chapter 1

PRESENT

Today I decided to let the Internet deal with my problems and anxiety . My name is Jeanette and I have stage IV breast cancer that has metastasized to the bone. That isn't my biggest problem though. My husband Mike has been fighting stage IV kidney cancer for the past 4 years, he was only given 6 months to live. This is our adventure through life the good, the bad, and everything that has come in between. I am not a writer so I will do my best to let you know what one goes through now and what we have dealt with in the past.

PAST

First let me tell you a little about the man I fell so deeply in love with "Mike". On a beautiful St. Patricks day 25 years ago. In a smokey bar, and I mean smokey, I spotted a slender, good looking,blue eyed, sandy haired blond, leaning against the Muddy Waters bar in St. Louis Mo. I was with my then long time boyfriend Brad. I had planned to move back to California in 3 weeks, so I really had nothing to lose by putting myself out there. I passed him by on the way to the restroom. One look was all it took and my life would take a whole new direction. Fate and chance meetings would throw us together over the next three years. A friendship grew the connection was present. Even though we lived in different states we still managed to be with each other from time to time. It was 1988 that our lives would connect forever.