Who am I? And My Story So Far....

MY Life before:I thought I was bullet

proof

MY Life before:I thought I was bullet

proof

enjoyed racing and training hard riding

averaging 200+km a week riding and 25km

Running.

enjoyed racing and training hard riding

averaging 200+km a week riding and 25km

Running.

A ‘Gift.’

April 2012Diagnosed Stage 3A

Melanoma.

Carried a Drain Bag for two weeks after lymph node removal.

Home after three days in Hospital

Home after three days in Hospital

These beautiful girls and my wife are my motivation

and fight to keep living they keep me going everyday.

These beautiful girls and my wife are my motivation

and fight to keep living they keep me going everyday.

‘control’

‘commitment’

‘Challenge’

‘Connect’

Moved on with Life and thought all is ok....

Entered Melbourne Marathon to race the 10km

My aim was to run sub 38min.

OCTOBER 2012 6 months since being told I had

Stage 3a Melanoma-cancer.

OCTOBER 2012 6 months since being told I had

Stage 3a Melanoma-cancer.

October 2012Scan Time......

October 2012Scan Time......

Scanxiety.

Scan Results showed four

Brain Tumours Scan Results showed four

Brain Tumours

Within 6 Months i went from stage 3A to Stage 4C

Cancer.

Within 6 Months i went from stage 3A to Stage 4C

Cancer.

My home for the next month

My home for the next month

one of the hardest part of

all this was missing my

family.

one of the hardest part of

all this was missing my

family.

Battle Scars Battle Scars

Bleed on the brain Bleed on the brain

Set Back with a return to

hospital...Resiliencetested again.

Set Back with a return to

hospital...Resiliencetested again.

The ‘Game’ of Life and setting goals.....The ‘Game’ of Life

and setting goals.....

Christmas-

family and that’s all that matters. Being here for this was an achievement.

The other big Goal was to see our

eldest child And second eldest go to school and kinder for the first time.

The other big Goal was to see our

eldest child And second eldest go to school and kinder for the first time.

‘When faced with death the ego and everything else takes

a back seat.’ The Great Jim Stynes

Support and team Mates....

Support and team Mates....

Mate ship... Mate ship...

One more set back and one that made

me once again value what is important...

One more set back and one that made

me once again value what is important...

My winning moments...I Didn’t think I’d be able to achieve what

I have done so far........

My winning moments...I Didn’t think I’d be able to achieve what

I have done so far........ Rode two days of the Tour de cure Riding 350km

over two days. As a result of this Tour I was able to Raise Money for Cancer Research.

Back working Full time and on the

bike again.

Back working Full time and on the

bike again.

My Journey is not over…..

My Journey is not over…..

- Blood tests every four weeks.- Scans every six weeks.- Medication every day.

- Stress of the unknown and that final siren.......

With Determination, Guts, Resilience and fight

anything can be achieved.

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