What a Difference a Year Makes

9/9/09 - I had my CT scan today. I have an appointment with Dr. Goy to get my results on Monday, September 14th. I am feeling great. I feel that I am back to my old self. It would sure be if my results support how I am feeling.

9/13/09 – My wife Sue and I attended the First Annual “Celebrating Life and Liberty, Cancer Survivor Day” at Ellis Island thrown by Hackensack University Medical Center. What I wonderful event this was. We had the pleasure of seeing many of the people we got to know over the past year. Survivors and care givers all had a fantastic time together. Throughout the day there were many performances including three songs sung by one of my fellow Mantle Cell Lymphoma study patients, Jim Roth. He was GREAT! This event was the brain child of Dr. Goy. It is surely amazing how such a great doctor can also be focused on taking time to celebrate. Ellis Island, a place known for new beginnings, was truly a remarkable place to have such an event.

9/14/09 - I had an appointment with Dr Goy and Dr. Feldman. I was informed that my CT scan was 100% clear. I am still in remission! I just can not get over how blessed that I am. God is Good!
My next CT scan is scheduled for Monday, December 7th, 2009. I have an appointment to review my scan results with Dr. Feldman on Thursday, December 10th, 2009.

I will update this blog again after my December 10th appointment with Dr. Feldman.

More to come…

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Dealing with Challenges Life Brings Us

6/13/09 – On June 13th my parish celebrated its 30th Anniversary. A few friends on mine and myself, who call ourselves the “Hearts of Fire Band”, provided some of the evening’s entertainment. One song I was fortunate to sing is called “Bring the Rain”. My daughter Jill brought this song to my attention. She said “Dad, check out this song, its like you wrote it”. She was right on. I fell in love with the song. I truly believe it puts to words my philosophy on how I strive to deal with challenges life brings us. Check out this You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m17af0XmPFo

Here is a You Tube that explains the song in more detail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVT2-vXXxME



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