Hi EzJim, I have not forgotten your lovely heart felt post, yes I'm not totally isolated from friends as a matter of fact, I have many friends here in Thailand, the New Spain, I owned a home in Spain for nearly 20 years and the friends I made there many of them have now moved here, as it is much to expensive in Spain and you can hardly live on your pension there.

Also I have many friends at my work, but I do not want to mention the word cancer as there is some taboo when your teaching children here, thinking you can give them some illness, so I am playing it low key at work and only telling a few trusted and wonderful people. working here is the key to my survival no work no money no nothing Im then finished.

I'm very fortunate to have my ex business partner living quite near by, who is in some ways rough Diamond and quite a rock for me, at this time, as a matter of fact we have both been through similar problems in life and sickness, so he understands well, but I dont want to burdon him to much with my problem, as he has his own life to live.

yes I'm very positive now, but what I will feel like if i have been up all night feeling sick and have to force my self to work each day, then I dont know what I wll be like.

You can contact me any time and we can compare notes as I to will need some one, who has been through all this trauma to help me understand what to expect and then fight my way to the other side of the rapids onto land again.

Fortunately I have never been the lonely type and the funny thing is, all my life I have been surrounded with loving people, some times to many so its wonderful here with as many or as little as you wnat, but what I do need is some one in my days of sickness to be near, but just this time owing to personal problems and bankruptcy over a bad time with the last recession, I am alone, but no problem in Thailand you can soon be surrounded with people if your well enough and want to be.

Yes this is the most amazing forum with wonderful strict advice i love it others I have joined are so slow you could wait for weeks for any answer, feel free to contact me any time Ill be here 24 hours a day to chat on Hotmail msn.

Last edited by Teacher jon; 10-29-2009 05:13 AM.
"Base of Tongue Cancer", may be HPV cancer. swollen lymph nodes, half the tongue base Now T2/3 N2 MRI scan and simulation mask, 4 Chemo/35 rad of 35. Tumors gone. can eat. MRI April 19th , Nodes now all gone, was 6 cm, weight GAIN to 81 kg but found 2.1 grey area on MRI. Biopsy next.