Movie Review, Joy, Update, Dogs, Edward zipper head

Aloha,

I would like to give you all a reason to click on this site. I know I make fighting cancer look as exciting as watching grass grow but your support helps me in this fight.

I watched the movie "Bucket List" with Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman with my folks' the other night. The movie deals with some mature topics so I recommend the movie to adults and advise parents to do their parenting and see if the movie is appropriate for your child.

The movie touches on some big questions we answer in life. One of the pearls I took away is, "Have I experienced joy in this life and have I helped others experience joy." My answer is a resounding, "Yes!".

I feel joy walking my dogs to go potty every day. I have a little trick I use on myself for the mundane daily task. I tell myself, "I get to walk my dogs in the sun, one more day, and I get to pick up their potty. How lucky am I? My dogs turn 13 and 11 years old in February and March respectively. I have been fortunate to have learned and retained some very good, dog training, dog care, dog medicine, advice from breeders and dog trainers that I still use. Mojo and Salena and I will work on some of our distance commands like "down stay" and "sit stay" today. German Shepherd Dogs are smart and periodic reminders make them feel good and make these important, life saving, commands reliable.

I need to follow up with my neuro-onclologist before being released back to work. We will be starting a new treatment, that may include poison, (chemo-therapy). I should get the final pathology early this week.

My goal is to keep my body going long enough to help find the cure to this mystery that is Glioblastoma Multiforme (most malignant form of primary brain cancer). I believe we can find a cure. I am reaching for the effortlessness in the effort. I am living strong and believe satisfaction lies in the effort.

I find it funny how one's life can change very quickly. I feel like "Edward Zipper Head" which is a play on the Johnnie Depp movie, "Edward Scissors Hands". I feel good and maybe by living a relatively healthy life style it has helped with the cancer treatments. I get some comfort believing that to be true. I have not been on the bicycle yet but Mojo and I have done a mile plus long walk at a gentle pace. I figure I have my whole life to get in shape for the next Livestrong bike ride which may be this June for me in Seattle, Washington or in San Jose, California. I would like to head out to Austin as well and visit my good friend, Dave McKnight who was so gracious to put me up in his home with his wonderful family, near Austin.

Peace and Love,
Jack "The Comet" Burton