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Sad News from Avsim Himself

Sorry to hear of Tom's health and hope the best for him and his dear ones. Live life to it's fullest and you never know the end.
Condolences.

Richie1935
 
Sorry to hear that. Hope he can pass that without much suffering. I know that sometime the best treatment for cancer is just to relive the pain and suffering.
God bless you.
 
It was indeed a great shock and sadness when I saw this. Tom has been a significant figure in the Flight Sim Community for as long as I can remember and will leave a big void to fill. I also hope that his remaining time - however long is comfortable and pain free. It comes to us all eventually in some way or another but the internet and the large community of friends that it allows brings these things home more clearly.
 
Tom's work has touched everyone in the flight simming community. Without AVSIM, there certainly would have been no FSDeveloper. Our roots of this forum extend deeply into the discussions of scenery and aircraft design at AVSIM some years ago.

It appears Tom's illness is terminal and his earthly end is not far off. I wish him peace and comfort in his journey, and extend the hope of an everlasting afterlife to him and us all. Bless you Tom.

Dick
 
Amen, Dick. Amen!

I have only met Tom for a few days two summers ago at the last AVSIM DevCon, and honestly he did not look all that well even then.
 
My prayers go out to Tom, his family and his colleagues at Avsim. His post is inspiring. The poise, dignity and courage which he is facing his mortality comes through with every word.

Cancer can sneak up on you. I know because this coming Thursday I will be "going under the knife" to have my cancerous prostrate removed.

My cancer was caught during routine blood tests (a PSA) when I was assigned a new primary care provider. It was a surprise. There were absolutely no symptoms and there would not have been until it may have been too late. To say I am lucky is an understatement…yet I don't feel lucky.

With a diagnosis of cancer comes fear, anger, regret and a multitude of other, negative emotions. Even with my cancer caught early and survival rates in the upper 90% area, that is what I felt.

To realize that it is but a tiny inkling of what Tom has gone through, evidently for years…his fortitude and grace are incredible.

…and to dedicate half of his "Goodbye Post" to the future of Avsim…his selflessness is stunning.

He is truly a remarkable man.

Very Respectfully,
Will

P.S. Prostrate cancer strikes almost all men by the time they are 75-80. Colon cancer is also a major killer that can be caught early. I am a couple of decades from being a septuagenarian yet I got one of the two. Among the FSDeveloper regulars, I would guess many of you are in a similar age demographic as I. A simple blood test can detect early signs of prostrate cancer (a PSA) while a colonoscopy can detect colon cancer in its early stages. Just say'n.
 
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They say that one in three of us will 'get cancer' during our lifetimes. Many are curable or at least containable if caught early enough. I was amazed to hear from my primary care doctor that people actually turn down the chance of routine testing.
 
rhumbaflappy said:
Tom's work has touched everyone in the flight simming community. Without AVSIM, there certainly would have been no FSDeveloper. Our roots of this forum extend deeply into the discussions of scenery and aircraft design at AVSIM some years ago.

It appears Tom's illness is terminal and his earthly end is not far off. I wish him peace and comfort in his journey, and extend the hope of an everlasting afterlife to him and us all. Bless you Tom.
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Can't agree more here. In the past we had very good discussions on the Avsim forum that helped us all to make better scenery and understand how fs2002 (or whatever version we used at the time) worked internally.

I've also met Tom a few times over all those years, a great person for the community.

So indeed a bit shocking news to read. I wish him and his family all the best in this hard times.
 
The link now 404's but from what you guys have said I understand what Tom is facing.
He sure has been a giant in this hobby!

I had to edit this as I missed the part with the dreaded word "terminal". So very sad.

CK
 
I changed the link in the first post. It should direct ot the AVSIM article now.

Dick
 
Sad news. Condoleances to his family.
 
It is sad indeed at the news so condolences to Tom and all his family. RIP and have a great eternal Flight.
Richie1935
 
Hi,

My deepest sympathy goes out to his relatives and I hope Tom will find some place in the hereafter (if it exists) where he can continue with his hobby.
If not it will be a dull place for him especially because it would be hard to communicate with us mortals from the other side.
But who knows?
 
Alas, Tom has "…slipped the surly bonds of Earth" one last time. My thought and prayers for him and deepest condolences to his family.
 
I had understood he had a while left. This was so quick. At least he had a short while to set things in order. Some people have no time to prepare. At least Tom had did.

May he rest in peace and his family and friends and loved ones heal from this tragedy.

Thanks Hanger32 for your input on blood tests above. I think I will get one done. I hit 54 recently. Mom has cancer. They removed it from her colon but a fragment had spread to the liver. They took part of that out but some seemed to have eluded it and so she is now in Chemo treatment number 2.

For any of you in this battle, please read up on DCA; DiChloroAcetate. Amazing findings, no side effects, and some people just take it for the heck of it to keep the bad C-word away.


Bill
LHC
 
Thanks Bill. I hope and pray that your Mom recovers.

If anything, I hope Tom's tragic, inspirational story prompts more of us to get checked.

As for myself, just over two weeks ago I had a prostatectomy (they also took out my lower lymph nodes…didn't even know I had lymph nodes down there). Hopefully they cured it. Recovery going well but cannot sit up straight for long due to the incisions–keeping my sim flights to an hour or so, otherwise, ouch! :eek:

The operation took 7.5 hours. I should have taken my PMDG 747 and started a New York to London flight, then put it on autopilot before I went under …I would have just come out of the anesthesia when in time for the approach to EGLL. ;) I wonder how I would have logged that?
 
I think it was a gross error in judgement for our "exhaust pipes" to be so inconveniently placed... :confused:

I will both you and Bill's Mom in my prayers for rapid and complete healing. I'm about due for my annual physical at the V.A. I get a PSA test along with the other lab work they order.
 
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