John Pytlak Health Update

Post by **Bolex Collector** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:50 pm

Mr Pytlak,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Stay positive and watch comedy movies. I don't know if laughter is really the "best medicine", but it certainly helps.

Best wishes,

Michael

Post by **Mitch Perkins** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:10 pm

Get well soon, John.

Mitch

Post by **avortex** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:03 pm

Keep fighting, John! We want you to be here the next 200 years.

Post by **super8man** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:21 am

Best wishes to you and your family John. Stay strong and I do hope it helps that a bunch of us small format folks are pulling for you. But family matters most. Now stop reading this post and get back to enjoying your time with the loved ones in your household.

Here's to your health (as I raise my rummed coffee),

Cheers,
Mike

Post by **Taqi** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:14 am

Ride on, John.

Nick.

Post by **dgs8film** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:47 pm

I wish you all the best. Our thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery!
Dennis

Post by **keagan** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:28 pm

The best of luck with your treatment, sir. Will be hoping for a complete recovery!

Keagan

Post by **arnaud** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:42 pm

Dear Mr Pytlak,

I wish you all the best from Paris and hope that you will recover as quickly as possible.

/ arnaud.

Post by **tbruegg** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:09 am

My best wishes to you. Hope you get well soon!

Thomas

Post by **drsanchez** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:51 pm

Bolex Collector wrote:Mr Pytlak,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Stay positive and watch comedy movies. I don't know if laughter is really the "best medicine", but it certainly helps.

Best wishes,

Michael

Ditto that. Clear out your netflix queue and pack it with comedies. No medical benifits, per se, but it can make recovery a little more bearable. I suggest 'A Shot in the Dark.' Maybe 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday.' And AFI's list (http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx) is a good start. But you already knew that.

Post by **John_Pytlak** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:24 pm

drsanchez wrote:
Bolex Collector wrote:Mr Pytlak,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Stay positive and watch comedy movies. I don't know if laughter is really the "best medicine", but it certainly helps.

Best wishes,

Michael
Ditto that. Clear out your netflix queue and pack it with comedies. No medical benifits, per se, but it can make recovery a little more bearable. I suggest 'A Shot in the Dark.' Maybe 'Mr. Hulot's Holiday.' And AFI's list (http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx) is a good start. But you already knew that.

Certainly, great movies help cheer me. Just watched "Singing in the Rain" again yesterday. Lots of choices on digital cable TV, and I literally have thousands of films in my collection. With a bit of luck, I will get to see them ALL again.

Post by **Janne** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:03 pm

Superbus_ wrote:One of my colleauge had cancer ( I don't know the type of it) but after the succesful chemotherapy treatment she is 100% healthy. She was emotionally very strong, so I think this is a key factor to regain your health.

In a place I worked for a short period years ago, a colleauge had cancer. She had to go to chemotherapy every few years. It's been ten years like this. I guess the cancer is still there but never seem to take over. So, it is possible to live with a couple of tumors if doctors can keep them in control. Of course, we hope that John can get rid of them all.

Post by **Daniel** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:40 pm

Hello,

yes, good luck!... sometimes things looks worst than what they are, let's hope you will be with good health soon.

Regards,
Daniel

Post by **steve hyde** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:50 pm

John,

Your courage and kindness is an inspiration. You can fight this..

Steve

Post by **Mikael** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:58 am

Hallo John!

A close friend of mine had cancer in one shoulder, but she defeated it thru surgery, chemo, pure will power and her faith in God.

Often we underestimate the power of attitude. We says things like "oh itÃ‚Â´s never gonna work" and often we get it..! The key to success is maintaining a good attitude. There is the expression "Believe in yourself, and the world believes in you."

We should always tell ourselves "This IS going to work!" until the point we actually start BELIEVING it! THATÃ‚Â´s when things happen! ItÃ‚Â´s simple: What we wish for - we get, because we have decided in advance (consciously or not) that we will get it..!

The body is truly a remarkable machine, and I believe the mind can control the manner in which the body fights against even cancer!
The brain controls every subconscious function, why should it not be able to boost the immune system ?

I truly believe you CAN beat your cancer. You need to decide that you ARE going to defeat it! There are so many fun things you got left to experience on this Earth! Focus on those things! Soon you will be able to do them!

We will all be here supporting you and cheering you on.

John, we love you and we need you. You are important to us!

You are our voice at Kodak and also a friend, a fellow filmmaker and a brother.

If itÃ‚Â´s ok with you, I will pray to our heavenly father that heÃ‚Â´ll reach out his hands and pull you thru this.

God bless you,
Mikael