Very busy week

So this weeks post comes a few days late. I've finally got into a good rhythm of kin wing how well I can have treatment and still have the ability to work, which has led me to be completely busy.

I'm hoping with my better schedule next week that I'll actually be able to go out and do some things around town and take these photos I've been meaning to take everyday.

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So here are my only photos from the past 10 days.

My fathers 64th birthday dinner at Stone Brewery. It was very, very fun and we got to have some great beer.

Probably the best tasting cream ale I've ever had. Tasted just like a 50/50 bar.

Caught a glimpse of this red tail hawk that happened to be enjoying the sun in my backyard. It's very rare to see them perched so low to the ground.

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Hopefully next week will be a longer post with more info and better pictures.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

This past week…ugh

This past week was just so ragged and painful. Turns out this new medicine not only helps with some of the pain, but can also amplify the pain 3 fold. Now if only it would show some sign of actually working I would start to believe this is worth it.

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Follows are some pictures from the past week; due to the fact that I've mostly been sleeping and working and not doing anything much else exciting.

A custom longboard that I've been finishing up for a friend.

This is close to being my favorite piece of music. Absolutely wonderful. And if anyone is taking notes: if I ever fall back into remission or beat this, I want to hear this first above any other music.

One of my favorite shows returned this year, Sherlock. Season premier was amazing.

Someone asked if I was losing any hair with this treatment. Yes I am, and this is just what I find in the morning. Doesn't include what I find at the end of the day

I sliced my finger open at work and didn't realize til I was home that the bandage I had found, had women in various fashions on it. I was perplexed as to why.

This is my ape mug. It's my favorite.

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Until next week, where I hope more than work and sleep happens. 

Hope you're all having a wonderful week.

First off, let me explain...

This will be a long first post, mainly explaining why this has come to be and why I'm doing this.

Hello everyone. This has been a hard thing to start up (procrastination and fear mostly). Some of you reading this are probably wondering why you received a text or an email with this web address attached, asking you to please take a look or just to take some time to read about what has been going on over the past few months.

I was originally diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via cancer.gov) around September of last year. I was having some issues with breathing and coughing spells that would not go away; so after some tests to see if I had bronchitis, the cancer was found. I had a surgery to remove a small tumor and after some treatment I fell into remission. Unfortunately, very recently the cancer has formed a 3cm tumor in my left lung, 2 inches from my heart. This puts me in the area of Stage 1(B) lung cancer. Surgery at this point in time is out of the question because of the tumors location and the fact that it is slowly growing. Being so close to my heart they (specialists) believe that the surgery could do more harm than good. 

So, currently, I'm on a single drug that is designed to slow the growth to a minuscule amount so surgery can become an option in the future. 

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Some of you may be asking yourselves why lung cancer is even the problem seeing as I've never been a smoker of any kind. Lung cancer is, unfortunately, one of the few cancers that can be hereditary. My dads dad (my grandfather) died from complications due to lung cancer (he was a 2 pack a day smoker who barely lived through WW2). Add that to the few mutated cells in my system that were lying dormant for all these years and you have a strange case of cancer just waiting to happen; and for me it happens to be lung cancer.

I don't have any day to day problems, yet. Some things that could happen are: slowly collapsing lung, intense (very painful) coughing, coughing up mucus or blood, shortness of breath, and the inability to catch my breath. With all those things possibilities, some of my favorite sports and outdoor activities have been taken from me i.e. hockey and long boarding. Luckily I've been able to make bowling work. Plus, I've been doing a lot drawings and art; mainly with Sharpies for some reason. 

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And with that, here is what I ask from all of you who have read this. Continue reading every week, or don't. No matter what, I'll be posting at least once a week to update and most likely share what has been going on. I don't think any other posts will be as long as this one unless my diagnoses changes. 

Thank you for reading and I hope you all have a wonderful day. Until next time 😃