My four month chemo set was completed today at Integris. It’s been the toughest part so far on my Stage 4 cancer journey. And the very last thing I planned on putting on my blog today was anything Donald Trump related because there’s only so many ways even a nuanced, talented blogger can say…..
” Is this lying pathetic motherfucker even remotely serious?”
It’s pointless at this juncture. It really is. Rome is burning.
After my infusion, I headed over to my OKC Wellness Center and my favorite person over there is a black guy named Brian who usually is there on the bike next to me at pretty much the time of the day I do my forty minute ride and light weight workout.
Brian uses a walker. I have now improved to using one cane only. We both have our own health issues. But neither of us have or plan on feeling sorry for ourselves or qutting.
Brian is about my age. Black. Hard working, a self-employed person just like I was and like MJ…. did pretty well just like I did because of work ethic, perserverance, and the fervent dream of passing the concept of the American Dream on to his son…just as my wife and I did with our son.
Like most marraiges which last beyond 45 years or more, we had some tough moments. Some obstacles. I’m probably not the easiest guy to be married to at times even though my heart is basically good. But as parents we never wavered on our dual obligation as parents. Never. We did our best.
So Brian was on his bike before me today, and after I was about two minutes into my ride…he looks at me and asks, “MJ, what do think about our political situation? Where do you stand with this guy? I need to know.”
I asked, ” You need to know?”
He answered, ” I would like to know.”
“I think all of this is total bullshit. This is a total scam and this guy should have just counted his legal blessings to the fact he should be serving time in a federal prison for what he did before, on, and after January 6th. He has shattered the American Rule of Law. He has eviserated the concept of By the People, Of the People, and For the People. Everything he’s doing will weaken the white middle class, the lower white class, and the poor JD Vance redneck whites like he was before he became a Silicon Valley capital venture savant.”
Brian looked at me and smiled before saying, ” I was hoping that was close to what you were going to say. We’re good. I feel better.”
I’m through preaching on here to you Trump fake Christians. It serves no purpose. Rome is burning and you care more about the valuations of your401c3 accounts than the fact our country is ON FIRE.
This was a great day for me on the Staage 4 cancer journey. It was. I now take a Chemo vacation and report back on April 14th for what will be my fifth PetScan since my 1,212 PSA count rocked my world two and a half years ago. It will be clean as have the previous two scans and my guess is my PSA count will be somewhere between 1 and 1.7 based on the trajectories we’ve been experiencing with this drug.
The day after the PetScan my wife and I will be heading to Seaside, Florida to be with our son, our daughter-in-law and our two grandchildren….Robert and Aubrey. Life is good. Don’t ever surrender. If you ever think of surrendering think of MJ, Jalon Moore, Jeremiah Fears, and Sam Godwin. Sometimes we don’t win. But it is the effort which ultimately defines us. But don’t quit.
And visualize Vincent Thomas Lombardi in your mindset refresh.
So I’m happy…even though Rome is burning. I have a new friend I’ve come to respect and like. It was a good day.
2 Timothy, 1:7
God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self control.
Mike J