I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccccckkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!

In my last post, so very long ago, I mentioned several topics I wanted to touch on. I will start with a very interesting story.... Chemo Cat.

CHEMO CAT

On September 16, 2010 I had my first chemotherapy.  It was a combination of two drugs Adriamycin (aka The Red Devil) and Cytoxin.  Everything seem to go quite smoothly and I was pleased.  I even had a visit from Bessie a therapy dog at the cancer center. After a long day getting my chemo, labs and seeing my Oncologist I was quite exhausted and went home and crashed.  Zoey, the cat that belongs to Brady, was my little nurse the whole afternoon and night. Here is a recent picture of her, she doesn't say much, but is very sweet.

We all LOVE firefighters

I have a standing "joke" with my friends Kelly and Jenn that we are always happy to see the firefighters of Station One in Orlando.  We don't ever see them face to fact, just usually as they are passing by on their way to a call or to or from the station.  The thought is that they are firefighters, really cute and hot, well I guess they are, but I must say I am partial to Deputies myself.  The firefighters that I really like best though are the ones from the Pink Heals, Guardians of the Ribbon tour.  The day after my first chemo I was feeling great and Kelly and I met to go see the pink fire trucks in Winter Park.  Well, I had no idea how moving it would be and how compassionate and loving these guys were. They have several fire trucks that go to many states in the US to encourage and inspire women with or surivivors of breast cancer. You can actually sign the trucks with Sharpies and put messages of hope and support for those in the battle. It was such inspiration to see the trucks that I went again the next day with Brady and his friend Jared. Here is a link to there site and facebook page, http://pinkfiretrucks.org/,  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pink-Heals-Tour-Guardians-of-The-Ribbon/229440805236 ,please visit it to see the impact they make.  I have also posted below some pics of my visit.

The Pink Heals guys suggested that I sign the truck up high, so they insisted on helping me out.

METAL MOUTH AND MORE VINEGAR PEPPERS PLEASE!!

Within about a week of my first chemo, I developed the dreaded metal mouth.  Ironically, sour, salty and spicy things seem to taste the best to me.  Some of the best food I had during that time was Subs with LOTS of vinegar peppers.

Well folks this should get you started back into what has been my life for past few months.  More to come...