Visiting family in St. Louis. Wonderful time. Enjoying my fifth Christmas since dx and craniotomy. Enjoyed a good run tonight to work off some of the holiday goodies. One of the favorite gifts I received is a 6-pack of Black Butte Porter from Deschutes, Oregon. Oh, how I miss Oregon brews.  Cheers to all! Hope all the brain cancer fighters and their families and supporters have a great 2014 ..read more

Hey all, I am doing just dandy. A snow day tomorrow will be even better. It has been a ridiculously long time since my last post. Basically, no news is good news from my last MRI in October. They pushed my next MRI back by a month, every four months instead of three months. I have to check my calendar. I think next one is in January. I have a beard now. It's very hipster. If you are doing the Spartan 30 burpees a day for 30 days, don't miss days. Doing 150 burpees in one session is not fun. I add penalties for missed days. I needed to do 150 so I did 190 instead. Aroo! Speaking of Spartan ..read more

Being a cancer fighter is not easy. It is very stressful to say the least. I have said it before that a kick-butt workout releases much of that stress. We have finally put together our home gym to release that stress.  We have a great treadmill that all of us have been using. I wanted and got a weight rack and set from Rogue Fitness. It is awesome. The stress is flying out the window and hopefully a few pounds, too ..read more

Whew...busy summer. Only a couple weeks of rest before school starts. Who am I kidding? Team G-M does not rest. We just got back from Michigan and Ohio. Marcie, Carrie, Amara and Genet competed in their first triathlon. I was so happy to see them compete. I was really excited to watch them as I was always the racer in the past.  My cancer did not keep me from competing. I freely made a choice to watch because I wanted to see them cross the finish line. Tears were in my eyes when they did. I am not sure if I will do a tri this fall. I definitely will be doing a few cyclocross races th ..read more

Stable Stable Stable! We will go back to NIH in three months. If it is still stable, they will put me on a four month schedule. I am about to find a new neurologist though. The current Neuro doc has been so passive. Never has a clear answer or a direction he wants me to take. "Well, what do you want to do?"  was his common response. Cheers, Jim ..read more

Since I am just laying in bed with this gimpy knee, I watched a movie, "Crazy, Sexy Cancer". It follows actress Kris Carr and her journey with a rare, incurable cancer. It is very upbeat and a well done production. I recommend it highly. She is still thriving since her dx 10 years ago. She comes across as the type of person you would want at your side while fighting cancer. She has written several books on cancer-fighting diets. I don't know about wheat grass juice and other plants diet but it looks like it has helped her. I do need more veggies though. Website: http://kriscarr.com/ It is av ..read more

I got an awesome new weight set from Rogue Fitness. It came in many boxes. All heavy. We also got a new treadmill in an extremely heavy box. I had been excitedly waiting for their arrival. They finally did arrive but I had to wait a couple of days to put them together because of work. Somehow in the moving of the boxes into the house, I believe I popped a bursa sac in my right knee. It is Tuesday. I have been laid up since Friday night when my knee swelled up like a grapefruit. It is getting better but I haven't been to work or a workout. I can hear the equipment and the bikes calling from th ..read more

Down goes cancer! This is how I feel after going to NIH to receive my quarterly result today, April 25. It is stable and may even be a smidge smaller. Always a tremendous relief. Once again, I have knocked my brain cancer to the mat. The conversation was more about seizure control meds and balancing them. Pretty routine stuff. Pretty odd what I consider to be routine. Busy week coming up. Genet's first Communion is next Sunday. A lot of prep needs to be done in anticipation of visitors from Ohio, KC and St. Louis. Because of this, I will not be able to participate in the Race for Hope in D ..read more

Happy New Year! Marcie and I visited NIH for my quarterly scan and report. Again, it was good news. The tumor still appears to be stable. I am now 3 years past my radiation treatment. I am now praying for a young child in my community who has been dealing with a brain tumor for over  two years. This child is facing a second surgery. Updates on less serious things. We had a great trip to St. Louis over Christmas to visit Marcie's family. We even got to stop and see good friends in Indianapolis. The girls are enjoying cheerleading and volleyball this winter. We had a lovely day at the W ..read more