Well if you've read this thread and been keeping up, you'll know I mentioned a garage sale. Well, I must've jinxed it. Had a meeting with the oncology team last week and I'm afraid it wasn't good news. Best advice was, If you're going to have a sale, do it now as you don't have that long.
Now I feel sure there will be lots of messages about fighting it, never giving in and how mistakes get made all of the time and trust me, I'm not a quitter, but medical wisdom says I have around 6 months. The cancer has not really responded and in fact has got worse in some respects. My abdomen is filling with fluid and in the last 4 weeks they have drained 28 litres in 3 sessions. That's quite a bit by any standard. They're going to try to slow that down, but as you'd image, one doesn't feel too chipper as a water filled Space Hopper.
They've also found another suspected cancer site near my heart/lungs which further confirms the treatment isn't really going the right way.
So the long and the sort of it is that I am going to have to shift a lot of kit and there's stuff that I am sure some of you guys would like. You know, 80 series, overland trailers, Oz tents etc etc. I'll put a list of things up at some point; please don't be shy if you want something remember this money will go to my wife to support her after I've gone. I've had so many good wishes so far and offers of support, but this is where it really starts. Please lend a hand wherever you can in shifting things, finding a buyer, coming up with opportunities etc. It's a two fold operation really, pull in cash for my family and not leave them to clear up my life which has been pretty cluttered with man-kit!
So there we are. Like I said I'll keep swinging to the end, but the end will come at some point I guess. And that's just the way it is. Just keep an eye out for some quality kit for sale in the not too distant future.
It's been fun.
Chris