THANK YOU EVERYONE.

Thank you for being there for all of us. Your help to me has been amazing.  

Brian, a huge thanks to you too my friend, it's hard losing friends on the community William is the 4th for me in the last few weeks, and being on the "treatable ", pathway myself, it's a reminder of how precious life is and how important it is to make the most of it, not always easy as many of you know, lt's sometimes bloody hard, but having a wonderful family and friends, and you guys on the community, a wonderful group of people we all wish we'd never met, but are so thankful we found ourselves here when we needed each other at a difficult time, thank you all.

love Eddie and Sheila xx 

Hello Dj manic &eddiel 

It's "our" Community and between us we make it work. Yes, it's hard sometimes, yes, we "lose" friends but we also make friends too - I have some very good friends here.

It's not only the actual people on the Community we help it's the thousands who don't join, "ghost" through and "suck off" the information they need and move on - last year the entire Community had in excess of 10 million page views. Now that's some help and support.

Thanks for all your contributions.

Best wishes - Brian.

Thank you Brian for keeping us in order. I moderate a couple of other forums and I know how much goes on behind the curtains. "Herding cats" is probably the best description!

I joined the forum in 2018 whilst going through a prolonged diagnosis process (it was nearly six months from first referral to the start of treatment) and it was a great support for both of us at that very uncertain time.

I'll raise a glass of alcohol-free IPA (Google for Black Isle Brewery Halo) as a toast to the next 5000 threads.

Good morning Seamus47 

It's not too bad on here, you are a well behaved bunch and it does give me time to work on other groups and do a few other things. We do have a monthly "Champs" meeting to check on site news and issues and developments but by and large it's quiet on the Prostate Group.

It's great to see you are doing well 8 years into your personal journey - keep it up.

On a personal note about 8 years ago I stayed in Cromarty and as well as the distillery visits we did visit Black Isle Brewery - I came away with a T-Shirt and 48 cans!! One of the 2 pubs in the village sold their beers so we made that "our local" for 2 weeks!

Kind Regards - Brian.

Great Post Brian, your words are 'spot on.'. The help and support you give personally is massive!

I  posted a big thank you on the "Incurable forum " as they gave me permission to post about Ulls.  I remember Ulls saying what a great bunch they were.  He wasn't wrong!

Macmillan does have the best Cancer Support forums.  I am glad I can play my little part in it.

Hello Steve (Stevecam) 

We do what we do. We don't please everyone  but what we do is offer advice, a listening ear, and support to other members of the Community.

It is our Community - we all have cancer - we are here to support one another. At the end of the day I log out of the Community and hope I have given support and help to anyone posting - it's hard - I don't always have the answer but it's OUR Community and someone will have an answer.

Yes - I am a "Community Champion" I have had a bit of training to keep you lot in order but at the end of the day I value the support I get too. It works - lets keep it that way.

I know we have lost Joe and Ullls - they would both wish us to carry on doing what we do -  so  lets keep it that way - we are here for anyone and are none judgmental.

Thanks everyone for doing what you do - it's been a hard couple of weeks - if anyone needs any extra support please do let me know.

Best wishes - Brian.

We are so sorry to learn of Ulls' death. Our condolences to his family.  Ted & Hilary 

Brian, what you said:

Millibob said:

I don't always have the answer but it's OUR Community and someone will have an answer.

This is one of the best things about this forum, there's always someone who has experienced something different.

This is what attracted me to Macmillan in the first place.

Your untiring contribution is immeasurable, Brian and we thank you.x