Welcome

Oh, by the way, I'm the old guy on the right of the photo, the others in the photo are my wonderful wife Patricia (upper left), our daughter Amanda and my two sons Joshua (behind Amanda) and Mathew (our baby) That great looking dog is Maggie, the second best dog that has lived on this earth. Another player in the game that wasn't in the photo (they weren't engaged yet) is Ryan Stewart, our soon to be son-in-law who has also been a big help.

What a difference a couple of months can make. I've been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer that starts by messing up your blood system. I'll learn more about it and will most likely add additional information about it as I learn more about what it is and what it's doing inside me.
Of course I should have started this over a month ago - but a month ago, I didn't know I wanted or needed to start this, I'll catch up and then the posts should be smaller and a little more like an actual blog - as opposed to these diary entries. Never done this before, I'm sharing it, but it's really to help Patty and I keep a handle on the timing and goings on with my treatments and procedures during this year to get this into Remission.

I also need to add this: We are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - The Mormons - Faith is a very important part of our life and I suspect will become more important as time goes on. There is a great object lesson for faith housed in the Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail movie. When they come out of the cave on top of the bottomless pit, Indy looks at the book and notices that the person is suppose to step out in faith to continue on his path. I think this is great, it is what God asks of us and I hope I am up to the challenge.