passing and anniversary today..

[zooker]

and not the kind any of us want...

365 days ago i collasped in the kitchen and awoke in route to the hospital..
where i was dianoised with "acute myelogenous leukemia" or aml for short..it is the same blood born cancer that effects young childern and the elderly...

it is starting to show up in my age group-25-40- more and more..

this is the type of sh!t you don't wish on your worst favorite person..it is the eqivalent of being run over by a bus- repeatedly-..

after a couple successful chemo treatments-30-35 days each- things looked good.i was in hopes of goin back to work in january..
well guess what this nasty cancer was not done yet it reared it's ugly head. again pulling me out of remission and we danced the hi-po chemo dance,of which it nearly ended me-in a most permant manner-...
i was inturned for 75 days in the hospital,you really get to love your nurses and hate the doc's at this point.. i staggered out of forsyth medical center-fmc- in mid march.weaker than a wet kitten but i was home..-started to like hospital food.

i slowly built my strenth back. i did a consultation at duke medical center.they had been searching for a stem cell donar and have -so far-not found a match.. in the mean time i did a bone marrow test,-the hands down most painful thing i have EVER experianced in my life-for the fifth time. according to ole doc grumpy i have 10-15% of my marrow cells making aml cells.. and since i am in danger of a chemo blood count drop then face a stem cell transplant head on. he felt safer to try something new. john hppkins had to ok it's use as well as duke before it got the hook up...
the stuff is called chorlforlbine
oh boy the side effects aint no joke..insomnia,back pain,vomiting,faceal numbness,ect... i have had all except the projectile spewing one..

duke is proposing a 120+ day durham advanture this fall-lmao-with me in a bubble for 30 of them..of course duke is ONLY 7 miles from falls ,i have many friends in the durham area..-can i claim fishin as a rehab deductable?-

unlike rodney my weight drops like a sack of crap. as of now i am down 110 pounds-i've gain some back- and have completely lost ALL my hair 4 times in 12 months..i do know i have the perfect head for being bald.. however i never know what color it will grew back as..-right now snow white-

hopefully this time next year i'll be back at the same old grind -probly complaning of the same old sh!t too...

zooker

[Rodney P]

Hang in there Zooker we have not stopped praying for you

[TBirck]

Still praying for you Zook and you still get me on the phone




I know it is hard but keep up the . They help

[186basschamp]

Be tuff my friend. Val and I are still praying for your complete recovery. Miss the fishing time together.

[Neilslure]

Always for you.

[skeeter202]

Never met you but hang in their man , hopefully better times will come .

[203]

Hang in there, Zook. I need to get you and Jake fishing together.

Enjoyed the trip, and am availalbe almost any time if you get bored and feel good enough to go. I can show you some more of my special fishing holes

Might even find a three roped swing.

[Igore67]

for your recovery

[allenpro190]

my thoughts are with you.

[Gastonbass]

I went thru a bone marrow transplant at Duke last October for multiple myloma. The doctors there do some amazing things so don't give up. Five years ago I would probably have died in 24-30 months from myloma. Today i'm 100% clean and besides a few side effects from all the chemo I feel great. You are in my opinion at the best cancer hospital in the country. We're praying for you buddy!

[PATRO]