Comments on: Week 42: Tuesday http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/ Ron Metcalfe's Weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: minerva http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-369 minerva Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:35:15 +0000 http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-369 42 weeks!! Wow!! That is such an achievement. Similar to Alan, (Hi Alan) I also feel that I would be unlikely to face 48 weeks and am so grateful to be type 3 because although tx is manageable, sometimes its very hard. As you well know. I hope for you both Ron and Alan that your last few weeks pass very quickly and easily. I feel like I say this a lot, but I have such respect for people who have to undergo 48 weeks (and that is not to undermine people's experience for 24 weeks) on the contrary - it makes me more aware of the achievement 48 weeks is!! Am only 8 weeks into tx and already have such a strong sense of how much of a life-changing experience this is. And already wonder what post-tx is going to bring. Whatever choices you make Ron when you are feeling suitably recovered post-tx, I wish yourself and Carol all the best and thank you again for providing so many of us a space within the Forum, where we can take comfort, share our experiences, compare notes, and have a good old fashioned moan if necessary!! Over the past wee while that I have been a member, I have watched the number of members steadily increase and I suspect that will continue to be the case for some time to come!! All the best. xxx:) 42 weeks!! Wow!! That is such an achievement. Similar to Alan, (Hi Alan) I also feel that I would be unlikely to face 48 weeks and am so grateful to be type 3 because although tx is manageable, sometimes its very hard. As you well know. I hope for you both Ron and Alan that your last few weeks pass very quickly and easily. I feel like I say this a lot, but I have such respect for people who have to undergo 48 weeks (and that is not to undermine people’s experience for 24 weeks) on the contrary - it makes me more aware of the achievement 48 weeks is!!

Am only 8 weeks into tx and already have such a strong sense of how much of a life-changing experience this is. And already wonder what post-tx is going to bring.

Whatever choices you make Ron when you are feeling suitably recovered post-tx, I wish yourself and Carol all the best and thank you again for providing so many of us a space within the Forum, where we can take comfort, share our experiences, compare notes, and have a good old fashioned moan if necessary!!

Over the past wee while that I have been a member, I have watched the number of members steadily increase and I suspect that will continue to be the case for some time to come!!

All the best.
xxx:)

]]> By: Alan http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-368 Alan Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:48:14 +0000 http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-368 Hi Ron, I can relate to Jonathan's comments very much, it seems so long ago that this all began and I find it inspiring that you've acheived so much. Since i've started treatment i've thanked my blessings that I was 'fortunate' to be type 3, I don't think I am strong willed enough to have had to do this for 48 weeks. Not only have I found your blog inspiring but the forum has been a reminder that there are others out there in the same position as we are and i'm sure it will be a great legacy of your time on treatment for many years to come. I hope the last few weeks pass by quickly, we're almost there! Stay well Alan Hi Ron,

I can relate to Jonathan’s comments very much, it seems so long ago that this all began and I find it inspiring that you’ve acheived so much. Since i’ve started treatment i’ve thanked my blessings that I was ‘fortunate’ to be type 3, I don’t think I am strong willed enough to have had to do this for 48 weeks. Not only have I found your blog inspiring but the forum has been a reminder that there are others out there in the same position as we are and i’m sure it will be a great legacy of your time on treatment for many years to come.

I hope the last few weeks pass by quickly, we’re almost there!

Stay well

Alan

]]> By: Sue, Toronto http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-367 Sue, Toronto Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:29:17 +0000 http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-367 Hi Ron, Am in agreement with Jonathan on several points - although I thought life would perhaps be altered for ever by treatment, it's clear that I am me and my life is not terrifically twisted about in the aftermath. Moving quickly once again. However, there are hugely positive things that I've been blessed with resulting from this experience: that life is a tremendous gift that should be appreciated, that people are exceptionally special (in all ways!), that pathways are interconnected, that I am happy, that I am fortunate. These things must impact on how life is lived and thus, there are changes, even if small. You will find the balance that works for you, as we all try to. How wonderful to finally be looking at "life after treatment" and considering how it will unfold. Hope that the final weeks pass quickly and painlessly! Sue Hi Ron,

Am in agreement with Jonathan on several points - although I thought life would perhaps be altered for ever by treatment, it’s clear that I am me and my life is not terrifically twisted about in the aftermath. Moving quickly once again. However, there are hugely positive things that I’ve been blessed with resulting from this experience: that life is a tremendous gift that should be appreciated, that people are exceptionally special (in all ways!), that pathways are interconnected, that I am happy, that I am fortunate. These things must impact on how life is lived and thus, there are changes, even if small.

You will find the balance that works for you, as we all try to. How wonderful to finally be looking at “life after treatment” and considering how it will unfold. Hope that the final weeks pass quickly and painlessly!
Sue

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-364 Jonathan Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:25:32 +0000 http://www.ronmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/24/week-42-tuesday/#comment-364 Hi Ron, I was going to say that it amazes me to think that you are week 42 yet this is not true. The memory of starting treatment 36 weeks ago is a very stark one and I remember reading your blog during the time when you were at week 2 and I was just preparing and thinking how long it was going to take to do this. On the other hand it does seem like time has flown by, I remember in January wondering if I would get to the end and now I find it hard to remember what it was like on treatment. When I was on treatment I thought that I would change my life at the end of it in the end I realised that I enjoyed the life I had and fell back into it. Whether you go back to your stressful buzzing pre-treatment existence or continue in your now Zen like state is up to. I actually believe that treatment is the most stressful thing I have ever done and work related stress now just washes over me, after what we have been through very little is so significant that it is worth stressing about. Take care Jonathan Hi Ron,

I was going to say that it amazes me to think that you are week 42 yet this is not true. The memory of starting treatment 36 weeks ago is a very stark one and I remember reading your blog during the time when you were at week 2 and I was just preparing and thinking how long it was going to take to do this. On the other hand it does seem like time has flown by, I remember in January wondering if I would get to the end and now I find it hard to remember what it was like on treatment.

When I was on treatment I thought that I would change my life at the end of it in the end I realised that I enjoyed the life I had and fell back into it. Whether you go back to your stressful buzzing pre-treatment existence or continue in your now Zen like state is up to. I actually believe that treatment is the most stressful thing I have ever done and work related stress now just washes over me, after what we have been through very little is so significant that it is worth stressing about.

Take care
Jonathan

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