Got back from the oncologist. yesterday. Went from no hope to hope. Need some more testing. Depends on the type of cancer but might be able to add a few years of quality life. He came up with a treatment plan that has little side effects and we can get that done locally. We will see.
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Sounds good. Keep the faith.Comment
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Some pictures from the Norway tour Nancy and I missed. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...26278849502807Comment
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Mate,
I obviously don't know you at all, but I just read your story and I'm here at work leaking a few tears. Then I read the rest and see there is a bit more light.
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Thanks Doc. That means a lot. Today we had a video conference with the oncologist. She could have six month without any treatment or a year with treatment with some side effects. She is handling it well. I am tired all the time, and don't sleep well. I take care of some of her medical issues. She gets an IV infusion for ten hour at night. We have nurses come three times a week to take care of other issues. By the way we did our honeymoon for three weeks on the east coast (Queensland) of Australia got our scuba diving certificate on the great barrier reef. That was 88, even went to the World's Fair in Brisbane.Comment
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Rivefurm, thank you for sharing this very sad story with your friends on this forum. We all enjoy some hooliganism, but a sobering story like yours is good for us. You have my most sincere condolences. I pray that this year has more good times than bad for you and your traveling partner.Comment
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Thanks. Yes one day everything is fine. The next they are not. Nancy is still getting around fine but not going far, She can make it around our neighborhood. But I can see the cancer is taking a toll physically and mentally. Trying to enjoy the time we have left.Comment
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Nancy is closer to her final journey. She has been in pain for a few weeks. Upped her pain meds. She is going on hospice. I am going to the funeral home to set up her wishes. No Funeral we are going to do a celebration of life at a latter date.
She told me I will feel relief after she goes and that's not a bad thing. The relief I feel is she will no longer be in pain.
Danny stopped by to see her. He was a neighborhood kid that used to hang out in my garage when he was about six. He never had a good home life. He was like a son to us. He moved to Montana two years ago. He hung out all day. He told me to move to Montana so he could take care of me, He made my cry.
I do not know what I am going to do. I think I should give it a year before I make any changes.Comment
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Nancy left me for her final journey today Nov.9 at 5;37pm. With me and her best friend by her bedside. Just as I predicted it was a horrible death with a lot of suffering. So i am grateful we had some time together and she is on her way. I will miss her very much. This is a new beginning to my life. . .Comment
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Dadgummit, Riverefurm. So very, very sorry for you. "A new beginning" to your life indeed. Sorta like a life trip without a compass. May blessings and comfort sneak up on you when most needed.Comment
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Nancy told me time and time again to live. She told me she had a great life, and I should continue to have a great life without her. She left me notes telling me to live and enjoy life. So I will. A few weeks after she passed I booked a trip With Celtic Riders. Ireland, Isle of Man, England and Scotland. A 15 day tour that I am doing solo on a new 1300GS. I still miss her very much and struggle not to cry everyday when I think about her and the things we will not do together.
Due to Nancy's good investments, pension, health insurance for both of us I will have enough money to do these things. Plus we never had any children. I would trade everything just have her back. She was the kind of women that wanted something she would figure out a way to do it. She wanted to live in NYC and she did for a year (covid cut that short). She was also a giving person. Did a lot of donations to local and international cause. Foster a German Shepherd dog for seeing eye. Photography was her big hobbie which she shared by putting teaching classes on what she knew. She decorated the inside of our home with her photos and crafts. And the outside of home with gardening.
We would do weekly motorcycle rides to lunch, local events and museums. Or a trip to a great densitionation. We also did road trips in her Audi Convertible (she always had a convertible since I met her when she had her 69 Olds 442 convertible).
So Nancy to honor your memory I am going to live and enjoy life. I will be taking you along (some of her ashes and a lock of her gray and black hair). I was a very lucky man to have her in my life for over 40 years. As I write this post I have tears running down my face. I love you Nancy.
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