littlemissGTO
Club Member
Most of you guys know I originally started coming up here when my friend Jim got sick in 2009 with Non-Hodskins lymphoma. He recovered and was in relative good health until about this time last year. That's when I noticed he had some acute memory loss. I got extremely concerned and made him go see the doctor as I wanted to know WTF was going on. His doctor was concerned that he may have had a mini-stroke, so it was off to the hospital. He got a clean bill of health and was sent home. We were told that the memory loss was more than likely related to job related stress and that he would be okay.
Fast forward to late October 2015. Jim's memory did not get better, in fact, it worsened. I would get phone calls from in (he was working in Indy) asking where he should go to eat. I had enough and told him to come home (back here to Michigan). I watched him, and he couldn't log into his work computer or remember what we talked about 5 minutes before. So I got fed up and took him to the hospital. October 30, 2015 our lives changed dramatically. We found out that the cause of Jim's memory issue was a brain tumor.
He was admitted to the hospital that night and that Wednesday he had a biopsy. The doctor who performed the biopsy informed me that because of the location of the tumor, it was inoperable. We found out shortly there after that his cancer had come back, and that the situation was "very serious."
We were best friends for 16 years. After I digested all of this news I decided that it was my job to make Jim the happiest man on earth, and part of that decision was to get married. He was ecstatic. In fact, remembering his reaction is making me smile. On February 13, 2016 at 11 PM Jim died.
This year's Dream Cruise will be difficult because last year was the first time that Jim wanted to hang out and go cruising during the Dream Cruise. We talked about building a 63 Chevy pick up for him to cruise Woodward in. I will build that truck one day.
I miss him something terribly and every day is a challenge.
I wanted to let you guys know now, so that I can focus on being happy and remembering how he drove past the lot several times before he realized where we were. Jim had a wonderful time taking with a few of you that day, and I thank you all for making him feel so welcome. So if I'm smiling, I'm having a great moment. If I'm not, I'm just lost in thought, but I'll be okay.
P.S. FUCK CANCER!
Fast forward to late October 2015. Jim's memory did not get better, in fact, it worsened. I would get phone calls from in (he was working in Indy) asking where he should go to eat. I had enough and told him to come home (back here to Michigan). I watched him, and he couldn't log into his work computer or remember what we talked about 5 minutes before. So I got fed up and took him to the hospital. October 30, 2015 our lives changed dramatically. We found out that the cause of Jim's memory issue was a brain tumor.
He was admitted to the hospital that night and that Wednesday he had a biopsy. The doctor who performed the biopsy informed me that because of the location of the tumor, it was inoperable. We found out shortly there after that his cancer had come back, and that the situation was "very serious."
We were best friends for 16 years. After I digested all of this news I decided that it was my job to make Jim the happiest man on earth, and part of that decision was to get married. He was ecstatic. In fact, remembering his reaction is making me smile. On February 13, 2016 at 11 PM Jim died.
This year's Dream Cruise will be difficult because last year was the first time that Jim wanted to hang out and go cruising during the Dream Cruise. We talked about building a 63 Chevy pick up for him to cruise Woodward in. I will build that truck one day.
I miss him something terribly and every day is a challenge.
I wanted to let you guys know now, so that I can focus on being happy and remembering how he drove past the lot several times before he realized where we were. Jim had a wonderful time taking with a few of you that day, and I thank you all for making him feel so welcome. So if I'm smiling, I'm having a great moment. If I'm not, I'm just lost in thought, but I'll be okay.
P.S. FUCK CANCER!
hope your moment gets better.
