ok first off, thank you all for donating to prostate cancer research. if you haven't yet and you want to
http://ca.movember.com/mospace/2411942/
please click on the link and donate to me or my team,
Got another clean bill of health this week. No CT scan but clean x-ray and blood work. Next scan will be in February. Your prayers and continued well wishes mean so much to me and june. Granted, there could be no one reading this anymore as my work hours have begun to climb and I have been blogging less. If there are still gilbloggists out there- thanks for still checking in. It's been a year since the tumor removal surgery. Wow, what a year. I remember last year I was just done surgery and the cancer was "gone" It was a joyous christmas. Then the cancer came back after christmas, interesting new year. This year, even more to be thankful about. The word I throw around a lot now it the word, intentionality. It's something that my brother and buddy Chris taught me, before and during my fight with cancer. Which is about time since I have taught those 2 so much already, finally they teach me something. I don't know any 2 people that are more intentional in what they do. I have pulled some serious hours the last few weeks. It's a combination of catching up on being off for 9 months and also year end and Christmas at Coke. My docs aren't thrilled with the idea but I know the hours will shorten soon after december. I realize more and more that when you are more intentional with your time, you get a lot more done. Whether it be intentional about work duties or recreational things, it takes an effort. Right now, my week days consist of waking up, going to work, come home, sometimes just in time to put Rhys to bed, often not. Then it's pretty much go to bed. Sleep more on weekends. This last appointment with the onc's- they told me its usually 2 months for every 1 month of chemo to recover back to baseline 0. I did 4 months of chemo, and so my energy should get back to normal soon. Numbness is slowly retreating in my hands. All in all, very good news.
Of course at the doc appointment, there was another intern/resident. The count of people that have seen my junk now is 14. And climbing with each visit to any hospital. I pretty much just drop trou whenever i am even near any medical professional. It is awkward when I instinctively just drop them at the pharmacy counter in zellers but whatever.
Anyways, it's the weekend. Family day. Gonna put down the crackberry and spend some time putting up the christmas tree with Rhys and June. Disney on Ice tomorrow (yes, I bought the tickets not thinking the lions were gonna make the grey cup- they were 0-5) ah well, thats what sports centre is for. I even skipped poker last night- while that seems like no big thing and june want to offer me a cookie, it's a big step for me not to go out and take my friends money- it's so easy. Instead I just vegged on the couch and went to bed. Oh how the friday nights change when you are old. I know this is the busy season for everyone. Hope to see all of you real soon.
Remember- movember is prostate cancer awareness month. one sure fire way of being aware, is donating some cash yo!
peace out like leroy bell in x factor, i am OUT
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