Dear Folks, It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that I need to suspend my build for an unknown number of weeks, or may not finish at all. I have been diagnosed with malignant melanoma which is now in my blood system and spine. As grime as that sounds, the type of cancer lends itself to respond to treatment very effectively and the doctors are assuring me that they can buy me time in the form of years rather than weeks. They cannot cure me at this time, just buy me time. I am currently involved in sessions of radiation to reduce the tumor and ease the pain, then I move into a new form of treament called Chemo/Bio which uses modified cancer cells that attack the bad boys. So its a wait and see sort of thing. Needless to say, the pain drugs I am on are preventing me from tying my clove hitches and doing what I want to do here, so I'm forced to stop until I can ease off that drug. I am remaining positive about all this and being sustained by my faith and network of friends who have surrounded me at this time. I will remain a lurker as always and will keep all of you updated as this moves along... until the next knot that I tie. I remain,
Fairwinds and smooth seas.
Dennis