Who would want to sell life insurance to a guy who had cancer only last year? We'll soon see.
Anna and I are being responsible parents and "putting our affairs in order." This includes writing a will (well, paying a lawyer to insert our names in the blank spots of one of his wills). It also includes life insurance. Nothing spectacular, just pay off the debts should one of us kick the bucket. We've spoken with a few insurance brokers, and been quite open about the whole cancer thing. I wonder if they Google their prospective clients? I sure would! Guess I can't hide!
Fundraising for the Ride to Conquer Cancer goes well. I'm about 20% toward my goal of $7500, with still quite a few fundraising avenues to explore. If you're reading this and you haven't made a donation yet... what are you waiting for?
Some of you are wondering about what happened at the oncologist's last week. My liver enzymes are high. This could mean, as Anna says, anything from "yikes!" to "meh." I have the honour of an abdo CT scan Thursday and more blood tests next week. Seen as toxins of various types might be making my liver work overtime, I'm on a serious detox diet for the next two weeks. In keeping with my previous discussion on how to rid the body of toxins, my detox diet involves little more than cutting out the red wine and coffee, completely cutting out whatever sugar and junk was still there, and upping the organic vegetable quotient. I discovered that I'm addicted to coffee, with withdrawal headaches and all.
Despite all this, it's hard to stay upbeat. It's hard to be nice, to myself, to Anna. (It's always easy to be nice to Matty though.) I haven't had any of those dreams lately, but I do find myself grinding my teeth, which my dentist says is a sure sign of stress. 'Ya think?!
On the positive side, I feel great. I've been getting some olympic weightlifting training from a highly accomplished local lifter. What a difference, to be getting some professional pointers on my snatches and cleans. He wants me to compete at a tournament in Toronto this July. Might be fun!
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Bob I know how you feel. Every time I have scans then go to the cancer doc I hold my breath until he says my scans are clean. I guess I will always be that way. My hope for you is as Anna says, "Meh". As for me, I am experiencing new things in my body that weren't there before cancer. I ache a lot in my joints, as I type this, two of the fingers on my left hand are numb and sometimes those on my right as well. Sometimes I wake and my entire body is sore, as though I had been working out in my sleep. My energy level sucks much of the time, but my scans are clean and according to my bloodtests, there's nothing wrong with me. Something is - I just don't know what. You are in my prayers. Take good care and please keep us updated. p.s. Matty is so precious.
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