SHARON ROCKMAN'S INCREDIBLE RECIPE

KELLOGGS CORNFLAKES CHICKEN
2 whole chickens-cut up into 8 pcs

1/2 cup orange juice mixed with
1/2 cup honey------heat slightly.... ..pour over chicken

in a zip-lock bag
kelloggs cornflakes crumbs
cinnamon
nutmeg
remove chicken from liquid and place in ziplock bag....coat chicken well
spray tray with pam...put chicken on tray.....drizzle honey over chicken...baked 375 degrees... 1 hr...20 min-1 hr....30 min..... wal-la......this is one of the few things i know how to cook...always tastes great................................... feeling better today...like clockwork 6 days after the needles are removed i start to come around that means feb 22 will be the last day i will feel like crap from the chemo....exactly 2 days after my birthday...do you think i am going to celebrate...you bet .................cannot wait to break out the beer i have been saving for that special day......ling-ling lite......maybe some saki....or get some from the brooklyn brewery..you don't know what you got till it's gone........my friends......phase one is almost complete.......phase two will be a breeze......today look for something amazing in your life....hug your pet and really mean it....hug your child and look them in the eye and really see them for what they are.....call a dear friend just to hear his/her voice........smile at a stranger and wish them a good day.......i swear we make a difference everyday..... i love you all..............tom "chef" cheffo

My Top Ten Visual Moments

not counting the birth of casey and chris

10. rocky mountains
9. red rock canyon in vegas
8. great salt lake
7. waterfalls in yosemite (all of yosemite)
6. black hills
5. flying into nyc at night
4. colorado river
3. rainbow over charleston
2. israel
1. grand canyon

honorable mention to pam anderson (was next to her in vegas)

i have had so many incredible visual moments...... to put only ten down was just to easy...i will work on more soon....
i have been in 45 states in this country and i will get to the missing ones before i leave this planet.........Alaska,Hawaii,Oregon,Minnesota, and Montana....get ready here i come........

remember to keep your feet on the ground...but reach for the stars (kasey Kasem) or keep your stars on your feet and reach for the ground....whichever comes first

tom "the dreamer" cheffo

salt lakers ...miss ya michele and jason....big time...fly right..land safe......see ya on the ground
thanks for the kind words today Ayelet ( i needed them) you rocked today.....
to my buddy bob brown..you have been where i am standing...i will make you proud

SALT LAKE CITY

1,000,000 club
salt lake is where i would be if i didn't have this small inconvenience invading my body....michele has been keeping me well informed as to the happenings and mischief at the trade show..salt lake is an interesting place and i have grown to really like it....everyone says it's not the same without me there and i really love you guys for saying that...but with michele , jason,craig,scott,gary,sean,alenka and my buddy kent...it has to be pretty cool there ......i have to say i am not used to being on the outside looking in and it is taking getting used to...i know she will open the blog in the booth..so michele please again give my best to my road warrior friends..tell them i miss em and "i'll be back"....safe travels to all......back in the chemo -foggo for a few daze...feels like gravity is really pulling you down...interesting sensations throughout the day...i am sure it will take a long time to erase these feelings from my memory thanks for all the good vibrations heading my way...TEA_SEA

Raise your glass

old photo of my grandparents on my moms side

i don't know why but i feel like celebrating ...not for anything special but for how i have managed to be surrounded by the most incredible group of fellow humans a man could ask for...i don't have to list you all but i think you know who i am talking about.......in the words of mick and keith....you can't always get what you want...but if you try sometimes ..you get what you need......i get what i need everytime i get to speak or see one of the people that make my life so wonderful also i get what i need everttime i could make someone smile....just a little.....you see i used to love to visit my uncles when i was little...they always made me smile and i guess i am honoring the family tradition......most are long gone but they always live in my heart.......i loved you guys.... uncle tony,uncle nick,uncle dom,uncle joe i learned so much from you guys... one was the healing gift of laughter and everytime i make someone laugh i wonder if reaches you even now...and to my family & friends still with us on this earth ... you always make me smile...... we are a special breed.....one that i am proud to be........

thomas "john" cheffo ...(john was my confirmation name) it going to be was john or santo i after my grandfathers....i hope i didn't hurt my granfather santo's feeling.....ahhhh he was so lovable...(even though he spoke hardly any english) he didn't mind....i am sure i saw his lips turn to the sky when he saw me coming......love ya pops

came out of the chemo fog a little tonight ..faster than i thought i would....the women who past-out ended up going home later that night..if i get an update i will pass it on.....when i went back on thurs for my nupergin shot i asked how my patient was..they laughed....said she was ok'''i am so glad......
to my pals in the keys....may the wind be at your back and the waves beneath your boat.....

Burn Baby Burn

a picture of janis joplin m(one of casey's favs) taken from the tv during the awesome movie festival express
now i really know what a hot flash is all about ...i just thought i did a few weeks back...glad my team of friends did not get to see me glow....i feel like a camera setting sometimes...i see the world in different settings...wide lens...portrait ...black and white....slow motion...it is almost comicial the feeling i go through in a single day....but alas this too shall pass and i will be up to my old self and chemo free in about three weeks...last treatment of the two left is feb 15 and you gotta figure a week of feeling crappy and the start to get back to normal..and for those of you who know me ...normal is a stretch.......i will embrace this life with even more gusto when all this is over...i mean i have so many people to make laugh...or cry depending on the circumstance....... and you know it's all about the circumstance s........peace

thanks for the cd's missy and britt...i think i am gonna be a widespread fan
goodnight captain tony...wherever you are
all the news that fits....tomo-sabi

I'M STILL STANDING"

craig rep for (utah-colorado-wyoming and sundance catalog) always the clown and a great guy...there's jason again...heading to utah with michele today....be safefrom the front..brucie,gary,craig, jason,barry,tom mc......
as elton john would say...."better than i ever did".......today i was "pluged in" at 11 ish and unpluged at 5:07.."but whose counting"..went fast....lot's of family visits...and a special quest star...my new found friend patricia.....who went through her chemo treatment already( i posted about her a few weeks ago)....she was there for a follow up and took a chance i was in the chair......she looked great...any how we were talking and i was in the famous corner room with the only good view of the outside world and near the bathrooms.....and a fellow chemo- patient stepped out of the bathroom and Just passed out right in front of us....well i took 3 steps towards her and then realized i was still hooked to my IV POLE...and almost ripped my needles out ( if patricia hadn't said you can't do that hooked up i just might have)..all the while i am yelling " women down...women down"..and 5 nurses came over to help...people.... i thought she was GONE...no kidding...eyes rolled up her head.....she came to a few minutes later.and they rushed her to the main hospital....all the while a curb your episode was on pause just before that and it was a frame of larry david saying " pray for her"...weird..that was on while the EMT PEOPLE WERE BRING HER BACK TO LIFE....BIZARE...

oh well we wish her well and will send our tye-dyed love her way........i feel ok...just a little sea -sick and tired...at least i am not "sick and tired" of it all yet......two-5 days of this crappy feeling and i will be standing tall.......loved seeing my team of friends...i mean how lucky can a man be to have a complete team of friends.........still pinching myself...( well not to hard these days)

tommy "elton" cheffo...missy i will take you to an elton show someday......susan k hook a big one

Memory lane

henry from work dancing at the sales meeting party..rock on hank..that's denise to his left one of the nicest people on the planet

a dear friend we grew up came to visit from the left coast tonight and we met at my brother mike's...we talked about old times and our many trips together one of which is the now infamous cross county trip in mike's VW BUS..yep we really did that..right down to the big peace sign painted over a piece of wood that we installed after a window blew off the bus on a highway...what a trip..one that i still carry with me today......9 boys from brooklyn ....errrr men from brooklyn ( i think some were from staten island) and two buses...what a site......what a trip....do not have enough time tonight to tell of the flash floods...the rifle touting man on horse back...(hippies...get off my land)....camping on the desert with a billion stars all around...i recommend it to all 17 year olds...wow ..17 that was a longgg time ago....still have the same values ....still want to change the world one person at a time..........what a beautiful country we live in.......i long for the wind in my hair again..or i long for my hair again which ever way i win.......later people

heading for the big chemo wednesday.....feel like i am holding on like that women in the movie twister and if i let go it will suck me in......i am gonna hang on i promise.......this has been a "walk in the park" so far..........let's hope tomorrow comes and goes....3 chemos left..yahooooooooooooooo feels like the 7th round of a ten round fight...knocked down a few times but still on my feet

Tom "chemo-sabi" Cheferino

the kick is up....It's good

company bowling party..i think jason bowled a 32.......
congrats to pittsburgh and seattle...let's hope it is a good super bowl and not a bore fest like the last two games....it has been a while that i have been home for the big game...hope to have my new tv in place before kick-off....i would be in utah at the outdoor retailer show if i didn't have this small medical problem to deal with....man i love salt lake city in the winter...almost as nice as key west....
oh well....
heading into the darkness for a while wednesday with a 6-7 hour treatment....glad i had an easy one last week so my rep-pals and I could have some moments together.......main problem is the vein pain still but i can deal with that....already put my ordeer in with casey for french fries and some chicken nuggets......if you all expect me to be eating healthy now you got another thing coming....heehehehe

oh yeah we had great news with casey's trial vaccination for leukemia..her key markers in her blood turned negative for the first time...and she was the first person in the trial to have this happen....it is a very good sign for the cheffo family we are keeping our hopes up as usual..... but trying not to get to excited....let's see casey already had a big party and we took her out for dinner and i paid her phone bill...but we are not to excited heck it does not take to much to get me going....the love i have for casey and chris can never be giving justice on this blog you just gotta see them to believe them

TC

OH WHAT A NIGHT..ERR WEEKEND I MEAN

i did get to play a song i wrote for the sales team called "team yaleet" (yaleet is the company we work for) the last line of the chorus is "and don't you cry cry cry for me ...i will be alright"....got a standing O....awesome....

remarkable is the only way i can say i was treated this weekend....there was so much love and care in the air ( and a few tears) ....things went so smooth for such a large group or we just don't sweat the small things anymore...although my buddy randy said..." you must be feeling good cause your still a little surly" it was a good compliment because they still knew who was the boss ( well other than the big boss man steve).....
michele ( and jason) will do a great job with my team which i now consider her team ... she has the respect and the knowledge to lead them in to the promise land of sales......together (when i return) we will make up the greatest sales management team this world could stand....( i still don't know how she stands me all these years) hehehe.........this week i will be posting photos of the sales meeting and stories about the people involved....
like i have been saying.."i am the luckiest man alive" to be so loved by so many........i will not disappoint all of you and will return a strong and "surly" as ever

tommy "crybaby" cheffo
p.s treatment is wednesday....6 hours in the chair....sit so long my butt needs hurts as much as my arms from the needles......
( maybe i will stand on my head for the next one......oh yeah wish i had a dollar for how many times someone said "you look so good" it is almost as if they were amazed ..but i really willed myself into the state of mind that i would not have them worrying about me as they went on the road to sell fall 2006...you see they would be seeing so many people that cared about me and would spread the word that i was doing well and spreading the good cheer..... ( although saturday night when all were bowling i kinda fely like crap) but could not leave my buddies without a ride home) ..great job scotty on winning the bowling contest.....ashley great job on the organizing the sales meeting
...TEAM YALEET...i love all of you for caring so much

saturday nite fever (on a friday night)

paul, scott and michele at sales meeting party

how long did you think it took me to get on the dance floor....one song and i was there ...the DJ opened with truckin from the grateful dead just for me and it was great...we danced the night away and i had the energy to burn for some reason...
i know i will feel it at the 8 am meeting....but somehow we just cannot get enough of each other

remember "you could be dancin yeah"

that shot of neupergin to boast up white counts really does the trick these days......just give me the shot and i will dance all the way to carolina and back......man we had fun tonight.......

tommy"travolta"

"drinking up the love"

love this shot ( not taken by me)

it is to much to bear in the hectic times in the office..i mean we all just want to hug and talk about life and things...but with meetings and hotel pickups and people coming and going it is insane....we managed to put together 10 of us and went out for dinner at my friend leo's chinese resturant...a chinese man named leo now that is another story....we had a blast.......the first thing every one says is " you look so good" and i always say oh yeah ......you should see me from the inside......and then they squeze me and thats always an adventure......i was sureal to see my rep force and dear friends under one roof over 20 strong ...these are my road warriors and have battled in the trenches with me for years........i love them dearly and the feeling is mutual i am told......so raise a glass to the finest rep team in the industry...scotty,paul,sean,craig,felicia,lisa,pat,dick,barney,brad,bruce,jeff,randy,tom n, tom m,john,jim,cathy,barry and gary.....my brothers and sisters on the road

feeling real good today ...had my nupergin shot tonite to boast my white counts.....i wonder how long i can hold up and get the " you look great comments"....big party tomorrow night after all day meetings,,,,,,,,,man i love my life...
miss ya candy girl when everyones in town..just not the same with out ya

remenber quack kills ( inside joke)
tom"T" cheffo

"on a night like this

interlocking tree 11/24/05

had a great treatment today.....found a fat vein and it flowed real nice.....a very funny thing happened when they started my IV my tube sprung a pin hole leak and was squirting out....well this was a rare occurrence and all the nurses had to visit and meet the man who sprung a leak.......first one one they have seen in 20 years of working at Sloane......it was very funny and i am now famous.....my white counts went through the roof ( they are gonna bill me for the roof repair later) heheheh.....got a huge hug from my doctor.....(female) and she said that i bring out the best in people......it was an honor to hear that...she said and i quote " you are doing so good" end quote....then i was off to my smaller of the treatments and back to work.....because the"show must go on"

hey scotty i will be at the meetings.......wild horses couldn't drag me away.............
have some fun things planned

T-sabe

"Bring it on"

tape dispenser and orange

thanks for the most amazing comments yesterday.......i cannot even begin to think about not having all of you on my team....we are drawn together by this power of family & friendship that cannot ever be broken........

feeling pretty good tonight and went to meet my buds stewie and mike for dinner and was happy to see marsha, jesse (stewarts wife and daughter) and a friend of jesses named natalie ( i think) remember side effect is memory loss....yeah that's it memory loss due to chemo..great excuse........we had a blast...i feel so good when i am going to see them..when i am with them and when i drove away....because i was feelin so lucky to have such great,warm,funny and beautiful friends.......


my heart and body are ready for tomorrow now.......like i said in the beginning BRING IT ON ...TREATMENT #5 (but who's counting) i am trying to "curb my enthusium"
TOM "CHEMO-SABE" CHEFFO

"baby it's cold outside"

this is a photo of a photo in my house...i had my son hold the giraffe next to it...thought it had a funny effect
15 degrees this morning....a wee bit nippy i must say....i kinda know why birds head south and even the hardy ones who hang around seemed a bit confused by the white stuff on the ground.....Candy was right in her comments there were some good football games on but the jets flew south months ago and i am having a hard time finding a team to root for let's see ..Carolina... my love for the family and friends in the state should have me pulling for them....Pittsburgh.....working class people...grind it out kinda team...ummmmmm Seattle ...well no ties there except my good friend Gary Morgan is a huge fan...but seattle..... come on it rained for 26 straight days...Denver...mile high....craigs home town....a little to republican for me.......so i guess i am still neutral and don't really care as long as it's a good game i guess..just like the game of life ...i don't care how long my life is as long as i played a good game...and according to all of you guys that just might be the case................sweet only 36 hours to my next treatment...i am feeling like my old self again....just when you think it's safe to get out ..it keeps pulling me back in....oh well this will something to tell my grand kids about....or at least Oprah..tommy " frezzin my tail off " cheffo

fIRST sNOW 2006

woke up to find about three inches on the ground just enough to break out the ol'snow blower...you see i miss most of the snow storms when i travel .....and i would have miss this if i were at the show in orlando..( see photo from yesterday) but alas it is my destiny to shovel snow this year...even though chris was disappointed that i finished before he awoke...reminded me of earlier days in brookyn when from the third story i used to hear my grandpa's swoshing sound of the shovel against he sidewalk and the faint hope that school would be called so my brothers and i could play football in the snow all day..which i am sure we did quite often...ah but two days later that snow got pretty dirty from the streets and cars...but those first few days.....brooklyn was breathless.........

three days till next chemo...thanks for all the support..keep on hopping ......er.....truckin....(inside joke)
tommy "sore back" cheffo

Photo from the trade show

e-mailed from the surf expo trade show in orlando

what can i say it blew me away that people took the time to do this for me......thanks michel,jason,barry,lisa,and felicia...and to my surf expo buddies bridgette and dan..i miss you guys ,,,,it has been my favorite show ( and my first ever (12 1/2 years ago)

feeling good today......resting and playing music.......my hands are working again so i am taking advantage of it....love that fact i can still be apart of your world and the show world without even being there.......

Tom......."trade show guru" cheffo...keep on rockin in the free world

"Sinking in the creek mud"

my mouse pad at home

"sinking in the creek mud"
that's a deputy dawg comment that i like to use sometimes.....
means your kinda stuck in one place.......i have so much more respect for the people who have made it through chemo-treatments it is like your "sinking in the mud" yet you try to just get through the day........i have never been one to just try to get through the day....but now one day closer is all i can think about.......if these are what hot flashes are all about i am glad i also do not have that to look foward to .....one of the side effects is that the veins in my arms hurt... wish i could just rip them out rinse them off and put them back in.......but i do have one thing to look foward to...when the chemos done..the surgery is going to be a welcome relief....i think that's my doctors plan all along.....get me so sick of this chemo shit that i will welcome the surgey and all the good drugs i will be consuming...looking foward to seeing my crew next week......always a fine time with the best rep team in the business...bar none....

later....tom"dawg"cheffo ....michele and jason...miss ya mucho...sk...heal well

The futures so bright...I might wear shades

photo taken one week after being diagosned

made a comment to my son tonight ..." i wish i had your future" he said "hey dad..your future is now...and is still looks pretty good"...chip off the old blog ..errr block.....

Michele & Jason left for orlando to set up and do the surf expo show today...that was my first trade show 12 1/2 years ago and it feels strange not traveling and doing what i have done for so many years....but just because i am on these "inconvenience drugs" called chemo therapy..i had to stay home....well boo hoo for me.....i mean who wants to go to a trade show where half the women are wearing the latest bikinis anyway.....me that's who...but i guess i will stay home and help hold down the fort and get ready for next weeks national sales meeting...all my road crew is coming in...gonna be emotional for sure........maybe even break out my guitar for a song or two.....you do not have to twist my arm for that...you can bet the farm on it.........so to the crew in orlando..incl..kent,felicia,tom,lisa and barry...knock em dead ..take no prisioners..tell em i said hey.........

was starting to pull out of my chemo slide yesterday...but slipped backwards today...it was weird one minute your on top of the world and the next....just like the old batman tv show KER-POW...and then your back in the quick sand again.....just trying to hang on..thinking of one thing...( no not that silly).. of a hot bath......and warm covers and that is it.....oh and maybe that Future...which my son so clearly stated...is now

love ya
chemo-cowboy* nick name given to me by susan k...all rights reserved

Ruby Tuesday

map where the bridge is located

today i will turn over my blog to yesterdays bolgettes who commented on the site........as i said many times over ,,,"there are many things i would not change about what has happened in the last few months.....your phone calls ..... your comments on blog...comments on thunderbyd@aol.com....... your comments on the streets have been ......priceless...oh yeah there is one thing i would like to change...would love to keep my freakin bladder....hehehehe

the lump in my throat is to large to see the screen so i can't type......so here are highlights from yesterdays comments,,,,,,,,,,,,


paul writes...... that bridge kinda looks like an metaphor that you are going through. You are right out at the farthest point now and are rounding the bend heading back to safe ground. Standing out at that farthest point alone would be lonely and scary, know that we are all with ya out there right now.
kev martin writes The great thing about that bridge, is that it ends, 'back where it all began'. Good as new, back to square one, back to where you started from. You get to take the tour', see the sights; a breath-holding peek at the peril below, but the road leads back to home, sweet home- solid ground.
Kent Doobrow writes....but this environment you have created is good medicine for all of us. good chance one or more of us bloggers will face a similar issue at some point in our lives and the example you are establishing will help others to remember many of your blogs and words of wisdom to aid in their journey.
susan k writes...Hey Cartwright, count me in for the cheffo shuffle across that bridge,
Casey writes......Just Keep Looking to the end, pop. Like the canyon, this experience has brought you and those around you endless possibilities. Just remember, never look down!!!!

ps...feeling better today.....poison has left the building

tom"humble pie" cheffo

WORKING WITH THE CHEMO GLOW

this is a new bridge that just opened overlooking the grand canyon...amazing structure...i will walk out on that someday
look ma no hands......if you want to know where it is ///drop me a line.......
i know that there are lots still checking blog daily ...so i will keep blogging on my friends ....60 plus entries and counting ..i find myself in a mind meld of sorts these days.....it is like you have a 110 temperature and your about to go swimming with the polar bear club..it is a freaky feeling to say the least.....i really do not even know how to respond when people say "how u feeling" i want to say fine but it comes out "like shit" or "not so good today" or today i said i am in the 50% club ...i would bet that at least 50% of the people feel better than me in this world and 50% feel worse.......not a bad percentage i guess...you see i have always prided myself to be part of the solution and not the problem and to have so many people concerned about my health and well being is amazing...i am deeply humbled by the continued wave of support and undying dedication to making sure i am not alone on this lonely ride.......so this i say to you my friends in the words of bob dylan...may your hands always be busy.....may your feet always be swift.... may you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift..may your heart always be joyful..your soul always be sung.....and may you stay...forever young
love ya mucho
hope all my buds made it out of the big apple safe and sound........
t

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

could not get this shot larger..i am working on it ..."loose lucy" crew in nYC at ollie chinsese resturant



hello all ...happy monday morning......

michele,jason and ayelet set up the trade show on saturday in nyc and i went in to meet the "loose lucy's" crew for lunch...took the train in not realizing there was a ranger game about to start ...my quiet train ride was filled with hectic fans ...cell phone talkers and i even saw a 1/2 eaten slice of pizza on the seat in front of me...( i was a little hungry but alas i did pass on it)......

the friends i was going to meet mean alot to me and are the greatest people to hang with..conversations are usually about music which is our common thread....but and i mean but they had been amazing to me (as you all have been) from the moment i was diagnosed till the present time and as i i was floating through the crowds to see them....i knew the trip would be worth it ......i was just looking at the faces of the crowds of people every where... so many people looked unhappy to me and that made me want to shake them and say.......wakes up...YOUR IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.... I even had someone ask if i wanted to take a picture with a person in a giant apple suit..did i look like a tourist to them.....ughhhhhh ....this is my backyard .........i worked in the city when i was 15 years old running stationary to the big wigs on wall street after school.....although i was tempted to take that picture and post it ...would have been hilarious i declined a golden opportunity......

lunch was awesome ...company was better and michele and jason picked me up on the corner of 34th and 7th for the ride back to my bed..where i have remained every since...seems like the trip took it's toll....but i would not have changed it for the world.....thanks...susan,mike,steph,jason.missy (britt.. mia)jennifer and don...for a wonderful moment in my ride to the cure.........

WHAT CAN A MAN SAY

ron rockman and I ..qvc event to raise $$$ for breast cancer in october..yaleet (the company i work for ) raised over $130,000 that night alone....rockman is one of the greatest humans on this or any other planet.....brother for life (photo used without his permission) hope he does not mind..between us we have one hell of a head of hair........


first and foremost this is for candy girl.....smacked up her auto the other day....she is one tough cookie to walk away with only a bruise...i saw a picture of the car...ouch.....nothing would ever dampen her spirit...one of a kind.... and kind to a one...love ya candy...heal well

second and (nothing goes with 2nd i guess)...although i have a rough "day after" thanks to the great drug emend..... it seems to be passing although it is 2 am and i am wide awake as usual....the main queasyness has now passed and i am ready to do the macarana at micheles wedding ( glad it's in october...give my new bladder 6 months to settle in) let's do the math

surgery around march 1st $12,000
get to eat hospital food 10 days ( off a menu) $1,200
dancin the macarana (which i never could figure out) at michele wedding....priceless

my perfect evening started with a hot bath.....reading a book on bob dylan's "making of the blood on the tracks" alblum...one of my favorites of the man the myth the legend....... then watching a wacky new show called "my name is earl" about a guy who wants to right all the wrong he has ever done and is working off a list...could you imagine making that kind of lists......mind blower.......oh yeah even though i probably can't go had to buy a couple of allmans brothers tickets just to have them and keep my boys on the road.....pre-sale is the way to get good seats.....i am sure casey and chris will use my tix...... any way thanks for all the kind words....and patricia...glad we are in the same club....fighters like us will always win.....and winners like us will always fight...

T

UGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

man o man tues treatment kick the living daylights out of me.....had another shot of neupergin wed and that boosted energy levels up a notch.....you know that side effect called nausea..well that SOB has been hanging around all day......how many freaking crackers can a guy eat.....thank chickens for chicken..seems like the only thing that really does taste like chicken is chicken.....anyway back to work..miss the team....don't want to be gone to long...out of sight...ahhh you know the rest....farmingdale here i come....


scott krypel sent us this...he said it sounded like something i would have written..i didn't but i love it and try to live it.....thanks scott
"Don’t keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion. Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to the needs.Spend more time with your family and friends, tell them you love them, eat your favorite food, visit the place you love.Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; it isn’t only survival.Take out from your vocabulary phrases like “One of these days” and “someday”. Write that letter you thought of writing “one of these days”.Never pass up a chance at adding laughter and joy to your life. Every day, hour and minute are special.
Still T "chemo-speedo-brooklyn cowboy-hippie" cheffo

"On My Way Home"

ME 30 YEARS AGO..MAN WHERE DID MY HAIR GO..( I JUST CUT MY FINGER ) SOMEWHERE IN THE BLACK HILLS WITH MY DOG HIPPIE...

treatment went well for being 7 hours with multi IV"S in my left arm....... it went suprising quick.. a little sea sick now but with all the pills i take it should pass...the grateful dead movie really help pass the time and my two new friends across the hall made the time go by quick because they like my ramblings....they were true friends ...you could see it in their eyes....as moms go they spoke of their children as only a mom could.....i feel it in my heart that her outcome will be as sucessful as mine...we are to have surgery around the same time and i could use some tye dyed love sent her way team......did not have lunch at the facility so when casey came to visit i asked her to bring me MCDONALDS*....french fries ....still rock after 3 months without them...and chicken nuggets.....i swear they do not taste like chicken but hey i figure i am on chemo so it will kill just about anything anyhow.........ok now here's the fun part...as the nurse was pulling out my IV"S....on my IPOD* the beatles started singing and i swear " on my way home"....the line and" i'm going home "rang true in my ear.....THE EXACT MOMENT SHE TOOK THE SECOND IV OUT MY ARM.
..let's do the math....
chemo # 4 out of the way $5,000..(thank u ins)
mickey d's french fries $.99
Beatles singing directly to me...priceless
i even left them off the list of bands i love and their role in my life ..sorry boys

* IPOD AND MCDONALDS ARE A REGISTERED TRADE MARK (hey don't want a lawsuit) hehhehe

P.S IF YOUR EVER IN NYC....LET'S DO LUNCH...( ALWAYS WANTER TO SAY THAT) ... t

Truckin'

my neighbor/friend erica gave me this photo today.....with all my talk of sunrises and sunsets i thought i would share it with you'all..thats me on the left..truckin on down the line
really sweet taking monday off (biz is closed)....sorry to all you retailers who are open....me i am currently reading three books- one on neil young..excellent book called shakey.......another on dylan.....about the making of the blood on the track record (thanks casey) and a book on the band.......my head is spinning as to what book to pick up.....i reccomend reading more than one book at a time...it is interesting for the brain....word is two people left the work they were in to persue other interests after hearing about my story......man i am honored to have that effect...go for it .....enjoy the ride.....follow your passion...... it may lead you to where you should be.....was impressed with dick clarks courage..i wish him well in his recovery..hey dick if your reading this....it is still not cool to call it "new years rockin" eve........i mean did you see some of the acts....did not hear one rock band....should have called it " new years rapping eve" or " new years poppin" eve..or new years " mirah has no clothes on" eve..ok i will stop now ....... keep on truckin..........later my friends

all ready for tues....my cell is 516-946-1134...gonna have my head set on so i can talk on the cell... from 10-4 est ..plan on ordering a pizza to be delivered ..that would be a blast ...on my time ......call me with some good jokes and i will tell the other chemo patients sitting around me..keep them cleanish......

tom "last of the brooklyn cowboys" cheffo

HAPPY NEW YEAR ,,,TO ALL

keep the dream alive...height- ashbury....2005
2006......what a concept......is it me or did 2005 slid right by...i for one am going to try and slow down them somehow.....no longer will i be "waiting for the weekend" to live...each day i am going to try and do something to make that 17 hours while i am awake....Memorable......starting with today.....trying to visit my cousins as i try to every new years day...already took down the tree and stuff and that is a chore unto itself......its is going to be quite an adventure these coming months one that i know i am ready for....one that i will face head on and if you don't mind bring you guys along for the ride.......................
will be in the chair for 6 hours tues....and i guess you could say that will be my memorable moment for that day......looking forward to getting to the half way point....you know what they say (who are they anyway and why are they always saying stuff)..."the going up is worth the coming down"

T.....
p.s. if your ever in charleston s.c. i recommend the fried oysters at justines ......finger lickin good ..................hope your not to hung over today ( having chemo does have it's advantages... no drinking.......no hang overs)