I'm sure that I have stated more than once here that I am eighty one and have beat cancer twice, by the grace of God. That was colon in 1999 and prostate in 2008 so now I have LUNG cancer.

Back in November I crashed a dirt bike and the ER people thought a chest x ray was in order. Nothing found. About two months ago or so I developed a miserable cough, cough cough. Off to the walk in clinic where the doctor gave me a prescription for some good codeine based cough syrup. No help so about ten days later I went back and saw a different doctor.He decided we needed to do a chest x ray and sure enough there is a "mass" in my right lung.

So off to the big hospital for a CT scan. Sure enough. Cancer about the size of a nickel with some lymph nodes looking pretty sad. Next they did a biopsy. Bad. So Monday I will get started on six weeks of radiation with a shot of chemo once a week. Fun!

So, if you're a mind to, I would appreciate a few prayers.

Thanks

Ivan

You have my prayers and also my best wishes for a full recovery.

Prayers with you

Hank

You have mine as well as many others, I'm sure.

Friend of mine has stood with his wife three times now as she beat cancer.This is over about a ten year period.She is a couple years younger than you but beat it the last time less than a year ago.

You got 'em, my friend. Been down the "Big C" road with "The Warden", and wouldn't even wish cancer on my worst enemy!

Ivan, both Cheryl and I have been sending you our best strength and prayers. You are one of her favorites... and mine also.

Kent

How can I not pray for a guy named Ivan? You got it.

Steve.

Kick cancer's ass again, Ivan.

Ivan, I'm very sorry to hear this. You certainly have my prayers.

Ed

Done!

Nothing pisses off big C like folks with grit.

Best wishes Ivan

My mother in law beat lung cancer. Best wishes to you.

Dale

Lifted up a prayer on your behalf Ivan.

Regards,

You have mine.

Ya got them. Wish that I could do more. miles

Ivan, you got em from here.

Sorry to hear that, BigBuck. Best wishes for your recovery.

L.W.

Hate to hear that. I have prayed and hope for the very best for you.

Ivan,

You have my prayers, you have my forever friendship, and you have my love. May the Grace of God be with you again.

Remember, I am just a call away if you need anything at all.

Lynn

Prayers sent for you! God Bless!

Prayers offered up for a good outcome.

Hang in there you gotem from Michigan!

Ivan,

I salute you for licking it twice - and for riding a riding a dirt bike into your 80's.
Twer I betting man, I'd bet the farm on you licking it a third time!

Prayers on the way

Ivan

Seems were in the same boat, hopefully with both of us paddling and others prayers we can cross this river even with the swift current. Prayers to you and yours. GW

+1... Hang in there, I am pulling for you.

You've got prayers coming from my house Sir.

May you be the first to say wrecking a dirt bike in your 80's saved your life!!! Kick cancer's ass! I pulling for you Ivan.

Ivan, sorry to hear about the cancer. Sounds like you've kicked it around the block twice already.

You caught it early. That is the key. Eat healthy, get the rest that you need.

You'll beat it a third time.

Prayers, and continued prayers to bolster you up and support you in your time of need.

Jeff

Hey Ivan,

You have some folks in N.C. praying for you. Keep us posted.

Major bummer. Prayers sent.

Prayers sent from here

Good luck pard. Kick its ass.

Sounds like you're already on the road to recovery.

Prayers and good thoughts headed your way.

Mine, too.

Prayers sent for you, also, oldtimer.

Hey, you got this. Don't let that bastard get you down.

Our friend Ivan, he has lots of folks pulling for him.

Kent- Thanks for posting the pics from this year's gathering at Roosevelt.

Some great pics of Ivan, and the rest of the motley crew.

Seafire posted them in our group thread, I just borrowed them.

Kent

A great big THANK YOU all for praying and to everybody else! Lots of support means a lot when you kinda feel like you are about to run out of aces.

Monday I will start on radiation once a day, M-F, for six weeks with a dose of chemo once a week. If all goes as planned, I just might be able to make Armijo Springs.

Kent, Cheryl and I missed out on our long visit last time but tell her we will make it happen this time. It is great to have friends like everybody here.

Best wishes Ivan. Done that trip a couple of times myself. Have found that telling your C that you're too busy to die seems to work.

Getcha this on a T-shirt!

Please do _ I don't believe we've met FTF before.

Done. Amen.

I love your attitude. Kick it down the road. ;-{>8

done man ,,,, i fight skin cancer every day.

norm

Ivan, Joe told us a few days ago and I was sure bummed to hear it. We are pulling for you. I hope you feel well enough to make NM this summer too!

I'll second that!

Best wishes big guy. Beat it again.

Done

Done, our best from here.

You got em sir

Fight the good fight

F cancer

Do it one more time Ivan!

Prayers on the way from TX

I hate to hear this Ivan, Prayers for you fur a full recovery.

You kicked cancers ass twice already, now lets make it three bro!

Beat it down big man! Prayers sent.

I sorry for your news Ivan. Best wishes.

And mine, as well.
Joel

Hang in there man
You'll be three for three with cancer a year from now

Prayers sent.

On the way, Ivan... Damn stuff's tenacious..

Prayer's sent!

Prayers and best wishes Bigbuck.

Ivan, You've proven that you can beat the cancer. Keep the faith, keep the will to fight, and you'll do it again! memtb

On the way. Kick it's A$$ again!!

Prayers sent

If you are crashing motorcycles and surviving at 80 years old, you can kick this cancer's a$$. Hang in there, yo tough old sonova gun!

Prayers sent. Some of those prayers are thanks for having a guy like you here with us.

Prayers on the way.

Prayers sent.

You've got them, Amigo.

FWIW to you, a distant friend's wife was late stage 4 and was able to get in on the trials involving T-Cell modification to the body's immune system, works sort of like dialysis for the re-entry to the body. She's in total remission for the past 8 months. The friend's Dad is a retired M.D. and he led the research on the latest.

Prayers with you

Prayers on the way ...

Hello Ivan, I'm saddened to hear your news. Yes, I will send prayers for you. Wishing you all the best.

You can beat this.

Stay strong!

Man, that is great news! Hooray for the lady!

I believe she got this via M.D. Anderson to, possibly, Sloan Kettering.

Immune cell(s) modification to recognize cancer and disallow cancer from supressing the immune system (subduing the supressors) is the new frontier for treatment of this despicable disease that continues to rob us of loved ones and dear friends.

Good luck going forward, Pard.

It can indeed be done!


Doesn't take away from me hating to hear this news....

All the best for a speedy win over this Bigbuck!

Done here

Prayer sent for your recovery and health. So far just prostate cancer for me.

Damn sorry to hear this Bigbuck215 no one should have to battle Cancer 3 times. Im going thru Chemo now for Colon Cancer. You are in my thoughts and prayers. If you have beat it twice you can do it again. I really am starting to dislike this cancer crap.

Good Luck Sir.

Just saw this. Prayers sent.

Deans

Sir you have my prayers. I have to say that if you're 81, have beat cancer twice and just wrecked your dirt bike you are one tough dude. Not only do I believe you'll beat cancer I'm more afraid FOR the cancer.lol

God bless

Cancer is easy to dislike, huh.

And I will be praying for you.

Lots of us cancer survivors on this forum.

You know how to beat it. Just do it again.

BigBuck, Best wishes for your recovery. Prayers on the way. It was a true pleasure to get acquainted with you at Tonto Basin. I know your presence there was enjoyed by all. The pictures snapped me right back there.

I hope you get to take many more trips in your RV. And more rides on your dirtbike, too. I look forward to seeing you again sometime in the future.

You got them as well as my thoughts.

My prayers, thoughts & best wishes for a full recovery.

I have a fairly good friend who begins treatment for the exact same thing, stage III, on Monday, also a 6 week initial regimen.

MM

Ivan, you sound like one tough sonofabitch. I would be humbled to pray for you. Godspeed and His healing.

Ivan , prayers sent, keep fighting !

If you've never met Ivan... he's a hell of a guy.

Real down to earth and humble, yet you spend time around him, he's a perfect example of the type of guy I looked up to growing up, and he's my idea of the fastly disappearing type of guy that made this country great... positive in thought and action, work ethic off the charts, generous.. the list is unending...

I feel blessed to have met him and gotten to know him a little.

What I don't comprehend is the Good Lord not preserving guys like Ivan for as long as the old body is good for, while all of these lazy, spend their life on the couch getting high all day, types are sitting in front of the TV and being cancer free...

things aren't fair in this world...that's for darn sure.

most of us would be blessed to be made of half "the right stuff" that Ivan's made of, believe me... and I doubt anyone else on the campfire that has met Ivan would think anything less...

as my granddad would say, He's tougher than a pine knot.

God be with ya thru all of this Ivan... You're friends on the campfire sure will be pulling for ya.

Those are nice words Seafire and I am sure Ivan is all that you say. I certainly enjoy his posts and look forward to perhaps sharing a post cancer drink with him, should our paths cross. In the meantime time I'll be sending good thoughts his way.

Hey, John, thanks for the writeup. Now I have a reputation to live up to so I guess I'd better not cash in my chips just yet.



Aces, correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you in the Seattle area? I have been going out there ever so often so the next time I'll hunt you up. You can have a shot or so of whatever but I'm pretty much a coffee guy.

Ivan,

I met you a bit ago on the Tonto trip and it was clear, quite clear actually, that you were, while gentle, proper and kind, hard as nails (pardon all of the commas as I am just a simple engineer so a brilliant one like CCCC can correct). As such I look forward to chatting and shooting again with you next year at the Tonto gathering. See you then.

Ed

Cancer sucks, big time.

I'm north of Seattle about 45 minutes. Let me know and we'll get coffee.

Pulling for you to kick its ass x3!

with traffic, that would be about Mont Lake Terrace, wouldn't it? you'll enjoy Ivan a lot...

Ivan, if ya can't make Quemado, then some of us may have to stop by in Billings to check up on ya, on the way down....

Ivan, I sure hate to hear this. Cancer is one terrible thing, and I am certainly going to be praying for your full and complete recovery.

Ivan, you have my prayers in this latest fight against that damned cancer.

Take care.

Mark

will do

It's just a diversion to give you something to do in June, it's a boring month anyways. You'll be ready to ride soon enough.

Godspeed

Done

My thoughts are with you and your family.

donsm70

Aces, I have relatives in the Stanwood area so that should be easy to do. So now all I have to do is beat this lousy cancer and with all you guys pulling for me, I surely will win.

Ed, I sure enjoyed visiting with you and hope to see you at Quemado.

Steelhead, I hadn't thought about it that way but you just might be right on. May and June here are real "cabin fever" months.


I really am overwhelmed with all the support all of you are showing. And I have some PMs that are amazing. Thank you a zillion times. I am sure that I have some rough, rocky roads ahead of me but when that happens I will gain strength by reading this thread again.

Kick it's ass Bigbuck!

Small world as I'm on Camano. Let me know next time you're in town and we can go to the new French pastry shop here on the island.

Don't be afraid to slip one to a nurse!

Lifted up, Ivan...give it heck...

Roofies?

I was thinking a body part, but I ain't from WA...

Prayers sent.

Always try!

Ivan - prayers rebooted - and I hope you make Q, feeling well!

Prayers lifted for peace, comfort, and healing according to God's will...

Thank you! And I sure hope to be there also.

My thoughts and prayers to you for a speedy recovery to full health

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Same here -haven't posted in a little while - I hate to hear that Ivan best of luck to you my internet friend !

praying for you.

Jeebus, good luck!

On the positive side, in a year you'll be able to say you beat cancer three times.



P

Prayers sent from MI.

JD338

You got'em my friend!

Prayers, sir.

Prayers sent to a fellow Montanan.