Once again the blog is back. So what's up? On again
off again? Definitely on again. Two reasons:
1. In the last couple of weeks I have heard from one friend I was surprised even remembered me. We played little league baseball together. His dad coached our team. Larry Tagert, it was really good to hear from you again.
I also received a very poignant note from a good friend from high school who ran track with me and we played football together. He was a DB and I was a wide receiver wannabe. Suffice it to say he enjoyed practice a lot more than I did. Cliff Staton was a smallish type who would light you up in a minute. But he also learned to write somewhere along the way, as he sent me a note that made Marti and my daughter and at least one daughter -in law cry.
1. In the last couple of weeks I have heard from one friend I was surprised even remembered me. We played little league baseball together. His dad coached our team. Larry Tagert, it was really good to hear from you again.
I also received a very poignant note from a good friend from high school who ran track with me and we played football together. He was a DB and I was a wide receiver wannabe. Suffice it to say he enjoyed practice a lot more than I did. Cliff Staton was a smallish type who would light you up in a minute. But he also learned to write somewhere along the way, as he sent me a note that made Marti and my daughter and at least one daughter -in law cry.
Since we last visited, on this site a lot has happened. We
are no longer in any clinical trial at Duke, so that monthly trip is no longer
necessary.
The tumor, true to form, has made a recurrence. Just to make sure, Duke did a brain biopsy and it was positive. The plan now is back to chemo 5 days a month and I have had 5 cyber knife radiation treatments, which are absolutely painless but they wiped me out and then I had a seizure. When you put the chemo with the cyber knife with the seizure and you end up with a lot of whining , like the last sentence. No more of that. We have also had some really GOOD news as well. Our youngest son was married to a wonderful young lady on the first of March.
In addition I have a plan to get back to some sort of decent shape. I am attempting to run 2 miles a day, however I am struggling right now. So if I put this in writing I expect you all to hold me to it. I want to run a 5k around Memorial Day and the Bluegrass 10k on the 4th of July in Lexington. Followed by a half marathon this fall.
More posts to come. Daughter Sarah and son Sam have indicated they will help this time. So please hold them accountable as well.
The second reason for the blog restart is daughter Sarah informed me last night that May is brain cancer awareness month. And I know you think I have the Kentucky Derby winner and you are right. The winner will be Intense Holiday.
The tumor, true to form, has made a recurrence. Just to make sure, Duke did a brain biopsy and it was positive. The plan now is back to chemo 5 days a month and I have had 5 cyber knife radiation treatments, which are absolutely painless but they wiped me out and then I had a seizure. When you put the chemo with the cyber knife with the seizure and you end up with a lot of whining , like the last sentence. No more of that. We have also had some really GOOD news as well. Our youngest son was married to a wonderful young lady on the first of March.
In addition I have a plan to get back to some sort of decent shape. I am attempting to run 2 miles a day, however I am struggling right now. So if I put this in writing I expect you all to hold me to it. I want to run a 5k around Memorial Day and the Bluegrass 10k on the 4th of July in Lexington. Followed by a half marathon this fall.
More posts to come. Daughter Sarah and son Sam have indicated they will help this time. So please hold them accountable as well.
The second reason for the blog restart is daughter Sarah informed me last night that May is brain cancer awareness month. And I know you think I have the Kentucky Derby winner and you are right. The winner will be Intense Holiday.
As always thank you so much for
caring enough to slog through this stuff.
You have amazed me once again! Thank you for updating the blog. As usual, I look forward to reading Sam's and Sarah's perspective.
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