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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi

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To: Kid Rock who wrote (68967)7/25/2008 3:03:03 AM
From: Kid Rock  Read Replies (4) of 71178
 
Hey everybody!!

First an apology. Silence is NOT a good sign in these times so its probably been bad of me to not update my SI world. Sorry.

I've been anxious to post for several weeks now as I want to make the perfect post about my last 6(7) months of dealing with cancer.

I've spent about 60 days in the last 6 months in an ICU unit @ MD Anderson in Houston, TX.

High-Dose interleukin-2 therapy.

Basically they give me doses until vitals in 1 area ( heart/lung/kidney etc) get too "low" and they wait to give you another dose. I've had althogthor 43 doses in the following series of "weekly" stays: 9 8 6 6 8 6

I've also not let it get in the way of my life. I think i am actually obligated to increase my effectiveness and thouroughness of what fathering skills i use - and at the same time still be myself.

Other than the multitude of trips to Houston:
I've gone to chicago twice - once just for Pizza and show
Gone to NYC - Times square, upper west side (Columbia)
Been diamond hunting in Murphreesboro, AR
Still manage to bill ~ 50% of my work hours.
Develop ~ 2000 lines of code
Started a tropical fish tank
bought 3 computers ( kids...)
bought 2 iphones ( trying to buy 3 more for birthdays in Aug)
won annual Father of Year award @ church
boating @ Lake Conroe, TX

So the treatment seems to be working and everything is going in the right direction. I'm not out of the woods but the fat lady is NOT singing at the moment. I will know more after my next set of "scans" in mid-August.

One of the worst feelings is when I go to church and the people treat you as if you are at your own wake. Its really depressing. Keep this in mind if you reply to this very bizzar post.

KR
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