Surviving Cancer

Early in 2001, I my dentist spotted a growth on my tonsil he was concerned about, which led me to a ear, nose and throat specialist at the VA. I had surgery to remove the growth and waited apprehensively for two weeks waiting for the results. It was cancer. I underwent five weeks of radiation designed to kill the cancer in my throat, which was successful. I lost a saliva gland, making swallowing difficult, but the other alternative was not so great. My beard also grows kind of funny now, with one side of my face thicker then the other. Well, I survived another life-threading situation, this time evolving the big “C” and I am asking myself what next. There will be another conditio9n to come. After my treatment for the cancer was successful I changed direction on the internet to selling baseball cards. Base ball has always been a passion of mine and I thought it would be fun to sell baseball cards instead of Pokemon. The baseball card business was much more difficult then selling Pokemon. A lot more competition existed in the selling of baseball cards. I was not as successful with baseball as I was with Pokemon. I still enjoyed myself and I needed a distraction from my ongoing medical problems, which were not improving. I continued to keep a positive attitude about my setbacks. The card selling and especially the opening of card packs, which was maybe more fun then I remembered as a kid. There is a special thrill about finding a great card in a pack. I remember pulling a one out of only a hundred signed cards by Barry Bonds, which was a great thrill. I still have this card.