Now in Scotland

We made it safely back into England last night and into Manchester. We went to see Old Trafford Manchester Uniteds stadium as soon as we got into town it. We then got up this morning and went and too the tour it was amazing. Bought some good stuff in the mega store then hopped a train into Edinburgh. We will be heading back to London tomorrow night on the overnight train then getting on our flight to Spain. I am loving over here but still miss everyone back home.

God Bless
Jake

Europer is Great!!!!

I am in Ireland having a blast hope all is well back home. I will be back in England tomorrow then on to Scotland the following day.

God Bless
Jake

Anouther round another day.

I finished a second round of chemo today, I'm not sure if this drug is just soft or if my first drug was that tough. However it is I am handling this drug much much better than the last. I hardly even notice that is in my body. Whatever I don't care I just believe god is keeping me feeling good and that's enough explanation for me. I am getting prepared to leave on Sat. for Europe so I wont be posting regularly but I will do my best to get a few up while I am gone, otherwise I will probably get in trouble from a few of you regular readers wanting to know how much fun I am having. I hope everyone is having a great week.

God Bless Jake

Best Tourney Ever!!!

I want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who participated in the tournament this weekend. I was so deeply touched by the extreme show of support so many people gave to me this weekend. God has truly blessed me with so many extraordinary friends new and old. The tournament was huge 33 teams and it went amazingly well. Congrats to the F-Bombers for winning. Everything went so smoothly and we were able to raise a whole lot of money, much more than I could have ever expected. Thank you, thank you, Thank you, I cannot say it enough. I am lost as to how I can ever truly express my gratitude. A special thank you to Matt, Blake, Eric, and Ryan you all did such an amazing job putting this thing together, I LOVE YOU guys. Also I want to thank all the people who volunteered their day to Help make this go off so well there are too many to name but THANK YOU we couldn't have done this with out you. Once again thank you for everything you all made that day one which I will never forget.

God Bless
Jake

Back to Chemo :-(

I had my first round of chemo today. I think I am going to handle this drug a lot better than I did the last. Plus this drug only takes an hour to finish rather than the 3 days that the last drug took. Dr. Crim thinks based on the way I handled the last drug this one will be a relative cake walk, lets hope. I go back next wed. to get another round then I will be off until I get back from Europe. All in all though at least I have something back in my system to help hold this off.

God Bless
Jake

New Plans and Thanks To Alll!!

Well I have made some plans for now. I met Dr. Crim today for about an hour and a half. It was one of the best meetings with a Dr. that I have had thus far, we got to know each other and prayed together which was refreshing knowing that my Dr. was a true christian. I start tomorrow on a preventative treatment until after I am done with my travels. After that I will aggressively go after this cancer and do my damnedest to beat it. Until then it I trust that God will hold it off til he shows me where I need to go. I am confident that I will be shown the way I need to go.

As far as this weekend is concerned this softball tourney is a bigger than I ever imagined 33 teams signed up and it will be so much fun. I just thank god for the support that has been shown, I hope that is a reflection on the impact I have been able to make on people through this blog because that is my goal. I hope to continue to influence people in a positive manner and make this cancer a positive thing.

God Bless.
Jake

Amazing People!!

While I am still trying to decide what step to take next which should come very soon, I have been presented with some wonderful opportunities to travel by some very giving and caring people. In two weeks my uncle Kip is taking me and my best friend Kevin to Europe for a couple of weeks. It is such a beautiful gesture since it is one the place I want to see so much. A few weeks after getting back my sister is taking me to NYC for a weekend to see it at Christmas time which I think will be an awesome trip. Shortly after getting back the Franks' are taking to Hawaii with their family to de-thaw after heading to Europe and NYC in the winter. I cant even put into words how thankful I am to have such wonderful family and friends. I am so glad I get to go see these places before I get deep into another round of chemo or whichever treatment I pick.

I am getting extremely excited about the softball tournament next week I cannot wait to see everyone out there. Even if you aren't playing in it I would still love for you to come and say Hi and let me thank you all for support thus far and in the future. So I hope to see everyone out there on Sat. Have a wonderful week.

God Bless
Jake