Dad's Health Update

Just a little note to thank both of you for your BIG visit this past week-end. You will never know how much that meant to me and Kathy too. love you both. Dad

A visit to my Big Dad

Hi Big Deb,      Why don't you plan to take mom home between 11/26 and 11/28. DROP HER OFF AND COME SPEND THE NIGHT WITH US AND GO BACK THE NEXT DAY.                     

                                                                     Big Dad

 

 

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From: Deb Anderson

Date: 11/9/2010 8:11:56 PM

To: Jim Young

Subject: A visit my Big Dad

 

Ok Big Dad here is an email explaining the deal with the dates over

Thanksgiving.

 

Scott and Erin will be driving here from State College on Friday,

November 19th and staying until Monday evening, November 22nd.

 

I will drive to York on Tuesday, November 23rd to get Mom to bring her

back down here for Thanksgiving.  I can either do the drive to

York/back to Richmond all on Tuesday or I can drive to see you on

Tuesday and pick Mom up Wednesday and drive back to Richmond on

Wednesday.

 

Then I will have to bring Mom back to York from Richmond sometime

between Friday, November 26th and Sunday, November 28th.  Again, I

could do the drive all in one day or I could drop her off, then come

see you and drive back the following day.

 

I think traffic-wise on I-95, it would probably be better if I saw you

sometime between November 26th and November 28th if that works for

you.  I would also be open to driving back to Richmond on Monday,

November 29th if I had to.

 

So do you want to talk to Kathy and see what day would be good to

visit?  And let me know if it would be possible to spend the night.

I'm thinking that I would get on the road really early the following

day to try to beat the holiday traffic.

 

Love you and wish you the best with these tests.  Your oldest ugliest :)

Just an email

Hi Miss Erin

 

    That was not one of the nicest e-mails I have ever received, that was THEE NICEST e-mail I ever received. You are some kind of Granddaughter.  I love you too !!!!!   

 

    Yes, I am feeling great and am glad all the treatments are behind me.  I will probably get a CT scan in November to make sure that I'm still in remission. They will do this every 3 month for awhile, than go to 6 month, than each year.  And yes , assuming everything goes OK, we plan to put our house up for sale this coming April and IF we can sell it we will move to Myrtle Beach.

 

    Enough about me, I am so glad to hear you love the main campus. Keep up the good work with your classes. Remember, this is the beginning of the rest of your life, so make the best of it. Hope you have a great ski season.

 

    Thanks again for the wonderful e-mail.

 

                                                                                Love ya,  Grandpa

Dad's Health Update

Hi Gang,

This is a quick update and I hope my last.

I had my last brain radiation to-day. No more Chemo, no more Radiation.

Have as good a day as I am having !!!!!!

Love you, Dad & Grandpa

2010 Ride for Jim Yorktown Finale Ride

Here is a summary of the 90 cyclists’ efforts in the Ride for Jim Yorktown Finale cycling event...

I can tell you that my Dad and Howard’s brother David, both who are dealing with lung cancer, were greatly touched by the love, care and concern of family members and the community. I will make the best of any cycling event but riding for a cause that hits so close to home is especially inspiring. And being able to celebrate Howard Smith’s finale ride across the US with him was so much fun! My little team, the Big Wheels, started out with just me as the sole member :). During the ride I was joined by Howard (Anderson), Carl and Kendra – my dear friends from my Bike Virginia tours, Jennifer – a new friend who joined my weekly Thursday night ride for the Richmond cycling club and who was doing her first long ride, and Mark Popp – brother of Jim Popp for whom the Ride for Jim is all about. It was a real honor to have Mark join us. He drove up from the Jacksonville, FL area to do the ride and was very happy to have a group of people to ride and talk with.

We were so fortunate with the weather. While it was quite hot and humid we had Pittsburgh-like cloud cover the whole way from Richmond to Yorktown, which made the ride so much easier. We rode primarily on the historic Scenic Byway Route 5. Route 5 parallels the north bank of the James River, has many historic plantations along the way, and is beautifully canopied by trees. We lunched in Colonial Williamsburg, always a treat! From Williamsburg to Yorktown we were on the Colonial Parkway, 14 miles of cobblestone road, which made the last part of the ride the most uncomfortable :). But it was well worth it. The post-ride festivities were awesome celebrating with Jack Haar and Howard Smith. Howard did a celebratory ride into the York River with cannonball blast from a Tall Ship in the distance.

All in all, it was a glorious day. Thank you again for your well wishes and support!

Dad's Health Update

Hi Gang,

I met with Dr. Zaman today to review the CT scan I had last Wed.

The results are great. The massive tumor that I had on my right side is GONE. Yes completely GONE. This is unbelieveable. The only thing left are two small area's which are "active" but Dr. Zaman doesn't appear to be too concerned about them. However I will continue my series of treatments, as outlined in my earlier e-mail, through mid-july.

I will continue to be tired after my chemo treatments and could become more tired as the treatments continue as this is part of the process. However, I am on the road to recovery and this is what we all wanted. Thanks to the power of prayer and POSITIVE thinking.

Love you all and if you have any questions let me know.

Love, Dad

Dad's Health Update

BAD DEB,

The flowers are beautiful but not as beautiful as the thought behind them.

Love you, Big Dad