Friday, April 22, 2011

What a fantastic concert !!!


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Rush

Off to the airport to pick up Brian (my friend from Toronto) and then as soon as Mike gets home we are off to the concert. I'm pretty darn excited as I haven't been to a great rock concert in many, many moons.


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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Chemo 11 (Round 7)

Another nice and straight forward day at the chemo parlor. Blood and pee look good. Added another Pound to the fat farm and blood pressure was perfect. I met with Dr. Schraeder and we discussed being given a chemo reprieve some time in the near future. I will be coming up on the 10 month mark for Alimta on June 30th. The protocol is a suspension of Alimta for a short while. I am going to be scanned again in mid June and then we will decide (based on the scans) if I can go off all chemo for 6 weeks. Hell, it's better than nothing. Until then, I move around the globe between poisoning sessions.

Speaking of moving around the globe, I'm off to Zimbabwe and South Africa at the end of April for 2 weeks. Anyone want to go ?

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

New York, New York

Monday Diana and I had lunch at Bar Vetro (I'm actually known there) with Queen Dean (no he is not a "queen" but a very good pilot friend). Then it was off to the many/pedy store for a full blown manicure and pedicure for Diana and I. No nail polish for this metro sexual guy but I did get my left toe pinky in black and the right toe pinky in white. Kinda yin/yan, Szechuan and Feng Shui. After picking up 2 dozen roses it was back to the appartment for a wonderful Passover dinner with friends and family (and of course, Max and Luca). Thanks mom and Phil and the Polskins.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

ZimKids quarter auction fundraiser

Once again, the indefatigable Nurse Jen arranged another fundraiser for ZimKids. Diana and I had never been to a quarter auction before nor did we have a clue what was going on in the beginning. Once explained to us, it was pretty cool. It seemed like a cross between an auction and a bingo game. Google "quarter auction" if you want a real explanation !

Other than myself and Gabs Elkaim, no one at the auction had any connection to Zimbabwe. It was truly amazing to see the generosity of the people in attendance. Mostly Jen's family and friends. However, there were a few strangers there as well.

I'm not sure what the final outcome was but whatever the amount I and the ZimKids trust are extremely grateful to all those that were there. Thank you Jen for organizing this fundraiser and thank you everyone else for your contributions.

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