like a maniac)
>>>
>>
>> Like? ^_^
>>
>
> You might very well think that; I could not possibly comment.
>

Put a bit of stick about. :)


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     Stephen

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On 31/05/16 23:41, Stephen wrote:
> 
> And you let her stick needles in you?
> 

Well, the alternative was an en*m*.
I think I chose correctly.

John
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On 5/31/2016 11:52 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 31/05/16 23:41, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> And you let her stick needles in you?
>>
>
> Well, the alternative was an en*m*.
> I think I chose correctly.
>

And here's me thinking that was what southern schooldays trained you for.

"Pass me another fag, Carruthers. This one's split."


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On 01/06/16 00:10, Stephen wrote:
> 
> And here's me thinking that was what southern schooldays trained you for.
> 
> "Pass me another fag, Carruthers. This one's split."
> 
> 
ROTFL

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Am 31.05.2016 um 22:55 schrieb Doctor John:

>> No ailment in the world excuses that kind of "music" :P
>>
> 
> I'd be willing to bet that you don't like this either:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkuJb8MROzg

That's a bet you'd win hands down, but...

> I used it raise my spirits when I felt particularly down. When I was in
> isolation, I had the medics dancing to it once.

... if it gets a team of medics to dance -- preferably female ones --
this one /might/ be excused ;)

> Oh, and just for Stephen and a couple of other usual suspects:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5NGXyRpzTw
> 
> John (grinning like a maniac)

Just "like" a maniac? ;)

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On Sun, 29 May 2016 23:47:16 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> ... so, it's time to let you let you all what's happening to me.
> 
> In September last year I was diagnosed as having Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
> It's relatively rare and thus difficult to treat. It's also diagnosed
> late, mainly because it shows few, if any, symptoms in its early stages;
> by the time I was diagnosed I was at stage 4b. This was not good.
> 
> Luckily, I was assigned a brilliant consultant, David Wrench (a Scot,
> but don't hold that against him), who fought to have me included in a
> new trial protocol that has a fighting chance of preventing me from
> joining the Choir Invisible for a few years yet. I get a PET scan in
> about 10 days time to confirm our suspicions that I may be heading for
> remission. If that is actually the case then I get a Stem Cell
> Transplant in the late Summer.
> 
> I tell you this so that you don't all wonder why I might have
> disappeared from the ng in a few month's time.
> 
> Oh, nearly forgot: What's the Subject line about? I'm just a foot
> soldier who volunteered to be part of the Forlorn Hope. If it all works
> we'll be one step closer to ridding the world of cancer.

That is promising news.  I think Stephen may have shared with you that my 
sister-in-law's husband was diagnosed with MCL about 2.5 years ago.  
Sadly, he was not diagnosed in time, but he hung in there as long as he 
could to provide data about this form of cancer because it's so rare.

We wish you the very best success in your treatment - with hopes that the 
PET scan shows you are going into remission.

Jim

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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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