Well done Robyn

Our daughter Robyn has been invited by the South African Football Association (SAFA) to attend a selection camp in South Africa in mid October. She will be trying out for Banyana Banyana the South African women's national soccer team. How cool is that ?

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Great news

I just heard from Dr. Schraeder and he was "very pleased" with the results of the scans. Things are stable and there is no evidence of spread anywhere else. There is however, something still showing up in my upper right lung but it has not grown or moved ! I am thrilled. The battle continues.............

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Scan day

I'm off to have my PET/CT scans. Time will tell..............

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Happy New Year

To all my family and friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah I wish you all good health and a Happy New Year. Don't forget to switch the date on your checks from 5771 to 5772!


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It's just a flesh wound !

Well, after a pretty tough Thursday, Friday and Saturday I'm feeling quite good right now.

Watching some good football and trying to watch some of the World Cup Rugby.

I'm still working on the drive around Bulawayo video and I hope to have it out soon.

Things are progressing with the Zimkids Center. Thanks to Dennis for all the truly hard work.

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Postponing the complete gene sequence

After consulting with the Doctors involved in my treatment it's been decided not to do the complete gene sequence right now. The rational is two fold. Firstly, they do not want to subject me to any kind of surgical procedure at this time. Secondly, as long as the current treatment regimen is keeping "things" under control no new or different protocols are needed right now !

I guess the positive way to look at this is that the price for the sequence keeps coming down. Also, every day new drugs are being discovered or tested. We live in a good time to get sick. That sounded very weird. I've bucked the odds and plan to keep doing just that.

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Mr. Bunsen and my arms

Mr. Bunsen has decided to fall madly in love with my left and right arms. Whenever I go and play with him (pardon the expression) he gets me flowers, wine and puts on fine music and then proceeds to hump the hell out of my arms. As much as I "like" Mr. Bunsen I would prefer not to be the target of his desires !

Can anyone recommend something (anything). And no, Mr. Bunsen and I are not gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that :)

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My mantra

Thanks Shell.

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To our Moms

I suppose you could substitute Mom for Dad, Sibling, friend etc etc. So take no offense.

At 3 yrs. "Mommy, I love you". 

At 10, "Mom, whatever".

At 16, "My Mom is so annoying". 

At 18, "I wanna leave this house". 

At 25,"Mom, you were right". 

At 30, "I wanna go to Mom's house". 

At 50, "I don't wanna lose my Mom". 

At 70,"I would give up EVERYTHING for my Mom to be here with me". 

You only have 1 Mom. 

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Only in Bulawayo

Only in Bulawayo could you see a "robot" (traffic light) displaying red and green at the same time !

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