"Stephen your done with chemo."

In this dark and rainy day we're having this is all I can think about... Sun-shining days ahead.

My messhole doctor came busting into my room this morning excited as shit to tell me my days with chemo are over.

I don't know how to take that feeling I have, it...I mean the phrase "reluctant optimism"

I bet this feeling is like when an inmate is released from prison for the 1st time since he can remember, and he just realizes all the freedoms he was just given again.

Normalcy could be right around the corner.

To end with a quote from "Little Miss Sunshine"

Richard: Hey, I will pull this truck over, right now!
Grandpa: So, pull the truck over! You're not gonna shut me up! FUCK YOU! I can say what I want!

For Your Cure is in London

London, what an amazing city I can't rave enough about it.

I do have two problems with it though, the food is absolutely horrendous, unless your willing to spend $50 a meal.

And this exchange rate is killing me, I changed over $200 US. and got back 105 pounds. fucking awesome.

This city is expensive as shit.

A quick recap of things we have done so far.

Use the Underground for all travel = Highly Recommended

Went to Stonehenge = a must see for history buffs, but b prepared for shitty weather.

Castle of Windsor = We saw the Queen!

The Roman Baths in Bath UK = Amazingly beautiful, I could swear I was in Greece.

London's Eye = Great way to see the city

Imperial War Museum = Best museum in the city, and it's free! All about WWII, and that stuff gives me a major hard on.

London Bridge = Coolness factor is still there but declining.

Big Ben & Parliament = Makes you realize how young the good ole' U.S. of A is.

Nights partying in Canary Warf and Piccadilly Circus = Cool Yuppy factor, but got so drunk I got lost on the Tube.

Tomorrow we go to Liverpool and Abbey Rd. = should be amazing.

I've only gotten light headed once here, and I think it's because I forgot to take my meds. My eyebrows are thinning, but at the moment that's a good thing b/c I have bushy de-go brows.

Oh Bl Di Oh Bl Da Life Goes On!

Some information

Hey guys, I'll be in London all next week so there might be a break from the action. But I wanted to post two e-mail's I sent out earlier this week, if anyone is interested (far and wide) don't hesitate to contact me @ stephenfogg@yahoo.com I might not respond right away b/c I'm not sure the internet situation we will have but ohh well, I'm done rambling. Enjoy

E-Mail #1

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day/night and getting ready for Thanksgiving coming up. I am reaching out to you guys because you all have expressed interest in helping out with For Your Cure, and I want to let everyone of you know how grateful I am to have such a wonderful support group around this whole premise.

Anyways I will be out of town till November 29th, and I would like to set up a meeting with everyone on this list who is still interested in helping out so we can all get on the same page and start getting the ball rolling.

I was thinking of shooting for Dec 3rd as the day to get everyone together, but I'm still stuck on time and location. I want to ask each of you if your 1. still interested in helping out 2. would prefer to meet during the day, or night and 3. would you guys like to meet for dinner and discuss FYC or have me hunt down a conference room for an hour or so?

It's completely up to you, but I will chose the majority (which will be a theme of this organization) and then we'll go from there. I would really appreciate it if everyone who wants to be apart of FYC come to this, that way we can start organizing and not have to have meetings all the time. We can set some preliminary goals in this meeting.

Anyways I'm just rambling on at this point, so there it is guys!!! You ready to jump in head first....... I am.

Also I have the domain name www.foryourcure.org so we're money there

Let me know what you think and please don't hesitate to pass this along to any people I might have missed, I know there's some out there.

From the bottom of my heart,

Thank You

Stephen

E-Mail #2

Hey guys,

I think we're going to have 2 separate meetings one during the day and one at night both on Dec 3rd. You would only need to come to one of the meetings.

What I plan to do with this time is to outline everything I plan to do with FYC and what I will need help with. I would also like to give out 'assignments' for everyone (either as an individual or as a group of volunteers) Anyways, once I get that rolling we can be more flexible with future meeting.

I have the Clear Channel Large conference room tentatively scheduled for 1pm and 7pm. Their address is

801 Wood Ridge Center Dr.

CLT, NC 28217

The studios are next to the Charlotte NBC affiliate off of Billy Graham.

Anyways plan to attend one (or both meetings if your head over heals with wanting to help out) and we will go from there.

As always please feel free to forward this to anyone you think I might have missed.

Thank you guys again for everything,

Stephen

I bet...

I had at least 20 of you guys googling the song "Bald Headed Hoes" from my previous post, all wondering "who must sing such a kind hearted melody"

Did this come up?

God Bless Hip Hop.

I spent today (actually taking a break from at the moment) working on For Your Cure, paperwork, research, all the fun boring redundant mess that is government paperwork.

Filing my EIN was easy, then I see the Tax Exemption forms.............. Holy Fuck Lord are you kidding me?!? The expected time to complete the research for these forms is 89 hrs. 32 min. (according to their Paperwork Reduction Act Notice on page -24- of the INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM 1023 not the 97 page form) learning, preparing, and copying will take an additional 15 hrs. 48 min.

All I can say is Holy BeJesus this is going to take a minuet.

Back from my Break

Bob Marley - Stir it up

Bald Headed Hoes

That's the name of an amazing rap song I was introduced to while riding the College Tour Bus my Junior year at Benedictine. Thank You Todd Williams for that little delight!

Here is it.... More pointless dribble to follow.

Normal, somewhat.

Today begins my recovery, 6 months the doctors say will take to get my body back into normal shape. My mind is clear, but my body is still so tired.

I went to the mall today to pick out some hats for my bald ass head, got all the way there and nearly passed out from exhaustion. I guess I'm still not 100% Still... I'm better than yesterday, and that's enough for me.

I now have F U Cancer wristbands in, so if you haven't already gotten your hands on one, now is your opportunity. I leave for London on Friday, and I intend to ship out everyone who has sent in donations before I leave (just in time for the holidays!)

Thank you to everyone again, not much excitement to this post hopefully next one I'll be good and dopy for some slanted humor. Bald Ass Foggy pics will be up by tomorrow too.

Till Then

I can't go.

The nausea is killing me, things would feel better if I could just purge. The Nulasta shot did this to me last time too, sore bones, nausea, jitters, and exhausted. I'm tired, but I can't fall asleep.

Good news is tomorrow is my last day of treatment... For now, Dec 2nd I will retest my body and see if the chemo has truly done it's job. From the looks of my hair, and the exhaustion in my body it's working, but only time will tell.

Julie is excited for tomorrow to be over with, and so am I to a point. I just don't believe it to be over with, something inside of me is telling me to be patient with excitement, this roller coaster has been going on too long and I'd just like for the rest of the ride to be smooth sailing.

Life is progressing, tomorrow should be better.

~ On my iTunes right now - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!