We're getting to the home stretch of my treatment plan now with three more chemo sessions to go before, hopefully, I can put Lymphoma behind me for good! I continue to do well with my treatments, although fatigue and a disagreeable stomach nagged at me a bit this past week. Becky and I spent the weekend in Indiana visiting her parents and taking care of some wedding planning. We've chosen a cake and a menu and are close to finalizing our plans for the honeymoon and we're both getting realy excited for this summer...
I also had some exciting news this week. About 6 weeks ago I submitted an essay to my favorite fly fishing magazine, The Drake. The magazine is a quarterly publication that often features some of the most famous writers and photogrpahers in the sport. The Spring issue was released this week, with my essay and photograph of friend John Fabian with a beautiful Michigan steelhead featured on page 52! As someojne who really enjoys writing and photography this was a huge honor for me and I'm pretty excited about it. If you're interested you can order the spring issue for $5.00 at The Drake's website, and I anticipate at some point the essay will be published online as well.
Thanks as always to everyone who's called or wrote to check in on me and who provided dinner over the last few weeks (Lauren and Brad, GR and The Rodenfels!), we really appreciate it!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Long Road home
My treatment this past Monday was my 8th of 12 scheduled treatments. It's getting a little easier to see light at the end of the tunnel and that in and of itself is a motivating factor.
Got a chance to see the film "50/50" this week about a young guy in his late 20's who gets diagnosed with a rare cancer out of the blue. A bit of a dark comedy to say the least, I thought it was really well done and a film I could obviously relate to. If you get the chance to watch it I'd encourage you to do so as it gives you an idea of the "shock" of being diagnosed with cancer at a young age. The circumstances in the film are much different and more dire than my own but it was still interesting to share some perspective with the main character.
Lastly, a quick plug for some friends: The girls at Libre Clothing are involved in a contest to get their products placed in Walmart stores across the country. You may remember from a previous post that Libre makes clothing for chemotherapy and dialysis patients with discrete zippers that make it comfortable and convenient to stay warm while receiving treatment. I've enjoyed wearing one of their sweatshirts and I know others with my circumstance would appreciate the idea as well. You can help them out by following this link and voting for them in the "Get on the Shelf" contest:
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