What a lost weekend

First- I went to the Northwestern Wildcat game- something I always wanted to do since I was a kid.  Went with buddy Steve and Scott- and Scot's friend who really didn't care for us too well April.  I enjoyed, went home- and I was useless the rest of the weekend including today.  When you have all these drugs interacting with you, they don't make the body work right.  That's all i need to say on that one.  I am feeling good to take the dog for a walk now.

Today at the doc- they took 20 X rays- damn that was a pain.  They don't take that many because I am extremely healthy- they take that many since there is stuff to look at.  Then after a nice chat with my doc- she suggested getting pathology  down to look at the cancer cells- i guess if its one characteristic of the cell- a chemo will do well and knock it out.  So I had 3 pokes with a needle in my neck. 

The alternative next step is a drug called Xtandi.  I know there are more "bullets in the gun", and the pathology will come back on Wed or Thur and go the next steps from there.  I read a long time ago the goal is minimal intervention- maximum observation.  Well- a bunch of X rays, bone scan, ct scan, and needle biopsy's, will give them the best information on how to proceed.  If the X rays prove snarky- they radiate the areas. 

I am an online support group for advanced prostate cancer, great information.  There is a doc who at 48 was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.  I will call him Doctor Brian.  He posted something that hit home- live for today, today is a gift.  If you think about it, its a gift for everyone who may be reading this.  And what was mentioned that people regretted working too much.  Last week at work was the first time I thought it may be best for me to step away.  Work on me, sleep again for 8 hours, and with less stress, my body should respond best to whats going on.  I asked my doc today, and she agreed to sign any papers to make that happen.  Work has become crazy- and its not making me healthier.  I am blessed with a generous benefit where they give you full pay for a number of months and most of your pay after that.  A couple months to recharge, especially if I need to get anything radiated may be best for me and my health.

I cant do a post without something weird.  I was in my dorm room at school, and funny how a 6 pack was involved.  This weekend it was just me and a 6 pack.  So what do I do, hmmmm.   Lets write a letter to David Letterman.  Dear Dave, I can eat 15 pounds of bologna in one sitting, sincerely Tim Ebert.  I actually had a stamp and mailed the letter......a few weeks pass....I get home from the Library- yes...the Library.....OK the bar....who knows, it was college.  I turn on the TV for Letterman, Viewer mail, and there it was......his answer, you need to eat 20 pounds, you will look better, you will feel better and have a better outlook on life.  With that my dorm floor had excitement, some guy ran down to shake my hand, he only had his underwear on.  I was a hero on 15th floor Tanner Hall.