Coping with Cancer One Day At A Time

Respecting my family's wishes to keep things private does not always work well, especially when it comes to topics like this.  Thankfully, my Dad has decided to open up and share his journey, a hopeful one. I feel content that instead of writing cryptic posts on Facebook and going to meetings at Hospice for my own self-care strategies, I can express my emotions openly and honestly, like you have come to know me to do on this blog.

I am really appreciative of all the support and I hope to update again soon.

The rock I found at Hospice after my first meeting

From my Dad:  https://tecumsehcityblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/im-baaaaack.html

<Gulp> I truly did not realize that I have not written anything on my website for about three months! I knew it was a little while but, seriously, I did not think it was that long until my daughter mentioned that people were asking about me. I did want to keep things private but realized that this was taking an emotional toll on my daughter's health and so I am coming out to share some news.

Here it comes… What is going on with me these days.

Do you want to know something silly? I really was not sure how many people were actually reading my articles. It did not really matter to me if anyone came to my website at all these days because I was really writing for my own purposes as a release from some of the tension under which I was living after my illness.

I am an old guy after all and who knows how many years more I am supposed to be around here. Until fairly recently, I felt so healthy that I expected it to be a very substantial number. Surprisingly, I really do not feel much different now but my situation changed significantly after one of my normal cancer screenings. 

I have prostate cancer. 

It is an illness that many men have. It appears to be in the early stages and localized, which has a better prognosis than later stages.

It took quite a period of time from the date that I had a biopsy done, and then various other tests to confirm the diagnosis. 

So what's next for me? I am booked to see a radiation oncologist at the Cancer Center on Kildare Avenue here in Windsor in a few days for a consultation. From what I have been told, he is a wonderful man and very knowledgeable in this area. I look forward to meeting him! He will decide what treatment options are best.

There are many forms of radiation available, some which occur every day for a specified amount of time and others that are shorter in duration but more aggressive to treat the cancer cells.  I'm not a doctor, I'm a lawyer, so I will leave it up to the experts to tell me what will be most effective.

The sad part of all of this is that I hope my treatments don't affect my attendance at such an important event coming up. My daughter is getting married in September and I must walk her down the aisle. 

I hope you understand now, dear reader, what caused my Website “invisibility” and I will update again soon.

Wish me luck on my first visit this coming week. 

Funny People Movie Review: I'm Guessing Your Friend Is The Fat Version Of You

Movie Review

In the film, Funny People, those wild nights accompanied by debauchery seem like the ideal life for performer George Simmons (played by Adam Sandler). He makes a lot of money, never has to wait in line at a restaurant, people always want to pose for pictures with him and best of all, he never has to answer to anyone but himself. However, all that changes after finding out from the doctor that he has a rare blood disorder and the only hope is an experimental treatment. Reflecting upon his life, George realizes that the main thing that he needs to do is make amends with the one true love that he let get away. By hiring a down-on-his-luck guy, played by Seth Rogan, whose hopes are to get a big break in the stand-up comedy circuit, their friendship reaches a breaking point where life becomes more than just a few laughs.

There were definitely some humourous moments with Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, Aubrey Plaza, and Jonah Hill in this movie, as well as the cameo appearances with stars, such as Ray Romano. The movie had potential to be very memorable, but somewhere along the way, it lost meaning up until the end, where it tried to redeem itself.

 The biggest disappointment for me was the overwhelming amount of vulgarity that seemed to dominant most of the dialogue. A joke or two, fine, but when every second word in almost 2 and a half hours is a profanity, it lost appeal. 

Trying to have a combination of comedy and drama could have worked well because Adam Sandler is not a one-trick pony type of actor, but unfortunately in this movie, these funny people still need to practice getting their acts together.