Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'cancer'.
-
Last May, Sparhawk was riding his beloved Victory Kingpin home from work and had a little mishap. The 3 way traffic signal at the end of a long hill turned yellow as he was preparing to turn right. The car in front of him jammed on their brakes and so did Sparhawk, but he grabbed his front brakes, hit a patch of sand, and parted ways with his bike. He called me to say that he would be a little late for dinner, that he had a little accident, BUT his Kingpin was OK. He actually refused the ambulance and rode his bike home. When he got home, I could see that he was not ok (the blood dripping down his sleeve and a lopsided walk were clues) so a trip to the hospital was in order. He had a broken collarbone, 2 cracked back ribs, a gashed elbow, and of course road rash on his leg. They stitched him up, put him in a sling and sent him home. Sparhawk was a hurting hubby and had to take a couple of days off to recouperate. A week later, during a followup doctors visit, we were asked if anyone at the hospital mentioned the spot on his lung (?)We were told not to worry, probably just a hemotoma from the accident, (try not worring for two weeks). Two weeks later, followup xrays, followed by a cat scan, pet scans, Mri's, biospys with cat scans, followed with a diagnosis of lung cancer. From there it was surgery, recovery, port surgery, followed by 3 months of chemo which he is still recovering from. Today in the US, 82% of lung cancer patients do not survive 11 months after diagnosis due to the fact that by the time symptoms appear it is usually stage IV. Because of the bike accident, Sparhawk was diagnosed at stage IB. He is cancer free today, but we live our lives in 3 month increments (until the next cat scan). So that is the story of how his bike saved his life - or at least extended it. As you know, a cancer diagnosis makes you take a good look at your past, present and future. So we now have a bucket list, and this June hopefully, we will be starting on our cross country trip on our '08 Venture, realizing one more dream. We should all have bucket lists - Life is just too short. Sparhawk's Sue
-
What would you do if you had one day, one week, or one month to live? This is the premise of the movie One Week starring Joshua Jackson as Ben Tyler. I saw this movie tonight with my younger brother Sean. This is a great biker movie highlighting some of the best scenery from Toronto to the west coast of Vancouver Island. In the movie Ben has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer of the blood, lymphatic system and liver. Given the news that he will only survive a couple years at most, Ben goes on a journey to discover himself and how he fits into the relationship with his fiance. What makes the movie special is the journey is taken on an old 850 Norton Commando. Leaving Toronto, Ben heads north up through Sudbury along the northern shore of Lake Superior and then onto Thunderbay. Ben crosses through to Manitoba where he has an accidental encounter with the Stanley Cup. Through the prairies and bad lands of Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta Ben meets interesting people along the way who help him in his search. Without giving too much of the movie away Ben ends his journey in Tofino on Vancouver Island then returns home. This movie is not light at heart like Wild Hogs (a great biker movie in and of itself), but is a movie of much deeper meaning and reflection. For myself this movie has a lot of personal significance. I was choked up through most of the movie. Like Ben I have been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the blood, lymphatic system, and liver. My cancer actually started in the colon which has been removed. I too have only been given a couple of years to live and am in search of meaning for my remaining days here on earth. I have visited most of the places Ben travelled but not on a bike. I have always said I wanted to ride to the west coast – and now I have even more inspiration to make it happen. In my opinion this is a great biker movie. Being a proud Canadian I am proud this is a very good Canadian production featuring Canadian actors and some of the best Canadian scenes you would ever see from the saddle of a bike. If you get a chance go see the movie. And think about it, what would you do if you were given one day, one week, or one month to live?
-
My wife is seeking sponsors for the Komen walk for the cure, this one is a 3 day 60 mile walk. There is more information about it below, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Butch and Brenda http://www.the3day.org/images/content/pagebuilder/10860.jpg http://www.the3day.org/images/sp.gif This year, I'll be participating in a very special event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day. I'll walk 60 miles over the course of three days with thousands of other women and men. The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment through Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. I've agreed to raise at least $2,300 in donations. I've set my personal goal at $2300.00 but hope to exceed that amount. So I need your help. Would you please consider making a donation from $5.00 to $500.00? Keep in mind how far I'm walking - and how hard I'll have to train. You can give online at www.The3Day.org. Just follow the link below to visit my personal fundraising webpage and make a donation. You can also call 800.996.3DAY to donate over the phone. As so many of us have lost a loved one to cancer, my family have lost both Mom and Dad to cancer. I do this walk in thier memories. According to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, approximately 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. That's why I'm walking so far. To do something bold about breast cancer. I hope that you'll share this incredible adventure with me - by supporting me in my fundraising efforts. Thank you in advance for your generosity! Sincerely, Brenda aka "Topmom" P.S. Ask your employer if they will double your donation through a matching gift program! Click here to visit my personal page. If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://www.the3day.org/site/TR/Walk/TampaBayEvent?px=2714977&pg=personal&fr_id=1301&et=K0HO5pPr-bLtmxwj8NYeyw..&s_tafId=131971 http://www.the3day.org/site/PixelServer?tr=Go0KNwVLx7iZBjYUj8JGlQ.. http://www.the3day.org/images/sp.gif
-
I thought I'd share some news regarding a close friend and family. Cullen Bryant, 7 year old son of Jim Bryant (v4more here, and Jimb on the Venturer site) passed away this afternoon after courageous battle with cancer. It's difficult enough for a mother and father (and one surviving brother) to lose one child to cancer, but they lost their oldest son to cancer as well about 10 years ago. Many of the Twin-Cities area VentureRider members may have crossed paths with Jim over the years as he lives in New Richmond WI. Curt
-
FAILED!!!!! half way through the first I.V, of round two, Jeannie "bottomed out"!! could not breathe on her own. blood pressure went into the cellar.hemoglobin count fell to 7.normal is 14. back to I.C.U., for 24 hours, on life support. might get to go to a private room on the "cancer floor", tomorrow. this routine, is wearing mighty thin.i don't know how much longer i will allow this crap, to continue.it ain't fair to anyone. i have to make a big lift , tomorrow, so i won't know anything, until after 5:00 p.m.! just jt
-
tomorrow, Jeannie has to go in , for her second round of "chemo". well first they have to give her a "pre-chemo", I.V., should take about 5 hours. then Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, she gets the real thing. my guess, is that she will be re-admitted, because her "heart rate/pulse", hasn't been below 110 beats per minute, in two days. topped out at 140, yesterday. nitro glycerin tablets, have NO effect, anymore. last week, her home health nurse found another "enlarged lymph node", in her left breast area Friday the cancer Dr. ordered a biopsy, so that he would know what he was up against. bottom line is , she has a breast cancer, but she hasn't got any breasts!!!! just empty bags. the breasts were removed 14 years ago, along with "SAFE "saline implants, that had both ruptured. her hair is beginning to fall out, and she is very self conscious about that.i am not sure, where we will go from here, so i asked the Almighty, to take over, and do what He does best. just jt
-
Great day today. A bunch of us went over to Victoria for the first " Do it for Dad" ride. They were expecting about 250 bikes and they got over 500. Police closed off the roads and gave us an escort through the town for the parade then we had a poker run over the hat to Duncan where lunch was served and then back to Victoria. I picked up two pair but that wasn't good enough to win any prizes. That's $ 12,500.00 raised plus the pledges. Saw my oncologist ( cancer doctor) there on his bike. Good weather all the way. All in all a very good day. Met a nice couple who just picked up a midnight venture second gen from Oregon. Told them about this site. Saw one first gen there.
-
jeannie is back in a private room, again. makes 4 times she has been in a room, and hasn't spent 24 hours , in any of them. the GOOD news, is , the cancer Dr. came in this afternoon,and told us that her lymphoma, is a "very low grade". he said he isn't concerned about trying to fight it , for a while. first they need to fix her heart, and lungs, then re-test for cancer. her blood sugar went up to just over 400, last night, but is now back down around 180. thanks you all, again. for all the prayers and kind thoughts. just jt
-
Ok ... so NOW I've heard everything ... I wonder if the fact that he's trying to patent a new seat might have anything to do with it ... http://www.mississauganews.com/article/10066 Cheers, Lou
-
On the 19th (last night) my wife and I celebrated our 36th anniversery. We were young on our wedding date, I was 18 she was 17. We spent the night taking care of my mother (80 y/o), who just got out of the hospital after 12 days. She spent half here and half in New Orleans. I spent half the time staying overnight with her and others stayed the other time. Now I am sick. This is the first time I have been on the computer in 2 weeks. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She survived colon cancer in October 2003. She had about 20 inches of her large intesttines removed. She has gone through a lot since Feb. 1, 2002. My father died of cancer, her brother died of cancer 13 days later, my 2 older brother died and she had colon cancer. Now this. She is scheduled for a 6 hour operation on March 12th to remove part of her pancreas, part of her small intestines, part of her stomach, part of her douedum (not sure of spelling), and the mass that is wrapped around them and blocking the bile duct. This procedure is called the Whipple, ask a doctor. A guy at Ochsner Hospital is doing it as he is one of 2 gurus there that do it. Not a whole lot anywhere that do it. All of this depends on if it has spread to the blood vessels or other organs. If it has they will just close her up. Give up a minute to pray for her if you will, I would certainly appreciate it. Thanks lyle
-
Got this by email. Have no idea about how valid it may be but was kind of fun to watch. The footage first shows ground crew from America, Spain, Germany, Italy and Holland conventionally directing aircraft. As the music changes to YMCA, the 21-year-old Brit makes his impressive entrance. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leacw8H8Lrk]YouTube - How to marshall a Jet full version[/ame] The video was made by RAF staff and has raised over £1,000 for Cancer Research UK. Mark Coote, director of community fundraising at Cancer Research UK, said: "By raising much valued funds for Cancer Research UK, Dean also appears to have raised many a smile from the cockpit of the RAF jet fighters he helps take off and land. We salute him for his imaginative fundraising dance moves and for his efforts in helping us in our bid to beat cancer."
-
This is for a friend and coworker of mine. I know what a great caring group you are so I am asking if you could please help participate in this. There is no limit to the number of paper airplanes you can send. Perhaps you can get your schools, workplaces, churches, civic organizations etc to participate. Please read this following note, and I thank you for helping! BTW Shawn (the father) rides as well, a vintage Virago I believe... My son Hunter has been diagnosed with a rare form of non hotchkins lymphoma called Burkitts cancer. It only affects about 300 children a year. Usually between the ages of 2 and 11 and its usually boys but can effect girls also. Burkitts is one of the fastest growing tumors that we know of. He went into the hospital on a friday and the tumor was about the size of a tennis ball. By monday it was a little bigger than a cantalope. He was started on cemo and it shut down his kidneys and then his liver started failing. On Wednesday, He told me that he could not see very good and then he quit breathing. He had tubes placed down his throat, nose, arms, and toes. He has swelling of the brain due to high blood pressure. Hunter went into the hospital weighing 40 pounds and now weighs about 70 because of fluid build up. He is now stable and is in the intesive care unit at Buffalo Childrens Hospital in Buffalo, NY. Hunter is only five years old. I would just like everyone to know, that Hunter has been set up with the guiness book of world records to try to recieve the most paper airplanes. Please forward this on to everyone that you know . All you have to do is make a paper airplane and write the state or the country you are from on the wing of your plane and send it to.. Hunter Winship (The Airplane Cancer Goal) 11227 North Hill Road Freedom, NY 14065 United States of America
-
Subject: Fw: Food as Medicine! something that i thought would help many of us here. If you haven't seen this you may learn something now. HEADACHE? EAT FISH! Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain. HAVE FEVER? EAT YOGURT! Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily. TO PREVENT STROKE DRINK TEA! Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (actually, tea suppresses appetite and keeps the pounds from invading....Green tea is great for our immune system)! INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY! Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative. ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!! Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better). ARTHRITIS? EAT FISH, TOO!! Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system) UPSET STOMACH? BANANAS - GINGER!!!!! Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea. BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!! High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria. BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!! Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple. PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT CORNFLAKES!!!! Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue. MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS! Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc. COLDS? EAT GARLIC! Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.) COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!! A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy. BREAST CANCER? EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels. LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!! A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables. ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!! Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers. DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES! Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment) CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO! Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!! Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too. BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!! The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar. Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange. Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants &flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke. Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young.........blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field........they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies) Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer. Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune ne system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium. (watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn suv rays) Guava &Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good fo r gas and indigestion) Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies
-Copy.thumb.JPG.e58cff17f54af7db7d9892e57b761574.JPG)