Hello everyone! Today is a beautiful day! I am sitting in my office right now with a cup of coffee in front of me and the house is completely quiet. This is a good time for me to catch up with all of you. My folks are in town this week which has been a wonderful blessing. We went to Sam's club yesterday and waited for over an hour for the staff to bring us a backyard play set for the children that we are going to build on Saturday morning. Besides that being the most painful test of my patience everything is going well.
On the last day of my treatment the Cancer Center has moved my radiation to 7:30 in the morning. Any driving volunteers? Just kidding, we are actually going to that session packed up and ready to go to North Carolina for the week. My wonderful In-Laws are arriving at our house on Sunday of this weekend to take our gorgeous children up to the mountain on Monday morning. We will be childless all week! I am not sure what we will do with ourselves but I bet we can come up with something. The last day of treatment my Father-In-Law has reserved a room in Atlanta in a very fancy hotel. We are so excited! We can't wait to have a night to ourselves in a high end hotel in downtown Atlanta. Thank you Lionel, thank you Kathy.
As far as the radiation and chemo goes, I was told by some very reliable people (the last two folks I wrote about) who had gone through my exact same treatment to expect to feel really lousy the last two weeks. I'm just not there yet. I ate four meals yesterday! I have only lost about 8 pounds since this has all started! Don't get me wrong, I still get bad headaches and fatigue in the afternoon, some days I don't feel like eating very much at all, but overall I think I'm doing really well. My blood work for my immune system has come back good from the beginning. (Thanks to Dion for the holistic medicine recommendation.) Does that mean I'm due for a delayed reaction? I have no idea. If I do get wiped out it will hopefully happen while I'm recovering in God's country, the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. That reminds me, I have not been to the North Carolina in over 6 years. I had been so busy at work I could not take time off to be with my family in the mountains. That is just another reminder of how messed up my priorities were before my diagnosis.
If y'all have been looking at the guestbook you have probably noticed an outpouring of my fraternity brothers from college. I would like to commend my Brothers from my chapter and say thank you for being so awesome! I even met a friend of a brother who is going through a very similar experience that I am. He is located up in New York and is receiving treatment at Sloan Kettering which is one of the three top brain tumor centers in the U.S. I would like to add him to our prayer list, he has a family and his name is Matt. Please specifically pray for his total healing and that his treatments are good to him. If all I got from the contact with the brothers was the ability to reach out to one individual, that would be great. That is not all I got, though. My brotherhood is an amazing group of men. This has been a reminder to me of why I joined a fraternity; a lifetime of friends and love. My spirits were a little down when the brotherhood contacted me. I felt lifted up and cared for. The way it happened was a bit bizarre. I bumped into on of my brothers at an Indian Princess's sign up. After we met, within literally 3 days, I received almost a dozen posts from the brothers. I do have to publicly thank Jimbo for posting a link to our alumni website and sending out the e-mail that made the brothers aware of my situation. Jimbo, thank you very much.
Well, the kids are about to wake up and get ready for school so it is time for me to sign off. I can't wait to get to the mountains and see God's work first hand. I know it will be a wonderful place for me to heal and feel His presence. I love all of you and thank you again for you continued love and support. God Bless!
Dan and Leah
P.S.- I just got the best snuggle from my son as he came down to say good morning. God Bless the little ones!
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Every post you write blows me away. Keep going brother. You have me on a treadmill, you inspire me to choose to be a better father, and husband.
Live Strong.
Lionel
What a double blessing, Dan! You go to sign up for amazing quality time with Mary Kathryn, which is already a blessing, and God uses that moment to reward you again with extra support when you needed it from a whole new group of terrific men!
We love you!
Lee
Phi Alpha Danny. When I learned of your situation I felt compelled to spread the word to all of our brothers. I check your Blog often and I'm praying for COMPLETE RECOVERY and HEALING!! You and your entire family are in all of our thoughts and prayers.
Phi Alpha,
Jimbo
We are pleased and Blessed by your remarkable recovery. We truly appreciate being able to access your website.
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