A Repost

1,111 hits in less than a month.  (Father, please use this blog to bless and encourage)  I have looked at the page hits and many have not seen the first posts.  What follows is the very first blog we posted.  I thought it was worth a repeat.
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The purpose of this blog

Purpose One: The show of support from my friends and family has been overwhelming.  Now, I have so many people who need to stay updated as to my treatment and progress that it would take me days to send each one a personal message. This blog provides me a way to keep everyone posted and to allow them to drop Susan and me a line from time to time.

Purpose Two:  Hearing the words, "You have cancer," replaces swagger with stagger.  For me, it split me down the middle with my mind acknowledging the diagnosis while my heart was in full emotional denial.  It took me three days before my mind and emotions came together and that was a bad day for me.  People with cancer need support and maybe, in some small way, this blog will help somebody, somewhere to deal with their disease.