This is my blog about my medical journey through Lymphoma. I was diagnosed April 11, 2006. Currently, I am in remission with a high chance of cure. It was non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, specifically Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma. The tumors ended up being in my hip, my sternum and my backbone. I have left the blog up for anyone to read, and I also use it to remember all I went through. Because of all the drugs and stress, some of it is foggy, so it is fun to go back and see what I went through!

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Nose Hairs

I have been telling people that when I brush my teeth in the morning, I think my eyebrows or eyelashes have been falling out into my hands when I look down. However, I had overlooked a whole group of hairs up there that I hadn't realized were falling out. When I walked to practice yesterday, and stood there taller than my players finally, they were able to see up my nose, and that is when my lack of nose hair was brought to my attention. I tried to look up the reason for why we have nose hair, but after 30 seconds became bored and stopped. I was hoping they would have some ingenius explanation why our nose hairs stop us from being eaten by predators or something, but I am pretty sure all they do is catch mucus and that you don't really need them unless you like to have mucus in your nose. I think my friend, Heath, likes having mucus in his nose though, because he is a picker.

My dad left town on Monday afternoon. He had been here since Thursday. He had driven out from Texas with my brother, Matt. They did a ton of work to help me move and get me set up in my new place. It was great that I was on crutches all the way through the weekend, because I didn't have to carry any of my own stuff from my old apartment, and I just sat there like some useless blob of cancer. The frustrating thing for them is that my brain is a little less sharp and I am prone to getting irritated (especially when I was not walking) and so they had to help me even though I wasn't all that fun or helpful. My new place is awesome. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a large living room. The complex has some kickin amenities too, like a junior olympic size swimming pool, a ping pong room, a billiards room, and a workout facility. I am writing this blog in our third room, which we are calling our office/guest room. Once I get all moved in, I'll take some pictures, including some of my new bed of which you will all be jealous.

7 Comments:

Anonymous Coca said...

Nose hairs...weird. Never really thought about it before. Oh and you have to give me yours and Greg's address, Marissa and I are conspiring to T.P. it one day.
Aaaaand I WILL be there for the first week of your camp, turns out I'm not going to Chile, so ill be able to help out then. Seeya later!

6:29 PM

 
Anonymous el hefe said...

Yo, you gotta have a 'cool new apartment' party bro. Have a razor at the door and require all attendee's to shave off some hair from somewhere...:)
Awesome about the nose hair, one less part of your body you have to worry about keeping trimmed!
Tell your Dad it was good to meet him and I was bummed I didn't get to see him before I left that day - J

8:45 AM

 
Anonymous el hefe said...

Yo, check out this nose hair info:

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/7/1680_51928.htm

Took me 45 seconds to find it...:)

9:16 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry,

Not shaving any more body hair this year. Guess I'll have to miss the party....

Chuck

2:19 PM

 
Blogger binford said...

HOW DARE YOU FOR EXPOSING MY SUPER POWERS... (shaking fist in air)

FEROCIOUS COMMENTS WILL COST YOU!

GOOD DAY SIR!
I SAID, GOOD DAY!

9:54 AM

 
Anonymous Princess said...

hey you have the 100% right to be as irritated as you feel. remember the cancer cards?! it's frustrating! So don't get hard on urself.
and by the way I HAVE THE ANSWER. see.. i lost my nose hair too... (ok this is sooo weird.. im gonnna have to step out of princess mode right now)... ok! so when i lost it and i'd get a runny nose... like not even a runny nose, but like when i'd be cold out or something, suddenly this like liquid SNOT would fall down straight through my nose. it was soooo embarrassing. Like i'd be talking to a hot guy and i remember being like all flirty and then this thing (it was kinda like a tear drop .. but from my nose) fell and i got all embarrassed and was like "ok bye!" ook so my point is that it's to keep you from getting ur snot on everybody!

3:55 AM

 
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