RED DEVIL WEIGHT WATCHERS

Mr. FOG made it back to Vinings Mountain Castle late Sunday night and was back at his duties early on Monday morning.  His Lordship went to the oncologist to get a white cell booster injection .  The doctor also took a blood sample and the Laird was near normal levels.  During this second chemo, his Lordship is having a rougher time.  He is experiencing more of the typical cancer treatment ailments and new ones not seen in round #1.  Suffice to say that the cancer war is hard and the battles may not be getting any easier.  We shall see.  Mario  is doing better, but had a rough weekend and is slowly improving.  The Laird was able to work a bit from home today.  A good sign.

Mario thanks all our gentle readers for the gifts, cards and well wishes.  Lady Jane gave his Lordship a fishing lure making kit, so that Mario can craft his own lures with his house's royal colors of orange and blue.  Team Epic gifted him a spiffy Bose headset and Josh B., a U of F travel mug.

Josh B.  also gave Mario a U of F shirt.  Not the be outdone, Jordan went across the pond and presented Mario with a soccer shirt from Manchester United.


To keep the Laird healthy, Chris and Jenn gave him some sweet smelling germ killers to help combat the hospital smells.

Many cards and well wishes arrived while Mr. FOG was away and he has enjoyed these almost as much as the Laird and Nurse Sherry.  Below are the latest round. 

 Both Lord and Nurse also appreciate the gift card from the Stempers and Winters as a First Valentine's Day treat for the newly weds.

Red Devil Weight Loss Program

Mr. FOG has observed  that his Lordship io is losing weight.  Mario's  cancer treatments appear to have the wonderful benefit of also being a weight loss regimen.   His pants fit loosely and the trousers hidden in the back of the closet or in storage boxes, once tight, are making a comeback.  While the Laird's Red Devil cancer weight loss program is not for everyone, it does  achieve results.  It is a simple twenty one day cycle.  You can eat anything you want on any of the days , but for four days of the cycle you have to have a Red Devil intra-venous drip.  You appetite is suppressed, one has funny smells and tastes and you feel like throwing up for many of the 21 days.  No wonder the pounds just magically melt away.   

This triggered the memory that as a little boy  Mr. FOG was over weight and it was due to motherly love, not glutany.  After Boy FOG had his tonsils removed, his mother complained to the doctor about a loss of appetite.  Of course the doctor prescribed an appetite stimulant to please the mother.   It was a  motherly and doctorly thing to do, but horribly misguided.   This "noble" deed caused   Boy FOG to gain  too much weigh, going from normal to fat.  The young FOG went from averrage boy sizes to buying the husky boys sizes for at least a few years. 

You may recall from your own childhood that children are not usually nice to other children, especially those that are different.  They find faults, real or  imagined.  Freckles, crooked teeth, and of course weight are all fair game to tease and make fun of.  Porky Pig FOG lasted for  few years until puberty, when Pre-teen FOG decided that a chubby little boy might be said to be cute.  An overwqeight  pre-teen is not cute, but fat.  Also Young man FOG wanted to play the dating game, and the fat kids weren't allowed to play.  So Young Man FOG lost the weight, and as Scarlett O'Hara, vowed never to be fat again.  Mr. FOG is bald now, but he was never been fat again.  

We need to take the things life gives us with good humor.  Be it weight, cancer or whatever, and deal with it.  Mr. FOG has plenty of good things to offset the bad, and life has a way of balancing things out.