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 blake5676:
What happened to that picture of Anna Long Legs you promised?!?
I have it here on my ipad, but can't load up from it. I may go to the library tomorrow and download it on the desktop computer, then post it. I'll try that and see what happens. She isn't here now, by the way... went to Greece with her boyfriend, and no doubt thong bikini bottoms and no tops. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed:
I have it here on my ipad, but can't load up from it. I may go to the library tomorrow and download it on the desktop computer, then post it. I'll try that and see what happens. She isn't here now, by the way... went to Greece with her boyfriend, and no doubt thong bikini bottoms and no tops.
Ed, buddy, don't do this to yourself! She prolly went to Greece to eat an olive......in a burka. [Reply]
My brother is packed and ready to go, and will head to the airport in about 3 hours, then I am on my own for the rest of the trip. It's nothing I am not used to since I was on my own for entire trips until I turned my brother on to Denmark. He isn't Danish because we have the same dad and different moms. My mom is the Danish one. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Very nice... Thought about shredding the passport yet?
A few times it has crossed my mind! I am at the cafe this morning and Gitte is here. I found out she is a student at Aarhus University, voted one of the top 10 most beautiful campuses in the world, and she studies philosophy. She could be a model easily. She is stunning and probably glows in the dark! [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
Dang Ed now we just got to see Gitte. We demand Gitte!
Enjoy it Ed its back to the real world shortly. You will get back in time for the heat and humidity and Mosquitoes and the 17 year cicada cycle. :-)
I am enjoying it, and it doesn't feel like a vacation to me. This is part of my real world. I am not looking forward to the heat and humidity in Olathe. Hell, it has been so cold here that when it tops 65, I start sweating. I am used to it over here now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed:
My mother's check up went fine, oddly enough. My time is running out on my adventure and I am feeling a bit sad over that. The sun is out, at last, and I've even worked on my tan a bit. I had dinner with two friends last night, Steen and Nidal. Steen is a cop and his girlfriend Nidal is from Beirut. She made a delightful Lebanese dinner. Dessert was awesome, too. She scooped out cantaloupe halves and filled it with the pieces of cantaloupe, fresh Danish strawberries, and a chocolate-nougat ice cream. We had slices of watermelon on the side and it was great!
That sounds killer, I've always wanted to try some home cooked ME food. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed:
The main dish was so tasty. It was white rice, very lean ground beef, shredded chicken breast, sauteed cashews, and walnuts. I had seconds.
Hell yeah.
Sorry to hear your journey is almost at an end, but theres always next year... as for me, heading off on a fishing trip to brand new grounds about an hour or so away. Some exciting possibilities down there, have a great day! [Reply]
