If you could be 18 again...

People spend far too much time thinking about going back etc and not just cherishing what they have going forward

Honestly i would suggest you spend about 1% of your time on earth reminiscing about what happened before and the other 99%
about things your going to do in the future , it is a complete waste of time and emotional energy thinking what if , issues you have in
the past are not the problem, thinking about them are
 
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Gunslinger said:
People spend far too much time thinking about going back etc and not just cherishing what they have going forward

Honestly i would suggest you spend about 1% of your time on earth reminiscing about what happened before and the other 99%
about things your going to do in the future , it is a complete waste of time and emotional energy thinking what if , issues you have in
the past are not the problem, thinking about them are
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At 18,, it takes another 20 years before you realise how good you are and if your skill set is in every aspect of life is from work to socialising good in the main.
Life keeps throwing stuff up doesn't it.

I like what I've learnt technically and what I've worked as, and we have had 4 kids and now grandson and granddaughter.

I've just had the good news lately on my last visit to my Oncologist, I`m now cancer free, so I'm just waiting for my immune system and anti bodies to build back up.
I had a heart valve fitted 5 years ago, it was a generic problem and I didnt know I had it . I collapsed on Shepherdson Way after the Swansea game. After the operation (keyhole) and 6 months recuperation I was back at work and building my fitness back up.

With the Lung Cancer I received a letter out of the blue asking me if I would like a telephone conversation regarding a lung function test. - They were telling lies it was a low level CT scan checking for cancers.
I took the phone call and after I told them the industries I had worked in they wanted a follow up and said pop down to Portrack Asda car park -once I had received a letter from them.
I managed to put it off from Dec to Jan this year(busy at work). It was done on a Thursday - on the Monday evening I was informed they had found something. I went up to NTUH and had blood samples taken that night.
By the following Friday I had 2 CT scans. I later had a PET scan then a live CT Biopsy. I was told for definite I had lung cancer, the type it was and what could be done.

I had a operation removing just over 50%of my left lung. then I had 12 weeks of Chemo as a belt and braces. So I've been a very very lucky lad.

Just as a note* I spoke to lots of people found to have cancer by this Lung Health Function Initiative and not just lung cancer.

Ward 32 staff from the surgeons to the cleaners and especially the care workers in JCUH - who did my heart and my lung and also North Tees University Hospital Lung Health and Chemo staff are the greatest set of people I had the good fortune to be involved with. And of course my family and my bosses at work.

If any of this hadn't worked out health wise , I've enjoyed just about every minute of life, I've had a great time.

Some kids don't get the luck or love I have been so lucky to have. I've known and still know some fantastic humans and dogs too.
Even the football team turned into a bit of a fairly story didnt it :)

Sorry to waffle on, but isn't it funny how you can have no symptoms at all but can escape with a bit of luck out of the blue?
Not sure where all the times gone like.
 
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mercury_redstone7 said:
Exactly

At 18,, it takes another 20 years before you realise how good you are and if your skill set is in every aspect of life is from work to socialising.
Life keeps throwing stuff up doesn't it.

I like what I've learnt technically and what I've worked as, and we have had 4 kids and now grandson and granddaughter.

I've just had the good news lately on my last visit to my Oncologist, I`m now cancer free, so I'm just waiting for my immune system and anti bodies to build back up.
I had a heart valve fitted 5 years ago, it was a generic problem and I didnt know I had it . I collapsed on Shepherdson Way after the Swansea game. After the operation (keyhole) and 6 months recuperation I was back at work and building my fitness back up.

With the Lung Cancer I received a letter out of the blue asking me if I would like a telephone conversation regarding a lung function test. - They were telling lies it was a low level CT scan checking for cancers.
I took the phone call and after I told them the industries I had worked in they wanted a follow up said pop down to Portrack Asda car park -once I had received a letter from them.
I managed to put it off from Dec to Jan this year(busy at work). It was done on a Thursday - on the Monday evening I was informed they had found something.
By the following Friday I had 2 CT scans. I later had a PET scan then a live CT Biopsy. I was told for definite I had lung cancer, they type it was and what could be done.

I had a operation removing just over 50%of my left lung. then I had 12 weeks of Chemo. So I've been a very very lucky lad.

Just as a note* I spoke to lots of people found to have cancer by this Lung Health Function Initiative and not just lung cancer.

Ward 32 staff form the surgeons to the cleaners and especially the care workers in JCUH who did my heart and my lung and also North Tees University Hospital Lung Health and Chemo staff are the greatest set of people I had the good fortune to be involved with. And of course my family and my bosses at work.

If any of this hadn't worked out health wise , I've enjoyed just about every minute of life, Ive had a great time.

Some kids don't get the luck or love I have been so lucky to have. I've known and still know some fantastic humans and dogs too.
Even the football team turned into a bit of a fairly story didnt it :)

Sorry to waffle on, but isn't it funny how you can have no symptoms at all but can escape with a bit of luck out of the blue?
Not sure where all the times gone like.
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I don't think you never truely understand who you are , and i think thats the beauty of it, i think you keep on learning until the day you die

Sometimes i honestly think you have to go through a tonne of **** to mould yourself into a better person both phsycologically and intellectually,
like prost said, you would be half the man if everything was easy for you

of course physcially we all have our prime in our younger years , but i think intellectual growth in that period is completely blunted with sky high testosterone ,
we are completey hormonally driven in our youth, so the argument if you knew what you knew at this date or that date and being teleported back to 18
you would quickly forget all that and just probably end up being exactly the same person you are now, nature exceeds nurture

Thanks for having the courage to share your physcial health journey, happy you are on the road to recovery
 
Gunslinger said:
I don't think you never truely understand who you are , and i think thats the beauty of it, i think you keep on learning until the day you die

Sometimes i honestly think you have to go through a tonne of **** to mould yourself into a better person both phsycologically and intellectually,
like prost said, you would be half the man if everything was easy for you

of course physcially we all have our prime in our younger years , but i think intellectual growth in that period is completely blunted with sky high testosterone ,
we are completey hormonally driven in our youth, so the argument if you knew what you knew at this date or that date and being teleported back to 18
you would quickly forget all that and just probably end up being exactly the same person you are now, nature exceeds nurture

Thanks for having the courage to share your physcial health journey, happy you are on the road to recovery
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Thank you GS. You have written some great posts and very well thought out too.

Sometimes some of the adages we have fired at us by older people are timeless,. "You cant put an old head on young shoulders"
 
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I was having the time of my life at 18 .... Rock Garden, playing in bands, haplessly trying to woo the unwooable, the Kirk, Linthorpe, summers bumming around Greece. I was hitch hiking around Europe and living by the skin of my teeth. If I went back knowing what I know now, I'd be way too sensible.
 
mercury_redstone7 said:
Exactly

At 18,, it takes another 20 years before you realise how good you are and if your skill set is in every aspect of life is from work to socialising good in the main.
Life keeps throwing stuff up doesn't it.

I like what I've learnt technically and what I've worked as, and we have had 4 kids and now grandson and granddaughter.

I've just had the good news lately on my last visit to my Oncologist, I`m now cancer free, so I'm just waiting for my immune system and anti bodies to build back up.
I had a heart valve fitted 5 years ago, it was a generic problem and I didnt know I had it . I collapsed on Shepherdson Way after the Swansea game. After the operation (keyhole) and 6 months recuperation I was back at work and building my fitness back up.

With the Lung Cancer I received a letter out of the blue asking me if I would like a telephone conversation regarding a lung function test. - They were telling lies it was a low level CT scan checking for cancers.
I took the phone call and after I told them the industries I had worked in they wanted a follow up and said pop down to Portrack Asda car park -once I had received a letter from them.
I managed to put it off from Dec to Jan this year(busy at work). It was done on a Thursday - on the Monday evening I was informed they had found something. I went up to NTUH and had blood samples taken that night.
By the following Friday I had 2 CT scans. I later had a PET scan then a live CT Biopsy. I was told for definite I had lung cancer, the type it was and what could be done.

I had a operation removing just over 50%of my left lung. then I had 12 weeks of Chemo as a belt and braces. So I've been a very very lucky lad.

Just as a note* I spoke to lots of people found to have cancer by this Lung Health Function Initiative and not just lung cancer.

Ward 32 staff from the surgeons to the cleaners and especially the care workers in JCUH - who did my heart and my lung and also North Tees University Hospital Lung Health and Chemo staff are the greatest set of people I had the good fortune to be involved with. And of course my family and my bosses at work.

If any of this hadn't worked out health wise , I've enjoyed just about every minute of life, I've had a great time.

Some kids don't get the luck or love I have been so lucky to have. I've known and still know some fantastic humans and dogs too.
Even the football team turned into a bit of a fairly story didnt it :)

Sorry to waffle on, but isn't it funny how you can have no symptoms at all but can escape with a bit of luck out of the blue?
Not sure where all the times gone like.
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What an amazing and uplifting post. Congratulations to you pal 👍🏻
 
Without a blink of an eye I would.

As much as I can resonate with "Murcury_redstone7" and agree and even nod to his experiences, to do it all again with what I know now, I reckon I would change the world, and by Christ the world needs changing.

​

 
"Don’t prioritise your looks my friend, as they won’t last the journey.
Your sense of humor though, will only get better with age.
Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.
Your ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection.
Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.
Your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.
Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.
Don’t prioritise your looks my friend,
they will change forevermore, that pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.
Prioritise the uniqueness that make you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.
These are the things which will only get better."

Maya Angelou
 
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