Tag Archives: cycling

“This is what it’s all about, baby!”

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Scott Linscott

I just did something impossibly crazy. Yesterday, shivering and soaked to the skin, I cried ugly tears while rolling across a finish line after pedaling 180 miles in the Trek Across Maine. People under umbrellas shook cow bells, blew horns … Continue reading →

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I take a lot of drugs. Most are not what you expect.

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Scott Linscott

I take drugs. I take seven prescriptions a day. You’re betting that’s due to my liver transplant, right? Wrong. It’s true that I will have to take medicine for the rest of my life to keep from rejecting my new … Continue reading →

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Somebody pinch me. Am I dreaming?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Scott Linscott

I’m on my third cup of coffee. I just polished off the eggs and bacon breakfast fuel I made on the hotplate here in the studio portion of a timeshare we own in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We … Continue reading →

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PUSHing through and checking off goals in my liver transplant recovery. Donate Life cycling team.

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Scott Linscott

I never want to go through what I endured again on my transplant journey. It was a hell I would not wish on my worst enemy. But now, 28 months out, I see the good that has come. Continue reading →

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50 Miles: Hidden tears behind sunglasses

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Scott Linscott

I’m going to be gross for a minute. Skip to the next paragraph now if gross medical stuff makes you want to toss your cookies. Twenty-eight months ago I was lying in a hospital bed at Lahey Hospital with a … Continue reading →

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Why I am so sure God is there for you

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Scott Linscott

I’m not sure I can communicate how I’m feeling about a milestone I hit today but I’ll give it a shot. It feels kind of like I’m bragging or saying, “Look at me! I’m a big deal” but that’s not … Continue reading →

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Hey fatso! Are you ready yet?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Scott Linscott

It’s time. You know it is. It has to be. Your doctor has told you. Your wife has hinted or your husband has avoided the hornets’ nest for the most part. You’re too fat, right? I remember the first time … Continue reading →

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