Well this is a difficult thing to announce.
On March 28, 2014, I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Based on Ct-scans and ultra-sound, I was a candidate for surgery to remove the tumor. On April 8th, I was wheeled into surgery where they found it in-operable. Oh ****. Now I have this wonderful 10” incision on my belly and not much else to show for it. Met with the Oncologist and will start chemo about the first week of May. So the saga will continue. Not much hope here, they are saying 8 to 12 months with chemo is all they can say. So the dice is being rolled.
So with that, the wonderful saga of Java is coming to an end.
Have been blessed with lots of friends on this website and happy to have contributed to the discussions as they occurred. Java is currently on the hard and have people lined up wanting to paint my bottom, align the shaft and engine and get me in the water for some summer sailing. Joan and I have been sailing Java going on 13yrs and have been anywhere we wanted to go. Mostly south to warmer weather. Was planning for Keys and Bahamas this coming year but that appears to be on hold.
My bucket list has been well taken care of. Got a wonderful wife, Joan who has been my companion thru everything. Got two wonderful daughters from a previous marriage and their children. Two great children from Joan and their kids. So now I have 4 children, 9 grand children and two great-grand children, Wow... Survived Vietnam, got a commercial instrument pilot license, was an Air Traffic Controller (yes PATCO), did some wonderful computer programming at the National Library of Medicine from where I retired.
So with that said, Thank You to everyone for support and good vibes.
Believe me, this really SUCKS!
Jim 'aka Javaboat'
On March 28, 2014, I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Based on Ct-scans and ultra-sound, I was a candidate for surgery to remove the tumor. On April 8th, I was wheeled into surgery where they found it in-operable. Oh ****. Now I have this wonderful 10” incision on my belly and not much else to show for it. Met with the Oncologist and will start chemo about the first week of May. So the saga will continue. Not much hope here, they are saying 8 to 12 months with chemo is all they can say. So the dice is being rolled.
So with that, the wonderful saga of Java is coming to an end.
Have been blessed with lots of friends on this website and happy to have contributed to the discussions as they occurred. Java is currently on the hard and have people lined up wanting to paint my bottom, align the shaft and engine and get me in the water for some summer sailing. Joan and I have been sailing Java going on 13yrs and have been anywhere we wanted to go. Mostly south to warmer weather. Was planning for Keys and Bahamas this coming year but that appears to be on hold.
My bucket list has been well taken care of. Got a wonderful wife, Joan who has been my companion thru everything. Got two wonderful daughters from a previous marriage and their children. Two great children from Joan and their kids. So now I have 4 children, 9 grand children and two great-grand children, Wow... Survived Vietnam, got a commercial instrument pilot license, was an Air Traffic Controller (yes PATCO), did some wonderful computer programming at the National Library of Medicine from where I retired.
So with that said, Thank You to everyone for support and good vibes.
Believe me, this really SUCKS!
Jim 'aka Javaboat'
