Wow Mart that is a shock.  Do look after yourself and I wish you a speedy recovery. 

If you really need a vote I will vote for the Conquerer. This will be the only model of this tank ever made commercially so do it quickly before somewone changes their mind and insists we have another version of a Sherman or yet another Tiger remake. 

All the best, Rob 

Hope it all goes well.  Look after the second one!

M11/39 for me.

I would just like to say THANKS EVERYONE FOR CHEERING ME UP WITH YOUR COMMENTS I WISH ALL OF YOU A GREAT YEAR YOU ALL DESERVE IT THANKS 

My wife Alison is really impressed by your messages of support as I am and just for WULF I have left a block of wood up the loft a sort of Noah's Arch for the wood worm

I will keep you all up to date but at the moment it seems they have caught it early will still lose my Kidney but I have a spare LOL

Martin

Mart - terrible news. But good to hear they have found it early.

Are they hoping that whipping the kidney out will be all, or will chemo and or radiotherapy be needed too?

Here's wishing you (and your wife) the best.

Keep positive - don't let it beat you - you have to know that you will be good at the end of it.

Holy sh*t Mart, good luck with the op, hope you have a good convalescence and speedy recovery from it. My father in law had a similar run a few months back, his brother died of colon cancer, so he got himself checked out (no symptoms, thought it best to though). He had to have a foot-long piece of his intestine removed the next day.

I'm going to vote for whatever you want to do, whenever you feel ok enough to do so.

I've just been having a chat with Mart.

All being well, and there being a bed 'spare', Mart will go in tomorrow.....Have the op on Wednesday.....And then spend three days in the Intensive Care Unit.
One thing that may cause 'slight complications' is, because of the size of the kidney, it's possible it may have attached itself to his intestine.....So a short section of that may have to come out.

Basically, they won't know until they operate. (They're going to be making a much bigger hole in the poor chap than I'd imagined !)
He's had umpteen checks on other parts of his body.....and (touch wood) there isn't any sign of the cancer having spread anywhere else.

Mart's as 'chipper' as anything.......But will naturally be delighted when it's all over.

Mrs Mart is going to update "as soon as".

GOOD LUCK & VERY BEST WISHES MART.

Cheers - Phil

Good Luck Martin.

Good luck from here as well! Not that you'll need it am sure

Quote from: Techno on 21 July 2014, 07:25:48 PM
GOOD LUCK & VERY BEST WISHES MART.

This!  

Yep, all the best for this Mart.

Best wishes for the op and a speedy recovery

Good luck Mart!

Belated good wishes from me too. Hope it all goes well.

Not sure how I missed this at the time

Good luck Mart , hope everything goes well

And all the best from me too!

Albeit beIated-I really should drop in more often...