May 2
Bikers4Life 2009
Next week will see the official launch for Bikers4Life 2009. We will be opening sign up for the 3rd Annual Ride-Out in aid of Cancer & Leaukaemia treatment at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital.
Over the coming weeks we will be announcing details of the route and after party.
For more information about Bikers4Life please visit www.bikers4life.org
Oct 29
Hi Guys,
Check presentation
Quick update here for you all. So the weekend before last we did the presentation of the cheque to the good people at Beaumont Hospital. This was really cool to do as of course it is what it is all about. A massive thanks to the 43 bikers who turned up to help us out with the presentation and made it a really special day. Oh and a big thanks to PJ Gallagher for helping us out also.
With a grand total in excess of €13,600 we are delighted with the final ammount. This equates to a grand total over the two events of in excess of €25,000 which just goes to show the incredible generosity that bikers show.
There are millions of photos to see on this one. Far too many to link to individually but you will find them in the same place as always.. http://www.irishbikerforum.com
Also one particular post really caught me. It’s from Dick (Shinwacker) who took part in the run in August. It’s a really heartfelt post and was really appreciated.
The content of the post is below. Though you can see it in it’s original for here
Aug 20
So in a slight change of direction for my blog I have decided that I am going to update it more often and with more than just the story of my experience with Leukaemia, but of my everyday goings on and the stuff that matters to me. I will be keeping the blog more current but from time to time I will jump back into my story.
So to begin…
We just had another really successful Bikers4Life for 2008. Once again I’ve been blown away by the amazing support we recieved from accross the board and the wonderful volunteers who made it all happen.
First off from a personal perspective I would love the thank all of the marshall’s who made the day run so smoothly, and despite out little run in with the law which I know was a sour point for us all, you guys truly made it happen and everything turned out for the best in the end.
I would not normally point out any one individual but in this instance I feel it is necessary becuase just like last year a guy called Aidan (known as Aidan*34 to many) did so much to help make the Bikers4Life gig happen. This year unfortunately though after all his hard work, Aidan could not make the day himself falling ill only a day before the event. I just want it noted that none of Aidan’s hard work went unnoticed. Thanks mate!
Just last weekend I attended a party with the fine folks on IBF and the Renegades MCC. The party was to celebrate the engagement of Renegedes member Jonny, who on top of been a stunning dancer, was an all out sound bloke for having us at his party.
The venue for the party was surreal, based on ranch with a saloon bar and the works! We all had an great night and the entertainment provided by VOODOO & EMERALD was top class as always. Other forms of entertainment included Jonny’s dancing, Joe Soap’s Dancing 
and Hormowen blowing the rear tyre on his Aprillia. Also top of the bill was sitting up until Silly O’Clock talkin shite with SuzukiJon and Ken. Fair play lads.
With a very sore head, I headed off for the Biker.ie Burger run but missed it by about half an hour. To be honest it was probably for the best with the state I was in. Before I knew it Monday had rolled around I was just about starting to feel human again.
Feb 19
Right folks, I’m back from my break from telling this story and hopefully over the coming days I will be able to bring things right up to current day and we will continue from there. First things first though, I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to read the blog over the past few months.
Okay so to continue from where I left off.
I had come out of surgery and been put in plaster and could not really move my legs. Next step was another one of the dreaded Bone Marrow samples. At this stage my medical team had also undergone a change as per the rotation policy of the Hospital. At first I was apprehensive about having a new team looking after me as my trust in the previous team was so high. My fears proved to me completely unfounded as the new team were jusst as amazing as the first.
I was extremely scared of getting another bone marrow sample taken at this stage because I was already in so much pain. I was assured by my new doctor however as she told me that she had preformed the proceedure over 1000 times and that she would not hurt me. I found this difficult to believe at the time as I had been in such pain with my first bone marrow sample. She also explained that unlike a lot of other patients it would not be safe for me to have another general aesthetic. Anyway, despite my fears the procedure was completed entirely painlessly much to my surprise.
This test was to be very important as it would let us know how the treatment was going and if there was to be any good news for us because so far it had all been bad.
Jul 13
Okay I have finally got it together to at least start this section of the story, I am just going to keep telling it and see where we get to, this part of the story is very long and parts of it are very fuzzy in my mind so I may need to talk to people who were around at the time for more details. I slept a whole lot of the time at this stage as my body was simply drained.
I was now in my isolated room to try to help keep infections away which seemed very sensible to me at the time, the only problem with it was that it was the height of a very hot summer and the room was absolutely roasting. Needless to say when you are already running a very high temperature this does not help. At times there were fans either side of my bed to try to keep me cool. The difficult part was that because of the way my temperature was spiking so rapidly, I was going into shock every couple of hours. When this happened I could not stop shaking and felt freezing cold, despite dripping in sweat and having a bright red face.
And now on to the part that I was really not looking forward to telling. After some time I noticed that a small blister had appeared on my scrotum. Now I was not overly concerned about this because I am not easily alarmed by things and generally would just let things pan out and sort themselves out.. This was completely naive on my part, and again shows how much I didn’t understand the fact that I had absolutely no immune system.
Anyway after a day or so the small blister had developed into a very large and oozing sore. My entire scrotum had swelled to about 3 times its normal size. Now I was alarmed! So after telling the doctors about the problem I was having they became VERY alarmed and the cogs of battle started to turn.
Within an hour the top dermatology team in the hospital was in for a look at the infection. There was a lot of murmuring and a lot whispering, but all in all nobody seemed to know exactly what it was. The dermatology consultant was one of the most kind people I met in the hospital and she made what was a very embarrassing ordeal for me a lot easier. She was extremely concerned with my comfort and did everything possible to try to make me comfortable, which was difficult given my current condition.
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