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tinygiants said:
And since I like pressure I have made my goals public so I can be held accountable. Of course there is an assumption that I will get my cancer free certificate before the end of the year (another MAJOR goal).
1] 300 by end of August.
2] 315 by end of September.
3] 335 by end of Year.
4] 365 by next Summer.

5] One more goal is to complete the Seattle to Portland bike ride next July. http://www.cascade.org/eandr/STP/

So you all know my targets, now I just have to tick them off one by one.
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Goal 1 complete.
 
Now Dale anybody should be able to do Seattle to Portland on a bike, its all DOWNHILL!!:D :D :D

You got all the moral support in the world Buddy....:rock: :rock:
 
FATJACK said:
Now Dale anybody should be able to do Seattle to Portland on a bike, its all DOWNHILL!!:D :D :D

You got all the moral support in the world Buddy....:rock: :rock:
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Yeah, But they only get to have one peddle on their bike.:D :marchmellow:
 
Treatment #10 is complete. The anticipatory nausea is a real problem now. I woke up feeling sick. When I got to the lab I nearly got sick when they gave me my pills. A couple hours later during one of my restroom visits I did get sick when I smelled the chemo in my urine. I am so glad to be getting near the end of this part of the process.

The Dr. is still confident that chemo will be successful. The back up plan is to use pinpoint radiation if there are any areas of concern. That process is a daily dose of radiation for 6 weeks. We are not planning to need those :)
 
AWESOME NEWS!!!!! :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: Keep on kickin' it's ass, Dale! :congrats:
 
tinygiants said:
Treatment #10 is complete. The anticipatory nausea is a real problem now. I woke up feeling sick. When I got to the lab I nearly got sick when they gave me my pills. A couple hours later during one of my restroom visits I did get sick when I smelled the chemo in my urine. I am so glad to be getting near the end of this part of the process.

The Dr. is still confident that chemo will be successful. The back up plan is to use pinpoint radiation if there are any areas of concern. That process is a daily dose of radiation for 6 weeks. We are not planning to need those :)
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Ask your doc for some ativan for the anticipatory N/V. Take it 2 hours before your chemo (assuming you don't drive). That should help. Another trick that sometimes helps is rubbing peppermint oil on your upper lip so you don't smell that "chemo smell" in the office.

Best of luck to you..
 
Great news Dale!!!

When you kisk this things ass, all of this will be distant memory. (And beer applied correctly, can help with that!;))
 
My Dad subscribed to the idea that beer in the right amounts solved all problems!
 
My truck has been in the shop for six weeks for two rear axle seals! Seems the Strange axle case has elongated...had to be re-sized, bored, and should be finished soon...also relocated the battery, replaced all four wheel well liners, lowered the rear end another 3/4 inch, added stinkers power steering steel braid lines, added Justin's front facia skid plate, added the red sway bar grommets....

Truck now has about $476,613.27 in mods, and still runs in the 14's.

Billy sent me a mod that is still sitting here on my computer...that will put me into the $500,000 range, (my math is a little weak).

But she is pretty!
 
Prof said:
My truck has been in the shop for six weeks for two rear axle seals! Seems the Strange axle case has elongated...had to be re-sized, bored, and should be finished soon...also relocated the battery, replaced all four wheel well liners, lowered the rear end another 3/4 inch, added stinkers power steering steel braid lines, added Justin's front facia skid plate, added the red sway bar grommets....

Truck now has about $476,613.27 in mods, and still runs in the 14's.

Billy sent me a mod that is still sitting here on my computer...that will put me into the $500,000 range, (my math is a little weak).

But she is pretty!
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That's awesome and all.... (It really is!)

But, I meant Dale's truck. :eek: I was trying not to ho! :D
 
Sorry to hear, keep a positive attitude and you will overcome.
 
Prof said:
My truck has been in the shop for six weeks for two rear axle seals! Seems the Strange axle case has elongated...had to be re-sized, bored, and should be finished soon...also relocated the battery, replaced all four wheel well liners, lowered the rear end another 3/4 inch, added stinkers power steering steel braid lines, added Justin's front facia skid plate, added the red sway bar grommets....

Truck now has about $476,613.27 in mods, and still runs in the 14's.

Billy sent me a mod that is still sitting here on my computer...that will put me into the $500,000 range, (my math is a little weak).

But she is pretty!
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I was wondering who does your math, the same people that do it for the government?:D

Bill.
 
tinygiants said:
A lot has happened this year.

My truck is not running, and I am currently getting it looked into. Not going to get into details about that, as it is a minor stressor compared to this post.

Back in January, I got pretty sick. After a few weeks of caughing up stuff i went to the Dr. They treated for bronchitis, and were going to send me on my way. I decided it was time to do something about my blood pressure, so I forced the issue. During the routine work up on my BP, we found a mass in my lungs. A CT scan later, and I was sent to a specialist as it was feared to be lung cancer. The specialist just did not believe the radiology report as it contradicted everything else he saw in me as a patient. So I was treated for Pneumonia and sent home to wait for 6 weeks. 6 weeks later, I lost my best friend and supporter, and I am back at the Dr office only to find that my radiology still reads the same way, "Worrisome for Pulminary Carcinoma." So i am scheduled for a Broncoscopy. Basicly they stuck a tube through my mouth and into my lungs to pull out bits and pieces.

All of the biopsies came back cancer free. That was great news, for sure. But nothing about the biopsies explain what the masses are, or why all my lymphnodes are enflamed. And several of the tumors were not able to be biopsied via the broncoscopy. So even with clean biopsies, we can not definitively say I will not be a cancer patient. So on Tuesday i go in for another test. This one has a high degree of accuracy on finding Cancer. So I will know on Thursday morning what it looks like.

The good news, is as of right now, I am not a cancer patient. I have made some lifestyle changes. I am eating healthy. My BP is being controlled. I have lost 25 lbs since January. I am exercising. I have ridden my bicycle 75 miles this week alone. The potential bad news is, if it is cancer, it is already stage 3. Lung cancer is a very deadly form of cancer. And survivability statistics are scary.

What makes this tuff for me, is I assumed lung cancer was a smokers disease. I have never smoked. It has been 20 years since I was really near 2nd hand smoke. I have never done any drugs, and I rarely drink. I want to think that these things will ultimately affect my final prognosis.
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Brother you have not reason to be sorry for not being on here. But don;t let it happen again, so this is your one free pass.
 
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