I didn’t disappear or die. I just needed a full week off to recover from the chemo infusion treatment I received last Tuesday. This was by far the toughest cellular recovery period I’ve had to date on the Stage 4 Cancer journey.
Dr. Showalter and I reappraised my situation and decided I should consider four more of these treatments to get my PSA count down to 2 or below. Consider though..I began this procees with an off the chart PSA number of 1,212…which could possibly be some sort of record. I haven’t researched that…but I’m fairly certain that 1,212 puts MJ in rarified air as far as PSA counts for people still living to talk about it. I would even add with some misplaced hubris…you could consider MJ a modern era PSA rockstar.
During the past week, for the first time since I began chemo…my digestive tract somewhat shutdown and in the course of the week…my weight fell from 220 lbs to 205 lbs. This is not a bad thing all things considered because I actually wanted to get my weight back down to around 195 lbs…you know–my John Marshall senior year weight when I had biceps and a neck almost like Russell Westbrook.
But I showed great improvement today as my cells in unison said,”Mikey–it’s okay and I think you can get out and hit the bike tomorrow and the weights the day after. Go for it, buddy.”
So enough of that. And I very much want to get my NBA Finals prediction on here sometime tomorrow in case I die at the OKC Wellness Center near Sam Bradford Blvd.
But before I sign off on here tonight..I want to express my love for Patti Gasso and her young women for their season which concluded in the national semi-finals when a heartbreak walk-off sacrifice fly ended their quest for an unthinkable five-peat in the current era of D1 collegiate sports.
This was not supposed to be this kind of season for OU. Gone were iconic players such as Jada Coleman, Tiare Jennings, (my favorite-Kenzie Hansen), Alyssa Brito and from the class before… Grace Lyon.
This was supposed to be a rebuild season in Norman. Instead…OU went 53-8, won the SEC regular season, and won the SEC Post Season Tournament. And of course…came within a few plays of hooking up with Texas for a repeat of last season’s national championship finals.
It was a privilege and honor to watch these young women this season. Sure.. I wish we’d won yesterday, but I definitely feel this is one of those Vince Lombardi moments when you feel okay about the way the season ended because they never surrendered and there’s something very substantial in embracing that mantra as you navigate life.
Trust me on that.
I cried again.. of course. But I’m going to touch more on all my cancer journey crying tomorrow during my NBA Finals analysis.
Make sure you Oklahoma people take the time to completely embrace the fact your team is in the NBA Finals.
I think if I’m going to have this incredible, almost herculean performance tomorrow on the terrain bike at the OKC Wellness Center ..I need to play this song and then have a beautiful eight hours of sleep. Yo, Adrian.
Peace. MJ