[Closed] One armed cyclist - an update

*positive vibes*

Hope it all goes well, be back riding soon hopefully

healing thoughts

*out nasty sarcoma - begone with you*

All the best J!

(And TN, for that matter!)

All the best to both of you. And may [s]The Force[/s] Bullheart be with you.

X

Will be thinking of him tomorrow. Good luck.

Thanks all.

God, I feel sick...

It is his full intention to kick this thing up the arse again and get back out on the bike by spring

With a mindset like that, he [b]will[/b] beat it.

Healing vibes & positive thoughts sent from me.

All the best to him

I think he is just using this timescale as an excuse not to go riding in the cold weather.

😆

Any excuse, eh?

Any excuse, eh?

Well, he IS a bit nesh. 🙂

healing vibes from Kernow coming your way & we will be thinking of you [b]both[/b] tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing pics of J back on his bike again in the New Year or when it's warmer 😉

Take care

Best of luck to you both and thoughts with you

Trudi,

I looked at the update thread you put up two years ago and saw the FB photo's - what a guy J must be, good on him. Absolutely no doubt that with spirit like that he'll give this cancer a big kick in the balls.

All the very best.

All the best and good luck - fingers crossed that the op goes well.

A load more good wishes here - take care both. Give it some!

Thank you all of you.
I have to admit to having a bit of a wobble at the moment but I am sure J (and the surgeon) can do the necessary to kick some tumourous butt and get him fit and well again.
I feel kinda selfish to be honest - I am not the one going into theatre tomorrow - but he's going to get a nice few hours out cold tomorrow and I am already in a state about it... Thank goodness for annoying litle sisters!

A lot of people send me emails from all around the world, asking me about my fight with sarcoma, and about who or what inspires me. Funnily enough, the last person was a reporter a couple of Saturdays ago. My answer always starts with the line;

[i]"...there's this guy with one arm called Julian in Sheffield..."[/i]

He's one of the reasons I'll never, [b]ever[/b] give up. I owe him everything.

Godspeed you two; no backing down, no matter what. I love you both x

Best of luck.

Bugger, I thought this was goIng to be a 'good' update, that he was riding the Fort William red or something... 😳

Hope you get to post that one soon enough though.

Good luck (the both of you).

Jesus Bullheart. That post is ****ing -ing beautiful.

Metalheart - we did Whinlatter red in May, if that helps at all? He was better at it than I was. It's quite embarrasing!

Just had a good long chat with Bullheart and we have decided J is going to be fine and kick some sarcoma arse. We have the best cardiothoracic surgeon on side, a great oncologist and the good vibes of hundreds of friends - you're all ace and we appreciate your support more than you can possibly imagine.

And that good update will be coming soon - keep watching!

TN, yes I have had the embarrassment of being passed on an uphill by a man with one arm... I think I posted this on your original thread?

A red run is plenty good enough for me. I'll look forward to that thread in due course. 😀

hope everything goes well, from a fellow Stanningtoner

best wishes to you both.

J needs to beat it so you can come up here to ride soon! X

All the best, I really hope it all goes well.

me too , good luck ! 🙂
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Fux sake Bullheart, long day at work, too much wine , your post = major dust in both eyes. 😉

Trudi

Hope everything goes well. Send Julian my regards when he wakes up - mind you, he's tough enough to just need a local!. Anaesthetic that is, not a pub. See you soon.

Chris @ tony b's

Best of luck and keep the spirits high.

Prayers from me as well, hope all goes well.

Best of luck, and tell him to kick cancer in the face for... well, everyone.

Also, if you could let us know when and where he'll be back on the bike. I've already been overtaken by a sumo-suit wearing singlespeeder and a unicyclist, I'd like to add a one-armed, one-lunged man to my collection.

TN Don't feel selfish - you have to acknowledge your fears and needs as well. sometimes being the supportive one is hard - but it helps to share that load as much as you can. I thank you for sharing and I hope we can in little ways help you.

*sends positive vibes*

Healing vibes from sunny Wirral. Best of luck!

May you both live long and prosper

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its only a flesh wound. wish you guys the best

good luck with it folks

good luck!

Hi all.

Well, what a long day - almost 7 hours from taking him to theatre to him arriving back in ICU. The good vibes did the job though and apparently there were no dramas and the surgeon did what he intended to do. I don't know whether they got the whole tumour out - not spoken to anyone on the surgical team yet - but I am assuming they did as they took some of his diaphragm away and patched it with Goretex - that's dedication to the gear freak cause, isn't it??
He's in ICU at the moment but all his numbers look good (he looked shit, but he has had a pretty rough day, so I will let him off) and they took the breathing tube out as soon as he got settled, which is apparently pretty good. They expect him to go back to the general ward tomorrow, all being well.
So, thank you all for your continuing support, especially yesterday evening when I was really struggling.

T

*mops brows*

sounds as good as it could be. ta for the update.

Here's to a quick and full recovery.

Thanks for letting us know how things went. Surely you need some rest now.

Bunnyhop x

All the best to you both.

*sends nore healing vibes*

Oh aye, I sure do Bunnyhop.
However, hospital has just rung and said he's off back into theatre because he's bleeding into the chest drain, but they said it is fairly common after cardio/thoracic surgery and didn't seem overly concerned. J asked them to ring and let me know because I think he knew the earache if they didn't would be far, far worse. 😉 Apparently he was okay in himself and his stats were looking good, so I guess it's (kind of) like knocking a scab off your knee really...
So anyway, I am up for the next couple of hours waiting to check he is okay again.