· Phase One…being diagnosed with bladder cancer…Oct 14th and finding a doctor to help begin the journey to the cure after finding Dr Russo the Blog was started….”walk in the park” title comes from the second doctor I saw ( 2nd opinion out of three) that a man with my attitude and general health it should be “a walk in the park”….a long walk none the less
· Phase Two……. determining the treatment plan. This is to include surgery to remove tumor and treat aggressive cancer with chemo-therapy…..Nov-Feb
· Phase Three……. 6 weeks after my last treatment surgery was scheduled to remove bladder and replace it with part of my intestine…..April 12Th was d-day to have my new neo-bladder become my urinary holding tank ( technical term) hehe …surgery was completed in 7 hours
· Phase four….Recovery from said surgery…after a bumpy road that required me to be readmitted into the hospital due to my intestines not processing food properly….the 6 things I could do for several weeks were …..Reading, watching tv, writing, eating, walking, and sleeping.....................................Phase Five ….this is the phase I am in now…..trying to get back to work…getting my weight back to where i don't look like someone who is starving ……keeping my energy level up so I can start to resume a normal life…being cautious and not moving ahead to quickly will be the hardest part of Phase 5…..( so keep reminding me).....THANKS FOR TAKING THE RIDE WITH ME.. IT IS WHAT HAS KEEP ME MOVING FOWARD.....GETTING STRONGER EVERYDAY............................. TOM "BABY STEPS "CHEFFO .........CANNOT WAIT TO HOWL AT THE MOON AGAIN
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