| Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | On appreciating life....it's hard to find time to do when I wake up at 6am, feed, clean up after and care for 7 cats, get ready for work,in the office by 7:30, am a full time CPA, work extra for the fun of it at my wife's restaurant and our Cigar Bar, get home around 7:30 on a good day, feed and clean up after 7 cats for the pm shift and all during the day care for one office cat and 2 "never will grow up" large dogs who are no less trouble than two 5 year old's. I am convinced that my wife saved my butt for less than honorable reasons.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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