Good luck, man.

Meh tell the motherfucker to zap away. Staying alive is all that counts. - Captain Obvious.

The longer you're around the more the likelihood there's a cure found.......and the more you can aggravate me with your liberal drivel. Nyuk!

And that's what Dr. Finklestein (really) did. Or, his radiation techs did. A CT 3 months out shows no growth, so we hope the tumor is dead.

I feel good, irrigation lasts 2 days, I've been going to car shows and fairs, and riding my motorcycles. Life is good.

Good deal, man. Get on that bike and forget about things.

Zapped it dead - good to hear.

Awesome news, Chuck!!!

Seven months from radiation tumor is same size and no evidence of disease (NED) which is where all cancer patients want to be!

Congrats, Chuck!

Keep on keepin on

Clean CT scan yesterday - well over a year cancer free.

^ Think you'll get to vote in the next Presidential election?

I asked my oncologist how long she thought I'd be around, and she asked if I quit smoking. So, yeah. Lots of folks who are Stage 4 with liver and/or lung involvement hang on for many years with modern treatments. If immunotherapy advances, I may be invincible!

^ As long as you get to suffer through 6+ more years of Trump, I'm happy for you.

At Trump's weight and diet, you may be betting on the wrong horse here. Go Chuck, Go!

Well, if anyone should know about dressing up pigs.....lol

Congrats, Chuck!

That's good news. Congratulations

Where ya taking the RV to celebrate?

I have officially gone insane!!!!

Open to suggestions. Near Dayton.

How about the Bronx, so you can see the best team in baseball.

You got a 50 amp/water/sewer hookup site there?

Cant ya just steal electeic from a light pole and piss in an alley?

I guess I'll vent this here.

I am still cancer-free, but the side effects suck. My feet hurt all the time from neuropathy due to the chemo. I am still living with the colostomy and will for the rest of my life. But the worst is the damage the last round of radiation did. The ureters from my kidneys to my bladder are damaged and require stents, and it is impossible for me to empty. The extra volume in the bladder presses against the rectal stump, giving me no small amount of discomfort.

Today I was in the urologist's office for a pressure test. The nurse, who was preggers, put a catheter in me and a pressure sensor in my ostomy. She drained me, then filled me up to overflowing with sterile water while I sat on a chair with a large funnel attached to it and a device underneath to measure flow. I can't pee sitting down, so I was sitting there full for a few difficult minutes until she let me stand to complete the test. No fun.

Tomorrow I report at 6:30 and they will put me out and go up my weiner to replace the stents. He will inspect the prostrate and open it up if it needs it. I bet it does.

I don't so much like having instruments shoved up my dick, and I don't like being in pain all the fucking time.

/Old man medical rant

Hope the exams go well. Those visits to the urologist are dicey, even without the cancer issues.

Good Luck, Chuck. You got this.

Chuck, people you don't even know are pulling for you.

It's back. It hurts to stand or walk. Percocet is helpful, but I still can't do much - halfway through making coffee I have to stop and pee, or I'll pee on myself. I now have a handicapped placard for my truck.

I had a biopsy Friday and the onc will use the pathology to target chemo. I'll be chemo for life, that life being about 2-3 years.

My biggest concern is finding a new home for my dog; bucket list is Cooperstown for a week in the Winnebago. The only good thing about cancer is I'll have time to put my affairs in order. I'm going to wait and see what the onc says Nov. 2nd, but I'll probably have some DVDs to get rid of, like the entire Gag Factor series. Stay tuned.

Truly sorry to hear that, Chuck. At least you've got time to put things in order. And who knows? You're a tough bastard; you may just have one good fight in you yet.

If immunotherapy matures in time, or I get in a clinical trial, I may hang along longer. I ain't selling my Gag Factors yet.

ah shit mayn. the rapid advancement of medicine...hold on for two years and i'll bet there's ten more in the pipe. glad the percs are working.

God bless, Chuck.

Accumulate as much debt as possible, and stick it to the man on yer way out. Live it up on some financial company's losses. That would be my plan, if I wasn't destined for a heart attack in my workshop.

What kind of dog & how old? Inside only dog, or inside/outside? What is the pooch's inheritance?

I hope your oncologist is wrong and you have a fair more number of years yet.

Well, I've given up the fighting. Fourth time since '07 the chemo is destroying me for one week, then I would get a week off. Just finished being in the Hospital for two days. I am now under home Hospice care. Docs say it will take some time before the cancer takes me. I'm on morphine pills and percoset.

I need to get rid of some porno DVD's, including the entire Gag Factor series. DM me if interested.

Goddamn it. Fuck. Chuck, it's been great of you to share this from beginning to end. But fuck...

I don't even know what to say. Damnit!!! This sucks worse than finding out Donkley Wrong is your new son-in-law. Worse than waking up in a Mexican motel with a big ass scar where your kidney should be.

You fought long and hard, Brother Chuck. Godspeed, Vegetarian Fanboy! You WILL be missed.

I hope you get to see Drumpf in an orange jumpsuit and fancy chrome manacles before you go. Farewell.

I am sorry to read this. You are a tough, brave guy.

That's tough to hear. After seeing what cancer, the chemo, and everything involved does to someone over the years, I know it's rough for you, man. No one deserves the pain you are going through. I am sorry.

God Bless, Chuck. Sell the RV and facefuck as many whores as you can.

On the other side i hope there are whores upside down on couches, waiting for you with their mouths open.

P.S. have you bought a bottle of anything?

No booze, but I have morphine, percocet and restoril(sp?). My spirituality is grounded in AA so I don't want to trash it.

Ever tried Dilaudid? Not sure where it rates vs. morphine but seemed to get the job done for me when I was at pain level 9

I've been assured that Hospice will do pain control.

I'm in a good place now. I've shaken off the las chemo, and the disease hasn't started killing me yet. At some point I'll be fatigued all over, and it will be time to move out of the house to some Hospice facility.

Godspeed. It's a line we're all in, you're just a little ahead of some of us.

Demerol was a gift from heaven when I had my first big surgery. Whatever you pick, I hope nothing bothers you on your way out the door. Please keep us updated.

That's what they gave me when I had a kidney stone. Put it into my IV. I went from doubled over in pain to happy as a clam in about 30 seconds. I tell people it was like a warm bucket of water being poured over my head. Highly recommend.

How about weed?

Anyone contact you about your Gag Factor Collection?

My appetite and nausea are under control, and my psyche proscriber does tests, so no reefer yet. I know where to get it if I need it.

No offers on the Gag Factor collection yet. I want all porn out before my niece takes the house, so all I really need is shipping cost. Contact info will go into the ground with me. I'm experienced in keeping secrets.