Yet another day at doctor Boll's office, these people are becoming family. Lindsay once again is in some pain due to another expansion, I think we are getting very close to being done with them. I hope so because I hate seeing her in pain I think she has gone through enough. We also were able to see the general surgeon Dr. Eden. He was very happy about the way things looked. He left it up to Lindsay on weather or not she would be going on Tamoxifen which is a hormone blocker. This is an effective yet scary drug, it creates mood swings and sometimes puts you into early menopause which is not ideal at 33. The hormones are what accelerate the cancer so that is what this is used to block. We will be getting more info from an oncologist soon. Just when you thought the fun was over!


Quick question

Why does the guy on the Bachelorette always have to tell everyone that they are down to the last rose? Could he please for once just stay in the hallway and let her give that last rose out? Talk about someone begging for airtime. What a joke. If you are wondering how I know so much about the show, it is because my wife MAKES me watch it.

B

Finally a cloudy day in the valley. Lindsay is feeling good but for some reason is still having pain daily I think due to the expander's. Hopefully 5 more expansions then we can get on to the next surgery. Brady sure is happy that she can hold him sometimes, he missed his mommy for sure.


Life

There was a story on the news last night that a lady left her baby on her front door step in his car seat for 30 minutes in 110 degree weather. What is wrong with people, we are worried about immigration and oil spills. I think it is about time we put together a bill that makes people have a licence to have a child, put them through some testing before they can make babies. After all don't we need a license to drive, get married and fish?

Yet another expansion today for Lindsay. Unfortunately for her it hurt bad today, the needle has not hurt her that bad in the past. The good thing is that Dr. Boll said it is great that she is getting feeling back in her skin the bad thing is that she is getting feeling back in her skin and it is painful. Hopefully she only has a few left, this part of the process is not fun for her. She is doing very well other than on the days the expansion occurs. The boys are being very helpful.

Speed

There was a story on the news tonight about a couple of guys that were able to collect 120,000 signatures to go against the speed cameras that we have in the valley. My question is if you have enough time in your life to collect 120,000 signatures why are you in such a hurry. Get a life and slow down dudes.

We were able to get out of the house tonight for about 2 hours. Yes this means Lindsay is feeling better. We went to Zipp's to say goodbye to 2 girls that she has worked with for a while, they are moving. Everyone commented on how great she looked, I think she looks better than ever. It is hard to believe she had a double mastectomy 32 days ago. Don't get me wrong, she still has a few more procedures to go through, but she is feeling better and that is all that matters.

Thanks to the Hladik family for dinner! You have been incredible.

We have secured a date for our golf tournament to benefit Team Boobweiser (Lindsay's Team)in the 3 day walk. The tournament will be August 14th, 7am at the Biltmore Golf Course in Phoenix. It will be $75.00 per player. We will have great raffle prizes and silent auction items. We are also working on getting a good room rate just in case people want to stay the night- and for those that are traveling from out of town. I will post an entry form on this site in the next few days if anyone is interested.


Heat

Every summer in Phoenix the local "professional" meteorologists think that it is good to remind us that it gets hot here. They get out and interview people on the streets and ask them questions like "can you believe how hot it is?" Right on schedule tonight one of these so called "weathermen" decided to try to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Hello, we live in the desert. I hope these guys do not make more than teachers, firemen and policemen. Unfortunately I think they do, the bad part is that they feel like they serve the public. Here is my forecast for the next two months in the Metro Phoenix area. It is going to be mostly sunny or partly cloudy and HOT. Thank you, do I have the job?

B

Day 31 after surgery, it seems like it has been 3 months not one. Today Lindsay had her second expansion, it went better than last week I think because she knew what to expect. Now of course she has some pain due to the stretching of the skin and muscle. She is dealing very well with it she is tough. Hopefully next week will be one of the last expansion's then we will begin to schedule the next surgery.

Thanks again to the Hunter family last night for the food, you all are awesome. Thanks to the Master's family on Saturday for holding their own party to benefit Jo Jo getting to walk on Lindsay's team in November. They raised $1350.00 towards Jo Jo's portion of the team.

Foresight

I was driving around today and noticed on the back of a guys truck two scorpion stickers. We sometimes see scorpions at our house, this of course reminds me that I have not found one in quite a while. I get that feeling that there is a reason I saw those stickers on this guys truck. Of course tonight in the garage I almost stepped on one, I killed it then did a full house search for any others. These are the freakiest creatures on the planet, if you have not seen one under a black light you must check it out it is creepy. I guess the point to my story is why in the world would you have two scorpion stickers on your truck? Get a life dude!!!!!

Lindsay finally had one of her better days so far. She felt as normal as she could at this point. She is not looking forward to her next expansion which is on Monday, they will attempt to put in 100 cc's per side which sounds painful to me. Once again this is a part of the process and this will help her get to a better place.

Thanks to the Weldon family for bringing us food on Thursday you are fantastic people. Thanks to the Collums family for dinner on Friday, the food was fantastic. I think I gained 5 pounds just looking at the pie that Mindy made. You are all very inspirational and it is very heart warming.

We have secured a date for our golf tournament to benefit Lindsay's 3 day walk team so that we can make sure all members can walk. Each team member must raise $2300.00 this will help all of them get to that point. The tournament will be at the Biltmore in Phoenix on August 14th at 7am. More details to follow, we will have great prizes and silent auction items.

Michael Jackson has been dead for 1 year, he had to die to finally start to make money again. His estate has made over 1 billion dollars since his death, this means his chimp has some serious bananas. Sorry call me cynical but I would still not let my kids spend the night at Neverland Ranch.

B

Well I think Lindsay over did it again today. She is very tired and sore. Two boys will do that to you I guess. Thanks to Jody for being with her today. Hopefully next week's expansion will be the last and we can get the last surgery scheduled. Our life will change immensely once that final procedure is done and Lindsay can feel somewhat comfortable. Thanks once again for the thoughts and prayers you all send daily.

I had a guy at work today that just found out about Lindsay's health and what she has just gone through. This guy has a very rough exterior and is somewhat of a tough guy- a true Bud Man that has been with the company 30 years!!! When Lindsay still worked for Hensley, she was his favorite and called her his princess. He called me today after hearing the news and was very emotional on the phone. I believe I heard some tears in his voice. He said to give his little princess a soft hug for him and of course if we needed anything to call him. This just reaffirms to me how many people Lindsay has touched over the years and what a strong personality she has. It is amazing how people have responded to her journey. People are amazing and wonderful.

Circus

We were able to get to the circus tonight and let the boys enjoy the show. Did I miss something over the last 30 years? The bearded lady - had a fake beard. If you want a real bearded lady I see a few each day at Wal Mart. They had a person out there that was supposed to be half man and half woman. Don't they understand this is en vogue these days? The worlds strongest man had fake weights!! I guess everything is PC these days. The one thing they still do is torture those poor elephants. They make them stand on those little platforms and look like goofballs. I am sure the elephants are saying "one day I will crush you". Oh well the boys loved the show.

B