Cancer Kicker bracelets. You want 'em, we got 'em.

We're totally jumping on the silicone cancer bracelet bandwagon, guys....just look at our unborn child already representing in the womb in the picture below! We are All In for Kicking Cancer. Please DOMINATE with us! You can also order a Myeloma Dominate Shirt!

It all began when we decided to get some made for our friends who were running the BHBH run with Phil, kind of as a team thing. But when we saw that the minimum order was a hundred bracelets we started thinking, I bet there are people who would wanna rock these and here they are!!!!. So we had a few hundred made because, you know, the more you buy the more you save (I know, that makes zero sense but it got Phil to buy 500) and so now we must sell them to recoup the money we spent getting them made. Ahem.

Here's the lovely bling:

CANCER KICKER

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And the inside of the bracelets is embossed with "Phil 4:13" which is Phil's personal favorite scripture verse. I wanted to put the one from 2 Kings where the punk kids are calling Elisha a baldhead but rock beats scissors so Phil 4:13 is on there instead.

If you want to show your support by sporting a myeloma-burgundy Cancer Kicker bracelet, you can purchase them online by clicking here.

Thanks, all. Keep dominating.

Phil is going Blue! But what shade???

Like most chemotherapy patients, I too will lose my hair...eventually. Fortunately for me during the cocktail chemotherapy I am currently on my hair stays in tact and it's not until I move on to stem collection, high dose chemo and transplant do I lose my hair. The transplant will probably hit in January.

I see dying my hair as an opportunity to seek and explore my creative expression of self. Okay...really I just thought it would be fun and who do you know in corporate america that shows up at work with blue hair and spikes! I also decided to allow my facial hair to grow out which is something I have wanted to do for years; plus, it will keep me warm through this Michigan winter.

So now it is once again our readers turn to decide what hair dye I am going to need to purchase and I am open to bribes (e.g., buy 100 bracelets and your color wins...wink..wink). You can vote by using the poll on the right side of the screen. I am sure my friends at MMRF (Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation) are pulling for teal, which I think would be the most ridiculous color.

I am scared out of my mind to go in public with blue hair....just so you know. It doesn't fit my clean, down to earth midwestern personality...BUT nor does cancer...so there you have it. Blue it is.

I am thankful for...

Given the recent bout of projectile vomiting, constipation and overall discomfort, the list of things I am thankful for are quite different this year.

I am thankful for...

• regular trips to the bathroom
• eating cake
• sleeping sitting up
• chemo drugs that work
• a wife(i.e. mine) who does not pity herself and just dominates
• People sporting cancer kicker bracelets
• an awesome boss
• watching back-to-back DVDs with Cassie
  
• an understanding employer
• family and friends that meet needs without asking with no strings attached
• pickles (they make the list every year)
• advances in MM research
• my positive attitude amidst a lot of crappy stuff
• my growing kiddos
• a faith that allows me to just exist
• greasy pizza
• Jefferson Market and other local biz
  
• organic food
• short commutes
• our house
• the michigan family and faithful
• Dr J. & PA B and the rest of UMHS's medical staff I see
• the body's ability to bounce back
• people who don't eat turkey on thanksgiving (I still love those who do!)
  
• myeloma that doesn't like chemo drugs
• people who leave blog comments
• aspiring young kickers
• sleeping next to Ocean and hugs from Iris
  
• cows
• friends that I can just drop over and walk into their home
• the ability to dream
• farm house and red barns
  
• Michigan Football (even when we go 3-9 and 5-7)

Cassie and I cannot say enough of how thankful we are for all those who have stepped up and supported us through our charge to complete healing, MM awareness and some stability in this crazy journey. So thanks everyone!

Much love, peace and restfulness this holiday weekend!

Phil

Dominating Wristbands

It's so encouraging to get facebook pictures, emails and so on with people who have joined forces to help us kick Multiple Myeloma, build awareness and take on the "dominate" life philosophy. I will continue to post all the photos I am able to get my hands on....so keep sending me photos with you dominating your Cancer Kicker wristbands! We appreciate everyone of you for your support and thanks for your patience on the distribution!


12/14/09: Frances @White House [Washington DC]

12/3/09: Ehrika [Tecumseh, MI]

Mrs DeLong's AP English Class [Comstock, MI]




Walter [Flint, MI]


Cassie's big bro, San Francisco


Ocean [Ann Arbor, MI]


Jeff, Alysa, Joe, Leila [Tucson, AZ]


Little Sister's Friends [Ann Arbor, MI]


Little Sis' [Tampa, FL]


Zak [Ann Arbor, MI]


Julie [Kansas City, MO]


Laura, Tommy, Heather [Tampa/Ann Arbor]


Michigan Faithful [Ann Arbor, MI]


Jake - [Midland, MI]


Jill [Midland, MI]

Keep dominating!

You guys are too much.

Holy Myelomey... we spent the majority of our morning and early afternoon stuffing, addressing and mailing envelopes full of Cancer Kicker bracelets to you all. Some were sent clear across the country, and some were sent to addresses just a few streets away from ours. The entire time I was on the verge of tears because, seriously everyone... thank you. I can't believe how many of you donated so generously and sent amazingly encouraging messages, some of you already dear friends but most of you never having met us. We are touched and humbled and so, so grateful to all of you, our friends, old and new.

I took about 35 envelopes to the post office today. I was told they would go out on Monday so if you payed via Paypal you should be getting your stash sometime next week. Wear 'em proud. The more people there are who learn about multiple myeloma (MM), the more likely spell check is to eventually STOP telling me it doesn't exist. We don't want to just kick it, we want to cure it.

Off to get the kids in bed and get ready for a little football action. Go Blue!

Picture of Phil dominating his nightly chemo pills in preparation for the Wolverines domination of the Hawkeyes: