Cannot add another photo to "Hot Flush post" but as you can see from this 2017 photo I far from a BIG guy lol
Photo taken Summer of 2017 and World 3D champs France, a year before I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Gleason 9 and Mets to every bone, I'm amazed I felt no symptoms at this time, in fact I felt on top of the world and took 3rd place.
The most noticeable change since this picture is PC had added about 10kg of weight (or the effects of ADT has) and aged me visually (I was 54 when photo was taken), I always looked young for my age, shaved head, not being overweight and no beer belly helped the deception lol.
Fond memories with good friends.
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You were wearing a "Just Do It" tee shirt, so I guess you just did it.... Now shoot your arrow into that fxxxIng Pca bullseye for you and all of us....
Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n Monday 12/23/2019 5:40 PM EST
Those are two big guys on the ends. That’s a great photo ..Real friends are better than gold.. Thank you .
Henning Bagge from Sweden has been a good friend for many years. Dewayne Martin USA shooting legend and bow manufacturer (CD Archery), we had been FB friends for a while and was the first time we actually met, a really nice guy.
It was a great and kinda special tourney WA3D (part of Olympic World Archery )has been running for about 10 years but USA team never attended because they have their own org 'IBO', so for the first time it was the best of Europe v USA . It was hard for them as the format was slightly different because we shoot smaller targets slightly longer distances but they did pretty good by winning team Gold. This year in Canada they picked up some individual medals as well as team medal. I would have loved to have shot the finals with Dewayne but he got knocked out in last 8 cut.
I tried to shoot European Field champs this Summer (2 months after finishing Chemo) I only managed 1.5 of the 5 day tourney, Too much pain in my legs and I just couldn't find the strength to get round the courses. Think my international days are over but I'm still shooting the odd one day tourney at local level, I dropped 10# in draw weight which has helped, it's good that I can do what I love at some level to keep spirits up. My Wife and I own an Olympic school and shooting center, technically the Gov retired me from work Disabled but I'm still helping out with Coaching when I can.
Hard to say, I still have the same hot flashes as before, I'm castration resistant now but my cancer is aggressive so I guess either option I would have ended up here.
The surgery was straight forward, some small issue with the wound not closing but it is a difficult place to heal, I just had local Nurse keep any eye on things and I was fine. Mentally it wasn't an issue, I didn't even give it a second thought.
Hi Zeta, Excuse me for being selfish in asking about castration. I have read your posts and i appreciate more of what you are going through. It is “amazing” reading about your challenges. ..I am not sure where you live, however, it doesn’t seem to be in the US “States”. We don’t know each other however, i will keep you in my prayers..
I'm a Brit but been living in EU Estonia last 12 years. Small country with 1.2m but the health service has been pretty good, the only downside is the population being small you don't get offered any trials.
Pardon my ignorance though i have no idea where EU Estonia is! - What brought you there? Glad to hear that the health services are good. Would you have better opportunities for treatment, etc in Britain? Relatively good in Upstate NY but not as good as New York City where the big hospitals are...I live alone (retired) and will need to see what the future holds...
My Wife is Estonian and we met through our sport, (It was Finger lakes 2004) we have two boys 12 and 10 years.
I cannot get treatment in UK, even if I could Covid would make travel very difficult at this time. Heath system is same as UK but with small population there are no waiting times for scans or treatments and all my medications are almost free of charge, I was paying around 4 Euros for my Zytiga per month.
I'm 57 now, I was diagnosed Nov 2018, it was pretty advanced in my skeleton and was in a lot of pain, they put me on disability and have not worked since. I took my pension early and just enjoying my time with family.
Yes I competed Internationally and was also a Pro Coach with our own shooting School, my Wife still runs it and I help out when I'm able. I miss not being able to compete because I have so many friends around the world. When I was first noticed a problem I was competing at World Masters in Switzerland, I was in so much pain and fatigued I had to retire from the tourney, being so fit my Doctor hard a hard time believing I was sick, by the time I got to see a Urologist my bone marrow had shut down and was quite poorly.
Oncologist has given me about 12 months now, hard to say for sure on these things and hoping for longer, QOL is more important now.
Zeta, Sounds like you are loved by many people. You have an impressive background. Death is never something simple especially now since you had such a good life.
Many of my years while in my 40’s and 50’s i was doing non-profit work with persons with HIV/AIDS. It was difficult and challenging to experience. So many of the men were young like in their 30’s and 40’s. In the prime of their lives in many ways, enjoying careers, etc.
Sounds like you have a lot of life in you... So “surrendering” (letting-go) is that much more difficult. Whatever time is left for you/us is why taking one day at a time is what makes the difference. Especially, as you say, “enjoying time with your family”. I believe that “seeing” the beauty(and the “mystery” ) all around us that can bring us both peace and joy! 🙏🌠
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What brought you there? Glad to hear that the health services are good. Would you have better opportunities for treatment, etc in Britain? Relatively good in Upstate NY but not as good as New York City where the big hospitals are...I live alone (retired) and will need to see what the future holds...
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