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Comment on About Me by mikedishman

mikedishman — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:37:04 +0000

i am sorry this took so long. I am still standing, still have a job and go to work everyday. During the first part of this year when you asked the question I was in the middle of a company re-org and trying to figure out if I still had a job. I just stopped thinking about anything outside of looking at work. The I got the good word I had a job but from that point on I have been pounded with work.

Skype is not perfect but you can and I did hold conference calls (no video) with several persons at a time. You can do one on one with the video. I think there are more options out there now such as Apple has an Ipad to Ipad “face time”. I don’t have an Ipad yet but I will once the Ipad 3 comes out. I bought the Ipad 2 for my 84 year old mother and, well it is very, very fun and cool.

As for the rural area I think it would and Skype is free so there is no risk really that I can think of.

I hope you are doing great!

Have the very best day ever!
Mike

Comment on About Me by PMP Pals' Network

PMP Pals' Network — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:55:24 +0000

Mike, sounds like you are doing great…hang gliding…must have been a thrill for you! Take good care of yourself and have a great year! All the best to you, the PMP Pals’ Network!

Comment on About Me by mikedishman

mikedishman — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:35:56 +0000

I like Skype and I think you should give it a try. It is easy to install too. You can talk to one other person with the video which I really like. Then you can have (i think00 up to 25 people without the video at the same time. It isn’t perfect but it works pretty good. My Skype support group fell apart after a while but for the time it was going I think it was helpful all.
I am doing better, I work full time. Went down to TN and got myself pulled up to 4000 feet and hung glided down, most fun I have ever had.
As you know cancer sucks but it is what it is and we just need to move forward the best we can.
I hope you are doing the best you can.
Mike

Comment on About Me by brett wilson

brett wilson — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:26:04 +0000

Mike I am just like you in West Virginia I too had 2 cancers as a child. i want to ask how you did the Skype conference through webcam if so and if you think it would work in rural areas.

Comment on Don’t judge another person until you have walked a mile in their shoes by andrea

andrea — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:32:01 +0000

I stumbled across your blog in one of my numerous lost in translation late night searches on the internet. As I was feeling sorry for myself, mostly due to economic hardship, here I am.

I found your blog. My heart goes out to you and I just wanted to simply say “You matter”. May your body be blessed, especially with nourishment and may you feel revived with new and may your heart and soul be filled with love and peace. May you have patience and be filled with joy.

Sending many blessings of peace!
Andrea

Comment on Get back to where I once came from by serendopeity

serendopeity — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:45:30 +0000

I understand…
There is a place to sign up for email now at serendopeity. I added it after reading your comment. I have also added a new page Dr. Oz explains EC. Check out the link. Very interesting.

Nancy

Comment on There is a monster under my bed by Geri

Geri — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:57:59 +0000

You forgot to mention that the 2 scans you just recently had (one on your trunk and one on your head, which I have felt many times you’ve needed ) both came out NED. Yes, we love NED. It’s one of those little words with lots of meaning! 2 years is a milestone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on About Me by Darrel Springer

Darrel Springer — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:06:41 +0000

Mike,

I am staying at Karen & Roy’s Bed & Breakfast and I am a cancer survivor. I had colorectal cancer in April and I am currently going thru Chemo. My wife, Dona and I are up here in New York helping our son clean his apartment for college (SUNY) and we always stay at Karen’s.

I am writing because like you, I do see a shining light in the diagnosis of cancer and like you, I am not a writer. I have to go since Karen just put breakfast out and I am starved so I will visit your blog from home. I just wanted to say Hi and let you know that there are many people out here that appreciate “the words” of web pages such as yours. Have a good day. My home e-mail address is above.

Comment on Underwear problem by serendopeity

serendopeity — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:12:27 +0000

Hi Mike and Geri

I think you have hit the nail on the head when it comes to putting things into perspective. I too wish that everyone could see things in a different light but as you aslo pointed out I wouldn’t wish this disease on anyone.
I do believe that I am a better person for having being diagnosed with EC and my subsequent battle for my life.
I am a survivor and although the word itself is empty what makes it important is the person it describes. And yes – you are both survivors but if that word is not to your liking then just pick another one you feel more comfortable with. LOL.
I hope you are teaching that pup of yours some silly pet tricks along with the “important puppy stuff”. My Chocolate Lab is 7 now and still acts like a puppy for the most part. I am not sure how to break his habit of trying to be a lap dog and I am not sure that I want to. I kinda like the fact that he is a big suck when it comes to his mom. LOL.
Take Care my friends
Nancy

Comment on Pardon me coming through by serendopeity

serendopeity — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:30:28 +0000

I think EC should be called the Hurry up and wait cancer. I know of no other cancers that require the vigilence and fortitude of quarterly scans. If does make one more aware of how quickly time goes by.
However, take some small comfort in knowing that sooner than you think it will be semi annually and then fianlly annually instead of all the quarterly stuff.
When my Med Onc said “No more CAT scans unless absolutely necessary. They can cause cancer you know!”, it dawned on me that no matter what I did from then on anything could cause cancer LOL.
Also, when all was said and done and I was finally down to annual “everythings” I felt a hopeless feeling of abandonment and loss. For what seeemed like forever my Oncs and all the nurses had been almost a daily part of my life and then as quickly as they had become that they were gone. Although just a phone call away, it felt like I was out there all alone.

I am clicking my heels Mike…

Take Care
Nancy