Live From the (JC) Chemo Room, Episode 5

Today's chemo is brought to you by the good people at the John's Creek location of Georgia Cancer Specialists.  It's 15 miles and a world apart from my usual Gwinett location. The two country clubs you pass along the way to Emory John's Creek are your first clue that you're not in Lawrenceville anymore.

But this isn't a posting about the relative merits of John's Creek and Lawrenceville. It's a posting about me. Here. All by myself. Oh there are lots of others in the room with me, including Don, who at nearly 80 is dealing with his second cancer battle. He beat prostate cancer in his 50's and now is facing colon cancer. We're at the same place (round 5) on the same chemo regimen, and Dr. Z is also his doc. We share our opinion of Dr Z - that he's the best.

There's also an older gentleman who served our country in the Navy for many decades, and who now is an equal-opportunity critic of Whoever Is On Fox News, from "that lying bastard Harry Reid" to those "damn Republican men and their obsession with abortion and gay marriage." I wish I could say he was entertaining. But he keeps crossing the line to annoying. Shockingly, his daughter-in-law couldn't get out of there fast enough. So now he's alone. Like me.

I'm only messing with Marcie by saying I'm alone. She has to put in a full day at work today since we took the last 4 days off for our Disney vacation. It was a great trip. I talked about Monday in my last post. Tuesday, the skies opened up as we arrived at Magic Kingdom. That's a good thing. We got wet, but $50 worth of ponchos and another $50 for that swell sweatshirt I'm sporting in the photo on the right later, we enjoyed zero lines at Space Mountain, the Buzz Lightyear ride, etc, Crowds were so light that we knocked out MK in one day, which lead us to Disney Studios on Wednesday. I was picked to be a part of the Backlot Tour show, which involved donning a blue Tyvek suit and getting hundreds of gallons of water blasted at me.

Here's my free tip for those of you who stay off property when visiting Disney. Take a late day break from the hustle and bustle of the parks, not to mention the wallet-gouging. Eat dinner in the town of Celebration. It's 10 minutes from Epcot and is a beautiful little town where the restaurants all have a view of a lake that's the centerpiece of downtown. Fountains and rocking chairs along one rim of the lake make it very family friendly. We loved Market Street Cafe and Celebration Town Tavern, with both costing less than half what comparable in-park food would. Ice cream at Kilwin's was another hit.

At the end of the trip the kids each thanked us for "the best vacation ever," to which Ali wisely appended "so far."

Back to me. Today's mix is the usual - Bone Building Drug, Chemo Drug, Anti-Nausea Meds, Chemo Drug, and finally more Anti-Nausea Drugs. Nurse Dana played along with me when I asked what was on the menu, called the first drip an Appetizer and the last one Dessert. Gotta like her style!

So I have a few more hours if any of my North Fulton Fans happen to be looking for something to do this afternoon. If not, I'll be here, by myself. <sniff>