I just finished all my cancer treatments and the scans came back...


CLEAN!!!

Cancer gone!!!

Time to jump back into photography full time again. I will keep everyone posted.

5-5: Found a bump in my right side of my neck
5-9: Doc treats what is thought is an infection
5-19: sent to Nose,Ear,Throat doc
5-23: Needle Biospy
5-27: Doesn't look good
6-5: Return to GP for physical
6-10: Removal of some right neck lympnodes
6-16: LYMPHOMA - Scary Shit
6-20: Bone Marrow Test, Heart Test, blood tests, CAT Scan
6-23: PET Scan
6-24: 1st Chemo
6-25: sick as shit for next week
7-4: Lump in right neck almost completely gone
7-21: Chemo #2
7-22: sick as shit for next week
8-11: Chemo #3
8-12: sick as shit for another week - very tired this time
8-26: Follow-up PET Scan
9-2: GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I still have to do 4 straight weeks of radiation to rid myself of any micro size cancer cells that may not be showing up with the PET scan, but from the looks of all the last tests, the worst if behind me now.

Monday has come and gone. Chemo treatment number two has been completed. It was a rough one again, Rob was sick, tired, achy, jumpy, restless, and had insomnia. I think last night was the first OK sleep he has gotten since Monday.

The good news, Rob has only one more chemo treatment to go. The unknown news, radiation therapy starts next and we don't know if that will make him sick or not.

We hope for the best and pray that the cancer will be gone, FOREVER!

This weekend we are going to be having some fun. We have a couple photo sessions and possibly a session with Dead Dollie (an amazingly beautiful woman) that I look forward to conducting.

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and the future looks bright. There are so many ideas that we both have and we strive for the opportunity to bring those ideas into fruition.

Monday Rob goes in for his second chemo treatment. Hopefully we will get some good news with it and there will be only one more treatment after. Neither one of us know anything about radiation so when those treatments start it will be another new experience. It is scary but if it saves lives it is worth a little fear.

We have tons and tons of photos to work with and edit. We had three weddings in June and several senior photo shoots. There hasn't been any model and experimental work in June since we have been so busy with the business. Running a photography business, having two full time jobs, and two kids makes time fly and now we are running up against a lot of deadlines.

I have to admit I have been a slacker lately. I just can't work on editing and creative digital work when I don't have any motivation. I had a moment this last weekend and I sat down behind the computer and output an awesome creation in just two hours but after that I was done so I started doing laundry.

Right now I feel like life is passing me by as I sit in my little dark room removing acne from the face of a 17 year old high school student. I just want to go out and do and create but I feel stifled by the "must get done work."

Well, back to the grind.

Lost Souls Forever

It is amazing the way the world works. You can hit a point in your life when everything seems to be turning around and you feel like things are all down hill. Then, you get a kick in the pants and you have to start the climb all over again.

Rob and I have been doing photography for over five years as a business. We had done work for countless years before that as a hobby. We had so many people ask us to do family portraits and pictures of their kids that we though we should just start a company. We had our struggle for the first two years. We gradually expanded from child photography, to family and individual portraiture, and finally to weddings. Things are going so well.

We got the bug to start doing something different. I have an artistic background and have always wanted to do fashion and artistic photography. Rob has been talking about the same interests but he sways more towards nature photography. We started to get in touch with some models, mostly from the Goth scene that wanted to have their style captured. Then we found all different types of models out there that just wanted to model. We thought it would be fun to set up themed shoots and try to bring each model's personality into that theme. It has been a blast and I think that we have gotten some really outstanding pieces. Rob travels a lot for work and is able to see a lot of interesting landscapes. He has been carrying his camera around trying to capture as much as possible. We still have a lot of photographs sitting on our hard drives that we haven't even had a chance to touch. There is just so much out there to work with we are actually overwhelmed.

Just recently Rob has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. We don't have all of the details on they type and the treatment. The diagnosis is a shock and has set us back a bit. Rob has told me that he is not going to let this bring him down and he is going to fight. I will be right beside him through is battle.

The final outcome. I don't ever want us to forget our dreams. We will continue down the path that is presented before us. We will continue to create our art and hopefully be able to expand even farther into our creative psyche and astound ourselves with our visions.

The path may be paved differently but we will walk down it together!