Over A Thousand Dollars in Three Days

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Origami heart made from paper money

Click photo for origami instructions.

In just three short days, I’ve already met and passed my personal fundraising goal for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society‘s Light The Night Walk! Thanks to the generosity of my friends and family, over a thousand dollars will go to leukemia and lymphoma research, and there’s still plenty of opportunities for you to help and participate.

Since the event is over a month away, I’ve set the bar higher, and set a new personal fundraising goal of $2000. If you’d like to donate, please click to visit my personal fundraising page, and if you’d like to walk with me on September 25 in NYC, click to join Team Joe C.

Every amount, no matter how small, will help fund life-saving research and make a difference. Only have a dollar to give? No problem! Better yet, ask four friends each to match you, and now you’ve got five dollars. What, you say you can each afford to give two dollars? Awesome, now you’ve raised ten dollars that will help fund research for treatments that will wipe out cancer!

For everyone who has donated so far, again, thank you so much, and thanks in advance to everyone who will be giving. One last thing, please be sure to ask your employer if they’ll match your donation and make it count twice!

 

 

Light The Night Walk: How to Give and Join Team Joe C

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Wow, only a day into my fundraising for the Light The Night Walk in Manhattan on September 25, I’ve hit 22% of my goal, and have a fellow team member! Thanks so much to everyone who has donated and signed up to walk with me. Your generosity will fund therapies and treatment advances for blood cancer patients, and will be helping to save lives. To give, visit my fundraising page, and to join us on the walk, visit the Team Joe C homepage. Be sure to check out the donors’ comments, which will be an inspiration to me every step of the way, and beyond.

Help Me Light the Night on September 25

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Image of 3-year old leukemia survivor, Kaidyn, and text of his story.

My friend Sue told me about  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society‘s Light The Night Walk, which raises money for advancing blood cancer treatments and therapies. I’ve decided to participate on September 25, at Hudson River Park’s Pier 57 in New York, and would like to invite you to support me.

There are a few ways that you can help. Click to:

I’ve set a personal fund raising goal of $1000, and a team goal of $10,000. Every amount, no matter how small, will help us to meet these goals. If you can’t donate, you can help by sharing the link to the team page with anyone who might be interested, and of course, by continuing to keep me in your thoughts and prayers, as well as  my team members.

Thanks in advance for your consideration and support, and I hope you can join me in NYC on September 25!

Click to watch Light The Night Walk 2013 Participant Video on YouTube.

Hey, Hey, I Shaved My Head, Today

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Joe with Shaved Head

Bald is beautiful!

(Thanks to the Eurythmics, for the inspiration behind the headline for this post.) Yesterday, my hair started falling out in clumps. Today, I pulled a Britney Spears. So, without further ado, I’m debuting my new look. I like it!!! I was born with a full head of hair, so this is quite literally the first time my scalp has seen daylight. Speaking of which, I need to stock up on sunscreen—as well as lollipops so I can rock the Kojak look. Who loves ya, baby?!

Two Weeks After Starting Chemo

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Self portrait of Joe with a buzz haircut, two weeks after starting chemo.

Buzz cut selfie

Still continuing to feel great! (Knocking wood, now.)

Had the first follow up with my Oncologist yesterday and all is fine. Since I did so well with the first round of chemo, they’ll up the dosage of the next one. Guessing I’ll be more fatigued afterwards, but otherwise don’t anticipate any side effects that I can’t tolerate, or don’t have a remedy for. Since I’ve been off the Prednisone for several days and the facial swelling hasn’t returned, the Dr. feels that the mass has obviously shrunk.

Hit my first hurdle on Sunday night when I had a lot of discomfort in my lower back and legs, due to a shot I get to boost white blood cell production. Tylenol and ice took care of it for the most part, so not the end of the world. They feel that I may not have the pain as severely next time, if I have any at all, and will give me a stronger pain reliever if I need it.

Hair started to fall out today, exactly 2 weeks after starting chemo. This is what I expected, and so had set up an appointment for a nice summer buzz cut, which is a look I actually like a lot! Not sure how much more will come out, but will go “Kojak” as my Grandma used to call it, and buzz it closer if it starts to get patchy.