The weekend was ‘full on’. We made a number of trips shifting Helen and James’ stuff into their new home. There is still a lot more to come, but they can do a bit each evening coming home from work. The new house is starting to look lived in already.
I am going to sell Joan’s sewing machines. She has some class machines...embroidery, designer, overlocker and several valuable vintage sewing machines. I took advice from a sewing machine specialist Joan told me to consult and it seems that like cars and computers the value of each item has dropped dramatically. Joan did tell me that she had bought a Husqvarna Designer SE machine, but wouldn’t tell me how much it did cost. I do know that she had it insured for $9,000.00. The SM specialist tells me that there is now a new model and I could, at best, hope to get $3,000. C'est la vie!
A good friend from Papua New Guinea days emailed last night to tell me he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. This morning he Skyped me and we had a long talk about PC and specifically what his urologist said and what my treatment was when I had prostate cancer. I had what was called ‘the gold standard’...radical prostatectomy and fortunately, the cancer was removed with the prostate. Albert was told that he could do nothing...’watching and waiting’ and he would almost certainly get another 10 years. Alternatively he could have the radical prostatectomy; be free of the cancer, but may have impotence and incontinence. He sounds like he is going for the radical prostatectomy. Faced with that situation again I would do the same. Get rid of the beast!
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kev, It will be good for you to have helen and James living so close to you.sad news about your friend , They say that if you get prostate cancer when you are older it slows down and you are more likely to die of something else further down the track.a friemd of Had.s diognosed same time as Had chose notto have treatment and he is still alive , He,d be quite a few years older than Had,and maybe his cancer wasn,t as bad as Had,s.at least Had got 9 extra years after the operation.but the last year was really awful as regards pain and vomiting,On a lighter note I found my grandad.s name on a shipping list on the Funisia Oct 1905 travelling to ellis island New York and his wife and children {my mother} on the baltic form Glasgow 3 months later going to Picton Denver Colorado. Goldrush. she died there 2 years later, and they all went back to Scotland , Interesting, Marg
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