Finally!!!

Well after 8 years 3 months and one day from my original diagnosis of Testicular Cancer I am officially CANCER FREE!  This is the first time I'm announcing this to more than just a few close friends.  To be honest it feels really good, surprising though it doesn't feel as good as I thought it would.  I don't know if it just hasn't hit me yet or what.  I had a hard time talking to my wife yesterday without crying.  I've been a huge ball of emotion for the past week or so.  I'd watch something on TV that should have had a tag line to it like, "Cheesy proposal", "sweet soldier welcome", or a Folgers commercial and I'd tear up.  I've been waiting for this day for so long and now that it's here I guess I wish I felt more happy excited than I do.  Right now I'm dealing with a more understated relief.  I know much of what I just wrote seems to contradict itself but it really is how I feel; one huge contradiction. 

I wil be purchasing one of my own shirts from my Chemo Ninja Store, Smile I'm Cancer Free is the shirt I'll be picking up.  I'll post a picture of myself in it when it comes in. 

I'm excited to see where life will go from here, it seems like a little bit of a new beginning being that I no longer have cancer hanging over my head.  I've already started eating better, and I'm trying to get back into the gym.  I was going to try and do a weight loss a thon but I didn't want to call out people to do that.  But I'll keep you posted on my progress. 

Other news is that I spoke with my oncologist yesterday and we're working on finding a family to sponsor for this Christmas.  Once I have the information on who we'll be helping I'll release more details.  Ideally they won't know that we're helping until I can present them with a gift card to cover Christmas for them. So please stay tuned, as a minimum I'd like to see us raise $1000 for the family.  Please contact me if you're interested in helping.

Thanks so much for your support and horray for me for being Cancer Free!

Chemo Ninja Cancer Assassain Softball

Well it's official we have a Softball team, with Jerseys and everything.  We are sponsored by the Howard Law Firm as our primary sponsor on our Jersey and our banner.  We are also sponsored by the Tropical Chicken Grill, you can find links for both of those places on my previous post, please check them out!  Our first game as Chemo Ninja wasn't an overwhelming success but we did show signs of greatness.  I hope we can continue to improve. 

I'll continue to post and let you know how our season goes.  Our larger hope with the Chemo Ninja team is to bring more attention to the cause and what we hope to do.  Again our hope is to raise money to help families that are battling cancer, and help with some of the financial issues they are facing.  I go this month for my 5 year check up.  My lab visit is this Friday, my CT is next Tuesday and then my Doctors visit is the 23rd.  Assuming everying checks out I'll be considered Cancer FREE!!  I can't wait for that day. 

When I visit the Doctor I will see if there is a family I can help in some way.  I don't know how much information they will release if any at all.  I think worst case senario we can find one family and at least raise enough to make Christmas a little more enjoyable.  As soon as I figure out how to work a paypal account on here I'll have it available for donations.  In the mean time please feel free to send money directly to us.  33 Crossvine Way  Simpsonville, SC 29680.

I have another planned on fund raiser coming up but I will be working out some things before I announce it so please stay tuned.  Until then here are some better shots of the jerseys!