another doctor, but not totally bad news

went to the eye doctor last night because I have been having trouble with seeing while driving,especially at. nightshe ran me through the full gamit of eye tests. She noticed I have the begining stages of cataracs Now she said it could take20 years to rear it's ugly head totally. In most cases it moves slowly so not to worry right know.That was finally good news for me on the medical front but she is going to keep a close eye(no pun intended)on me because sometimes it progresses quickly. Either way it is relatively an easy laser surgery.Well 16 days until they remove(or attempt to remove) my renal cell cancer.I CAN'T WAIT !!!!Then after that I have my ssd hearing in front of the judge in Harrisburg, PA. My lawer is trying to get me a video hearing because of me traveling that far in pain,either way is fine with me.Please everyone pray that ll goes well,I could really use your support.THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND PRAYING.........I WILL BEAT THIS CANCER AND I WILL WIN THIS CASE. Remember when i win it will be 2to 3 days when we make it to Fla.Thank You and look forward to meeting you all.(I will show you that all yanks aren't bad)lol
 

I really do not understand what happened here today but I am really hurt by the accusations of not being borderline gravely ill. another3 to 5 years I could have been gravely ill with no remission. People really need to do their homework,cancer any cancer is no simple cure ,it can come back with a vengence,it happens .I pray I AM GOING TO BE A SURVIVOR....AND I WILL.I have the best surgeon in pennysylvania so any nay sayers look it up
.Anyway I am stunned and very hurt that one of my best friends would do me like that.I hope youn can sleep well my son cause I Love You and all your hate towards me will change enough that.I hope someday we will see each, if not I am sorry for that,maybe God has a different path for us. I Love you

Happy Fathers day to me

This for me is probably the best Fathers Day to me ever.I feel more alive than I ever had before. Bottom line, I am alive and the prognosis is I will be for many ,many years to come Any men reading this please get your annual check ups.DO NOT PUT THEM OFF. All my stuff was found by accident. Please do not let this be you,get those check ups regulary. I do not mean in any way to be preaching about this. I was damn lucky to have a very good doctor who was on the ball.He has saved my life now twice because of his thoroughness and of course (my wife making me go when I had bronchitis).Any guys......HAPPY FATHERS DAY .Also to you dad HAPPY FATHERS DAY.....I miss you.  

Trusting the ones who love you

It is nice to wake up without stress, feeling good about myself and feeling confident about my prognosis and my future. Sure I am realistic theres  going to be a few bumps in the road, some physical pain but nothing I can not handle with God,my awesome family(all those below the Mason dickson line I include as my family also because you have accepted me as family...thanks by the way) and my friends,ex co workers like Dickie, Paul, John Shubeck(whom I need to call)and finnally Mickey @ Vickies Angel Walk who have helped us through the financial times.....I am really blessed that so many care about me. The thing i learned most about having cancer is you don't have to go through it alone,believe me  I have tried to go it alone and push people away but it ended up making me sadder and every one else too.Please anybody reading this take my advice
....YOU CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. Grow up and accept the people that love you to help, listen and be there for you. I WILL WIN, THANKS TO GOD AND MY FAMILY !!!!!!

Hallelujah!

Went to the new Urologist today and found out that I don't have to have my whole kidney taken out.   There's a new procedure where they can go in and freeze the cancer.. killing the cancer cells..

I'm so excited... and relieved at the same time.

Dr. Henry credentials , he went to the University of Pennsylvania Medical and Johns Hopkins University so I have the upmost confidence in his practice procedures. The procedure he is going to do is less than 5 years old but so far nothing but rave reviews. He said I am too young (thats right he said young...lol ) to have my whole kidney removed, stating that is the easy way out.Another procedure was to cut out the cancer and sew the rest of the kidney together, which he said was very painful and bloody and just as effective(96%) as the new procedure. Out of the 3 procedures I truly believe this is the right choice even though I will be in remission the next 5 years, closely monitored the first 2 years because it is a new procedure but in this case I do not mind being more or less a guinea  pig. I truly know this is the work of God. He totally steered us away from the quack who wanted to unnecessarily  take my whole kidney out to a doctor who thoroughly explained every thing in detail, and is very pleasant and confident about my case. I will beat this thanks to my new doctor who renewed my faith in the medical field(also Dr. Minnich, who saved my life twice now and Dr. Bell), so now I have 3 good doctors......and most of all a great wife ,beautiful and caring daughters,the best son a dad could want, my wonderful and supportive older sister and my younger brothers (whom I would like to see more often), but again my wife,who is also my best friend and the person I rely on the most to make me the man I am today,without her I just wouldn't be the person I am without her love and caring and sense of humor and so many other things(it would take me forever to name and express all my feelings about her). Let's not first and foremost forget God who gave me another chance at living a good life and putting all these great people in my life. I AM TRULY BLESSED.........