24/06/2026
Greetings all.
Its been a while since I posted here, and while some of you are on my personal FB page, it is (over) time I brought everyone up to date.
On Tuesday 4th May, I woke up feeling weak and rather dizzy. I had very little strength and was unable to stand or walk properly.
I called an ambulance and when they arrived they thought I was having a stroke. They dosed me with a pretty solid shot of Morphine and took me awaaay!!!
I have no real memeory of what happened, the story I got was I was taken to Blacktown Hospital, and they said we can't take him, or the ambos figured I was better at Westmead.
I ended up at Westmead Hospital, and was operated on promptly.
It turns out I have stage 4 cancer in my RH kidney and this has traveled to my brain. The operation removed the tumor from the RHS side just near the ear. I still have the cancer cells in my kidney and there are growths on one of my hip bones and spots in my lungs.
I have no memory of Tuesday, Wenesday, and most of Thursday. It took most of a week to get back to somewhere near normal, but after that time, I felt fine. They still kept me in for observation and to check for side-effects. I had none.
After over 5 weeks in hospital I was discharged, and the came the 5 radiation treatments. These finished last Thursday, and next month I start the drug therapy for the reamining cells. I won't be getting chemo as these particular cells won't respond to chemo.
The shop has been closed since then, but I WILL get back to open it. Apart from having NO income, and thus being sent broke (literally) the RMS have decided my licence is suspended (not cancelled)
This is a MAJOR problem. I can't travel, shop, and SO many other things. I can't pratically open the shop, add in to this rapidly diminshing funds and things are a bit of a struggle atm.
The phone is still ringing, and there some of you wating for work to be done, or to finish the bikes in the shop. I am going to genuinely make as best an effort to reopen as soon as I can.
I'll keep you updated as best I can. I am capable, confident, clear eyed and coherent. Apart from a sore RH thigh I am mobile and functioning fine.
I thank you for your understanding and I and I wish you to maintain your support for me. I realise there are customers who are frustrated in the circumstances that their bike are now in, and will make this right as soon as I can.
Cheers,
Paul.
