about 60 days

ok so its been 6 days since my doctor so kindly dropped a little bombshell into my life. ugh. I can do this, I know I can, I am trying to co-ordinate a trip to Mayo for lord knows what, but the fact remains I am dealing with some pretty big stuff right now. the Read More…

6 months, the journey, and so forth

in the 1970’s franklin bass version of the hobbit there is a song entitled the “greatest Adventure” I have it in several versions on my iPod and it is one of the songs I like too listen to when I get my rope all tied up in knots.  the line that the greatest adventure is Read More…

Chris is rambling – not the original title

So I am officially 5 weeks post surgery, or close enough. I am doing pretty good, scar will be EPIC! the sutures have been coming up periodically, which is kinda cool.  alot of random stuff I am off the crutches, and walking slowly and carefully.  I am reminded frequently that I recently had a massive Read More…

Converg-ow-ance

Here I am Sunday, the last day of Con (ok its 9 pm and I have been home for hours) the last 4 days have been interesting to say the least, met some old friends, met some new friends, got the evil eye from several people, and in general got hugged more than i have Read More…

things and rain

as i start writing this it is 9:06 in the morning on Thursday.  a week ago today my doctor and his team went in and basically mind out a cancerous tumor from my pelvis, shifting all my tissues to get at things. today, I am sitting in bed, listening to a thunderstorm, most people know Read More…

goals and the realization about my cancer

Today marks the two month mark from when my doctor called me up and said “hey there is something on your CT scan we need to lok at, Im scheduling you for and MRI next Monday. Then i was sort of shoved into a world i knew nothing about, I say shoved because that is Read More…

feel like im missing something

im lying in bed, in a moderate amount of pain, maybe a 4 on the 1-10 scale.  I can’t walk effectively nor can I do a whole lot beyond.. sit in bed. its been 4 days since my surgery, still haven’t pooped much, but man do i fart alot. im suspecting this is going to Read More…