Author Topic: OzSTOC Rider down.... (Read 29185 times)

Sicman · « **Reply #100 on:** June 16, 2013, 04:47:50 PM »

Great stuff Streak and Whizz - Diesel hates good food and grog anyways so he wouldn't have minded missing out

Yeh right this would have been Diesel -

Marcus · « **Reply #101 on:** June 16, 2013, 06:04:55 PM »

Thumbs up

Whizz · « **Reply #102 on:** June 16, 2013, 06:29:24 PM »

Hi All,
This is obviously not much to do with riding, but I'll give you all the latest update.

I'm going good so far, not too much sickness from the Chemo, although I am starting to feel somewhat more nauseated over the last few days. I have a week and a little bit to go until we are finished with the Radiation, and that also means I have a break from the Chemo for a whole month!!! HURRAH!! Then I start it again but only 5 days out of every 4 weeks, this to last for 6 months. Not looking forward to that too much but I suppose it will be better than it is right now!.

Also, because I'm not going to be doing any more Radiation I will not have to attend the PA every day again, which is a real blessing, currently it takes us 35-40 minutes to drive into the Hospital every day, 20 minutes to get the treatment, then another 35-40 minutes to get home...a real pain in the poo-shoot!!!

The Doc tells me that he won't be able to make any accurate predictions of my likely survival period for another 3 to 4 months, once the Radiation and Chemo are finished and I have had time to get over the 100% predictable side-effects they both cause. He does however sound happy and impressed with the descriptions of the experimental surgery I had to remove the brain tumour, which took the size of the removed part of the tumour from about 75% to 98-99%. Add to this level of removal, the application of the Chemo and Radiation, then I suppose we can assume that my survival period might be assumed to be somewhat higher than before.

One major pain in the proverbial is that I've been told that I won't be allowed to either drive a car or ride a motorbike for another 12 months, so I am thinking that I will probably goes insane from boredom before this tumour can actually do me in!! :-) In all probability I am going to have to sell the 1300 primarily because I won't be allowed to ride it again and secondarily, because if it sits in the garage for 12 months it will never work again. So, anyone interested in a 2003, ST 1300 with loads of farckles?? if so let me know and we can discus price!.

BTW, many thanks to Streak for his wonderful visit, and for riding some of the cobwebs off the bike, pity Diesel didn't make, better luck next time, mate!!!

I must admit to feeling more on the road to recovery than I have felt previously, and more coming to terms with the probable prognosis, so life seems somewhat more promising.

Cheers All
Paul
(Whizz)

Brian · « **Reply #103 on:** June 16, 2013, 06:36:13 PM »

Good to hear from you Paul.... I wish you strength and all the best for a painless recovery
Cheers Brian

saaz · « **Reply #104 on:** June 16, 2013, 06:50:02 PM »

Good to see an upside in the recovery

. If you are up for a visit on the way through to Biloela around 20 July I will call in.

Haven't organised exactly what I am doing on the way there or back as yet, so perhaps might give it some thought

Biggles · « **Reply #105 on:** June 16, 2013, 09:25:33 PM »

Good to hear the docs are pleased with your situation.
The nausea doesn't appear to have dropped your weight much

So that's a positive- still got plenty of condition in reserve- way to go.

Will be sad to let the ST go, but the realities of rego, insurance and the aforesaid deterioration over 12 months dictate it's the right thing to do. Put the money into a good interest-bearing account, because when it matures Honda might have the new ST1400 out ready for you to be one of the first to buy.

I visited Diesel at home with his sick ST13. He was looking particularly unhappy at her bedside, and STella didn't look her cheerful self- very dull in the eyes, I'm afraid. The new battery isn't wasted, since the dead one owed Diesel nothing and might have been about to expire anyway. It looks like a pacemaker is what's needed.

Gadget · « **Reply #106 on:** June 16, 2013, 09:54:49 PM »

Good to hear there's positive progress Whizz.

If I'd have known a visit was on, I'd have liked to join in. I was down Southbank way for lunch tofday and the wife and I could have bought the VW Eos convertible over afterwards and taken you and Mrs Whizz out for a spin. The convertible is the next best thing to an ST1300.

Keep smilin' and have fun.

A mental challenge for you to keep the mind active.

I came up with the idea today to have a program that you can run to keep track of where you've put your icons on the Desktop, so that when windows decides to do a change of resolution, re-arrange of your Icons, you run the icon restore and have all your icons put back where you wanted them and not where windows decided it wanted them.

It could be run once when you're happy with the icon positions or periodically so you do a reposition from a backup date and time list database.

Shouldn't be too hard, but I think if it got up and sold for a fiver it'd be well received.

Cheers,
Gary.

tj189 · « **Reply #107 on:** June 17, 2013, 05:44:58 AM »

Keep plugging away there Whizz

ST2UP · « **Reply #108 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:17:07 AM »

Keep fighting the good fight Whizz......

StinkyPete · « **Reply #109 on:** June 17, 2013, 08:31:52 AM »

Thanks for the update Paul, and know that you continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.

Sabie · « **Reply #110 on:** June 17, 2013, 09:27:01 AM »

Good onya Whizz, hang in there and keep fighting like you are....

It'll be a pleasure to finally meet you at Biloela...

Cheers

Michael

Tipsy · « **Reply #111 on:** June 17, 2013, 09:41:09 AM »

Hey Whizz its good to hear how you are getting along.
as for the loved one how about giving her a start up every once in a while and I am sure that the likes of Diesel and Streak and others would quite happily take her out for a run every now an them.
As for not being able to ride......who said so,,,,Hell someone reckoned I shouldnt have survived this long but I have.
Its a only a case of if you want to believe them or yourself. It may be 6 or 12 months down the track or a bit longer but we all know you love to be out riding so hang in there and keep fighting an the Ostoc Family will always be there to support you the best way they can.

Tipsy

Tipsy · « **Reply #112 on:** June 17, 2013, 09:41:48 AM »

Quote from: Tipsy on June 17, 2013, 09:41:09 AM

Hey Whizz its good to hear how you are getting along.
as for the loved one how about giving her a start up every once in a while and I am sure that the likes of Diesel and Streak and others would quite happily take her out for a run every now an then.
As for not being able to ride......who said so,,,,Hell someone reckoned I shouldnt have survived this long but I have.
Its a only a case of if you want to believe them or yourself. It may be 6 or 12 months down the track or a bit longer but we all know you love to be out riding so hang in there and keep fighting an the Ostoc Family will always be there to support you the best way they can.

Tipsy

Brock · « **Reply #113 on:** June 17, 2013, 10:32:50 AM »

Whizz,

The Doc says you cant ride, but I'm betting that you still can. Any way, whats to stop some one calling by, and you jumping on the back. The endorphin release can only be good for you.

Shiney · « **Reply #114 on:** June 18, 2013, 09:33:22 PM »

Thanks for the update Whizz, it's good to hear that things are going well

It's a shame your selling the beast but on the up side when you get another one in a year or so you get to have fun farkleing again

And whenever you are feeling board or feel like a visit just put up a post and I'm sure there will be people swinging by for a coffee in no time

All the best mate
Shiney

youngSTer · « **Reply #115 on:** June 18, 2013, 11:33:11 PM »

Quote from: Shiney on June 18, 2013, 09:33:22 PM

Thanks for the update Whizz, it's good to hear that things are going well
It's a shame your selling the beast but on the up side when you get another one in a year or so you get to have fun farkleing again

And whenever you are feeling board or feel like a visit just put up a post and I'm sure there will be people swinging by for a coffee in no time

All the best mate
Shiney

Hi Whizz, I would like to do the same as Shiney, anytime you feel up to a visit just post and I am sure I will be there.
Blessings.
Tony.

Barry and Marissa · « **Reply #116 on:** June 19, 2013, 11:19:20 AM »

Thanks for the update Whizz. Keep plugging along mate and you'll get there!
B & M

Poppy Dave · « **Reply #117 on:** June 21, 2013, 11:32:00 AM »

Chin up M8

RexJ · « **Reply #118 on:** June 21, 2013, 01:16:50 PM »

Prayers for recovery Paul, and the family. Get well soon. Everything has a season. This one will come and go and you'll be into life again.

Whizz · « **Reply #119 on:** August 30, 2013, 10:04:08 PM »

OK people, Well I went into the PA on Monday this week for a complex MRI of my head where the tumour grew, and then went back today to see the specialists about progress, and to cut a long story short there has been absolutely NO tumour re-growth since the operation. 98% of the tumour was surgically removed and the 2% remaining is still at the same level of development as before, i.e. no expansion.

Seems like this is the best thing that can happen, the specialist was all smiles and basically said OK we will move to 3 monthly progress checks from now on, so I think that the prognosis is good and I should have at least a few more good years of survival. The Chemo therapy is not fun but if it adds to my general survival then I will put up with it, I suppose!!

I am fully aware that the tumour I had was a malignant one so there is no 100% cure anywhere on the books, but with the complete stoppage of growth of the tumour the period of survival sounds quite promising.

Trust me guys, I am smiling now, which I wasn't able to do this morning!!!.

Marcus · « **Reply #120 on:** August 30, 2013, 10:09:03 PM »

Best news ever.

Poppy Dave · « **Reply #121 on:** August 30, 2013, 10:19:28 PM »

GREAT NEWS MATE

Poppy Dave

saaz · « **Reply #122 on:** August 30, 2013, 10:20:14 PM »

That's great news

Time to think about what bike to get next I think...

youngSTer · « **Reply #123 on:** August 30, 2013, 10:21:26 PM »

Hi Paul & Family,

Thanks to the Lord Jesus for the healing so far of your recovery, and He will complete the work that He has started.

Blessings and complete healing.

Tony (youngSTer)

StinkyPete · « **Reply #124 on:** August 30, 2013, 10:42:44 PM »

Great news Paul.

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