The Day After...Man What A Day!

Man what a day!!!!

So you've probably wondered where I've been for the past few days...well...the moms' did a really good job explaining what happened until late last night...surgery...chills...infection...chills...fever...blah, blah, blah...this cancer doesn't know who it's messing with :-) cause there's no way any of its kung-fu kicks are gonna' bring me down...my kung-fu's way too strong.

Well, today I paid another visit to IR before coming to Dr. B's office for Chemo # 4...I'm on a every 2 week regime which is very aggressive & tough but with my physical, mental, & workout regime throughout the past 10 years it's almost like I had been in spring training so that I can be ready when the C comes around and heal myself asap...from what I gather each Chemo takes 3 weeks to take toll completely, so the 3ed Chemo should show its effect by about now...the best news is that last week I had an MRI of my liver and the masses had shrunk ~12% already...and the docs say the shrinkage is throughout so that's F-ing' FANTASTIC!!!

Most of you probably have never been in a Chem ward before, and I pray you will not have to experience it...ever...but since I have to be here and have about 4.5 hours left, why not explain to you what it looks like, right - well the room is rectangular shaped with lots of bright light and windows...I'm very luck to have my hospital in La Jolla, one of my favorite and cleanest surf cities in SD and although we can't see the ocean - there's a calming feeling that her silky waves are just beyond the windows and across the street.

As for the room, I can tell the doctors tried to make it as comfortable as possible, there are lazy-boys scattered all around lining up against the walls and there's 'easy listening' Kenny G style music playing in the background...the only thing it's missing is a TV which sucks especially when I know I'm missing a great WC match...

Now for my peeps - I can honestly say that I'm the youngest of the bunch...considering most of my comrads can probably use their AARP cards for discounts at the local movies.  So there are two types of people in here, the treating and the supporting group.  Today Talla's with me and we always have a good time together...no matter what...It's really unfortunate though that most of the people here are the treating kind - time and time again I've come in to get treatment and have seen such sad eyes sitting by themselves waiting for it to be over and unfortunately waiting without a support group around...I can tell you first hand that having a support group really helps...and I wish I could be support for each and every one of them here but it's too soon for that...but soon enough.

LOVE

ps - my mouth tastes like Turmeric, um thx mom ...blah!!!