Thanks for the memories

Dear family, I have just been going over some of the things you have written to me and, also, some of the things I have said in this journal.

Your outpourings of love and regard for me are the most, really! the most important part of this whole misadventure of my illness. It is the most positive part, even though Dr. Schultze's office called to tell us that Wednesday's CTScan showed my cancer is being reduced which is very good news.

Thank you for everything you have said and especially for every memory. You seem to remember things I thought you would be too young to know. Your enthusiasm for life has made every get together, family party, wedding celebration, all occasions more fun for everyone.

More good news for me and Carolyn is that my chemo seems to be working and each time I have chemotherapy its's easier to take and more effective.


I've tried to be straightforward and deal with some of my own feelings of responsibility because, sadly, I am not going to be the only one in the world to go through this experience and, maybe, what I say can help somebody, somewhere to know how to react to what happens to them. It's the magic of Google, of the internet. If anyone else ever reads this journal, I guarantee that they will know how you can feel for the first week after your chemo. The doctors can't tell you, there are too many variables.

I hope, by reading our journals people will also see the big advantages of faith, hope and a positive attitude. There is something that happens inside us when we keep a PMA going.


Love from me grandpa, uncle Mike, Dad and all the roles that I am privileged to play in your lives.