Hi guys sorry I have been away for such a long time, in 2016 I found I had prostate cancer, had one year of treatment , the cancer is asleep at the moment, but it was diagnosed as very aggressive, if and when it comes back I don't know what I will face. I lost touch with Ian sent him a few emails and got no answer, I thought he had gone. We are all getting older and I hope wiser. I remember a lot of fun on SZ and a lot of aggro, I have no aggro left in me anymore. There is a lot of experience on SZ, I hope I can slot in again, just ordered a Genos and it's coming next week, in 2016 I stopped playing the Tyros, thought I was done for, no one really tells what the future holds, but they say men die with prostate cancer, not of it. If any of you god forbid have it and want to know the route you take I am here to listen. God bless you all at this very trying time in all our lives.

Welcome back Tony..great news for sure and good luck with your Genos..

Tony Hughes. Best wishes from the UK.
KEEP POSITIVE !!!.

DNJ many thanks

Thanks Graham

Tony, glad to see you posting again. You really had me worried. And, for the most part, men usually do die with prostate cancer, not because of it. But, of course, that depends upon the type of prostate cancer. Some prostate cancers are very aggressive and can take a person out in five years or less, while others can be put in remission with treatment and remain inactive for 20 or more years.

Glad you are doing well,

Gary

TE, Yes you are right I am 4 years in now I have blood test every 6 months of PSA it was still zero last time, I am coming up to a test in June, fingers crossed. You sound like you know a bit about it

Tony, I spent 15 years working in the field of medicine, trained in cardio-pulmonary at National Institute Of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Johns Hopkins Hospital and University Of Maryland Hospital and was an adjunct professor of Cardio-pulomonay Technology at Spokane Community College. I learned a lot along the way and worked with some of the best doctors in all fields at the time. One, a top urologist, was a SCUBA diving buddy of mine and he was among the best urological surgeons in the nation. He provided me with lots of information on various types of urological cancers, especially when I was working with him in the operating room.

Personally, my PSA goes up and down like a Yo-Yo and I have been biopsied 4 times over the past 15 years. The last time it went up, they suggest another biopsy and I declined as I was well aware that in my present pulmonary condition that I would not likely survive the anesthesia - they agreed. Since then, my PSA has fallen back to normal levels and remains there. Guess I either got lucky, or made a wise deccission.

All the best,

Gary

Hi Tony. It is great to hear from you again and especially to hear you are beating the cancer.
BTW, Gary knows a bit about EVERYTHING!

Tony, welcome back ...
About seventeen + years ago during pre-op testing prior to knee replacement surgery, my primary care doc saw a slight elevation in my PSA ... followed up with a biopsy that showed cancer cells ... Urologist said we could wait and watch, but the C word scared me ... radical prostatectomy followed ... With the numbers I had, and today's knowledge about the desease they would 'wait and watch', not recommend surgery ... but that was then, this is now ...
God Bless, and again, welcome back ...

DoM thanks

Don's a very astute person, but we all know that about him. He must be, he married a Cajun gal that keeps him in line! When he gets really old, like me, he will also have a lot of information in his hard drive.

Gary

And if you keep messing with her, I'm going to make you KEEP her.

Tony thanks, my cancer has moved outside the prostate classed as advanced more frightening when they tell you, it has gone into the lymph nodes in my stomach, it won't grow as long as the PSA is zero.

Thanks Tony

My ol Skype friend Tony Hughes is back on SZ. Good news, especially beating the big "C". Continue the great progress, you got this.

Now all we need is Scott Yee and Ian McNeil to chime in, and I'll be completely floored.

You can never predict the future, as if you do it usually throws you a curve ball, good to see you back and sure you will enjoy your Genos as it is one of the top Arranger boards out there.

Bill

Tony, just got on the "zone" to tell people I heard from you, and you beat me to it! Only coming into the office every other day.

WELCOME Back


R.

Larry watching the paint dry, great to see you thanks Larry

Bill hows sunny south have you still got the wersi

Larry they will be back, old friends come back before it's too late

Tony don't forget a profile pic so I can see that pretty
handsome mug again....(kidding)

Thanks Russ

DNJ, get one for you when I was 40 full head of air and a prostate that worked

Scott Yee is not posting and music is no longer his full time job, but I do speak with him on the phone occasionally. He has had a Korg PA1000 for the past few months and loves it.

Good to hear from you again Tony, it's been so long.Very sorry to hear about your problems. I was wondering what happened to you. Tried to e-mail you a few times. I will never be able to thank you enough for all you did for me back then when I had all my KB problems. Ended up with the PA3X and now the PA4X, very happy with that. My wife also fighting with cancer problems and we all have to be careful these days with this virus all around. Wishing you all the very best.
Kind regards
skude

So sorry to hear about your wife , it is easy to say stay positive but hell when you are in the frame it's different, hope we ca all keep in touch now

Hi Tony

Glad to see you back we need a bit of Lancashire humour round here.

All the very best.

Col

HI Tony

Still have the Wersi Abacus but don’t use it much these days as I have other interests and do a lot of music on the computer, as to the weather it is great but the lockdown precludes making full use of it.

The Wersi OAS range is no longer made (Finished around 5/6yrs ago) as it has been replaced by the OAX range (The equivalent to the Abacus is the new range is the OAX1) which has some good demos here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYgORJ0Wlys5fnJWgwUEEC60GoK94L5oi which includes its use with VSTs. (Still one of the big pluses of Wersi)
The latest software is V2.60-01, however I have gone off the latest Wersi since the V2.00 software update came out as to me it is no longer a Wersi and misses everything that a Wersi is about.

As you know I am mainly an organ guy so all the fancy styles and easy play features of an arranger while nice, are not something that I can get excited about, however if I was going for an Arranger it would still be the Korg PA4x, as while the Genos has really bought Yamaha forward (You are going to love it) it still doesn’t float my boat.
All the best

Bill

Tony,

Welcome back I wish you the best and am happy to hear your are cancer free! Enjoy your Genos.

I too like yourself and TonyMads am a prostrate cancer survivor. I was only 56 at the time mine was diagnosed. Based on my age and some other factors the only real choice was a radical prostatectomy. I've been cancer free since.

Welcome back Mr Hughes.

"Mr Hughes hid in Dylan shoes ... " (Ricky Nelson)