Why blog? It's cheaper than paying someone to tell me how nuts I am. Besides, my kids do it all the time. Kidding. Actually that's my wife's job.
I'm about a day and a half away from chemo round two and scared sh--less. Chemo round one was worse than anything I experienced in 2005 when I was initially diagnosed or when I was re-diagnosed in the fall of 2006. The good side... I lost a little weight. Seriously, I needed to. Bad side... just about everything else. I have no idea what keeps me going.
It is said that everyone has a talent for something be it music, art, athletics, whatever. I missed those lines and apparently stood in the line that was for "talent to take a beating and still be stupid enough to continue fighting."
I was in PA over the weekend with my wife and kids. My oldest daughter was accepted to Penn State and we went to visit the campus. I liked it so much down that way that I wanted to stay and not come back for chemo round #2... but I did anyway. Okay, the money was running low too but so what. Apparently my "fight" response is stronger than my "flight" response.
I've been shedding hair worse than a squirrel with mange the last three days so I went and had the rest of my toupee removed. I'm not down to bare skin ala Kevin Youkilis but it's close. Thank God it's spring and the weather is getting a bit warmer. I walked out of my hairdresser's place and felt the cold wash over my head like I had just dived into a pool. Weird.
About Me
- Roberto
- Trained as a mechanical engineer in the 80's I "changed careers" in the 90's. I have been a cubicle dweller for many years and work as a Systems Analyst for a large insurance company in the Boston area. I enjoy what I do when it is intellectually stimulating (which is most of the time). I enjoy being a bit of a rebel in the organization and try to push for new and improved ways of getting the work done better, faster, and cheaper. That said if you held a gun to my head I would tell you that I am a hack chef with no formal training (other than from my Italian grandmother, a number of chefs I met and worked with at various restaurants where I waited tables over the years, reading cook books like novels and putting new twists on recipes, and from cooking for family and friends) who would be happiest cooking and running his own restaurant... or spending millions on other people if I hit the lottery (still hoping). Cooking is my passion and creative outlet and I will hopefully get to make it my third career someday. The restaurant business plan is in the works as we speak...
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