Many thanks Darren. I echo the best wishes and hope all goes well. 

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I wish you, your wife and family the strength to get through this tough time Darren and look forward to a successful outcome.
We all do,as you can see.

Only just seen this.....

So very sorry to learn of your news Darren. I do hope that yesterday's procedure went to plan and that your wife is being made as  "comfortable" as possible by her care team now. The next period will of course be daunting for you all and I join with all the other members in here hoping for a successful chemotherapy treatment and a positive prognosis thereafter.

It goes without saying that we'll all be thinking about your wife, you and your family.  

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Very sorry to read about this Darren. Obviously hoping you'll be able to share good news with us soon.

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Very sorry to hear this.   But there is a great rate of survival these days so fingers crossed all will be fine    

And obviously we dont expect you to worry about how many people have been arguing in UIA for the next few months!

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So sorry to hear your news, Darren. 😞 We are all thinking of you and your family and sending you our best. I've seen up close the miracles they can do these days with treatment. I had cancer at 27 and saw many women with breast cancer in the wards. Truly inspiring how so many people are so strong and come out the other side thanks to that strength and modern medicine. Try to stay positive. 🙂

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I'm really sorry to hear that you also had a battle with cancer, Nick; thank goodness though that you survived to tell the tale.

I was 27 when I myself was struck down by a very nasty illness in 2007, namely Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This encompasses two different forms; Crohns' Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. At the moment it is incurable and can only be controlled with ongoing medication. However I heard on the grapevine a while ago that a professor at King's College Hospital in London had developed a vaccine which he believed will one day both cure people like me who suffer from the condition, and protect those who don't have it. Modern medicine is indeed a great thing, and had it not been for the availability of the treatments I have been given, I would very likely have had to undergo surgery a while ago.

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So sorry to hear of your news, Darren. I'll echo the sentiments of others here - stay positive and stay strong - we're all behind you x 😊

Here is the Top 20 of the posting league for October. Please see the front page for an explanation of why this is all I am producing for the foreseeable future.

	Prev	Pos	Member	Joined Date (* = approx)	1st Oct	1st Nov	No. added	Cons. months	Current Forum Tot
	(1)	1	NickR	07/02/2007	17731	18298	567	12	18298
	(4)	2	SEMerc	01/01/2008	28000	28371	371	104	28367
	(12)	3	Maunder Minimum	08/09/2007	23984	24332	348	38	24329
	(2)	4	Ulric	14/12/2006	15345	15686	341	88	15685
	(3)	5	Martyn	01/01/2004 *	25911	26249	338	138	24569
	(14)	6	Chunky Pea	28/10/2013	2661	2989	328	19	2989
	(13)	7	Devonian	01/10/2002 *	18715	19037	322	72	17193
	(7)	8	Caz	28/10/2008	12424	12725	301	52	12717
	(11)	9	Essan	10/08/2002	28371	28649	278	106	22874
	(9)	10	Charmhills	01/10/2002 *	45504	45753	249	159	32562
	(8)	11	Saint Snow	14/12/2001	32573	32821	248	94	29882
	(24)	12	War Hawk	01/08/2003 *	6987	7219	232	10	1163
	(10)	13	David M Porter	03/08/2006	11820	12035	215	92	12031
	(5)	14	ARTzeman	26/09/2011	19327	19540	213	61	15564
	(22)	15	Gandalf The White	01/10/2003 *	23834	24036	202	11	22438
	(19)	16	Solar Cycles	04/09/2008	10684	10886	202	43	10886
	(6)	17	Brian Gaze	15/02/2001	35620	35814	194	159	26412
	(20)	18	bowser	22/09/2006	6521	6698	177	45	6698
	(27)	19	The Beast from the East	05/03/2005	16809	16968	159	16	14509
	(31)	20	Bertwhistle	20/11/2015	1951	2092	141	12	2092

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Grateful Darren- and not just because I scraped into the 20. At one point I thought you'd only manage top 10, but you seem to have taken on more and I hope that's not going to be too tall an order for you. Truly best wishes.

Bertie

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Only just discovered Darren's news, so can I also wish them all the best. My mum also had breast cancer and had a mastectomy, intenstive treatment and radiotherapy, that was 10 years ago and she's still with us today aged 75.  

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Thanks Darren for the posting league. Nice to see it carrying on into a new dimension..

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Thanks for keeping this going Darren, even if it is not as comprehensive as before. You're a star.

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Thank you Darren. 

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Thanks Darren, much appreciated!

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So what you're saying, Darren, is that I've missed out on two gold medals and associated write-ups.

 

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Thanks Darren for the October update 🙂

Cheers Darren,
Good to see you still posting.

Aye - Best wishes Darren 

Here's November's Top 20. Busy time I'm afraid. I do still hope that I can make more information available to you ultimately, but I've not had any opportunity yet to do so.

	Prev	Pos	Member	Joined Date (* = approx)	1st Nov	1st Dec	No. added	Cons. months	Current Forum Tot
	(3)	1	Maunder Minimum	08/09/2007	24332	24791	459	39	24788
	(1)	2	NickR	07/02/2007	18298	18685	387	13	18685
	(2)	3	SEMerc	01/01/2008	28371	28754	383	105	28750
	(11)	4	Saint Snow	14/12/2001	32821	33203	382	95	30264
	(6)	5	Chunky Pea	28/10/2013	2989	3335	346	20	3335
	(15)	6	Gandalf The White	01/10/2003 *	24036	24374	338	12	22776
	(16)	7	Solar Cycles	04/09/2008	10886	11221	335	44	11221
	(5)	8	Martyn	01/01/2004 *	26249	26523	274	139	24843
	(7)	9	Devonian	01/10/2002 *	19037	19306	269	73	17462
	(4)	10	Ulric	14/12/2006	15686	15934	248	89	15933
	(30)	11	Gray-Wolf	27/08/2010	4018	4243	225	10	4243
	(23)	12	doctormog	13/12/2001	62453	62664	211	65	30248
	(14)	13	ARTzeman	26/09/2011	19540	19745	205	62	15769
	(9)	14	Essan	10/08/2002	28649	28850	201	107	23075
	(12)	15	War Hawk	01/08/2003 *	7219	7416	197	11	1360
	(13)	16	David M Porter	03/08/2006	12035	12219	184	93	12215
	(19)	17	The Beast from the East	05/03/2005	16968	17142	174	17	14683
	(17)	18	Brian Gaze	15/02/2001	35814	35971	157	160	26569
	(10)	19	Charmhills	01/10/2002 *	45753	45893	140	160	32702
	(8)	20	Caz	28/10/2008	12725	12852	127	53	12844

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Thanks for posting the table Darren. All good names at the top. Great to still be able to see how we are doing. Well done all and of course well done Darren.

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Thanks a bunch Darren 🙂 Will always follow the stats with interest!

Just read this thread , thoughts are with you and your wife Darren.

You have all the support of TWO

 

 

Marcus

 

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Keep it up Darren.

Good to see familiar names bobbing around the place.

It's like Top of the Pops.

Can't be missed.

Thanks again for this Darren; best wishes.

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