March update
It’s been a month since Steve received his diagnosis. He’s had two chemotherapy treatments; the third is coming up this week. So far he’s tolerating the treatments fairly well, fatigue being the most constant symptom. He is working from home regularly and going into the office to teach class and meet with students.
On the homefront, he’s very excited about and has been involved in a project cutting old pines on the property and milling them into lumber to build a tractor shed.
Steve felt good enough this past weekend to play a gig at Irregardless Café in Raleigh with the Dixieland band he often plays with. It was a great show and he has plans to play with them again next month at C Grace in Raleigh.
Over the past few weeks, folks have been asking about visits and things they can do to help. For those of you who are local to Betsy and Steve and want to visit, just give a call (919 542 4403) and we’ll let you know if it’s a good time. For those who have asked for a mailing address, it is 595 Big Branch Dr., Pittsboro NC 27312. For those of you who have offered help, we’ll let you know once things come up that we need a hand with. Again, we are so grateful for all of the support in its various forms – emails, posts, cards, letters, calls, visits. Thanks.
Comments (11)
Great photos!
Indeed! Thank you for the wonderful photos and update. Si se puede!
Fantastic photos I will be following the posts and seeing how I can support.
Big love to you all ! Good to see photos and update, and I will keep connecting in. Lots of love..............
Great photos and appreciate the posts. Healing thoughts flow from the Wildacres group daily.
Hi Steve, This latest update from your family fits perfectly with my image of Steve Wing, Superhero. That you are still cutting trees, teaching and mentoring students, writing, and playing Dixieland, all while dealing with the treatments, is beyond amazing. But it is also the you that has faced down dragons like Industrial Hog Operations, along with Gary and CCT. My last two messages didn't post, but hopefully this one will. All my very best as you keep on keepin' on while slaying this biggest of dragons. If it were anyone else I'd be trying to write condolences messages. But you truly are super human, and to so many of us near and far, a larger- than- life hero who loves and lives life to the max. You're always in my thoughts, Steve, and I'm so incredulous about how you've tacked this. big hugs and much love, Merry
Love to see you rocking out on the drums Steve! What a beautiful, strong, family photo, too. All our love, Hailey and Zach
What terrific photos. Thanks for the update. Good to hear the music is happening. You're all in our thoughts and hearts. Bernie and Gordon
Please keep us posted on the next Dixieland gig. We would love to be there.
Hi Steve, Happy 36th Anniversary of TMI... I remember vividly our hang-outs around TMI and love the days I spent with you and Betsy on your land. I thought of you on March 28, and right around then i learned of your cancer. Your work is rare and needed, a silver thread out of the labyrinth. I write you from LeRoy Moore's home computer. I am in Boulder to open a photo exhibitn on Tibetan Buddhist Chogyam Trungpa and to give a nuclear slide-talk at the Boulder City Club. I wish you the deepest damn best in your struggle now. Love, Bob Del Tredici
Steve: The comment above is from Bob Del Tredici. He typed it before either of us were asked to register. When I registered my name was attached to what he had written. . . Ok, now for my comment. I learned of you from your study of Oak Ridge workers. I believe it was your first venture into the world of radiation health effects. What you wrote was very refreshing to me in that you dared to counter the official nonsense that radiation was rarely harmful, that the government had taken all needed precautions to protect its workforce. I knew when I saw this that you were a person whose work deserved respect and that I wanted to meet you. In time we met. I don't remember the first face-to-face meeting. Maybe it was my inviting you to come here to talk about the controversial issue of radiation health effects. We had you come here several times. Then when the trial that followed the FBI investigation of Rocky Flats finally happened, you were one of the specialists on the stand, your job to describe health effects from exposure to plutonium. You gave a brilliant presentation, explaining both the health effects and official efforts to bypass the issue and to set standards for permissible exposure that allow harm. To me you have been one of maybe half-a-dozen people on whom I knew I could depend for clear and honest responses to my questions in the complex realm of radiation and human health. I thank you. I honor you for a life of service and integrity.