Eey guys, I'm Timz, most probably you never heard of me before, but that isn't strange, 'cause it has been a while ago since I typed here my last message (the sixth of July...2006!!!!). However, I followed the forum the last 1,5 years and downloaded some skins, layouts, etc.
A lot has happen since the sixth of July 2006. In the first place, I have been very busy with school (damn it, bloody homework...) and other stuff (watching almost every single motorsportrace on the TV, reading a lot of car magazines, visiting also the A1 GP on Zandvoort in 2006 and the Champ Car GP in Assen in 2007, and of course spending time with my friends). So, not much time was left for racing in LFS.
But when it was finally vacation (the big summer vacation of 2007), I decided to buy a wheel (Logitech MOMO Racing Force Pro) and started really enjoying the full 100% experience of LFS with a wheel. I can only say: WOW, this game is ánd will always stay the best simulation game there is!!!
Then it was time to go to Austria for the rest of our vacation. After 4 days of fun there, something strange happened. My vision was double, I had this strange pressure in my head (and headaches), and had to vomit almost every morning. Since my parents and I thought this was very, very, very strange ('cause I was never so sick before), we decided to leave Austria 1 day earlier and go back to the Netherlands as fast as we could. Go see the docter...
...and also the GP thought this were very strange symptoms, so we had to go to the hospital. There they made a CT-scan of me, and the result was horrible. I had a malignant tumor (more exactly: a germ cell tumor, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell_tumor) in my head. It was about 3 cm big, and it was blocking the transportchannel of Cerebrospinal Fluid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebrospinal_fluid) in my head, so that clarifies the pressure in my head.
On the same evening I got a operation, where they placed a extern drain (don't know if that is the English name for it) in/on my head, to lower the pressure in my head. And again, 1 week later, I got my second operation, but now for a intern drain (so they removed the extern drain) and a Port-a-Cath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-a-Cath).
1 problem solved, the pressure was from my head. So now they could start with the treatment of the tumor. I would get 4 chemotherapies (each of them took a week) and after that Radiotherapy. Well, it's now more than 2 months later, and I'm finished with the chemotherapy. And it was a succes, 'cause the tumor is almost completely gone! I also had a third operation, but now to remove the intern drain, ‘cause I had a bit of the intern drain sticking out of my head, so there was a risk of infections. But hey, I didn’t need the drain any more, ‘cause my head could now transport the fluids on it’s own. There are a few pieces of tumor left, so I still need Radiotherapy. That will start in a couple of weeks. And after the 34 irradiations, I will be (hopefully) finished.
Yes, I know this is a though story, but I'm fine now. I go to school just as a lot of other people here on the forum, I still watch motorsport, read car magazines, have fun with my friends, ánd play LFS, so it seems that nothing has changed! I just continued life, but still have to go a lot to the hospital for blood tests, medical controls, etc. But hey, I'm still standing strong, and will continue with that for the rest of my life!
Well, I think it's now time for some fun, after this though story. Since I got my steering wheel, I am racing a lot online, especially on the Live To Cruise server. My favourite car is the UF GTR (see picture), until I can drive the FXR on LTC. But I still need 42500 pounds...well, it's worth the waiting!
I'm also doing a lil bit of skinning, and (I think) improved a lot on it since my first 3 skins. Later this day I will post some of them. I've got also some ideas for LFS-YouTube movies, so when I got time for that, I will posted them when they are finished.
Well guys, enough for now, just 1 thing: I know I had this tumor-thing, but now that I have said it here on the forum, I think I will let it rest and never begin over it again (here on the forum). This is a place about Cars and Racing, not about Medical things! Apart from the tumor-thing, I'm just like every other 1 on this forum, so I think it's now time to talk about Cars and Racing.
Thanks for your listening ('cause this is a very,very,very long story!) and I hope to see you guys online soon (probably on LTC? I'm the little, white UF GTR with Dutch flags on it, probably laying on it’s roof in the middle of the road LOL).
Timz
A lot has happen since the sixth of July 2006. In the first place, I have been very busy with school (damn it, bloody homework...) and other stuff (watching almost every single motorsportrace on the TV, reading a lot of car magazines, visiting also the A1 GP on Zandvoort in 2006 and the Champ Car GP in Assen in 2007, and of course spending time with my friends). So, not much time was left for racing in LFS.
But when it was finally vacation (the big summer vacation of 2007), I decided to buy a wheel (Logitech MOMO Racing Force Pro) and started really enjoying the full 100% experience of LFS with a wheel. I can only say: WOW, this game is ánd will always stay the best simulation game there is!!!
Then it was time to go to Austria for the rest of our vacation. After 4 days of fun there, something strange happened. My vision was double, I had this strange pressure in my head (and headaches), and had to vomit almost every morning. Since my parents and I thought this was very, very, very strange ('cause I was never so sick before), we decided to leave Austria 1 day earlier and go back to the Netherlands as fast as we could. Go see the docter...
...and also the GP thought this were very strange symptoms, so we had to go to the hospital. There they made a CT-scan of me, and the result was horrible. I had a malignant tumor (more exactly: a germ cell tumor, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell_tumor) in my head. It was about 3 cm big, and it was blocking the transportchannel of Cerebrospinal Fluid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebrospinal_fluid) in my head, so that clarifies the pressure in my head.
On the same evening I got a operation, where they placed a extern drain (don't know if that is the English name for it) in/on my head, to lower the pressure in my head. And again, 1 week later, I got my second operation, but now for a intern drain (so they removed the extern drain) and a Port-a-Cath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-a-Cath).
1 problem solved, the pressure was from my head. So now they could start with the treatment of the tumor. I would get 4 chemotherapies (each of them took a week) and after that Radiotherapy. Well, it's now more than 2 months later, and I'm finished with the chemotherapy. And it was a succes, 'cause the tumor is almost completely gone! I also had a third operation, but now to remove the intern drain, ‘cause I had a bit of the intern drain sticking out of my head, so there was a risk of infections. But hey, I didn’t need the drain any more, ‘cause my head could now transport the fluids on it’s own. There are a few pieces of tumor left, so I still need Radiotherapy. That will start in a couple of weeks. And after the 34 irradiations, I will be (hopefully) finished.
Yes, I know this is a though story, but I'm fine now. I go to school just as a lot of other people here on the forum, I still watch motorsport, read car magazines, have fun with my friends, ánd play LFS, so it seems that nothing has changed! I just continued life, but still have to go a lot to the hospital for blood tests, medical controls, etc. But hey, I'm still standing strong, and will continue with that for the rest of my life!
Well, I think it's now time for some fun, after this though story. Since I got my steering wheel, I am racing a lot online, especially on the Live To Cruise server. My favourite car is the UF GTR (see picture), until I can drive the FXR on LTC. But I still need 42500 pounds...well, it's worth the waiting!
I'm also doing a lil bit of skinning, and (I think) improved a lot on it since my first 3 skins. Later this day I will post some of them. I've got also some ideas for LFS-YouTube movies, so when I got time for that, I will posted them when they are finished.
Well guys, enough for now, just 1 thing: I know I had this tumor-thing, but now that I have said it here on the forum, I think I will let it rest and never begin over it again (here on the forum). This is a place about Cars and Racing, not about Medical things! Apart from the tumor-thing, I'm just like every other 1 on this forum, so I think it's now time to talk about Cars and Racing.
Thanks for your listening ('cause this is a very,very,very long story!) and I hope to see you guys online soon (probably on LTC? I'm the little, white UF GTR with Dutch flags on it, probably laying on it’s roof in the middle of the road LOL).
Timz
You do know how lucky you are to live?
