NEWS

to all................

last set of ct scanns showed tumors in lungs and liver shrinking.................ways to go but THIS IS GOOD NEWS

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT

CHEMO-SABI.........TOM

THE CHALLENGE

THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN AMAZING.........EVERY DAY I FIGHT OFF THE BOREDOM WAITING FOR THE NEXT SET OF TREATMENTS.......I AM OFTEN REMINDED I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS BATTLE.....DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP THROUGH ALL THIS........I WILL NOT FAIL YOU

HEY WAIT A MINUTE I WILL NOT FAIL ME.......YEAH THAT'S IT

LOVE YA...CHEMO WEEK//////////UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FRIENDSHIP

this has been a subject on the blog many times................i know for a fact that many still read it and i am touched by that fact...................more so than that is how many calls and gifts i still receive daily.................i am honored and it does give me the will to continue this battle......these are the most difficult times i have ever been in but knowing all of you are with me makes it easier to handle..................thanks to all............love ya...........

tom"chemo-sabi" cheffo

CHEMO vs RADIATION

it's like alien vs preditor........i mean who really wins out

in my book (and it is my opinion) radiation WINS.......IT KICKED MY ASS INTO THE NEXT WORLD....CHEMO IS A PIECE OF CAKE COMPARED TO RADIATION (AT LEAST THE STUFF I WENT THROUGH....................STILL REELING 4 WEEKS PAST MY LAST RAD....ONE SESSION OF CHEMO WENT SOOOOOOOOOOO SMOOTH (LIKE THE TOP OF MY HEAD) SESSION 2 TOMORROW.........OVER AND OUT

CHEMO-SABI

NEXT STEP

it is one of the wonders of the world what the human brain can withstand......up until now i kinda took him for granted.....just something i carried under my hat.............gave it credit for witty comments and blamed him for the dumb stuff coming out of my mouth.......about the worst thing to happen to it was when you ate ice cream to fast and it went numb........

well i now declare April national Brain month.........so when your combing your hair (lucky you mines gone again)......think of what's underneath and smile.......it does everything for you.............even makes you smile................go on smile i will wait..............felt good i bet.........pat yourself on the head thank the old brain for keeping you going......i will never take mine for granted again

tom

GRADUATION

well i finished what i started 17 days of brain radiation..........17 days or should i say daze.........well this stuff keeps working even if i am not getting zapped daily....................i mean you can at least put ice on a swollen ankle try that on a swollen brain.....feeling better every day and i made a promise to my kids to never give up.........never say uncle..........bring it on..i spit in it's face.(all the extra saliva will help).....................next stop...back to work...and chemo.................

all the peace you can handle........tom ...............soon to be chemo-sabi again (by the way it means trusty scout) in lone ranger talk............

RADIATION........

ummmm.trying to think of something clever to say about this subject...bottom line...it SUCKS...YEAH THAT'S IT...IT REALLY SUCKS...oh and my doctor (who is excellent has just ordered 7 more treatments on the back of my head ..did not even offer me a menu...just placed the order with the radiologist....oh well i hope desert is at least in the chocolate form.......................

the treatments only last 5 minutes...but wow what a zap to the brain......................oh feel a list coming on...top 6 reasons to get radiation

1. you know how hoody doody felt

2. perfect the art of drooling (extra saliva comes with it)

3. short term memory loss has it's advantages

4.short term memory loss has it's advantages (oops)

5.wearing the same pajama's every day is quite liberating

6.feeling like you have been in you grandpa's still all day...priceless.........

till next time....peace......

READY..SET....GO

well looks like we are gonna rad-i-ate........this week......i am ready....getting antsy to feel good again....brain and body are fighting on two separate fronts...just like Italy in the war....looks like partial brain and part bladder that spread

......been eating like crazy............wizards chicken cutlet and shrimp so far a highlight......neighbors have been so kind bringing food over.......

top ten reasons to get cancer

gifts arrive every day

speak to people you would never hear from

get to have people cook for you

can say what you want and not be held accountable (yeah right)

get to sleep all day

eat mc donalds and not give a crap

save on gas by not going out

catch up loading itunes

convince friends all will be fine and mean it

#1 reason......not knowing what food is being cooked tomorrow roids make me hungry)......put back 15 of the 22 i lost so far

bring it on..............radiation has no chance to defeat me with all of you standing by me

BRAIN SURGERY

brain surgery ...not all what it's cracked up to be.................whom am i kidding it is all it's cracked up to be...i mean that is about as grown up a surgery that there is.......yeah that's it i feel so grown up now....the good news is i did not come out sounding like dick clark... although my head is rockin like new years eve.....huge scar down the back of the head.........healing well....vertigo seems to be leaving..man that was weird.......same old me but can't wait to get off roids..they are life saving but i do not like the aggressiveness of them....i mean you come near my ice cream and you might be missing a thumb kinda aggressiveness....this will pass i am being told

love and peace to all

tom

Steriods

gonna get right to it.................looks like the steroids have given me some relief however we still need to remove the larger tumor so the swelling does not get worse with radiation......i am home until monday ..then being admitted into sloane kettering (my home away from home)....feel like otis on maybery who always had a key to his room in jail...looking forward to feeling like me again and are planning on surgery tues or wednsday..will blog if i can from court side....if not...keep em crossed and say a few for this ol brooklyn cowboy...........

tomstrong

the waiting..is the hardest part

well blog world...looks like it's back again...just can't get rid of the pesky little bugger...i guess it likes me to much...it is like that kid in school who always wants to hang around you ...well not really i never minded that .....friends come in all sizes and shapes but this cancer is just mean and nasty....it is in the back part of my brain this time the part that controls balance and with some radiation(starts thursday) we should kick the crap out of it for good this time...been an in-tar-rest-ing month to say the least...would be laughing about it if it didn't make me seasick to laugh..........thanks for the e-mails and voice mails...would not know where i would be without you guys on my team.......

peace....love ....live..............tomstrong

LET FREEDOM RING

Tuesday will mark the change i believe this country sorely needed........ to be apart of history in even the smallest part ..........well...it just feels good..........reset your values......smile on your neighbors...................we are all in this together.........no better ..no worse than those around us....

enough said today...........

hitting the road Tuesday .......heading to Utah.....it is just a case that the mind is willing but I need to convince the body to get on that plane..........will keep you posted
peace

tom

Vertigo

i swear it was my intention to stay out of hospitals this year however there was this little virus that grew in my body that had a different path for me.....started out with just some stomach trouble and elevated to me being rushed to a hospital ( i kid you not) all the while my doctors were thinking i was having a heart attack....three days in a cardio unit seemed to prove them wrong (major dehydration may have been the culprit)however one doctor is not convinced i am in the clear and has ordered stress tests for this week....still dizzy from vertigo like illness and wish i could see straight ............not fun watching football with one eye closed.....oh well with the odds of me seeing about three doctors this week it seems like one of my wishes is already in the toilet....now there is the little matter of my CT scans to see if cancer is gone from lungs......put on hold till this week so i can lie down flat without the worlds spinning...whew...need to nap now.....

will keep you posted.....

tom