Two Year Survivor!

January 31, 2006 was a Tuesday. Two years ago this morning, my job as an Engineer at IP was eliminated. Two years ago this afternoon, Dr. Zotolli told me that I had Lymphoma. That afternoon was the longest drive home from mid-town to the islands that I ever had. I had a massive tumor between my left lung and kidney, many more from my groin to my neck, and my bone marrow was up to 50% involved. It has been a busy 2 years since then. I have taken care of the tumors for now, hopefully forever. I am happy to be here. Thanks to all of you that have supported me. January 31 is Karin’s Birthday. We didn’t celebrate that year. We will tonight. We plan to for many more.

Mark

T + 15 Months

I apologize to you folks that check here regularly. It has been almost 2 months since an update.

My last chemo in December went fine. The Bests in Savannah are all well. I have a few minor maladies, but nothing major to sweat.

We had a super Christmas. I had vacation the last week of 2007 into the new year. My work has changed temporarily in the new year. I am working days now. I am doing some traveling with work. The Wilson’s just returned from a vacation to Hawaii. My parents got 2+ weeks with Bennett and his parents.

Karin has a half marathon run this weekend at Tybee. She has been training hard, running 5 days a week and playing tennis on Sundays. This is part of her LLS Team in Training prep. I am on call this weekend for work. I hope my best to be able to see her run, but I could easily get stuck at work during the run. She will do great. She looks fantastic.

I will try to post a more thorough update later in the week.

Mark