The only bit of sentimentality I'll allow myself is from Ernest Hemingway who said something very true; "But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

Bear in mind he also said, "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." Never have truer words been spoken.

Sunday, 14 October 2012

Nut Job Friday 28th September 2012

Hi everyone,

I hope this finds you well. It has been over a month since my Orchidectomy surgery and thanks for all of the positive messages.

I have healed up nicely and after intensive therapy we have learnt to cope with the loss of lefty. This therapy has consisted entirely of inappropriate jokes made by a surprisingly wide range of people. Maybe this is the 'oh well, you have another one, I suppose,' attitude. Try telling that someone with one eye. Sometimes I catch righty looking slightly forlorn but then I realise that I am possibly over analysing the situation and just need to get dressed.

The best way to deal with things in my world is to make jokes. Fortunately for the you guys, my editorial team consists entirely of my wife who makes Joseph Goebbels seem slack...so my barrage of nut related jokes are not coming your way this time.

However it worries me that the supposedly fairer sex still generally think it is slightly amusing getting a testicle removed. It is almost as if they have never taken them seriously, whereas a lot of blokes look pained and a little haunted. Anyway, enough about that but I am simply responding to your many enquiries...

We saw the specialist and he said that the problem was caused by a combination of infection and/or trauma. I was asked if I wanted a prosthetic replacement....seriously.

Either way it is not cancer which is nice for a change. Jaynean and myself are so hardcore that this whole thing seems pretty inconsequential to be honest. When you have the worst type of cancer everything else doesn't really scare us anymore. Onwards and upwards as they say - now I have an x-ray on my leg, spinal MRI and also a brain scan on the 1st October.




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