My Life With Cancer, He Read My Post, Part 26

I got a call Sunday night from Dr. Burr.  He read my post (My Life With Cancer, They Never Call You In To The Office When It's Good News  (Part 5).  Maybe because we have become friends he also didn't feel the need to have me in his office, well along with the fact he knew I wouldn't freak out and I pretty well had it pegged.

We are going to go through round three.  I have a tumor on my back, just under the top layer of muscle on the spine.  Since I no longer weigh almost 300 pounds it's easy to find.  I can't imagine trying to not only find but get to these things weighing that much.  When I was 290, I had a great big fat hunch on the back of my neck going down my back.  I looked kind of like a gorilla. But back to our story.

(Yep, that was me, knuckle dragging and everything)

We are going to meet and figure out a plan.  I've been down this path before so I know what needs to be done and Chemo isn't a part of it. I'm thinking, Dr. Burr would remove all of the tumor he can (it makes him sweat real bad).  Then I will go to MISTI (would go to St.Al's Cancer Care Center except my doctor moved over to MISTI) for some radiation.

I'm not fond of the radiation, but I don't want this growing back.  The part I hate is all the poking and prodding I'm about to get.  Well that and everyone talking to me in a whisper.  Really, you whisper when you talk to me, ya' gotta' be kidding.

For some reason when you have something serious people whisper at you. The more serious they think it is, the more they whisper.  Let's put together a chart.

Legend:Normal Volume:NV, Elevated Volume:EV, Mid Whisper Volume:MWV, Full Whisper Volume:FWV

Ingrown Toenail:NV

Male Pattern Baldness:NV

Positive Pregnancy Test:EV

Broken Bone:EV

Hearing Loss:Duh...EV

Fly Open:FWV

Denver Broncos Lose to the Raiders:Hey it's a real medical emergency, EV, EV, EV

Gallbladder Attack:EV

Kidney Stone Passing:OMG..see Gallbladder Attack

Mother in Law Coming to Stay:Warning...Warning..Will Robinson...EV at the highest level

Cancer:NV...not a Whisper, got it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     See the only time you should ever whisper is if it's a dire emergency.  Next time somebody whisper talks to me I gonna' yell at the top of my lungs "I got cancer, I'm not deaf ya' dummy."

Got questions feel free to ask me, I will answer them gladly,  just don't whisper.

Kevin Mee