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. […]
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Orlando Relay For Life
May 15, 2009 
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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 […]
Continue readingCancer Blog Index
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) […]
Continue readingI have an itch . . .
April 21, 2009 0 Comments
For about 2 months now I have been dealing with completely random attacks of extreme itching. At first I thought that I was just having an allergic reaction to the detergent we use to wash our clothes. I had Carey buy some dye and scent-free detergent and it seemed to work. For a week or […]
Continue readingThe IOA 5k Race
April 17, 2009 0 Comments
There is a yearly 5k run sponsored by “Insurance Office of America” here in the Orlando area. Every year my company, Channel Intelligence, encourages everyone to participate and attend. Easily 1/2 of our company attends each year – and that’s a staggering statistic if you stop to think about it. What other company can confidently […]
Continue readingEaster Weekend Surfing
April 13, 2009 0 Comments
So far I’m holding true to the promise I made myself. When I sick from chemotherapy, weak from radiation, unable to walk across the house from malnutrition weakness, I promised myself that when I got better I would spend as many weekends as I could at the beach. In the past four weeks I have […]
Continue readingSurfing Again!
April 4, 2009 0 Comments
Last night Carey and I spent the night at a hotel on Cocoa Beach. We found ourselves in the extremely unusual potion of having no children. Matthew and Christopher were at their bio-mom’s for the week and Ashlee spent the night at her grandparent’s house. That left Carey and I childless. Alone. We immediately took […]
Continue readingBald Binary Biker
March 31, 2009 3 Comments
Yes, I am bald. (see pictures below) My recent battle with cancer and my chemotherapy has taken its toll on my scalp. The drug I was given for chemotherapy, cisplatin, is not supposed to cause copious hair loss, but it has been known to happen. In my case, my hair was thinning drastically. I would […]
Continue readingAnother Clean Bill of Health
March 26, 2009 1 Comment
Earlier this week, I had to go see my ENY surgeon for the first time in 3 months. This is the doctor who sliced open a 10-inch section of my neck and removed the cancerous lymph nodes. He’s also the doctor who initially diagnosed me with cancer. I still have only limited feeling on the […]
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