I blogged last year about the different types of people I met in my battle with cancer. The blog was titled “Living with Cancer – Understanding Sycophants” and you can read it HERE. It details the types of people who come into your life thinking they are helping you but are actually emotionally harmful to […]
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Did Chemo Brain Influence My Decision?
July 30, 2009 
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I finished chemotherapy in January 2009. If you’ve read my blogs to date, you know that chemotherapy was much more traumatizing to my body than I thought it would be – but I always assumed the effects would be temporary and that once I was over the toxic side-effects, it would be done.In fact, I […]
Continue readingEngagement Photos
July 11, 2009 4 Comments
You all know I proposed to Carey in January; right in the middle of my chemotherapy and radiation. It was a magnificent and wonderful day, full of love and promise. I was so weak I could barely walk to through the gardens where I proposed to her, but I wasn’t going to let a little […]
Continue readingChewing Gum and Cancer
June 28, 2009 0 Comments
Before you’re the age of seven your mother is scared to death to let you chew a stick of gum. It might get stuck in your throat – lodged in a perverse definition of the name and gum up your breathing. Later, when you’ve reached enough “maturity,” you’re allowed a small Chicklet and you walk […]
Continue readingStupid Cancer
June 16, 2009 1 Comment
Carey on the bench where I proposed to her. Three weeks ago Carey went back to her dermatologist for a checkup and found that she had four potential trouble spots on her back and abdomen. Moles that had all the appearance of being cancerous. Her doctor took four biopsies and sent her on her way […]
Continue readingAlways Get a Second Opinion!
May 22, 2009 0 Comments
I went to see my radiation Oncologist today; Dr. David Diamond in Winter Park, Florida. He’s basically been the coordinator of all my treatments – surgical, medical, and radiation. So when I see him, I tend to get the “bigger” picture of all of my treatments. I also have the best relationship with him – […]
Continue readingCancer and Social Networking
May 19, 2009 0 Comments
The most amazing thing happened to me today. I was sitting in my doctor’s office – the office of the surgeon who removed my cancer from my tonsils and lymph nodes to be exact – when I twittered on my iPhone the following: Sitting in my surgeon’s office waiting for my next post treatment checkup. […]
Continue readingOrlando Relay For Life
May 15, 2009 0 Comments
My daughter has a classmate who has cancer. Her name is Ebony and you can see her above right next to me in the picture. Her teacher formed a team for the Orlando American Cancer Society Relay for Life this afternoon. A number of students and parents attended, along with Ebony and her family, to […]
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May 10, 2009 0 Comments
Hi; My name is Ron Sparks and I have cancer. Sounds like a 12-step program, huh? Being diagnosed with cancer has changed my life. It’s been an incredible journey and it’s not nearly over yet. Not even close. As a writer, I have a cathartic need to express myself when I am in trouble – […]
Continue readingRecovery Status
May 4, 2009 1 Comment
It’s been a while since I posted my current recovery status. For those of you new to my blog: I am a cancer patient. I’d like to call myself a survivor, but that term will apply to me in a couple of years. Right now, I am still recovering from my first (and hopefully last) […]
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