Not well by all acounts. I'd heard he had taken a turn for the worse in the last few days!
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And not a great story to go with it 
A lifelong Socialist being kicked in the teeth by the far from Socialist current govenment
Well done to Nathan McGough and everyone who's helping him out 
Hope you beat it, AHW :)
NOOLigan wrote: The NHS sound like a right bunch of bastards.
A woefully underfunded bunch of 'bastards', surely?
Keep on keepin' on, Tone.
This whole postcode lottery is a disgrace. When my old man had his heart attack 3 years ago he had to get fitted with a defibulator to keep his ticker from going off at a weird rate.
A bloke he works beside needs the same thing but because it costs £20K to fit and maintain and he live sunder a different NHS Trust he can't get one. A disgrace. Especially when, as Wilson stated, there's funding available for so many cosmetic procedures these days.
Would it perhaps be an idea to get a donations function added to the homepage here for ol' Tone? I'd happily contribute a few quid to this instead of another bloody Community album!
Over to you Spotnick....
GlasVegas wrote:
Would it perhaps be an idea to get a donations function added to the homepage here for ol' Tone?
Aye, I'm sure there are plenty on here who would gladly contribute a bob or two
was on the news that the happy mondays amongst other freinds are contributing to his £3500.00 a month treatment
Too right Tony should rail against NHS over the very idea of cosmetic surgery being done at taxpayer's expense. That cancer drug deserves to be more available.
Anyhow, chin up Tony
Actually, if anyone is reading this that has details of the fund (ie how we can contribute to it) then it would be good if they could let us know.
Old Blue wrote: Actually, if anyone is reading this that has details of the fund (ie how we can contribute to it) then it would be good if they could let us know.
Quite right.There are enough people on this board who i'm sure wouldn't mind chipping in a few quid.He has, after all had a hand in giving us some of the best music the world has ever heard over the past 30 years.
My stepdad is dying of cancer at the moment (I'm not being morbid, he has Myloma which is incurable) and watching Wilson on Newsnight the other night was wierd because you could see that the treatment and the illness has done the same to Wilson as it has to my stepdad; made them frail old men.
That being said, most of it is the treatment because it is so aggressive (especially when the cancer was as far advanced as Wilson's obviously was).
The smallest thing can make someone take a huge turn for the worse, but to be honest if you've got cancer then you are still top of the list for treatment in any NHS hospital, and I reckon this isn't the last chapter of the Wilson story. Just yet.
Knew a good friend of mine who beat cancer the first time. Second time around, however, she lost to it. But she never went down without a good strong fight, and even stronger faith. I know she's watchin' over Tony right now, I'm sure of it.
Same with my great-grandmother [RIP Ana-Julia '83]; cancer took her before I even came on this earth to know her. And as Melly said the first time Tony was fighting this:
melly wrote:
Again, in agreement. It took great-grandma, took my friend Terri. Took lives of those we may have known and loved. And it could even get one of our own here. There has to be a way to stop it.
God bless, Tony, and kick that cancer in the ass, Sir! All the best from the S-TO.
ShugZViking wrote:
RichShan wrote:
El Jarvo wrote: Get Well Soon, Sir Wilson!
Agreed
I'll add another to that
My Father and the NHS beat his Cancer. I hope Tony gets well soon.
Why is it we can find Billions to bomb Iraq to bits but Cancer treatment is mainly funded by charity?
Crew Member of Space Ship Earth wrote: Why is it we can find Billions to bomb Iraq to bits but Cancer treatment is mainly funded by charity?
Alas, a sad reality. Said billions that could've gone to a better cause.
Well said there, Digi Sir.
Crew Member of Space Ship Earth wrote: My Father and the NHS beat his Cancer. I hope Tony gets well soon.
Why is it we can find Billions to bomb Iraq to bits but Cancer treatment is mainly funded by charity?
don't know about the UK, but for the States, this might be the answer to your question:
I've just seen AW on North West Tonight and heard his story and just how shite the Manchester Primary Care Trust are when it comes to helping those most in need suffering from Kidney Cancer. Thankfully Tonys got some kind and wealthy pals prepared to fork out to pay for the drug, Sutent, that he requires to keep him going (touch wood) for the foreseeable but obviously there'll be folks in need who haven't got that. So what I've just thought of is this: A sponsored jog / saunter / drag of yer ass around somewhere like Heaton Park, Manchester with all those takin' part wearing a t-shirt of a band associated with Our Tone' down the years. Imagine a couple of thousand Happy Mondays, New Order, Vini Reilly, Smiths, Stockholm Monsters, The Other 2 etc t-shirts bombing about Heaton Park to raise some money and awareness for kidney cancer? It'd be top and pretty worthwhile. Few beers afterwards in The Woodthorpe? Oh yes. I've been in touch with the James Whale Kidney Cancer Fund to see what the bob moore is but if you'd like to register your interest in the mean time send me a message on here or leave a comment on me myspace or summat. Cheers, Steve.
