Although my father is no longer with me in body, he will always be in my heart and I remember him not just today, but every day...

To all the Grandfathers, fathers, fathers-to-be and father figures... Happy Fathers Day

well, it's here.  The day that I intentionally allow someone to give me drugs intervenously that will make my hair fall out and probably make me feel nauseous.  Have I lost my mind?  lol...  I'll post more later....  wish me luck!

That's kind of how I feel.  I start Chemo this Friday and have to go for 6 treatments, each 3 weeks apart.  That's if I can get my white blood cell count back up to where they can give me another treatment in 3 weeks.  Then I get a month off, then I have radiation treatments every day except Saturdays and Sundays for 6 weeks.  If everything goes as planned, all of this will be done 2 weeks before Christmas!  Hurray, cause I know I'll never be done my shopping in time otherwise!  I will be given drugs, that we could never spell on the Scrabble board cause there aren't enough letters, to combat the nausea, however these same drugs will possibly cause constipation, anxiety and ravenous hunger.   Not sure on the trade off on that one, lol.  Speaking of the scrabble board, the travel one that Jo and Rach gave me a few Christmases ago will come in handy cause the chemo infusions take around 1and a half to 2 hours so Marco and I will be putting that gift to good use.  I don't think it's been used since we used to play on Motive.  I have come to terms with the hair loss thing, although I don't really think "coming to terms" is the right phrase.  Let's just say I've accepted it and am curious to know how it will grow back and just what my natural colour is...  But enough of  this nonsense.

I played golf on Saturday with Alan and Cory from work and Cory's wife Kari.  Second time in my life I've actually played golf that didn't involve a windmill or a giant gorilla.  The first time was many years ago and was only 9 holes.  This was 18 and it was a lot of fun.  I can see how people get hooked on it.  Not that I was good at it by any stretch of the imagination, but when you're with good people who don't criticize or try to "show you how it's done", it can be a really good day.  Then Marco and I went down to the 24 hour relay and supported the Teletech team with our two laps, then on to the Symposium for a midnight snack and home.  Sunday Joanna and Amanda came over and we went for a walk (again) to the grocery store, came home and barbequed burgers and just hung out.  Amanda is growing like a weed and was in fine form.  Her smile lights up the room and she now has what Jo calls a "going noise".  Which means when she's moving, there is a hum that she makes that's actually quite amusing.  Sunday night was movie night so we went to see "The Breakup".  It was okay, but certainly didn't live up to any of the hype.  I read an article about the demise of the true romantic comedy.  I miss movies like Sleepless in Seattle.  Breakfast at Tiffiny's and the original Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn are still fun movies to watch if you like the genre.
Anyway, that's about it for now.  Later kids...