surgery!

So my surgery is now on oct. 20th at 11a.m. I am not sure how long i will be in the hospital, but starting tuesday night or wednsday on I will be up for visitors. I mean if anybody wants to come see me. But I doubt it.LOL! It is going to be at Sharp grossmont again. I will let you all know what room and stuff when i can or just call me and i will let you all know. Been good! can't wait till everything is over, but next time i talk will probably be after my surgery, to let everyone know how it went. Take care! Have fun! live life!


your pal,
Hulk(a.k.a. Chris)

surgery cancelled!

so my surgery tomorrow is canceled. It turns out that i can'thave an surgery or anything until six weeks after my last treatment because of the Avastin. It's only been 4. So when i get the new date i will let you all! know.

The skull!

So the day is finally here. The date September 23. The place, Grossmont hospital. The time 7:30a.m.( but i have to get there at 5). The occasion? My skull replacement. yes it is finally coming true. It really does exsist and its going to happen. So i get my skull in next wednsday. I am not sure how long it will take and when i will be ready for visitors. Asuming anybodywould want to visit me.LOL! but that is kind of conceded lol. My number is (858)603-8304 if you want to call me to see if i'm feeling up to visitors, or just to give me a call to see how i am doing. So even though there is great news there is also not so great news.

So i got a letter in the mail from Vons.It stated that i have achieved the max time alotted for me to be away from my job, for them to be able to assure me that they can hold my job. They sent me a paper to request for an extention, but this is what the letter said that i recieved.

" your request for acommadation was reviewed by vons acommodation commitee. The following determinations were found. We are unable to grant an extension of this duration. Since the contractual limit for the LOA has been exhausted, your employment at Vons will end. ^ months thats all they gave me for brain cancer. After numerous doctors notes saying i wouldn't be able to return because i have no skull and recovery from surgery when i got it in.

So i went to the union who is supposed to help you, and they said they could do nothing because the new contract states that after six months they could let me go, but i could reapply. So they suggested i call my store manager to see if i could be guaranteed my job back when i reapply when able to come back. So i called him and asked. He said no. He couldn't guarantee that there would be an opening, because of the economy. What kinda bullshit is that. I leave because i have brain cancer, vons fires me and my store manager says he might not be able to give me my job back. When the only reason i left was because there were multiple oppertunities for me to be injured or even killed due to not having 1/3 of my skull! So we will see what happens with that. Possibly some media time. So if you have axcess to them let me know. But i willl let you know if we need to go that far! so hopefully I will all brand new and ready to hang out again soon. Till next time, have fun and ttyl!

your pal,
Hulk(a.k.a. Chris)

Great news!

so my oncologist called me today to tell me about my scans. he says that the scans looked great, and showed nothing. The spot was on the soft tissue and he was not worried about it. The only thing was my thyroid was low, so he just wants me to increase my meds by a half a pill. but i have an appointment appointment next thursday with them so we will see what happens there. and then i have my appointment with my nuerosurgeon to discuus geting my skull placed now. so that is it for now and iwill write again on thursday to let you all know what happens with that. have a great day!


your pal,
Hulk(a.k.a. Chris)

well the scans were clear except a tiny spot kept flaring up on my pet scan on the obsipitol lobe of my skull. something is showing up on the bottom right of my skull, but they think it could also be swelling of the skull from my radiation treatment, so my oncologist is going to get together with my radiologist and nuerosurgeon to discuss what they think, and in the meantime i will see my nuerolsurgeont see if he wants to put my skull in, or open me up to investigate and do a biopsy of that part of the skull that is flaming up on the scans. So there wil bea little more waitig. will let yu all know as soon asI know someting. I want to say thank everyonefo all there prayers and thoughts.Till next time take care, and ttyl

your pal,
Hulk (a.ka. Chris)

Busy Week!!!

Okay so today I had a pet scan. That went well. Was injected with radioactive suger again, so hopefully i don't get bit by any poisonous spiders.LOL! I had a full body scan! Then tomorrow,Wednsday, I have a brain MRI.And then last but not least,the most important, My appointment with my oncologist on thursday. To go over my scans and see if I am cured.Its always a waiting process. But I am sure I will get better, even if i find out it's not thursday. I will write back on thursday and let everyone know how the results went. Wish me luck!


Your pal,
Hulk(a.k.a. Chris)

Last one?

well i had this long elaborate 3 paragraph story written out and I pressed one button and it got erased. So here I am now just to let you all know that hoefully thursday will be my last treatment. Then I will probably get a pet scan to see if everything is gone. If so I am hoping to get my skull in by mid september. but we will see. I am doing well, and ready for this thing to beover with. Soon enough! So I will write again on thursday and let yall know about how everything went. Take care and talk to yall later.

Your pal,
Hulk(a.k.a. Chris)