The Beginning

Well here we go! I've decided to blog about my journey through beating cancer. It all started on October 28th 2011 and approximately 2 in the morning. After an uneventful beginning to the night I retired to bed after a night of band practice. At approximately 2 am I was awoken by a Grand Mal Siezure. My wife called 911 and the fire department, ambulance, and some neighbors showed up to help. After several minutes, I began to get my bearing back and decided to refuse treatment and transport by the ambulance personel and go on to hospital by pov. My wife and the others helped me to my van and we started towards the hospital. About halfway there, I had another seizure that wasn't as bad as the first. We continued on to the hospital where I had another seizure. The hospital staff then stabilized me and I was finally able to get a ct scan done revealing a small lesion on my brain. The hospital staff made the decision to transfer me out to Floyd Hospital in Rome. After arriving at Floyd hospital the next two days were a blurr of doctors and tests. They began a plan to start an offensive attack on the lesion. Everything seemed to be going ok then the doctor said we needed to do a full body ct scan to rule out any other suprises. The nest day a doctor came into my room not looking very happy and advised us that she had bad news. The lesion on my brain quickly became not so important as she stood there and told us that I had a 5lb 12 cm tumor on my left kidney that had spread to both my lungs and to my brain. They immediately decided that removal of the kidney was now priority. The next day they released me from the hospital. Now I was set to start the fight set before me.