PRESENT

OK so my horse came in second I didn't have any money on him anyway. I made Mike yesterday get a little exercise. One day at a time I will get him stronger. He fights me a lot so I figure he can fight the cancer with the same force. Bobby and I looked at some apartments on the other side of town. We actually liked a few of them and think they will work for us when we decide to sell. I am moving forward in everything we do no looking back. Today I will tackle my closet it is a wreck.

PAST

Mike and I had to now deal with the aftermath of the news that was presented to us. Unfortunately before we could think much we got more bad news. I don't really remember the chain of events, but our sister-in-law was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and Betty Mike's mother had a large mass of melanoma cut out of her. Soodi would have to go through massive amounts of chemo and Betty was going to have to heal from her surgery. All those Brown boys were going to have to take care of there own wives. We would take care of each other over the phone. The doctors were still trying to decide what course of therapy they would use on me. The phone would ring once more with the news that Mikes aunt Wilma (who we were very close to) had died of complications of breast cancer. Mike had to fly back to Greenville Ill. to be a Paul bearer at the funeral. I stayed home with the 3 kids. It was in early evening that I got the call from my oncologist. He had told me that after reviewing my case with a panel of 12 doctors that the unanimous decision was to do a double mastectomy. There I sat again alone with news that was going to change my world. You know the old statement "What doesn't kill you will make you stronger" at this point I could probably fight for heavy weight champion of the world. Who do I talk to now. Everyone was dealing with there own problems.