Join us May 12th for our Fonduerasier at the Boca Melting Pot!

Family and Friends,

As most of you know I've been working hard at my Woman of the Year Campaign. I'm hoping that you can join us on May 12th at the Melting Pot in Boca Raton. Please see below.

Love and Thanks,
Michele

GOOD FOOD FOR A GREAT CAUSE

Dear friends of LLS,

In the month of May, come enjoy a special four course fondue at The Melting Pot of Boca Raton and 20% will be donated to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The Four-Course LLS Fondue

Young Fonduer options available so bring the family!

PLEASE MENTION "FONDUE FOR LLS" WHEN MAKING YOUR RESERVATION



AND LADIES....


It's a Girl's Night Out for LLS!

Wednesday, May 12th


Includes....


Choice of any Cheese Fondue

Petite Combination Entree

Choice of any Chocolate Fondue


$6 theme drink specials

$5 Wine by the glass

Vendor reception

Raffle prizes

($4 per lady and 20% of all additional purchases will be donated)

$29 per lady

Meet The 2010 LLS Woman of the Year Michele Stanek

The Melting Pot of Boca Raton
5455 N. Federal Highway
(561) 997-7472

Thank you for not sharing and understanding that "Dip Certificates" or other discount offers or promotions cannot be accepted on event nights.


Reservations recommended

100 days of remission!

Family and Friends,

Last night I took Bob out to dinner to celebrate his first 100 days of being Leukemia-free! I think we were both very excited to get out of the house and enjoy. I wanted the waiter to sing happy anniversary for Bob, but he would have no part of it. LOL

Things are going well, Bob's oncologist is on maternity leave and I'm a little disappointed with her replacement. I asked Bob to ask to have the head doctor as his oncologist, but Bob isn't that kind of guy so he got stuck with the new doctor right out of college. He's okay it's not like they are doing anything major right now except for checking Bob's blood once a month, but the new doc managed to screw that up so far. Now it's not the new guy's fault that the blood machine at the office was broken, but he took Bob's blood and mailed it away for testing and never bothered to call Bob back with the results. Bob takes this as meaning "No news is good news". I on the other hand see it as someone dropping the ball and I'm going to call just to make sure everything is okay.

On the Woman of the Year front, I'd like to thank everyone that has donated so far through the website, and Dave and Traci Tate of elitefts.com for creating the Lift Strong line of apparel for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I'd also like to thank Alywn Cosgrove, who always seems to motivate Bob right when he needs it and to everyone else for their support. I have a few other fundraisers planned for the next month. I'm hoping to partner with the Melting Pot in Boca for a "Cheese for Charity" event, and then do a PartyLite Candle fundraiser as well. If anyone else has any ideas, please please let me know. I'm not much of an event planner and so far the only ideas my friends have come up with involve strippers and gambling. (Don't' ask - all I can say is the name of the events were supposed to be called "Strip away Leukemia" and "Don't Gamble with your life")

Finally, Bob and I are taking Christopher this weekend to go camping down in Ft. Lauderdale with my parents. We will be at TY Park off Sheridan and 95. It should be fun! I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Love and Thanks,
Michele

I am writing an e-book

So, I have had many people tell me I should write a book. I'm thinking about a couple of different ideas. I am hoping to get input on what you would be most likely to read. Here are the options:

Option 1: the book would have all of my previous Q&A posts, some new articles, all of my old articles, a small chemo rehab section, and comments from me on Michele's blog she kept during my treatment.

Option 2: just me making extensive comments on Michele's blog. A complete how was I feeling? What was I thinking? How did I feel?

Option 3: if Option 2 is popular I could later on do a Q&A posts, articles, and training book.

Please let me know your thoughts by either sending input into the Q&A to my attention or email me at bob@elitefts.com

Thanks,
Bob

Guest Blogger again

Hi everyone,
It's Bob again. Michele is still sick with the flu. She's feeling better, but she is still not 100%. She is a much better patient advocate than she is a patient. I had to put my foot down and make her lay down. She was mad, but understood.

So, you get me again. Things are good for me. Christopher had basketball practice last night. It was fun and the kids are getting better. I'm going to Goodwill today as I have a ton of clothes that are too big now. I've been dragging my feet about getting rid of them, but it is time.

I hope I don't steal Michele's thunder, but she is working on a great event as part of her "Woman of the Year" campaign. I won't let the details out, but it will be a big dinner in South Florida. She is looking at May as the time frame. She should have more details soon. But, please try and come out and join us. Michele is working on making this a real big event with and for the LLS. I'll also have "Lift Strong" bracelets for everyone who attends.

Happy Late April Fool's Day from Bob

Hi everyone! Today you get Bob instead of Michele. No, it's not an April Fool's joke. I think this is the first time I have written in the blog. Kind of weird considering it's been going for 10 months now. I hope I don't mess it up. I'm waiting for a call from my Oncologist for the results of my monthly blood work. For anyone who has not been through it, this is the most anxiety inducing thing post cancer. I'm healthy, feel 100% healthy, and I can feel myself getting better everyday. But, I still dread waiting for the results. So, today I am anxious.

Michele is sick. She has some kind of cold or flu. She caught it on a cruise she went on with her parents last week. I am taking her to the doctor in an hour or so. She has no voice at all. This is also why you get the guest blogger today.

Last week was Spring Break for Christopher. I had him Tuesday-Saturday. With Michele gone it was a lot for me. But, we made it through just fine. We had a lot of fun. He is really is growing up so fast. He is also very smart and he doesn't forget a thing. So, if I say we are going to do something, you better believe we are going to do it. I think the highlight for both of us was our shopping trip to Gander Mountain. We both got some new "toys". We had lunch at the restaurant there and Chris was great and very patient. He said they made the best hamburger he has ever had.

Oh, Happy belated Easter to everyone. We were pretty low key and just had lunch with Michele's family and my brother-in-law Tony's family. We went to Saito's. It's one of those cook in front of you Japanese places. The food was good and it was nice to see everyone.

That's about it. I would just like to say thank you to everyone for all of your support over the last 10 months. I couldn't even begin to put into words how much it meant to me. Thank you for taking this very rough journey with me. Your support made it a much easier ride.

I'll try and be a guest more often if Michele will let me and you guys like it.

Oh, I almost forgot. My very close friend Alwyn Cosgrove has reminded me that I am almost at 100 days of being cancer free. I think I am at 92 today. My results came back on January 4th. It is so weird as it feels like that was forever ago. We will be having a small celebration on day 100. I just need to figure out when that is ;-).

Make it a good one-Bob