[at-l] Fwd: from Walkin' Jim Stoltz

[Marsha Lee]

He touches my heart, this and always. 

Thank you for posting Linda.

Marsha

> From: lpatton at fsu.edu
> To: at-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:23:14 -0500
> Subject: [at-l] Fwd: from Walkin' Jim Stoltz
> 
> For those who don't get his newsletter...
> ~~ eArThworm
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Walkin' Jim Stoltz <wildwind at imt.net>
> Date: Friday, December 28, 2007 4:05 pm
> Subject: Wild Wind Newsletter #5
> To: Walkin' Jim Stoltz <wildwind at imt.net>
> >
> >                GREETINGS FROM WALKIN' JIM  
> > 
> > Hello Friends....  
> > ... ... ...
> > In November I learned that I had cancer in the lymph nodes on the left side
> > of my neck. I was feeling fine, but had noticed a lump on my neck and had it
> > checked out while touring.  After finishing up the shows in Sandpoint and
> > canceling shows in the Seattle area, I went into the hospital in Billings,MT 
> > where I had surgery to remove the tumors in my tonsils and neck.
> > Unfortunately, the recovery has been complicated by the immune 
> > suppressant drugs I take for my kidney, and I had to be re-admitted to the 
> > hospital foralmost two weeks several days after I was first released.  I'm 
> > finally out of the hospital and healing from the surgery, and will start radiation
> > treatments for the cancer next week in Billings.  
> > 
> > It looks like a tough road for the next couple months, but I am already
> > looking ahead to performing in the spring, and have high hopes that I'll 
> > be out there singing for the wild places once again.  Carol, my office 
> > person,is continuing to schedule for the spring and fall.   And believe me, 
> > I'll need the gigs to help pay for the hospital time. 
> > 
> > In the meantime, I've canceled my winter gigs at Lone Mountain Ranch, 
> > and have fallen into a self-preservation mode. I sleep for hours each 
> > day, and have fallen way behind in correspondence. Please accept my 
> > apologies for not responding to your letters or emails right away.  I'll get 
> > to it, but it might take me a while.  
> > 
> > Thank you all for your support, and I encourage all of you to take 
> > the time to give thanks for this beautiful life we live, the planet that 
> > sustains us, and the good fortune that touches us each and every day.   
> > Wishing you the VERY BEST for 2008!!!! 
> > 
> > Happy New Year!
> > 
> > - Walkin' Jim
> 
> 
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