I thought I'd start a new thread for updates on my cancer treatments and whatever else is going on, since the bad news thread title is misleading now.
My last treatment went better than the previous two and my chest wound is still closed up, which is a good thing. My arm is getting slightly stronger and I hope to resume lifting dumbbells next week. I need to build up my strength again, because I am going back to Denmark in May and I am extremely pumped about that! I'd like to be able to schlepp my own checked bag and not have someone else lifting it for me.
It's going to be a fabulous trip, 6 weeks and a couple of days for me. My brother is going along as well as my friends Chipp and Rod. Chipp is staying close to 3 weeks and has not gone with me over there since 2006 so he is also very pumped to be going. It will be Rod's first trip and he will be there for 2 weeks. I will get to be a tour guide. Also, I am throwing a party in my favorite pub of all, the wonderful, ever-magnificent Irish House in Aalborg on May 7th. The owner and I are friends and he will give me a little discount. We'll have Irish stew and brews in the cellar and I hope to have around 25 family and friends there. I might bill it as the "Fu** Cancer Party." A few months back, I was not sure I'd ever be able to go over to Denmark again or if I'd even be alive, but the cancer hasn't gotten me yet. I'm doing a number on it, instead.
Some other cool things I plan to do when I am back in my ancestral lands include a wine tasting in a castle, touring another castle and the northernmost manor home in the country, and visiting Skagen, the top of Denmark, where you can stand on a little patch of beach and have one foot in one sea and one in another. They also have a brewpub up there I am wanting to check out. I will start and end my trip in Aalborg and spend 5 weeks in an apartment I rent that is very close to the beach. I can hardly wait for May 4th to roll around! [Reply]
Originally Posted by tmax63:
Not the same stuff but does the same thing. I'll chip in if there's a paypal account to donate to so you can the $330 you need for a bottle. If you were in CO I'd help you work something out.
I got an email this morning from my second cousin Helle's husband Martin. They were at the café in Lřkken that my friends own and run. He took a photo and I saw the bar now has Carlsberg instead of Royal beer. That means Sascha can get Jacobsen Brown ale now, my favorite beer of all! It's a glorious brew made with 6 different malts, with an aroma unparalleled and a flavor so fine. If she has that in the café now, I will kiss that woman when I get there.
Martin just sent me a short video showing the SNOWFALL in Aalborg. I guess I'd better work on my tan today since I leave tomorrow. Maybe I should put some thermal underwear and wool socks in my luggage, too. I already packed my coat, but it might not be enough! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Enjoy yourself brotractor. Don't overdo it.
My blood cell counts must be rising, because I feel stronger. When I hit that buffet in Aalborg with the wild boar and red deer, I am sure my power will soar! [Reply]
It's about 3 hours until I head to the airport. I have all my things ready to go and now I am anxious to get going. It sucks that I have to sit in Newark for 5 hours and 7 hours on the way back, but I am ready to get this underway! [Reply]
I had farewell dinners with many friends Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings. It was good to see them all and though my friend Chipp would love to be going along with me, he has pressing domestic matters to tend. As we left the restaurant, I told him as I usually do, "Peace on you!" And as I am about to leave here now, I say peace on all of you, too! :-) [Reply]
