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Oops, I forgot to include my favorite ST mailing list.
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Goldston [mailto:jgoldston@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:42 AM
> To: KnoxvilleRATs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; twvmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Little update
> 
> 
> Greets Everyone,
> 
> Looks like the "scofflaw's" wings are being cut.  God has found a 
> way to help me ride at sane speeds.  I'm not sure how much riding 
> I will be able to do this year, as I expect to not feel too well soon.
> 
> I need to give you all a little update on me and make a small 
> request.  For over 4 years now I have been battling bladder 
> cancer.  I've had more catheters and surgeries than you can shake 
> a stick at, including lots of intravascular (pump it right into 
> the bladder) chemo and immunotherapy treatments.  My bladder has 
> been doing pretty well through it all, but now things have gotten 
> a little more complicated (to us, but certainly not to God).
> 
> The cancer has now spread to the lymph nodes and abdominal cavity 
> and there is no going back.  Due to recent developments, my wife 
> and I have spent a good amount of time at Vanderbilt getting 2nd 
> opinions, surgery, and various other kinds of yucky things.  The 
> Vanderbilt people are wonderful, caring folks.  They have 
> confirmed that my local urologist has been doing all the right things.
> 
> Friday, I begin intravenous (pump it into the veins) chemo.  I 
> will be taking 4 cycles, with each cycle lasting 3 weeks.  After 
> that, we regroup and see if we can do anything else.  Surgery and 
> radiation are out of the question as the primary site (remember, 
> the bladder is pretty clear) is unknown.  Even if we knew the 
> primary site, it is too late to do much.  The chemo will prolong 
> my life but it will not save it.  I will get CT-scanned every two 
> cycles, and we will stop chemo if it appears it is not helping.
> 
> Though the cure rate is zero, God can cure me while I sit here at 
> work typing this email.  He can also cure me while going through 
> chemo.  However, even though I am praying for a cure and longer 
> life, we must live as though neither will come.  God is my 
> Redeemer and my King.  I owe everything I am and have to Him.  He 
> has helped me to be one of the happiest men alive.  I have the 
> best wife in the world a man could have, we're head over heels in 
> love with each other (and have been over two decades), my 
> children are wonderful, ...  Our joy does not depend only on 
> present circumstances.  Though we don't know what tomorrow holds, 
> we do know the One Who holds our hands.
> 
> Sorry to go on so, but, as I said earlier, I have a small 
> request.  For those of you who have an intimate relationship with 
> the One Who Created All That Is, I would ask that you intercede 
> for my family and I.  For those who don't have the foggiest idea 
> what I mean, if you would like I would very much love to humbly 
> tell you The Old, Old Story of what my Savior means to me.
> 
> No, I don't know how long I have.  It's somewhere between 6 
> months and 5 years.  The doctors are very hesitant to say, and 
> that's about as far down as I can nail them.  I expect we will 
> know more after we go through this series of chemo.
> 
> Folks, I don't know if all of you love riding as much as I, but I 
> imagine some of you do.  It has been a real thrill getting back 
> into biking after a 17-year hiatus.  I have also really, really 
> enjoyed being with you guys at the Tea Room and the KRATS.  All 
> of you have made me feel right at home.  I love Butch's opening 
> of the meeting every month with the TWVMC mantra and get a real 
> kick out of all of it.  Shoot, I enjoy just about everything life 
> has to offer.  It's all great fun, and, like all of you, I have a 
> lifetime left.  Until we meet again...
> 
> May you all have a most blessed and wonderful day and week,
> Yours truly,
> James
>  '02 red Sprint ST (with white splotches)

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