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    The predictability of fitness and health.

    The predictability of fitness and health.

    There's clarity in thinking slow - Chemo Brain.

    There's clarity in thinking slow - Chemo Brain.

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    My name is...

    My name is...

    Today would have been a day that I was going in for chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I would have spent most of the day alternating b...
    Charity

    Charity

    It’s been 2 weeks since my (it wasn’t really mine, per se, I MEAN it was for ME, but I had no hands in it…so do I really say “my”?) the c...
    No more Deep Thoughts

    No more Deep Thoughts

    Remember “Deep Thoughts” by Jack Handy? It was a great book and also segment on Saturday Night Live. Essentially it was just a collecti...
    Update - Fights 5 and 6 - HATS!

    Update - Fights 5 and 6 - HATS!

    So I just finished my 7th (out of 12) FIGHTS this past Thursday. You haven’t really heard anything from me because I have been so tired....
    The predictability of fitness and health.

    The predictability of fitness and health.

    I have never had a 9-5 job. Every job I have ever had was “start to end”. Meaning, you started, and you were finished when you were don...
    There's clarity in thinking slow - Chemo Brain.

    There's clarity in thinking slow - Chemo Brain.

    Among the list of "side effects" more like "shit that's almost certainly going to happen to you" is something called chemo brain. Here's ...
    Climbing the mountain or "4 weeks to 80% cardio"

    Climbing the mountain or "4 weeks to 80% cardio"

    I wrote this blog post a few weeks ago, but have been holding onto it. This was written after my 3rd treatment. We love to put challenge...
    4th session update

    4th session update

    So, how’s it going after my 4th session of chemo? I actually have finished my 5th session, but I think there is a lot of important thing...
    Don't tell cancer patients cures they could be doing.

    Don't tell cancer patients cures they could be doing.

    The article below came up in my news feed and I thought it was fitting as I had written a post about essentially this same thing. The ar...
    Buck Furpees

    Buck Furpees

    There is a list of exercises that get hated on for various reasons: 1. Deadlifts 2. Back squats 3. Bench presses 4. Overhead presses 5. ...
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