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Mon May 26, 2008 4:31 am

Erich,
Thanks again for your update.
We are all praying for your continued success in this endeavor.
Continued best wishes.
Regards,
Steve

p.s. For those who have little background info or knowledge of this medical topic (that includes myself), and who desire to know more, I would suggest Googling any or all of the following three terms:
1. stomach cancer
2. treatment of stomach cancer
3. prognosis for stomach cancer

Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:17 am

Hi Erich,
Sorry to miss seeing you at Bugorama and the upcoming Classic - Thinking about you - isn't there a major birthday milestone looming????
Mark

Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:09 pm

Mark,
Yes my 40th is coming up! Will you be around on the 22nd for a party?
Erich

Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:38 pm

Sure! Should we round up the usual suspects and plan a short vintage VW Rundfahrt in the wine country?

Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:01 pm

qwerty wrote: Sure! Should we round up the usual suspects and plan a short vintage VW Rundfahrt in the wine country?

I'd be down for that drive!!

Keep me in the loop.
I'll bring a "stock" VW

Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:41 pm

Genrich wrote:
Yes my 40th is coming up!

Wow, Erich, I didn't realize you were on the verge of "Official Old Phart-dom"--congratulations are in order, I would say.

Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:07 am

Well folks it's been an interesting past few weeks. First off I have been off Chemo for the past week. Since I have had 6 cycles of Chemo. I get a break from the drugs.
Second is I saw my doctor on Tuesday and I cannot get any Clinical Trials. A Clinical Trial is an experimental drug they test on you. I am not getting it because my cancer is not measureable. Meaning they can put a ruler on my stomach and say; you went from 7cm to 6cm in the past month.
But my doctor said he wanted to ad a drug to my Chemo that cuts off blood supply to tumors. So we shall see how it goes.
Erich

Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:20 pm

Erich I am hopeful for you and your family. I plan on seeing you at the next Camburg meeting.

Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:02 pm

Erich, My thoughts and prayers are with you and the family
Enjoy your 40th and I wish many more
god bless!!

Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:31 am

Hey Erich..I wanted to see how you were feeling...Kyle mr rhd

Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:07 pm

Friends,
Today I had my first round of the new Chemo. It had been a few weeks since I had Chemo and I have enjoyed the time off from the drugs.
I have a bowel obstruction so I have not been able to eat. We hope the new Chemo drugs will help out with that.
We will see.
Erich

Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:30 pm

We are thinking about ya man. Sounds like you are getting plenty of rest..that's sure important.....Kyle

Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:29 pm

Hang in there Erich--we're thinking of you all the time.

Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:24 pm

Bowel obstruction... Dude... don't you know you're not supposed to eat the extra large triple cheese pizza by yourself! Jeez... next time invite Ray, Mark and Chris over.

you may be sick... but don't forget your common sense boy... common sense.

Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:21 pm

I am not always thinking of you, and it's normal because i don't know you personally. But, as a fellow beetle lover, i wish you all the best, and guess you know, a strong character and a positive thinking gets over anything.
I am glad to see that you are still with us and share news, and i am sure it will get better for you.

Get well Erich!
The VW enthusiasts need good people like you!

Mihai from Romania.

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:26 am

Best of Luck mate have a father with similar condition, hope it all turns around soon mate as said before keep positive mate :wink:
Cheers
Jase

Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:43 pm

Hi Erich,
Really good to see you the other day - I am glad I know you and I AM thinking of you (and of course Wendy and Karsten, too!).
Mark

Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:54 am

Erich;

We all missed you and Wendy and Karsten last Friday at the GGVVWCA meeting. Hope you're feeling at least a little better. We are all thinking about you all the time....every day.

Can't help but flash back on Wendy driving down to SoCal show last year in your "new" car. Memorable.................................Pete

Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:28 pm

I wanted to say hi Erich. How are you feeling? Kyle

Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:20 pm

Friends,
I wanted to update you and let you know what's going on.
Yesterday I had Chemo and I feel pretty good today. Alot of my friends say I have never looked better. My energy level has gone up 10fold.
Thank God for that because my 7 month old son has started to crawl!

My wife Wendy and I have sold a couple of cars in the past few months.
The 62 Ghia that we bought in December sold to a nice man in Las Vegas.
We only owned the Ghia for a few months but it was bought as an investment anyway.
The other car I sold was my 91 Jetta GLI. It was my first new car. It was sold to a guy in Utah. The Jetta was parked since December when my son was born and we needed a bigger car. The Jetta served me well for over 17 years and 223K. I was a little sad to see it go.

Other then that I feel I can beat this Cancer. I feel good and look better.
Erich