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oldskool wrote:Any plans for the Touring?

///Mmmmmm... maybe.

Coldswede wrote:

1st 5er wrote: One of my, so called, friends even called last night, hoping my wife would answer,
wanting to know when he could come make a deal on our ///M5.
Can't even wait until a body gets cold, geesh!!!

!!! ??? !!!! Talk about cold. Perfect reason why you should spring back hale and hearty, just to get his goat.

This! ^^^ Excellent idea; live long enough to irritate your detractors!
Makes me think of The Hobbit, and how Bilbo's relatives never forgave him for living so long.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

Coldswede wrote:Get better bud!

This too. Let us know if we can do anything. Kinda hard to help from afar, but not impossible.

It's going down, one way or the other.

Mark in Toronto wrote:

KillerPM wrote:Hang in there SHERMO!

RTT wouldn't be the same without you.

A BIG X 2

I won't be the same either.
I'm gonna be pissed if I have to miss The V and RTT because of it.
I should know in about 4 more weeks if the Incivek is gonna work,
and if it does time will tell how detrimental the interferon is on my system.

rlomba8204 wrote:Sherman,
Missed this thread. God bless, stay safe. Kick the sh!t out of this thing.

That is 'zactly the attitude to take. Kick ass, Sherman. Stay positive and light. Avoid negatives , bad music and movies. If you get down in dumps, ask for an anti-depressant.

1st 5er wrote:It's going down, one way or the other.

Mark in Toronto wrote:

KillerPM wrote:Hang in there SHERMO!

RTT wouldn't be the same without you.

A BIG X 2

I won't be the same either.
I'm gonna be pissed if I have to miss The V and RTT because of it.
I should know in about 4 more weeks if the Incivek is gonna work,
and if it does time will tell how detrimental the interferon is on my system.

Dont make me fly to texas and drag you. Cause I will...

I have never been to texas.. HAHA...

rlomba8204 wrote:Sherman,
Missed this thread. God bless, stay safe. Kick the sh!t out of this thing.

What my friend Ray said. Good luck with this. Tim

Wanted to post an update.

I am fairing fairly well.

The biggest negative side effects from the medication I've experienced yet is quite a bit more fatigue.
Getting a bunch of extra sleep helps along with relaxing in my favorite chair and my laptop tuned to MyE28.com.
I've got to take the Incivek every 8 hours along with 20 grams of fat, thus the oddball hours, including tonight.

Last Saturday my youngest son, 24, pulled a motor/tranny from the red E30 parts car
and swapped them into his resurrection project, his first BMW, an '88 Alpine/Cardinal 325is 5 spd coupe.
He bought the car in '06, thrashed the heck out of it until it gave up the ghost in '08, and it's been sitting ever since.
His older brother and himself had been picking over it keeping their cars going.
I really never expected to see that car back on the road. He's taken on a monumental task and it's coming along quite nicely.
So, getting out there and being able to supervise and not getting my hands dirty, well too dirty, has been a nice change.

There have been some special visits over the past few weeks that really helped break the monotony.
1 of 30 M5 and riverrat, dropped by to say "hey" and hung out and helped my son a bit with the above project.
Dragonbar's been here to borrow tools and driveway space a couple of times to do some maintenance on his new E28 (still no pics yet?).
And then today I got a lunch invitation by none other than Mr. dolomiti himself. I won't pass up a free meal.
And there was the day Rich, Luis and I went to lunch and then Rich and I went to check out a car for 02Touringtii.
There have also been several PM's from members with well wishes.
Thanks fellows.

All in all things are good.
I'll find out in two more weeks if the Incivek is doing it's job against the HCV.
If I get a positive report, then it's on for the long haul, up to 48 weeks of therapy, but maybe as short as 24.
I'm praying for the 24.

Thanks again guys for the kind words, thoughts, prayers and visits. They do mean a lot.

Peck away at something to keep yourself busy . A few days after starting chemo, my BIL drops by to check on me. I had to crawl out from under the Jeep to greet him. Every time , I began a new treatment, they always said " it will make you a little tired" I was taking naps at 2 PM. I kinda miss them.

Hang in there trooper!

You guys are too kind.











































Not really.

I should send him my collection of gauge clusters for him to make work... that would keep him busy!

Anyway, good vibes your way man.

rmiddendorf wrote:I should send him my collection of gauge clusters for him to make work... that would keep him busy!

Anyway, good vibes your way man.

Anything to keep him from taking up knitting.

It ain't happening guys.

Glad to hear you're doing fairly well!

This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

We're all hoping for the 80%!

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

Got my fingers crossed for ya.

rmiddendorf wrote:

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

We're all hoping for the 80%!

80%! 80%! 80%! 80%! 80%!

Stop it guys... .

rmiddendorf wrote:

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

We're all hoping for the 80%!

I am too.
That'll mean somewhere between 24 to 36 more weeks of treatments, which translates into an opportunity to catch Chris is post count.
But it also means I'll more than likely be forced to miss The V & RTT. The V, OK, but RTT, for real.

1st 5er wrote:

rmiddendorf wrote:

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

We're all hoping for the 80%!

I am too.
That'll mean somewhere between 24 to 36 more weeks of treatments, which translates into an opportunity to catch Chris is post count.
But it also means I'll more than likely be forced to miss The V & RTT. The V, OK, but RTT, for real.

Well, if Mohammad can't go to the mountain... How about a Sherm-Fest. Or maybe a SnobFest, or... ???

davintosh wrote:

1st 5er wrote:

rmiddendorf wrote:

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

We're all hoping for the 80%!

I am too.
That'll mean somewhere between 24 to 36 more weeks of treatments, which translates into an opportunity to catch Chris is post count.
But it also means I'll more than likely be forced to miss The V & RTT. The V, OK, but RTT, for real.

Well, if Mohammad can't go to the mountain... How about a Sherm-Fest. Or maybe a SnobFest, or... ???

Tex-Fest LSB&F IV will happen, and is already in the planning stage, if I have to show up in an a///Mbulance.
I can kill myself for a weekend, but nine days, I'd probably really die.

davintosh wrote:

1st 5er wrote:

rmiddendorf wrote:

1st 5er wrote:This coming Thursday I should find out whether I'm part of the 80% who respond positively or the 20% who don't.

I'll be back.

We're all hoping for the 80%!

I am too.
That'll mean somewhere between 24 to 36 more weeks of treatments, which translates into an opportunity to catch Chris is post count.
But it also means I'll more than likely be forced to miss The V & RTT. The V, OK, but RTT, for real.

Well, if Mohammad can't go to the mountain... How about a Sherm-Fest. Or maybe a SnobFest, or... ???

ShermFest has a scary ring to it, but Snobfest- I like it. LSB&F is a permanent fixture. SnobFest would just be Vintage/RTT South. One time deal, IF NEEDED, because he'll be there next year for sure. Maybe get Sherm a live video feed from some fool's car on the road?

Best wishes Sherman . Stay positive and surround yourself with positive influences.

johnnye23 wrote:Best wishes Sherman . Stay positive and surround yourself with positive influences.

That's why I'm here.

Here's hoping for the best news today, Sherman. You have a huge team behind you here. (yes homo)

This week I will be getting the blood results in that are definitive enough to warrant staying on the medication or not through the complete cycle.
Previous results have been very positive and promising, but a certain threshold has to be reached and this past week's blood draw was for that specific purpose.

Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers.

Best of luck pal - we're keeping you in our prayers and pulling for you!

1st 5er wrote:This week I will be getting the blood results in that are definitive enough to warrant staying on the medication or not through the complete cycle.
Previous results have been very positive and promising, but a certain threshold has to be reached and this past week's blood draw was for that specific purpose.

Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers.

I hope the results are what you are looking for this week.

It's a bitter sweet end.
The therapy showed signs of working early on, moving significantly from a 10,002,000 IU/ml (quantitative viral load) down to 3,090 IU/ml,
but this last weeks report showed an increase in viral load to 15,690 IU/ml which implies the virus has, in my own words, mutated to resist the drug.

Bottom line, no more drugs, work on rebuilding the RBC (2.2) and WBC (3.4), regaining strength and energy level, and get serious about prepping for The V and RTT.