It's funny (ok not really)

[Ozwynn]

Well my friends, those that are left, my journey is nearing completion. 3 years ago shortly after my mom passed from kidney cancer I went to the dermatologist and she removed a couple ominous looking moles and had them biopsies. I was diagnosed stage T2b malignant Melanoma neviod type with a cell division rate of 2mm(e2). I don't know what that part means except that it is a very aggressive rare type of skin cancer. After 3 years and 2 rounds of chemo plus 23 surgeries and the removal of 1 testicle i have a kidney function of 25% and it has finally spread to my brain. The tumor in my brain is inoperable and I am not going through another round of chemo. They haven't given me a time, just that I could live 5 years or I could go tomorrow. I urge all of you to be checked out by a dermatologist regularly because every single one of my tumours was less than a millimetre in size... Only regular screenings would have caught it. This is why I have been barely active over the last few years. If I survive the winter in the spring I will be taking a cross country road trip on my bike. It's the only thing on my bucket list I can afford to do, except for maybe gender reassignment surgery but that's a discussion for another time.

It's funny, I always thought it would be lung cancer that killed me.

 

[Hagan]

I'm so sorry to hear that!

Tell us about your bike journey?

 

[Mark_88]

Wow, sorry to hear of your situation.

Not sure if you watched "The Truth About Cancer" program that recently ran, but I thought it offered alternatives that were working when chemo and radiation failed...even more when they are not used at all...I'm pretty sure there is a cure in all that information for everyone...but wouldn't know until someone I know goes through it...

Many friends and family have been lost to cancer so any alternative that is based on love, nutrition, and detoxification seems more promising than what they, and you, have been through.

I will say a few prayers for you that you find healing in the next few months...weeks...and have many years free of pain and worry living...

EDIT: Does your bed happen to be anywhere near an electrical outlet or main power lines coming into the house? I know this is even more offbeat than some, but EMF's have been shown to cause cancer and other diseases...just from sleeping on a metal mattress near a source of electricity...worth checking out and moving the bed...if you have a fouton on a wooden base that solves all those issues in one fell swoop...

EDIT II: Sorry, this disturbs me to no end and it sounds like you are trying to make peace in your life (sort of like giving in to the inevitable) so if you are not really looking for further information consider this the last installment...but the prayers are not retractable...tinfoil hats might work against them but not forever...!

 

[Mightyfordranger]

I hope you can make it through. Its sad that anyone has to be put through that. i will also pray for you.the world needs more people like those we meet here that are willing to help others as much as they can. I hope you make it through. I have bad potassium deficiency I'm not sure what's causing it but it keeps me from wrenching some times...I give my best to you and your family. ,josh

 

[RonD]

Sorry to read about your news.

Can't even imagine what that kind of news would be like.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

My heart goes out to you and your family.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Oh man.. I am really saddened by this.

Prayers going out to you and your family.



AJ

 

[black_demon69]

peace to you and your family.

 

[Ozwynn]

Thank you for the kind replies. I am now on Cannabis oil for pain management, nausea, and cannabis has shown some promise in treating melanoma. But the problem is I spend half my day high and the other half a sleep.

The Bike trip will start in Seattle, then I am going to make my way around the horn and down the pacific coast, across the southern United States and around Florida. Up the North Carolina and hit the tail of the dragon. Then up through Pennsylvania the west around northern OH to my brothers house in Michigan where he rides with me back to Washington hitting Devils tower then down the Yellowstone to hells canyon back to Seattle via Rainier national park.

 

[1qaz]

Now that's one helluva a bike ride! My thoughts and prayers go out to you on a safe ride and that there are many more in your future. Hang in there, Man!

 

[bobbywalter]

boy, thats some heavy shit brother.

very sorry to see this, your from traverse city arent you?

is there some sort of go fund thing for this situation? even on a bike i could probaly blow through 6-7 grand on a ride like that....

cant even contemplate this bud... are you married? kids? have you looked at the stuff mark88 was talking about...???

 

[huh?]

sorry to read about your situation, BDAB.

i, and i'm sure everyone else, wish we could offer you an easy fix. or any fix at all.

 

[bronco2fan]

My best wishes to you and your family. We can only hope that the Doctors are wrong and you'll be around much longer. Having lost my wife to cancer after she did all the chemo too, I understand your reluctance to continue. But you have to fight with everything that's available and hope for the best. Good luck and I wish the best on your road trip. And if there's a go fund account like mentioned please let us know, I would be more then happy to help.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Wow, that is bad news.

Hang in there, I hope you get to your bike trip.

 

[Ozwynn]

I just spent 2 days in Portland getting an MRI and some other imaging. 2 months on cannabis oil is showing a little promise.

Bobby, I used to live in southern Michigan but we moved near Seattle 14 months ago. I was having a good summer while I was in remission (did I spell that right?). Anyways I sold my excursion so I got 14k for my bike trip. Any money I got from a crowd fund page I would just donate for providing medical marijuana to cancer patients that can't afford it. Lucky for me my insurance covers it.