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Fighting cancer on his bike
Spotsylvania man's ride is next step in cancer fightDate published: 7/14/2009 BY EMILY BATTLE On Sunday, when Lance Armstrong and the rest of the Tour de France field will be pedaling their way into the Swiss Alps, Spotsylvania resident Jamie Lindsay will be setting off on a long bike ride of his own. Lindsay, 60, will spend next week making a 500-mile bike trek across Iowa in an event called the Ragbrai. Armstrong has made appearances at this event in the past to help raise awareness and money for his foundation, which seeks to give cancer victims inspiration and information to fight the disease. Lindsay says the Lance Armstrong Foundation, through the information it puts out on its Live strong.org Web site, played a big role in his own cancer fight. Three years ago, Lindsay spent most of his time sky-diving. He had worked for 31 years as an international pilot, a captain on Boeing 777s for United Airlines, but he was medically grounded after an eye surgery went awry. After competing in the sky diving national championships in California in October 2006, Lindsay noticed a pain in his left hip and more fatigue than he was used to. He was living in Arizona at the time to train in his sport, and his doctor at the time told him that at 57, he was simply too old to be jumping out of planes 500 times a year. It was time to chill out. So Lindsay moved back to Spotsylvania and did just that. But it didn't help. His pain got worse. Lindsay went through weeks of MRIs and repeated visits to his orthopedic surgeon and primary-care doctors, who then sent him to a bone cancer specialist at the Washington Hospital Cancer Center, who sent him to a blood-borne cancer specialist at that hospital, who ordered more tests. On March 27, 2007, Lindsay was told he had stage 4 lymphoma, and that he had between three and 12 weeks to live. Lindsay got into a clinical trial at the Washington Hospital Cancer Center that put him on an intense chemotherapy regimen. He underwent six cycles of chemo that each lasted 5 days straight. In between each cycle, he went home for two weeks and two days. It was during that time at home that Lindsay, who is not married, leaned most heavily on what he was reading on Livestrong.org.
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Good luck, Jamie
(posted by
hvnlbrn
, July 14, 2009 8:43 pm)
Enjoy your ride across Iowa. Prepare yourself to see a lot of corn! :) Perhaps I'll see you riding around F'burg some time.
Keep on pedalin'
(posted by
wildbill56
, July 14, 2009 7:42 am)
While I find Lance Armstrong to be a prima donna, I wish Mr. Lindsay all the luck in the world in achieving his goal as well as continuing to keep his cancer in remission.
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