Getting sick isn’t fun, but having every conversation and interaction in your life be about being sick can make it worse by narrowing your world and making your life about being sick. It might seem strange, but I feel pretty lucky:
- I have a great family
- I have wonderful friends
- I ended up with one of the most curable cancers around
- I don’t have to worry about other stresses: job, money, complicated relationships, etc.
So, why do a blog? So that I can keep all my friends and family informed about the “factoids” and, hopefully, make it easier for us to [at least try to] talk about other things and not have every word of every conversation taken up with stuff that ends up being pretty boring and confusing to most people.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to make this a substitute for human interaction. If you are so inclined, I definitely want you to call and support me an my family through the coming tough months. I want to stay close – and cancer can be isolating and stigmatic. You might be interested in how things are going, but it can be awkward to call…you feel like you’re imposing, you don’t know if I’m up to talking, you might not even like hearing about the gory details. So, here are the facts and the trivia – now you can be as informed as you want any time and make your call or visit something to distract me from the chemo!
Cliphoma 
[…] even show when the Daily Diary is updated…hey, nothing (free) is perfect! Remember, this blog doesn’t mean I don’t want you to call or visit or anything. I’m heading home today (Sunday 7/22) and feeling pretty darned good. […]
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just heard the news from samantha. you kick this cancers ass. its gonna be a mild set back but will not hold any of you down, we will be thinking of you guys every day. you have a great support system and i know keith is sending you lots of love and energy,
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Sorry to hear the news. Love the way you are handling it. Go get EM. See you in the desert.
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Cliff, Our thoughts are with you and your family. You sound so strong and confident and I know you have a great support system with your family. We are here if you need anything.
Michelle and Steve Greenberg
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Dear Cliff,
Why do you always have to be the center of attention? Wasn’t your 50th birthday party and 25th anniversary party enough?
Seriously though, we wish you well and will eagerly await your full recovery. Make that Lymphoma your bitch.
Barb and Chris
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Dear Hannels.
from our home to yours we will keep our fingers and toes crossed for an easy and quick recovery. We have put your name on our synagogue’s refua shlema list. a few prayers couldn’t hurt. Our love to all of you, Wilma and Alan
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Cliff, I love your attitude and know that things will go great for you. The techie in me has to wonder why you chose to blog about this rather than Facebook it? Is Facebook going into the dustbin with CB radios and AOL chatrooms?
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