PMC Hyperbariac Chamber Treatment!

[PMC]

G'day Lounge Lizards,

My wife and I have been busy over the last couple of weeks organising family to fly up and help my wife, while I fly down to the Prince of Wales hospital on the 30th June to commence my 6 weeks Hyperbaric chamber and Anti-Map antibiotic treatment.

It has been one hell of a journey for my family and I over the last 3 and a half years. From cancerous polyps in the bowel and then finally being struck down with the dreaded Crohns disease. My life has literally been turned upside down.

After 21 operations under general anaesthetic in the last 3 years, my treating specialist Professor Thomas Borody from The Centre for Digestive Diseases (CDD) in Sydney has decided that I try a new radical procedure in a final attempt to put my Crohns disease into remission and hopefully get my life back on track.

A special thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) who have agreed to pay the costs. Without DVA's support I would have died a couple of years ago.

For the first time in my life I am starting to get excited with the real possibility of achieving "quality of life"!

Over the next six weeks whilst living in a lodge near the hospital, I should be provided with fresh material to spin you all some new yarns. lol

PS, from my family and I, thanks to you all over the last 2 years for your support and friendship. With-out it, I would have been in an even deeper depressive state.

Kind regards,

Paul

[Hardyards]

Good luck with this mate, hoping you have no complications and life returns to “Normal”
Ps DVA have been good to me as well

[Dave_H]

Good luck with all Paul, hope all goes well for you and your family.

[Clunk]

All the best Paul, hope all this pans out well for you bud

[mudnut]

That is great news, Paul. I hope the treatment is successful.

[threedogs]

Great to hear you have some funding, I know what its like not being able to function and do the things you want to, within reason.
I've only heard good reports about the chamber. years ago when I was diving there were only two in Australia, go figure.
Fingers are crossed for you Paul I know how important this is to you, I'll have a word with the guy upstairs as well.
Stay strong sounds like a strong support crew too, just get Farkin better so we can have a beer around a camp fire some time in the future
and maybe even laugh at all this , wouldn't that be good

[NP99]

Good things to happen Paul. Good shout out for DVA to

[Bloodyaussie]

Good news mate.... thank Faarrkk for organisations like DVA that do help and have a difficult job allocating resources to try and help as many as possible.

Now you play nice down in Sydney Paul.

[MEGOMONSTER]

All the beast Paul, it will be a success.
I can feel it in my boner

[paulyg]

Good luck Paul, I think its about time you had some better luck in your life.