The Derb has brain cancer.

[GEORGE/W2AMR]

Sorry to hear this Tim. Hope you have a full recovery.

[Gary - WA4IAM]

Derb, our thoughts are with you down here in NC. You can beat this, so hang in there!

[N3DRB The Derb]

TNX Paul. Tell Deano I am down to 325 pounds and no longer able to compete with him in the belly bump contest. 

[Chuck...K1KW]

Hi Derb,

I wish you a speedy recovery and my best wishes are with you. 

Here is something you may want to make your oncologist aware of in case he isn't.  Proton radiation therapy.  It is specifically effective in brain and spinal cancers.  Check this out for further info on one of the two centers in the US that offer it.  It is the next generation in cancer therapy and has none of the side effects that all existing treatments have.  The other center is here in Boston at Mass General Hospital.

http://www.llu.edu/proton/patient/faq.html?PHPSESSID=fdc15ebc7f4d520704fc41b12461

I am in a start up venture developing the next generation proton therapy system that will make this technology available at lower cost. 

Chuck...

[W1UX]

Derb,
Fight, fight, fight......... keep punching and kicking...... thoughts and prayers are with you Derb -
73 Al UX

[Joe-N2YR]

Congrats on the marriage! Just keep on being da BJB  ! Through family expierience I have learned the best therapy is not to let that illigitimate son of a female dog thing you have with  your health run your life. Please get on the air man. You are truly sorely
missed !

[WB2CAU]

Oh man... what a bummer!  Derb, I'm hoping you'll have a full recovery ASAP.   Perhaps you can use your convalescent time to get on the air, or at least listen in.

Prior to the seizure, were there any early symptoms that you didn't take seriously?

Hang in there buddy!

Eric - WB2CAU

[Paul, K2ORC]

Tim,
Best of luck with the treatment and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.  Days of onions, days of honey, as the old saying goes.  Hang tough.

Paul K2ORC

[WD8BIL]

Yes Derb ..... all my best !!!

[N5RLR]

So sorry to hear this, Derb.  My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.

And, congrats on the upcoming marriage!

[N2udf]

Derb,
A positive attitude goes a long way.As a cancer survivor,I can appreciate what you are going through.I don't think anybody that hasn't gone through it can know all  that it entails.Best of luck to you and your new Bride................73,Lee N2UDF.

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

F&$K ME!  I've been away for a while. Derb, hang in there bro. If there is anything I can do, call or write. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[k3zrf]

So Derb, didn't you guys tie the knot this week? Pix of the bride and groom! The best to you and your bride from the zrf's (if ya did it)

[N3DRB The Derb]

Hey,

we are doing it today (Monday the 17th) at 4pm in the Jefferson County Courthouse ( the same one where John Brown was found guilty of treason and hanged ) Pictures before, dinner after in Frederick at the Red Horse on the Golden Mile.

[Herb K2VH]

Congratulations, and best wishes to you both for a long, happy, and healthy life together!

Herb

[The Slab Bacon]

Kool Beanz! ! ! !  Congrats and best wishes! ! ! ! !
                                                                    The Slab Bacon

[Vortex Joe - N3IBX]

Derb,
       Congradulations to you and the new Mrs. Derb!
                                                                        Joe N3IBX

[Ed-VA3ES]

Whoa!  Derb!  My prayers are with you.  You'll beat this thing, fior sure!    Congrats on your  marriage.  Life  throws curve-balls, sometimes.  (Trust me, I know!)    Hang in there.

[KB2WIG]

! Congraduations  ..  I'll have several beers in your honor (along with a few for your brides honor)....

[WU2D]

Wow Derb,

You can make it through this if you keep a good attitude and surround yourself with loved ones and friends. The Chemo is tough but they have great drugs now and the classic nausea is not so bad. Hell, I never even threw up. It is your head that you will have a problem with. Its OK to be negative, but do not dwell on it for more than a few hours. Think about the positives like your bride to be, your great treatment and family and friends and ham radio and fishing, music or whatever. 

Finding out you have something like that is like being punched out of line.

My surprise came two years ago in January. I went in for some routine bloodwork, went back to work, and at 6:00 PM that night I had a knock on the door. It was my doctor in an overcoat. You see it was snowing here in New Hampshire. Who says doctors don't make housecalls?

He said that I had leukemia and that I had to go to the hospital NOW. I asked if I would die from the cancer and he said hell no, cause I would bleed to death first. You see I had no platlets.

It has been a long road, I won't sugar coat it, but I am a real success story. I have been in remission for quite a while now, almost 2 years.

One problem - when you get cancer, you change. If you liked ham radio, fishing or any other vices that you can think of, expect to like them a lot more! My response to surviving was to go on a building binge and upgrade to extra.

Best wishes and kind regards,

Mike WU2D


 

[wavebourn]

Hey,

we are doing it today (Monday the 17th) at 4pm in the Jefferson County Courthouse ( the same one where John Brown was found guilty of treason and hanged ) Pictures before, dinner after in Frederick at the Red Horse on the Golden Mile.

Hi Tim;

Good Luck and congratulations! Wow! 

[wa2zdy]

You can beat this.  And congratulations on your marriage last evening.

I got sick in Jan 2005 and they told my wife I would probably die.  I didn't.  I've never been able to go back to work but that just means more time for hamming. 

You can laugh or you can cry.  I did enough crying and now I laugh.  It really IS the best medicine.

Good luck.

[w3jn]

Let us know if you want an antenner raised at your place, Drb, I'm sure we can mount a party to string up a diaper pole for ya.

[N3DRB The Derb]

I'm thinking about it. summertime is not the best but maybe in the fall when the time switches back to rdio season I'll get back on. Would hve to be a modern rig tho for lots of reasons - too many pets, cant carry the weight, etc.

prolly super modified ft102 with LIN YAR would be best. ( and a reverb/echo box )

[wa1knx]

hi Derb,
      well I don't git in here much, Paul updated me, but reading in here its more
that I first thought.  My good buddy maul pounding black james bond, please be well!
I don't have yer current fone, fire me off some e-mail at..

   deanm1952@yahoo.com

..I will call you!

deano