To the scattered winds go
I had something else to talk about this morning, but I am interrupting my previously scheduled broadcast. I woke up this morning and watched the latest video post by a friend of mine, Rob, who is in the middle of a prolonged fight with cancer, which originated in a testical, moved on to his liver, stopped a few other places and is currently attacking his lymph node system. He is back in the hospital for round two, which has meant more chemo, stem cell transplants, and shortly surgery to remove his lymph nodes in hopes that his Beta HCG levels will drop further than they have. He found out yesterday that after weeks of steady declines in those levels, they failed to significantly drop over the last few days. Not a terrible sign, but not exactly a great one either.
So. I wanted to post this to encourage people, take the time you would have spent leaving a comment here on this photo and instead send Rob a short message wishing him well, encouraging him along, letting him know that even complete strangers are rooting him along. It really helps.
His Flickr stream.
Rob's Fight for Feuille page. While you are there, buy a Fight for Feuille t-shirt.
And his video blog.
And last, Planet Cancer. An excellent resource and support system for young adults with cancer.
But rather than just looking and watching folks, seriously, send him a quick note. Reach out and help support him. I mean it, instead of leaving me comments about how moving it is, go leave Rob one. It will do much more good that way.
To the scattered winds go
I had something else to talk about this morning, but I am interrupting my previously scheduled broadcast. I woke up this morning and watched the latest video post by a friend of mine, Rob, who is in the middle of a prolonged fight with cancer, which originated in a testical, moved on to his liver, stopped a few other places and is currently attacking his lymph node system. He is back in the hospital for round two, which has meant more chemo, stem cell transplants, and shortly surgery to remove his lymph nodes in hopes that his Beta HCG levels will drop further than they have. He found out yesterday that after weeks of steady declines in those levels, they failed to significantly drop over the last few days. Not a terrible sign, but not exactly a great one either.
So. I wanted to post this to encourage people, take the time you would have spent leaving a comment here on this photo and instead send Rob a short message wishing him well, encouraging him along, letting him know that even complete strangers are rooting him along. It really helps.
His Flickr stream.
Rob's Fight for Feuille page. While you are there, buy a Fight for Feuille t-shirt.
And his video blog.
And last, Planet Cancer. An excellent resource and support system for young adults with cancer.
But rather than just looking and watching folks, seriously, send him a quick note. Reach out and help support him. I mean it, instead of leaving me comments about how moving it is, go leave Rob one. It will do much more good that way.