stingray96191
Well-known member
So I signed onto Facebook this morning to check my updates and see what was new.. And who here can guess what it told me? Two years ago today i was truly blessed by the generosity and selfless nature of the Members of this web forum. For those not in the know, i have un operable brain tumors, and was in the beginning stages of the treatment that has been ongoing since the middle of 2009. I was knee deep in medical debt, and trying to sell some gear to help pay the bills. I had also recently ordered and paid for a yet to be delivered Big Al Dargie 2 Bass... And was really up a creek. Well that day, Sterling put a challenge out to the members of the forum, to start a collection for me. That if they could raise the $2500 i was trying to get for my guitars he would build the Big AL for me and give it to me as a gift. The response was incredible. Over the course of 48 hours everyone here had raised over $7000 to help me out, and I had a new Bass on the way.
2 years later.. I'm still around.. I have gone through Chemo, Radiation, Different Chemo.. more Different Chemo, and put more Steroids, Speed, Anti Nausea Medicine, and Sleeping Pills in my body than i ever thought i would. But I still get out of bed every day, and i still know how to rock and roll. I started a band where i sing and play bass. Ernie and the Berts | Sleazy Muppet Rock and that helps to keep my mind off what is still very much going on in my brain and spine. I got married to a true saint of a woman.. the love of my life, and my best friend. How she puts up with me i really don't know. But most of all i have not and will not forget the kindness and generosity that the members here showed me that day, and every day since then.
Currently I have opted to discontinue the chemotherapy treatments. After two years of being a zombie on chemicals i decided i would rather live my life for as long as i can.. than exist in a world without really living. I still take the steroids and the speed, and the sleeping pills to make my body function, but i feel pretty good, and i have all pod you to thank.
Sincerely
Erin Payne
2 years later.. I'm still around.. I have gone through Chemo, Radiation, Different Chemo.. more Different Chemo, and put more Steroids, Speed, Anti Nausea Medicine, and Sleeping Pills in my body than i ever thought i would. But I still get out of bed every day, and i still know how to rock and roll. I started a band where i sing and play bass. Ernie and the Berts | Sleazy Muppet Rock and that helps to keep my mind off what is still very much going on in my brain and spine. I got married to a true saint of a woman.. the love of my life, and my best friend. How she puts up with me i really don't know. But most of all i have not and will not forget the kindness and generosity that the members here showed me that day, and every day since then.
Currently I have opted to discontinue the chemotherapy treatments. After two years of being a zombie on chemicals i decided i would rather live my life for as long as i can.. than exist in a world without really living. I still take the steroids and the speed, and the sleeping pills to make my body function, but i feel pretty good, and i have all pod you to thank.
Sincerely
Erin Payne
