Thank you to all of those who keep regularly asking news for Florian. We feel obliged to take the time to this blog.
The latest news have been pretty good. He has his last infusion before waiting to start the 3 year maintenance chemo which will start in 2 weeks. He will have to take drugs every day and will have to return to Strong hospital about once a week for an infusion, he didn't really like to hear that he will have to keep doing infusions and lumbar punctures every months, the good news is the rhythm is longer than last year. His last chemo sessions didn't affect him as much as they did in the past, only for a day or two. He kept working and didn't take any half days after his infusion.
As we were saying before he is living a normal life again. He is working full time at Corning, is liking it a lot and is being very professional. He is starting to exercise, push ups, sit ups and so on every morning and night to get his muscles back. He is pretty happy with his weight at this time, he is doing everything to stay fit and wants a six pack. It's starting to show up....the pots of Nutella aren't getting emptied as quickly as usual and he is happy to be able to buy medium shirts. Overall it's a new look. People don't recognize him right away and it's a pleasure to say hello when meeting people again (Florian's specialty knowing how social he is).
Last weekend he went back to the pool. He was really happy and realized that it had been about a year and a half since he had swam which is a really long time for him.
Small side note.
If I hadn't mentioned it before, our cat Surprise is really close to Florian. Since he has been sick she is always near him, she even waits when he is not there. She can feel that he needs her and vice versa. It seems that cat can tell when people have this type of illness.
Another important point is that Florian has a 1996 Jeep which he loves to drive and regularly goes on rides to change his mind (yes he is contributing to global warming with his Jeep's gas consumption). It often falls apart and every time we get it repaired. Two weeks ago I had to go get him about 1 hour away since his car had another problem, so I suggested that it could be time to get a new car. He looked at me as if I was saying the dumbest thing he could possibly imagine.
He told me that he had a special relation with his car and that there was no way he was getting a new one. He told me very seriously "In my life there are two women that count: Surprise and my Jeep!". I didn't dare to say anything about his car and we got it fixed once again, apparently their motors are unkillable.
On the 20th of June we are participating once again on the Relay for Life in Corning like last year, you are all welcome to join us. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the relay. For more info you can go to the following website:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=33544538&pg=personal&fr_id=56503&fl=en_US&et=oJQscXCycjXwTd6WiFLp2Q&s_tafId=1467704
P.S.: Everyone needs to cheer for Belgium in the World Cup! And Flo too maybe.
Thanks again for all the support we have had we really appreciate it. The fact that so many people are actively checking out the site really helps with confidence knowing that so many people care. Shout out to everyone who does because you are really helping just by checking in once in a while.
Thanks again for reading and have a great day/
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