Hey, looking good on the inside according to yesterday’s scan. My tumors showing slight growth but we are staying the course with my treatments. So far so good. Always an anxious time waiting for the results but things good. Next scan in four months, Janurary.
Now just cruising along on the chemicals for another hour and then I can start packing up for my escape back to the Island. Man, hoping the traffic is better this PM, bad bad this morning.
Just had a talk with one of the nurses that I have become closest to. We had a talk about Jennifer’s passing. Sort of a catch up on the whole year of the Phil and Jennifer Show here at the Treatment Center. My take away is that we were doing great work in lessening the fear of the treatment itself of the chemotherapy.
It is an interesting process to be fighting cancer and fighting the treatment at the same time, kind of a two headed monster. The cancer is bad and the treatment is bad. The fear of the cancer is bad and the fear of the treatment is bad. How do we get a handle on that? So apparently the folks in the know gave us high marks in lowering the fear level for both of those. Cancer Commandos on the job!
That’s very rewarding to get some positive feedback on our work. We all need that. More to come, of course. Love you guys, Felipe.
And, Buddy, you comments here about separating the fear from the disease (and I suppose, by extension, the treatment) helped many of us that don’t deal with either one in that form. fear is one thing, the thing feared is another–and your insight about that was life changing. If I could just remember it always, every time fear shows up! But then I’d be Buddha and fully enlightened and have nothin to do here, right?
Seriously, as a Cancer Commando, you serve us well as a Living-Life Commando. Thanks.
Oh Buddy, great to hear from you again. Miss your in person buddiship. I am really glad,that we have the time, energy and motivation to hash through some of this stuff. We need to sit around the campfire this fall and wax eloquent! Love you man, Felipe.
And let me congratulate you and the team on on keeping those tumors in check because as your handler we have to keep those happy or I will be out of a job!
I am checking in with you and your feisty Rebecca to make sure you are ready for next week! I am beyond excited to see you two again and to finally walk the famous Phil’s Camino with you!
Had some really bad news this week about a dear friend of mine who has breast cancer for the second time, two different kinds this time! Who knew there could be so many different kinds? She is going to MD Anderson for several surgeries and procedures. I must tell you Phil she has already learned that great Cancer outlook that Dr. Zucker and you know about. Hit me hard, but she is positive and believes things happen for a reason just the way they are supposed to in the time they are supposed to. Such great teachers I have! She sure knows how to live a life well too! It is a great wish of mine that you and she should meet one day and she will be able to see Phil’s Camino. You and she are very much great souls!
Looking forward to seeing you in a week!
Love,
Carol
Handler Carol ~ Yes, my scan was good. We are trying to keep those tumors banzaied (sp?). Haven’t thought of the garden image before, nice.
And the feisty Rebecca is doing well. She has to be feisty after forty years with me right, poor girl. Right now I am trying to get her to panic early about the house pick up. We have been playing outside all summer and the inside sort of resembles the outside at this point.
Where were we? Right now I am up in the early morning high on my steroids. It’s four and the alarm is set for six so I here with you and Annie. She had a great comment also. The comments really make the blog and I take special care to answer. Well, your friend sounds like someone that I need to meet. How could we make that happen, by FaceTime anyway? But a walk would be better. Maybe while you are up for PT we could contact her? Can you get our people on that?
OK, and how is the extra large Scandinavian? It was so fun seeing you guys together in LA. Well, PT is going to be terrific, I can feel it coming on! Time to go for now, Felipe.x