I've been trolling through my junkemail folder (worth doing once in a while, btw) and I'm finding I've had some emails I've missed about the BCFH blog. John R emailed me about his blog, Our Life With Cancer. John and wife Linda started their fight in December 2007, and John decided to catch up on events and create a blog about their experiences in his Our Life With Breast Cancer blog.
Honestly, John is much more open about the details of their experiences and I applaud him for his courage (and Linda's too) for sharing so much. I also like John's style in how he writes. He's pretty blunt and I appreciate that. Here's an excerpt about having a wife with a bald head. I laughed at several different times while reading these couple of paragraphs. From John's blog...
Some people just stare like there is a neon-light on your head saying "I have cancer". One evening we took the kids to Gattiland, an all you can eat pizza place with arcade. As we were eating, a couple sat down next to us and began to eat. He looked over at Linda, whispered something to his wife, she looked over, then they got up and changed seats. Are you fucking kidding me? Hey jackass, you can't catch cancer! For one moment, I wished cancer was contagious because I would have had Linda get up and give that bastard a bear-hug.
In support of Linda's follicly challenged head, some of her girlfriends joined the Sinead O'Connor tribute for a day. Many people wonder what they would look like bald. My genetics predisposed me to some cro-magnon-like appendage on the back of my skull that I like to refer to as the "bottle-opener". Turns out Linda has a very nice melon. Smooth and round. A childhood accident has carved an "L" scar on the back of her head which was hidden for 30+ years. It will soon be covered again with wavy brown hair but for now it serves as a nice monogram.
I'm not sure my wife would appreciate me calling her head a nice melon but I did complement her about how cute she is being bald and how much I like to rub and kiss her head.
No doubt that John's blog is going up on the BCFH blogroll and then both are added to our prayers and to the BCFH prayer list. Blessings to both of you, John and Linda. I haven't met you but I can tell I'd like you both a lot.
