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johnnydeep
10-12-2008, 11:39 PM
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I have to preface this entry...its getting late and I have taken my drugs...it may go downhill from here...and after today its a pretty easy slide. I have had better days...I have had MUCH WORSE TOO!

I don't want to bitch...just cluing you, the venerable reader, in!

Tammy made a major decision this weekend. We have been talking about how I want to give something back. To help someone else going through this in a way they may not even know they need. This is a road we have travelled. We are the most fortunate people in the world! We are surrounded by friends and family that you could never dream of! It has been a "godsend" to us, and we know stories of those that travel this road alone! We have met them, sometimes not speaking their language. In the Chemo ward! All alone. Their family having sent them to the U.W. with their life savings, hoping that the doctors here can do what those in Central America cannot. Walking by his room, all we wanted to do was to talk to him...be friendly, let him know he was not alone....
We don't speak Spanish...and actually I think it was Guatemalan.

That has been a burden to us, and I still don't know what I can do...but my lovely and ever supportive wife made up her mind that she was going to do SOMETHING!
After much research, and talking to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the American Cancer Society, she decide to donate her hair. The only thing I can think of is.. For those who this will make a difference for, this is the difference between being able to go through the worst time in your life with dignity, knowing that someone cared enough to sacrifice their personality so you can have hair, AND PRIDE, while the doctors and drugs try to kick the **** out of you! And trust me on this, the hair did not bother me, but I can totally understand how it could make a difference for someone. And that difference may mean that some one has the strength to go the distance. Maybe someone who is on the cusp of giving up...and those 12 inches of hair will give them the proverbial shot in the arm, steel their reserves and make them one of the few who KICKS THIS ****S ***!!!!!!!
Sorry if you don't like my coarse language...I think there is no better way to put it!
None of this has anything to do with fair!
Tonight I stand in awe of the woman I have loved for over seven years. The woman who did not ask for this trial...and really deserved not to have to deal with it!
But she is still by my side, as is my son and all our family and friends and even all of you!
I AM MAKING PROGRESS! We want to do more in this vein...I want to give back, help, do something...and I have the woman I love to look to for inspiration!
My Cup Runneth over!
That is a 12 inch UOP ruler...and yes it is very , very different. And I love it!!!
I really want to do something too...I hope I can live long enough to maybe set up a tournament(derby out here on the left coast).
Now you know where my inspiration comes from!
I was stuck at home all weekend due to side effects...so she recruited my son to be her partner in crime.
How fortunate does that make me?
In a way I feel like I cant carry my weight anymore. I know I have no choice...and I don't really take it that personal...BUT...the undercurrent is there, if you know what I mean?
The upside is I have the most wonderful son and the most incredible wife a man could ever ask for!

Welcome to my life!

I am crashing...gotta go, hook up with me this week...need to catck some BM

bradvo
10-13-2008, 05:36 AM
My eldest sister donated her hair a couple years ago, was weird at first to see her with hair only a 1/4 inch on her head, God bless you and your family.

Go Aweigh2452
10-13-2008, 05:45 AM
All the best... Her hair will grow back... unfortunately, mine won't... :eek: Heck my wife use to have 3+ feet of hair until our rug rat decided she was Rupunsal so it came off. She keeps hers about 1-4 to 1 inch all the time now... I think its cool... I think its even more cool to donate it...

I know my sister benefited by that... real hair wigs kick butt, provide more dignity and a more positive outlook... good for her...

SomeSailor
10-13-2008, 06:41 AM
Very cool Johnny!!!

That's a tough thing for her to do as well. You're a very lucky man. And thanks for sharing this ongoing journey of yours. It's a very human view of something we can all relate to in one way or another.

Play N Hookie II
10-13-2008, 08:23 AM
Thanks for sharing Johnny. Cancer sucks! Your wife is a wonderful selfless woman.

Eagle Lady
10-13-2008, 09:19 AM
Some days while doing computer work I keep the internet radio on, 100.7 is my favorite morning radio show... My point is that while reading through your touching story and sentiments this morning this song coincidentally played… I think it sums up exactly what I was reading.

Everyday... Rascal Flatts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gCJhTtUiM8)

You convey the strength you both have so well and I only hope if I’m ever faced with the same situation I can be as strong. God bless…

Nehalennia
10-13-2008, 10:26 AM
Indeed very cool