Saturday, September 15th

Morning! Well our Red Sox didn't do good last night...they lost! Worst thing is they blew a 5 run lead all in one inning! I'm certainly getting nervous...let's hope they do better today!!!

Well yesterday didn't start out good but end up a nice day and evening! Morning was tough, certain smells just hit me and I end up sick!!! But, I worked through it! Worked all day but didn't finalize everything I needed to at work so going to do some things from home today...thank god for laptops and the Internet!!!

All in and all yesterday was an "eye opener" for me....

I learned I need to have a good meal for lunch in order to keep my self going...so I'm going to consider lunch like dinner and dinner like lunch....I truly never looked at food as being fuel for my body, eating was always just something I had to do! I am now learning what good food can really do for your body!

At work, Friday's are going to be "hat" day...many people wore their hats, crazy ones and normal ones...so thanks all....we even decided to be "rebels" and wear our baseball hats side ways for a while!!!! Actually it's probably not "rebels" more like the "Bad News Bears"



I'll be Tatum O'Neal and Bill you can be Walter Matthau!

And then last night I went to Patti's parents 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was a very nice time and I was able to see everyone I haven't seen in a while, but I also learned through conversations and actions from the entire day what my goal is with this cancer!!!


I need to help ensure that cancer and chemo no longer bring that automatic "death sentence" fear! What I mean from that is.....I have had to try and prove to my parents, aunts, uncles, etc (that older generation) that I can fight this and win.....medical treatments have changed but the older generation still remembers the pain and outcomes of prior generations when it comes to cancer and chemo! My goal is to show the younger generation that you can beat cancer and chemo is not a death sentence! I can do this by including everyone in each step of my journey!!! Based on this blog and everyone being there (both the young and old!!!) for all the "important" days of this journey, I guess I can say that it is already happening and I'm going to make sure it continues! I'm not saying this Chemo is a piece of cake, nor is being bald overly attractive, but I'm going to look at this as a teaching experience for anyone who wants to follow and be included in my journey!!!!

So...if anyone wants to "rub" my bald head...feel free!!!!

Leah and Jill...thanks for helping me see this through the "eyes" of kids!!!!!!! Any everyone else, thanks for sharing and being "like me" even if just for a day!!!