Please go to my official blog to read in detail the purpose behind being an enemy of cancer.  Its a personal story that is close to my heart.

http://cancersenemy.blogspot.com

Hey everyone, I wanted to give you all a heads up on my band, Alice Sweet Alice's first album to be released this coming August. 

You can read about the band and hear the album songs here

http://www.alicesweetalice.org

Hey everyone.  The Kansas City Power & Light District Live Block is holding KC's 7th Annual Shave to Save Event.    Shave To Save is an event where men and women volunteer to have their heads shaved in honor or memory of someone who has been touched by cancer.  It will be held May 8, 2008 at 11:30-1:00pm.  To read more on this event go to www.shavetosave.org  

My oncologist and hero, Dr. Christopher Sirridge, from the Kansas City Cancer Center is a shavee this year and will be first getting his head shaved on NBC 41 this Thurs. at 11-12am with guest emcee Gary Lesak who will be taking part in the event.  Dr. Sirridge will then have his new beard shaved on May 8 at the actual event.   So, there for awhile he will be hairless with a beard!  I can't wait to see him and give him hell!  I will be joining Dr. Sirridge at one of his guest tables at the event.  I believe it is open to the public.

All donations will go to the Kansas City Hope Lodge.  A FREE place to stay for cancer patients in the METRO during treatment.  Great Cause...Great Fun!  Come be a part of it all.   If you want to be a shavee feel free to look at the details at the site listed above. OH, come on...its just hair....It grows back, well for most of us it does! LOL  

No biggie, really.  For me, one week of nervousness occurring every 6 months is really a relief more than a stress.  Its the week of my always dreaded and extremely feared PET scan.  A scan that determines basically my everything.  Will I.....be relieved, or will I....be thrown through another loop in life that is ongoing until god chooses otherwise?   So, how is this a relief, you ask?  Well, for one, its a Post-Cancer based scan....which means for now, the hard part has already been completed and I am still able to say I am a survivor in Remission.  Now, my only concern is that my scan continue to be CLEAN!  We call that dancing with NED (No Evidence of Disease)...."we" being myself and fellow cancer survivors.  And, although I have been carved into one of the most hypochondriac humans I know, I also have a most positive mind that will not let the inevitable replace my now.  I do fear every cough, fever, or otherwise could be more. But, I run through my positive thinking and am able to quickly erase the majority of my concerns with the idea that....I'm DONE.  I already fought hard, I won, and I'm NOT going back. I continue to believe that as long as I enjoy every minute of wellness, anything can occur unexpected or not, and I will be ready to fight again. Though, I also believe my scans will continue to be Clean as long as I have a clean mind full of good thoughts....and so far, it has proven true.  I am a trophy of sorts in my oncologist's eyes. I don't plan to take that from him, I believe he is well deserving!

So, for the week, I am pushing through the concerns and leaping past the nerves in a hurry.  Back to positive thinking, and back to clean scans to get me through the next 6 months with entire ease and comfort.  Obviously, I don't look forward to each scan coming, but I do look foward to them going as it means I can move on through life easier.  Less worries give me the ability to  breathe deeper, live fuller, and enjoy more.   As another day goes by, its another day I have lived life to the fullest smiling throughout.  If only ALL society could do the same.

Ali Kat