This seems like as good a thread as any in which to relay some news. Probably more suited to ILE, but at least this thread is more likely to attract the actually interested rather than be blatantly self-aggrandising.
Anyway, since I spend far too much time here it's probably a good idea for me to let you all know that I won't be around for a while, probably about a month.
After a month-just-gone of increasingly severe headaches, this week I was diagnosed with an impressively large, but hopefully benign, brain tumor lodged in my cerebellum behind my right ear.
I'm having this removed on Monday, in what will hopefully be a fairly straightforward operation - the tumor is fairly close to the skull so the surgery will be on the less invasive side of things.
All things being equal I can expect to be fully recovered in about two months. If worse scenarios move from faint possibility to unavoidable reality I will certainly let people know, but there doesn't appear to be any reason to panic at this stage - I've met with my neurosurgeon and the signs are all fairly good in this case.
I will be missing my pontification soap-box horribly I'm sure, not to mention all of you. Look after yourselves. Perhaps listen to music you suspect I would approve of.
― Tim F, Saturday, 22 December 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
omg please get well Tim, good luck with it all. will miss your critical science-droppage and 2step mp3s in the meantime. take it easy.
― blueski, Saturday, 22 December 2007 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Get well, Tim.
Good thoughts, etc.
Where to send care package?
― Andy K, Saturday, 22 December 2007 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
thoughts are with you.
― deej, Saturday, 22 December 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Good luck with everything.
― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 22 December 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Good luck, hope everything goes well.
― jim, Saturday, 22 December 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Get well soon tim. Looking forward to some ibiza comp sequels!
― tricky, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Hi Tim - good luck with everything, like everyone else I'm thinking good thoughts and hope to see you back on your Balearic soapbox as quickly as possible.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
yes bravely sailing into but also right out of it I hope.
― blunt, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
good luck, tim. let us know how you are when you can.
― scott seward, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
good luck to you tim, my thoughts are with you.
i always think of you when i play 'have you seen the moon in dallas?' and will even more now.
― jergïns, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
hey tim, good luck with the operation. check back in when you can, we'll all be pulling for you.
― three handclaps, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
all the best tim. hope it goes well. (im sure it will)
― titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
get well soon, always enjoyed your writing.
― pc user, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Get well soon, and come back soon!!!
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
have a speedy recovery tim! i think i pretty much always listen to tim-music but will try extra hard.
― jermainetwo, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
you've been my favourite internet writer for a very long time now, i too strongly identify with tim-musics - plz get well soon!
― r1o natsume, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
good luck, you the man
― bnw, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
wait, what if they remove the tumor and you can no longer appreciate throbbing basslines!!! it could happen you know. well, it's all for the best. :))))
― scott seward, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
get well soon and feel better tim!! you are absolutely one of the best and most interesting posters on ILM and will be missed very much.
― max, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
aw tim get well soon
― gr8080, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
All the best, Tim.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Best wishes for a full and fast recovery, Tim.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 22 December 2007 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my god.. I hope you recover well and this doesn't develop into something more serious.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 22 December 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
jesus...Tim I am so shocked to hear this. You are still the guru as regards music writing as far as I'm concerned, plus you somehow manage to seem an extremely friendly and polite person in the process....
I really hope that this all goes well and you are fighting fit soon. Don't rush anything and keep us posted.
Will be hoping this is all okay over the holidays.
Plus, what Andy said about care packages...
― Ronan, Saturday, 22 December 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
My sister was just diagnosed with the same situation last week and even though the tumor is benign it still has rattled our family, and I hope that you have immediate loved ones to get you through this. I wish you the best in your recovery, positive thoughts all round!
― oscar, Saturday, 22 December 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Very best wishes, Tim - take care.
― Stevie T, Saturday, 22 December 2007 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
tim, i hope your tumor is indeed benign, and that the surgery is successful! we will miss you. take care of yourself.
leo
― elan, Saturday, 22 December 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
(I want to add, I always enjoy your posts when I see them, although I probably miss most of them since I don't keep up with dahnce and the like. So even though I don't end up engaging your comments too often, you're one of my favorite posters on ILM.)
― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 22 December 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Crazy news, Tim -- my best to you and yours. I'm sure it'll go well.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 December 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
best wishes, tim.
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 23 December 2007 00:31 (sixteen years ago) link
It's good that you're not panicking now, Tim. And of course, my best to you. I'm hoping this will be trivial in the end.
It was great hanging out with you and the Melbourne crew the brief time I had! :)
― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 23 December 2007 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Rootin' for ya Tim old bean. Stay frosty, keep us informed.
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 23 December 2007 01:34 (sixteen years ago) link
best wishes indeed!
― sleeve, Sunday, 23 December 2007 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
max otm
― deej, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:02 (sixteen years ago) link
good luck & vibes from a reader.
― s1ocki, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:09 (sixteen years ago) link
All the best Tim. Sam
― sam500, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Good luck with the surgery and make sure to come back and WRITE SOME MORE plz kthxbye
― Matos W.K., Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Godspeed and get well soon, Tim.
― dblcheeksneek, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Best wishes to you, Tim. A close friend of mine had almost this exact same thing happen to him last year and he's been fantastic since his surgery; I'm hoping the same holds true for you.
― HI DERE, Sunday, 23 December 2007 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Best of luck Tim. Take care of yourself and come back to us soon.
― matt2, Sunday, 23 December 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Best wishes
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 December 2007 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Get well soon Tim! I'm sure we'll all be thinking of you on Monday.
― jng, Sunday, 23 December 2007 05:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Best wishes dude, you're a big part of what's good about ILM
― jabba hands, Sunday, 23 December 2007 06:27 (sixteen years ago) link
good luck tim!
― haitch, Sunday, 23 December 2007 09:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Best wishes, Tim.
― Scik Mouthy, Sunday, 23 December 2007 09:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Best of luck, Tim. I'll listen to some Panda Bear right now!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 23 December 2007 09:42 (sixteen years ago) link
tim,
tonite when djing i closed with 'flowerz' in yr honor get better quick david
― deej, Sunday, 23 December 2007 10:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Tim, perhaps some joy will be found in the following words: holding you, loving you, could it be alone, kissing you, tell me I belong, tell me I belong, loving you, tell me I belong, if I trust you, if I trust you. It won't be possible to ignore your absence. Get well soon.
― walter benjamin, Sunday, 23 December 2007 11:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Get well soon, Tim.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 23 December 2007 12:24 (sixteen years ago) link