Cat, well said my friend! Well said!

We all are here for you Mike and are pulling for you! Remember what Friedrick Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill us only makes us stronger". Now I am not a big Nietzsche fan, but he got that one right!

Also:



We need a little Dick Dale then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg

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Bill

"Show me a crowd where the band is loud and my drunken ballet is in fashion!" Jerry Riopelle

Nice video link.

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Thanks man. Ya gotta love Dick Dale! I mean he is a regular Fender Icon isn't he? Well he should be if he isn't!

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Bill

"Show me a crowd where the band is loud and my drunken ballet is in fashion!" Jerry Riopelle

Mike, check out this link in case you haven't seen it yet. I thought it might inspire you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqnlRxg9tU&feature=related

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"Show me a crowd where the band is loud and my drunken ballet is in fashion!" Jerry Riopelle

I had seen that before, but it now means much more to me to see it from a different perspective. Thanks for posting it.

Same with you strat58cat...you know...you've been there...the cumulative side effects are ever changing and will no doubt get even tougher, but I'm a fighter and I'll keep kickin' until I beat this thing. Damn straight!

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Still having some of that "metallic taste" with food and beverages along with some neuropathy (cold sensitivity mostly, but some numbness in fingertips) although the main cumulative is mostly fatigue. My oncologist told me at the beginning that naps are your friend. I'm now starting to understand that more as I get more into my "journey".

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Don't leave home without it!

I got some well needed rest over the weekend and now letting my system "recycle" as much as possible with this being an off-week before starting treatments again next week.

The metallic taste and neuropathy have subsided a bit and generally I'm feeling pretty good this morning.

I'm not sure if I'm getting used to the treatments, but whatever, this is the best I've ever felt following an infusion week. Usually it takes until the middle of the off-week before I'm feeling this good.

Thanks again for your well wishes and positive comments!

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Don't leave home without it!

I'm glad to hear you're feeling much better this morning. Hope you have a real good and relaxing week this week my friend. Prayers and mojo as always. F.

I'm also happy that you are feeling better this week. Good for you Mike.

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That is good news Mike! But don't over do it! Take this time to relax and let the medicine do its trick! Hang in there pal! Still praying for you!

Keep the faith!

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"Show me a crowd where the band is loud and my drunken ballet is in fashion!" Jerry Riopelle

Thanks to you guys, with your positive comments and thoughts, I feel more positive today than I've felt since before my diagnosis.

THANK YOU.

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A few hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder
There's nothing to plunder
I'm an under 40 victim of fate
Arriving too late...
Arriving too late...

I'm very glad to hear that Mike. As always my thoughts are with you and may you feel better as each week passes.

Gil

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Thanks Gil and all. It really means a lot to me.

I'm constantly learning about how positive thinking and the power of one's mind can have a HUGE affect on one's health and life, in general.

One of my oncology nurses gave me this book and I'd like to share an excerpt from it regarding positive mindset -


The Law of Attraction


1. We all work with one infinite power

2. The Secret is the Law of Attraction (LOA)

3. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting

4. We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think

5. Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy

6. People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same

7. Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation

8. You attract your dominant thoughts

9. Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it..etc..

10. It's not 'wishful' thinking.

11. You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it

12. Choose your thoughts carefully .. you are a masterpiece of your life

13. It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into reality immediately (if we saw a picture of an elephant and it instantly appeared, that would be too soon)

14. EVERYTHING in your life you have attracted .. accept that fact . it's true.

15. Your thoughts cause your feelings

16. We don't need to complicate all the 'reasons' behind our emotions. It's much simpler than that.
Two categories .. good feelings, bad feelings.

17. Thoughts that bring about good feelings mean you are on the right track.
Thoughts that bring about bad feelings means you are not on the right track.

18. Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming

19. You get exactly what you are FEELING

20. Happy feelings will attract more happy circumstances

21. You can begin feeling whatever you want (even if it's not there).. the universe will correspond to the nature of your song

22. What you focus on with your thought and feeling is what you attract into your experience

23. What you think and what you feel and what actually manifests is ALWAYS a match - no exception

24. Shift your awareness

25. 'You create your own universe as you go along' Winston Churchill

26. It's important to feel good ( ( ( (((good))) ) ) )

27. You can change your emotion immediately .. by thinking of something joyful, or singing a song, or remembering a happy experience

28. When you get the hang of this, before you know it you will KNOW you are the creator

29. Life can and should be phenomenal .. and it will be when you consciously apply the Law of Attraction

30. Universe will re-arrange itself accordingly

31. Start by using this sentence for all of your wants: 'I'm so happy and grateful now that.... '

32. You don't need to know HOW the universe is going to rearrange itself

33. LOA is simply figuring out for yourself what will generate the positive feelings of having it NOW

34. You might get an inspired thought or idea to help you move towards what you want faster

35. The universe likes SPEED. Don't delay, don't second-guess, don't doubt..

36. When the opportunity or impulse is there .. ACT

37. You will attract everything you require - money, people, connections.. PAY ATTENTION to what's being set in front of you

38. You can start with nothing .. and out of nothing or no way - a WAY will be provided.

39. HOW LONG??? No rules on time .. the more aligned you are with positive feelings the quicker things happen

40. Size is nothing to the universe (unlimited abundance if that's what you wish) We make the rules on size and time

41. No rules according to the universe .. you provide the feelings of having it now and the universe will respond

42. Most people offer the majority of their thought in response to what they are observing (bills in the mail, being late, having bad luck...etc..)

43. You have to find a different approach to what is through a different vantage point

44. 'All that we are is a result of what we have thought' - Buddha

45. What can you do right now to turn your life around?? Gratitude

46. Gratitude will bring more into our lives

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Mike... that is excellent to hear from you. I have been here reading all the comments and lying kind of low since you get bombarded with notes all day long. These people here are just fantastic and what a great bunch of friends to have during this time, as I know you are already are aware of.

Keep the faith my friend,

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