I know that it might appear as if you have an upper hand in this battle at the moment....
.....I admit the pain was so severe last night that I had to admit myself to Sloan-Kettering's urgent care at 12:30 in the morning.....
.....It took until the morning's light for the pain to have been brought down to a tolerable level thanks to receiving two intravenous bags of dolawdad.
I left Sloan-Kettering to return to the apartment at 7:30 this morning.
....But let's be clear.
I will defeat you!!!
....So don't get over confident.....
As I intend to destroy you!!!
The reason is simple....
I love life and intend to live it....
B'simcha
michael
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Right on, warrior! Good Shabbos!
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ReplyDeleteBruce and I are thinking about you. We were reading your blog this morning and your writing is very inspirational for us. It makes us think of you and your family often. Stay strong and focused for the upcoming surgery. We saw your beautiful wife, Lisa and your handsome son, Adam, the other night. They are truly amazing people. How proud you must be. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Love, Janis and Bruce
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ReplyDeleteShavua Tov Michael,
I am so sorry and sad to read about your unrelenting fight with the devil in the form of cancer. Your plan of attack is outstanding and we are surely behind you, and some of us even ahead of you, to help clear the way and fortify you.
I wanted to mention something that I say before every kind of treatment, be it pills, shots, blood tests, MRIs, etc. I was told that this is from the G'mara – "yehi ratzon milfanecha, Hashem elokai vaylokai avotai, sheyihiyeh esek zeh lee l'r'fuah key rofay chinam Ata." It was posted on the side of my refrigerator by my pills until I learned it by heart. I also have a blood clot problem which includes daily injections but yours is real and mine is only a possibility – I simply have a history and my kind of chemo exacerbates the clotting issue.
Forgive me if I already wrote the following, but it's worth repeating: Several days after I returned from surgery, Simcha Raz, author of Once there was a Tzadik, spoke about Reb Arye Levin ztz"l. He said that when Reb Aryeh was hospitalized at Hadassah at the end of his life and people would ask him how he was feeling, he would always answer, "G-d willing, tomorrow will be better!" I felt as though Mr. Raz had come just for me to hear that sentence! It is full of hope, both for the speaker as well as the listener. Of course, I adopted it immediately.
I want to tell you one more thing: I was in Philadelphia for 3 weeks just recently. A few days before my return I visited with Uncle Billy z"l. He kept repeating that what was important was the legacy a person leaves to his family. He certainly left all of you something incredible! He was granted his final wish – to be at Ariel's wedding. My Ima told me he wore his tux (and of course his oxygen tank) and made the rounds, greeting all the guests. I asked him how you were, Michael. He told me things were hard but he was confident you were going to make it. I'm sure he's up there cheering both of us along.
Moshe's and my prayers are for you and your Abba's refuah shlaima together with all the ill in Am Israel,
Chana Rosenbaum, Bet El
You are my hero! Chazak, chazak! Be Strong...Janis
ReplyDeleteOnward and Upward!
ReplyDeletelove,
louise and jon
May Hashem see your courage, your success in beating your yetzer hara, your love of life and the inspiration you are to so many people and send you a refuah shelaima.
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