Still around and kicking - Impactzone
Lots of love to all
Chip
Impactzone
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Ahhh Chip
That's so wonderful to hear. Love your news, ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY!!!
Winter Marie0 -
Chip - from ****
Chip,
It is so good to hear from you! Wonderful that all is well for you. Congrats on finishing another successful year of teaching and coaching. I hope your summer is wonderful. Like you we have a child who will be a senior next year. It is all a blessing. **** got a new board, he is writing the description below.
Aloha,
Kathleen
Hi Chip,
I'm so happy to hear that you are NED. I was in such a hurry to get my FAA license back after my NED scan that I chose not to go on maintenance chemo and the cancer spread to my lungs within 3 months. I respect your choices and attitude. I have got a quiver of boards (you never see one club in a golf bag). 12' Tandem, for our special needs daughter, I had a 10' all purpose long board that got snapped in two by the lip on a big day out in front of our house. I've got a fun 8'6" mini-tanker, 7'6" gun, a surftech 6'10", Bushman 6'8" and last but not least an HIC 6'3". Kathleen and I also enjoy "Standup" on a 10.0' C4 and a 10'6" board a friend designed. Learning to surf and paddle a standup has been a humbling experience. I've been such a "Kook." OK....now for the important item. After my 10'long board snapped, I was hanging around in our local surf shop, "Kimo's Surf Hut" in Kailua, when I came upon this true piece of art. I mentioned to Kimo that certainly this board was so beautiful that it was not meant to be ridden but he assured me that it was. The board is a 9'5" totally gloss black thruster set-up with a royal blue pinstripe around the top edge. The forward rails are 50/50 while the back third of the board is sharply raked with hard rails for performance. The board has a ton of rocker for steep drops on fast jacking waves. I new that this board and I had a future together but there was the question of price. After weeks of haggling with Kathleen..."I know hun, our anniversary is next week...let's buy a present for the both of us......umm I saw a beautiful black surfboard at KIMO's and when you're not using it, I'll use it. No Go...we finally came to an agreement. I either come up with the money in a reasonable period of time or sell the tandem board. I am highly motivated to scrape together the dough. The neighbors wanted to see the new ride and I told Kathleen that I am planning an unveiling for Friday evening. The plan was to download the theme from 2001 Space Odesy and play it as the sun went down shining a flash light on the board while friends and neighbors made admiring oooooh and aahhhhhh sounds at all the right times. Kathleen opined that this plan was a little spooky and that I might just want people to see it in the line-up. I thought this was sound advice. Chip, best of luck and hope to see you in the line-up if you ever make it out to Oahu.
Aloha, ****0 -
Believe it or not, I amKathleen808 said:Chip - from ****
Chip,
It is so good to hear from you! Wonderful that all is well for you. Congrats on finishing another successful year of teaching and coaching. I hope your summer is wonderful. Like you we have a child who will be a senior next year. It is all a blessing. **** got a new board, he is writing the description below.
Aloha,
Kathleen
Hi Chip,
I'm so happy to hear that you are NED. I was in such a hurry to get my FAA license back after my NED scan that I chose not to go on maintenance chemo and the cancer spread to my lungs within 3 months. I respect your choices and attitude. I have got a quiver of boards (you never see one club in a golf bag). 12' Tandem, for our special needs daughter, I had a 10' all purpose long board that got snapped in two by the lip on a big day out in front of our house. I've got a fun 8'6" mini-tanker, 7'6" gun, a surftech 6'10", Bushman 6'8" and last but not least an HIC 6'3". Kathleen and I also enjoy "Standup" on a 10.0' C4 and a 10'6" board a friend designed. Learning to surf and paddle a standup has been a humbling experience. I've been such a "Kook." OK....now for the important item. After my 10'long board snapped, I was hanging around in our local surf shop, "Kimo's Surf Hut" in Kailua, when I came upon this true piece of art. I mentioned to Kimo that certainly this board was so beautiful that it was not meant to be ridden but he assured me that it was. The board is a 9'5" totally gloss black thruster set-up with a royal blue pinstripe around the top edge. The forward rails are 50/50 while the back third of the board is sharply raked with hard rails for performance. The board has a ton of rocker for steep drops on fast jacking waves. I new that this board and I had a future together but there was the question of price. After weeks of haggling with Kathleen..."I know hun, our anniversary is next week...let's buy a present for the both of us......umm I saw a beautiful black surfboard at KIMO's and when you're not using it, I'll use it. No Go...we finally came to an agreement. I either come up with the money in a reasonable period of time or sell the tandem board. I am highly motivated to scrape together the dough. The neighbors wanted to see the new ride and I told Kathleen that I am planning an unveiling for Friday evening. The plan was to download the theme from 2001 Space Odesy and play it as the sun went down shining a flash light on the board while friends and neighbors made admiring oooooh and aahhhhhh sounds at all the right times. Kathleen opined that this plan was a little spooky and that I might just want people to see it in the line-up. I thought this was sound advice. Chip, best of luck and hope to see you in the line-up if you ever make it out to Oahu.
Aloha, ****
Believe it or not, I am coming to Oahu on Sunday and will be there for a week. I will be staying at some condos at Turtle Bay. a parent has them and let my family use it for a week. As I was born in the territory of Hawaii, shows my age, it i a nice return. Sorry to hear abot the lungs. That is basically what happened to me but I was able to get surgery. And then more surgery...I believe you see Lenz at USC. I just don't know if maintanence chemo would make a differnence. It seems that the disease is so random. We think we have a choice but we do not. Board sounds great! It seems I blame my kookdom on neuropathy now trying to surf but really it is just my age and out of shapeness...I think. I know we plan on lots of Sandy Beach and or Makapu bodyboarding and my son just got certified to dive so some trips to Sharks cove will be nice.0 -
hello chipluvmum said:Oh wow
That's really a wonderful news! Thanks a lot for your sharing and keeping us to stay positive!
Love Dora
so good to hear from you.i never talked to you much back in 2008 oer 2009 but i did read your post.in jan.2011 i have a recurrence to my liver and lung so i am stage 4 now.thanks for chiming in it really does give us hope to hear from the long term survivors of stage 4....Godbless....johnnybegood0 -
Awesome
So glad you are doing well. Thanks for checking in.
Kim0 -
Good to hear from you!
Hi Chip,
It's good to hear from you, and especially good to hear you are doing well!!
That continues to give me hope when I hear of other stage IVers who have been doing this longer than I have (which will be 4 yrs since stage IV dx on Aug. 7th).
Take care and keep plugging away- enjoy your Hawaiian vacation, too!
Please don't stay away too long- please check in with us every now and then. We do worry and wonder about people when we don't hear from them for a long time.
Lisa0 -
Was just thinkin of youlisa42 said:Good to hear from you!
Hi Chip,
It's good to hear from you, and especially good to hear you are doing well!!
That continues to give me hope when I hear of other stage IVers who have been doing this longer than I have (which will be 4 yrs since stage IV dx on Aug. 7th).
Take care and keep plugging away- enjoy your Hawaiian vacation, too!
Please don't stay away too long- please check in with us every now and then. We do worry and wonder about people when we don't hear from them for a long time.
Lisa
Funny.....I was thinking back to all the folks who welcomed me and gave me hope when I first came. Sadly, a few are no longer here with us physically but always on my heart. I am so glad to hear that you are doing well, Chip. Im glad to hear that you are concentrating on living well and taking good care of yourself....its not selfish just part of surviving the best we can. BUT....as Lisa said please just check in every so often to let us know that you are doing great....we dont like to worry!
Congrats!
Dawn0 -
Nice play COACH!!!
Thanks so much for checking in Chip and I am thrilled you are doing so well. I am also thrilled to hear you are focusing on the right things (diet, exercise, positive vibes, etc.), I think they all are very important for long term successes. May you have many, many, many more!
Have a great week in Hawaii and as the others have asked, please continue to check it.
Lisa P.0 -
Oahu!impactzone said:Believe it or not, I am
Believe it or not, I am coming to Oahu on Sunday and will be there for a week. I will be staying at some condos at Turtle Bay. a parent has them and let my family use it for a week. As I was born in the territory of Hawaii, shows my age, it i a nice return. Sorry to hear abot the lungs. That is basically what happened to me but I was able to get surgery. And then more surgery...I believe you see Lenz at USC. I just don't know if maintanence chemo would make a differnence. It seems that the disease is so random. We think we have a choice but we do not. Board sounds great! It seems I blame my kookdom on neuropathy now trying to surf but really it is just my age and out of shapeness...I think. I know we plan on lots of Sandy Beach and or Makapu bodyboarding and my son just got certified to dive so some trips to Sharks cove will be nice.
Great Chip! I'm sending you a PM.
Aloha,
Kathleen0
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