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I went to get blood work on Monday for Tuesday’s chemo only to find out that mycounts, platelets etc were too low to be administered the chemotherapy. In 5 years I have only been rejected 2x so this news as not only surprising but very frustrating to me. The doctors and nurses said this setback is “beyond my control” and “it’s just the result of so much chemo over the years that I am not bouncing back as quickly as I used. There is really nothing I can do to change this. How frustrating to not have more control over this important step!
As a result, I am now being moved to an “every other week” schedule versus a “two weeks one, 1 week off schedule”. I would be totally fine with this if I knew the drugs were working but …

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Hi everyone! I am sorry I haven't written in a few days but my ife has been hoppin! yes, this will in fact be the first of MANY bad bunny jokes that I will be making over the next month or so in an effort to subliminally remind you to vote for me. Yesterday, I had a great surprise! Dave, and my friend Brenda who nominated me for the Energizer content, lured me to an "important" business meeting at Equinox. The guise was that I was supposed to "look cute" because I was meeting a high net-worth individual who was very interested in getting involved with Cycle for Survival. Being the "always loyal, never difficult" wife that I am I asked no questions and showed up prepared for the meeting. To my surprise, the "business" meeting was a huge group of friends …

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It is remarkable to me that over the years I have never dedicated a blog entry to my nearest and dearest friend Alicia. Well, I realized the other day that we have been best friends for over 25 years so please apologize for my delinquence in not raving about my dear friend earlier. Perhaps it is because her presence in my life is such a given. I don’t mean that I take her for granted at all…I just mean that I truly can’t imagine life without her. She is the blood sister I never had.
Alicia and I met when we were 14 years old on a cross-country “teen tour” during the Summer of 1985. It was the summer when St. Elmo’s Fire and Back to the Future ruled the box office, feathered hair was “in” as were the infamous royal …

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I am happy to report that my stomach is feeling much better and I actually was able to get to the gym today for a quick workout. I have been so preoccupied with healing from my stomach woes and focusing on battle 6 that I actually forgot that I had chemo this past Tuesday. The good news is that it has hardly affected me…no nausea, no fatigue. Let’s hope it stays this way. I head back for my 2nd chemo treatment this coming Tuesday.
Dave and I have been watching a ton of the World Cup. I am so happy that if we had to get upsetting news about my health we received it during the World Cup. It is a great distraction and it makes me happy to see Dave obsessed with the games. Dave and I travelled to Germany in 2006 and Korea/Japan in 2002 to attend the World Cup and Dave had gone to the 2 tournaments before that (In the US and France). …

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We often talk about how life can change on a dime and only those who choose to live truly in the present can find real happiness. This sentiment could not have been any more true this past Sunday. We went from a fantastic weekend in the Hamptons to the Urgent Care facility in less than 12 hours.
Jen was recovering from surgery very well (10 weeks now). However, she had severe stomach pains on Sunday that wouldn’t go away so we came to the hospital at midnight. What we thought would be a quick visit (they never are), wound up being a 4-day investigation.
Turns out that although unrelated to the stomach pains, we found out Jen’s cancer is back for a sixth time, and we started an aggressive chemo regimen immediately. As always, we are optimistic, however to have a recurrence so quickly after surgery is not the news we were hoping for.
To try and inject some humor into this series of events, we decided to answer some of your likely …

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June 16th is National Cancer Survivors Day, a day to honor the survivors that have fought or are fighting this disease. I will be celebrating at Memorial Sloan-Kettering where over 500 survivors will be gathering to share stories and to toast to all that we have learned throughout our journeys.
In honor of the day, I thought it best to post some of the stories from survivors themselves. These stories were taken from the LiveSTRONG website. I have spent HOURS reading them. Every person has their own unique tale and each one demonstrates a test of grit, courage and hope. I am humbled by the “group” I am a part of…
“As strange at it may sound so to some, cancer was actually a positive experience for me. It made me step outside my comfort zone, it made me realize how special my family is, and it brought me some of the best friends I’ve ever had. I will NEVER forget those who sat next to me in those treatment chairs week …

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I have been doing a lot of thinking about fear lately. Not necessarily because I have a lot of it but because I am starting to work on my personal “branding” (more of that to come in future blog posts). My core message really focuses on how I believe fear can be much more paralyzing than freeing and that it actually gets in the way of productivity and happiness. I looked up the word fearless in the dictionary and naturally, the definition states that it is living in a state of “no fear”. I thought that was odd because it is not possible to live without fear. EVERYONE has fear in their lives and fear, in fact, is quite a healthy thing if you don’t let it get the better of you and debilitate the quality of your efforts. I actually think that people who are truly fearless are people who “fear less” because they are willing to confront their fear and embrace it versus deny that it is there.
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I find that I am most at peace and happiest when I am living consistent with my purpose or mission. I have always defined my purpose as creating a world that is free of fear. A world where people tirelessly and relentlessly persevere in getting what they want, obliterating any obstacles that stand in their way.  I always say that I strive to be a living role model to others, demonstrating that without fear, anything is possible within ourselves.
Well, I had the great fortune of witnessing many dear friends this week “fling” themselves at life and embrace it to the fullest.
Let’s start with the amazing Director of Cycle for Survival, Katie Kotkins getting exactly what she wanted…Zeev Klein!  Dave and I were thrilled to celebrate the union of Katie and Zeev this past weekend. We had a great time with the entire Cycle for Survival team!

The wedding was held at the Museum of Natural History and it was not only beautiful but so full of love.  It was clear with every …

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I apologize for not having written in a week. Take this as a good sign that I am slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things.  I am feeling a bit better each day. I am no longer taking any pain medicine and I am slowly but surely adding new foods into my diet.
My appetite has really come back and in the past week I am proud to say that I have moved beyond my diet of noodles, chicken, white rice and bagels and have embraced fruit, salmon and even some sorbet.  I am hoping to eventually get to vegetables which will be great.
I have been taking the oral chemo for more than a week and so far, so good.  I am a bit tired, which could be from the surgery as well as chemo, but beyond that, I am feeling really strong. I see my doctor this Friday to get a sense of how my body is handling the chemo (blood work etc).
My daily walks …

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