1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Welcome to the Bob and Cancer Show. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Hi, I'm Bob Kevoian. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Had to get that in there. 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 And I hate my partner, cancer. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 And I'm going to kill him. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Joining me with our, I guess our third edition of the Bob and Cancer Show. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,000 My co-hosts, one happens to be one that I sleep with, the other not. 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 And that's your wife. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,000 See, she said she was going to be writing jokes for this one. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Wow. 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 That was strong to open with honey. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Yes, it is. 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Yes, my wife, Becky Lou, the very funny Becky Lou Kavoyan. 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 And also my best buddy, Whit Grayson. 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Hey Bob. 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Heidi Ho. 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Heidi Ho. 18 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Here we are. 19 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 We're going to help you kill this guy. 20 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Oh man. 21 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 It's been an interesting week. 22 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 A few changes to me. 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Week three. 24 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 We've completed that. 25 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,000 It's done. 26 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,000 It's a weird thing. 27 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 But look at you with all your curls and your thick mustache. 28 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Yes, I have side effects from the radiation, but no side effects yet from the chemotherapy. 29 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Good, good, good, good. 30 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 So I have not lost any hair or anything. 31 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 You look so great. 32 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,000 So I'm actually gaining weight and that's thanks to the person I sleep with, my wife. 33 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Who is also the kitchen manager here. 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Yeah. 35 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000 And she's just been feeding me. 36 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Part of the fight of this disease is to stay hydrated and fat. 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Fed. 38 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Fat. 39 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Well, not fat. 40 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I actually looked in the mirror and noticed that I am heavier than when we started this. 41 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Probably than you've ever been. 42 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I am pretty heavy. 43 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Yeah. 44 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 He's my heavy honey. 45 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,000 I'm doing a lot of protein and a lot of calories. 46 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 That's the full time job of Becky Lou. 47 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 And Becky asked me the other day, you think you're losing weight? 48 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 And I said, well, hell yeah, I'm losing weight. 49 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 I can't even see my junk. 50 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 You mean you're gaining weight. 51 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Gaining weight. 52 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Might want to edit that. 53 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 I was gaining weight because I can't see any. 54 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 So I have a belly now. 55 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 And are you doing okay munching every three or four hours? 56 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Yeah, it's kind of a two to three hour. 57 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Okay. 58 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000 So you have something to eat and it's protein and calories is the name of the game right now. 59 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Yep. 60 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I'm doing a lot of research on high calorie and just delicious things. 61 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Not just like, oh, let's stuff him full of protein powder that tastes like crap, you know. 62 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Protein powder. 63 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 We found one that's tasteless. 64 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Then actually it works. 65 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:45,000 And now I'm stirring this taste free, tasteless, whatever, protein powder into his coffee even in the morning. 66 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 So it doesn't have any effect? 67 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Meaning it doesn't taste? 68 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 I get protein but I can't taste any difference. 69 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 You have to really stir it so it doesn't have little particles. 70 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Nobody wants, no. 71 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 No one wants that. 72 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 No one wants grainy coffee. 73 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 And we also cool his coffee down. 74 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:06,000 So I put two ice cubes in his coffee, then put in the protein powder and then he's able to drink it and get six grams of protein. 75 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:12,000 One of the side effects for the radiation right now is my throat is very sore. 76 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 It's difficult to swallow at times. 77 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Oh really? 78 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I'm sorry. 79 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 This is his first symptom. 80 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 First symptom. 81 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 And it's increased through the week. 82 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 But I'm still able to swallow. 83 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 I don't need any medication to get food down my gullet. 84 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:34,000 You do have the option of medication if that time comes, when he needs it. 85 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Right now it's amazing. 86 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 I think it's just amazing what he's done in three weeks that he's gotten to this point. 87 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Yeah. 88 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 It's really something. 89 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:51,000 And apparently following doctor's orders it's helping the side effects stay away for now. 90 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Good for you. 91 00:03:52,000 --> 00:04:06,000 And we were told by maybe the nurse practitioner, I can't remember who it was that told us, that your condition at the time you start treatment is the guide for how well you're going to do at the end. 92 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Well, he started with no symptoms, no weight loss, nothing. 93 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 He had nothing. 94 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 He was perfectly fine and healthy, other than that monster in his belly. 95 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:28,000 So we're hoping that by keeping him fat and happy and well fed and hydrated that he will make it through without that drastic weight loss. 96 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Well, I wondered psychologically, you finished three weeks now out of five. 97 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Right. 98 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 So you have two more. 99 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 How do you feel about going in tomorrow? 100 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Fine. 101 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Actually, Mondays I look forward to because I get steroids as part of my chemo treatment. 102 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:56,000 And the last couple of weeks, the last few weeks when I get home from there, I have great energy. 103 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 I can do anything. 104 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 I'll go, go, go. 105 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 He's been golfing or painting the house. 106 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:07,000 And then come Thursday, everything starts sliding away and I get tired again. 107 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:12,000 So I'm looking forward to Monday and getting a new dose. 108 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 In fact, I have a treatment tunes playlist. 109 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 I don't know if I mentioned that last week. 110 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 No, you did not. 111 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 I didn't mention that. 112 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:28,000 So I have this playlist because I sit there with my little earbuds in and stuff waiting on him in the waiting room or whatever. 113 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 What's the number one requested song on that playlist? 114 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Well, right now I'm working on my Monday songs. 115 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Oh, you have a Monday. 116 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 So I'm guessing you can guess. 117 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Monday, Monday, Monday. 118 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Those go without saying. 119 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 And now the one went out of my head. 120 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Oh, darn it, because it has the best lyrics. 121 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Is it Fats Domino? 122 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Blue Monday. 123 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Blue Monday. 124 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 It is. 125 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Yep, that is Fats Domino. 126 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,000 And he talks about the weekend coming and then he rests up on Sunday. 127 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Because Monday's a mess. 128 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Monday's a mess. 129 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 One of the best lyrics ever. 130 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 And isn't it a great song for what we're doing that you rest up. 131 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 We got on Sunday, I rest because Monday's a mess. 132 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 And ain't that the truth? 133 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 It truly is. 134 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 We have to give them four hours of our life. 135 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Well, Mondays are longer because and luckily we have switched schedules. 136 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 We are now on the early shift. 137 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,000 We start at 9 a.m. for our radiation and then chemo will follow at 930. 138 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 So it makes my day a little easier. 139 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 You can't eat or drink, right? 140 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:36,000 I can't eat before the radiation so now I can actually sleep till 8, do a quick shower and get to the hospital, which is luckily very close to us. 141 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Traffic wasn't bad? 142 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 You were worried about that. 143 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 No, it's good. 144 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 It depends on when you leave. 145 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Okay. 146 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Like if we left at 8, bad. 147 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 It's amazing. 148 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,000 A five minute difference from the time we leave is a huge difference at the traffic light. 149 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 It's amazing. 150 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Yeah, we really only have. 151 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I never knew this as a, I never was a morning commuter. 152 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 I was already at work. 153 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 He was on the air before everybody commuted. 154 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Yep. 155 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 So he didn't ever sit in traffic. 156 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:05,000 And now if we left 10 minutes before we do, we'd probably sit there at Walgreens at that corner. 157 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 But as it is, we just go, hello, zoom on down and it takes us. 158 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 It's beautiful. 159 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Less than 15 minutes from our door to the treatment room. 160 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 I mean, but we park, we get in the building and it's less than 15 minutes. 161 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 That's so nice. 162 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 We're so fortunate. 163 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 That's very lucky. 164 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:32,000 We, so many people, I've probably have mentioned this, but I think it's worth mentioning every week how grateful we are that we don't have to drive an hour or two every day back and forth. 165 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Yep. 166 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 We're just very lucky. 167 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 You know, we have things that we are grateful for in the midst of this. 168 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 See, now I'm fixated on her playlist. 169 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 I know, it's pretty good. 170 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Well, she brought it up and she hasn't mentioned any song on that playlist. 171 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 I just said the Monday. 172 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 No, that's the, you said that's a Monday playlist. 173 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 You also said you had a. 174 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 No, I, no. 175 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Okay. 176 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 I'll keep talking amongst yourselves. 177 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Okay. 178 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:59,000 So she's going to get the playlist from, I'm guessing her iPad or computer. 179 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,000 I am not, I have not put together a playlist. 180 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Have you, have you benefited from the playlist yet? 181 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 No, I don't think I've heard any of the playlist. 182 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 It's really a me playlist. 183 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 So she listens to it while I'm going through. 184 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Yeah, while you're in there and I've got the headphones on or when he's, when he goes in for. 185 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Radiation. 186 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Radiation, which is the first thing we do. 187 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I don't go back there with him because of, you know, beep beep. 188 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 What are the noises you were making? 189 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 I don't remember. 190 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 What you thought radiation was going to sound like. 191 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Oh yeah, right. 192 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 The old 50s sci-fi noise. 193 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Well, I'm just out in the waiting room. 194 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Sometimes I'm cutting up and laughing with the girls behind the counter and stuff. 195 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:56,000 You know, they're so friendly and cheerful, but sometimes I'm sitting there turned away from the other people because I don't really want to interact with the other patients or loved ones because it's awkward. 196 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,000 So I just kind of listen to music and some of these are helpful to me. 197 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:04,000 And on your playlist, which playlist is this? 198 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Treatment tunes. 199 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 It's called treatment tunes. 200 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Just keeping me company during treatment. 201 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 What's the top song? 202 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,000 What's the number one song? 203 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Amy Grant. 204 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 What's she singing? 205 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Trees Will Never See. 206 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Trees Will Never See. 207 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 It's great lyrics. 208 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 We'll never see or we'll never see. 209 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Trees will never see. 210 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 That seems like an obvious statement. 211 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Potatoes will see. 212 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 They have eyes. 213 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Corn can hear. 214 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:32,000 It's a new song and our friends, Sharon Dick told us about it. 215 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 It's beautiful. 216 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:41,000 It's just a great song about persevering and loving your people and planting trees that you'll never see. 217 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,000 When you're having chemo, can you listen to music in the chair? 218 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Sure. 219 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Yeah, they allow that, right? 220 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:57,000 So in chemo, I was going to mention when he goes in for chemo, they do give him the steroids, but they also give him a pretty healthy dose of Benadryl and he doses off for an hour. 221 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,000 It's only like 20 minutes. 222 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,000 It's about three hours. 223 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Is it really? 224 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 No, I don't know how long it is. 225 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Wow. 226 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 No wonder it goes so fast. 227 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 But anyhow, I'm just sitting there. 228 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:18,000 And the first week I brought our portable Bluetooth speaker thinking, and we did eventually turn that on and listen to music together, but I can't play that while Bob's dozing. 229 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 I don't want to bother him. 230 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 And you can hear the other rooms. 231 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 It's just a glass door between. 232 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:28,000 You don't want to blast music while the other guy's getting his chemo and probably having a very bad time. 233 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Right. 234 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,000 But you know, he doesn't want to hear about trees being not seen or no, no. 235 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 But the Monday thing, maybe people would appreciate. 236 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,000 So, oh, let's see what other one I got. 237 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I got John Prine. 238 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I've got Vince Gill. 239 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 I got Robert Earl Keene. 240 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 You know, there's some. 241 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 All right. 242 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,000 There's some good artists on the list. 243 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 There's really good stuff on here. 244 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Ingrid Michaelson. 245 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 You remember her. 246 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 I like Ingrid a lot. 247 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Ingrid was on the show. 248 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 OK. 249 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 She's the ukulele darling girl. 250 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Oh, yeah. 251 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 And she has this song called Be OK. 252 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Yeah. 253 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Good song. 254 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 All right. 255 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Be OK. 256 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Be OK. 257 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 So it's encouraging. 258 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 It's just songs to encourage us to keep right on being OK. 259 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 All righty. 260 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 We are OK. 261 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Yeah. 262 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 This week. 263 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Don't make fun of me for that. 264 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 I'm not making fun of you. 265 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 I thought you were making a playlist for Bob, like a cheer up Bob or. 266 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Oh, he would do nothing. 267 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,000 He would mock me if I tried to make a playlist just for him. 268 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Yeah. 269 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Well, because you would miss the mark. 270 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 We have different. 271 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:35,000 We both listen to the same music together often, but I do tend to be more in the folk or 272 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,000 she's a really heavy singer songwriter. 273 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Message songs. 274 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Message. 275 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Yes. 276 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000 She likes a message. 277 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 I like a beat. 278 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Yes. 279 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 The first album I thought that was totally for women. 280 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Genesis. 281 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 No. 282 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Oh. 283 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Carole King sitting in the window with that cat. 284 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Oh, I knew that was not going to be a head banging album when I saw that. 285 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 That's tapestry. 286 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Yeah. 287 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 I know what it is. 288 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 It seemed to me that. 289 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 That's a good one. 290 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 It's OK. 291 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,000 But that's when things got a little bit namby pamby in my book. 292 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Did you see that Broadway? 293 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 I did not see the. 294 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Marvelous. 295 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 What's it called? 296 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 It's got a. 297 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Beautiful. 298 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Beautiful. 299 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Yeah. 300 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 It was beautiful. 301 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 So there. 302 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 That was a good show. 303 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 That's a good, good record. 304 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 I just didn't. 305 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 I figured you were going to. 306 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 It's not your real party tune. 307 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 You know, speaking of. 308 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Yes. 309 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,840 I used to go home for lunch in high school because we lived across the street. 310 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,540 My brother Rex and I would walk home, eat and put on records. 311 00:12:31,540 --> 00:12:34,200 And sometimes we put on Janice Ian. 312 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,200 At 17. 313 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,200 Well, any of the various songs. 314 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,200 We were moody kids, man. 315 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,200 I guess that is the most depressing. 316 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,720 That doesn't cheer anyone up. 317 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,720 Well, you know, you're in high school. 318 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:47,720 Get this. 319 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,380 No, she did not open. 320 00:12:49,380 --> 00:12:50,380 He opened for her. 321 00:12:50,380 --> 00:12:52,920 Billy Joel opened for Janice Ian. 322 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,920 One of those horrible concert things together. 323 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:56,920 Wow. 324 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,360 And he put on a heck of a show. 325 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,560 And then when she came out, it was like, oh, we've got to leave. 326 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:02,560 And we did. 327 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:03,560 OK. 328 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:04,560 Whoa. 329 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:05,560 Oh, depression. 330 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:07,560 So, OK, we got our Janice Ian pumped in. 331 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:08,560 You know what? 332 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:13,680 There's nothing like talking about Janice Ian and cancer. 333 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:17,840 I don't think that's inadvertent, quite frankly. 334 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:18,840 This is depressing. 335 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:19,840 Yeah, let's move on to something. 336 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,200 Let's talk about our Monday was nice. 337 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Yes, it was. 338 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,280 We got to go in early and we went to chemo. 339 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:30,880 We were on the dumpster side of the street again for this dose. 340 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,240 But it was OK. 341 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,560 It went fast. 342 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,200 It goes fast when you sleep through it. 343 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,440 Well, yeah, it does. 344 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,040 But it's not something that I'm afraid of. 345 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:44,520 That's why I was asking. 346 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,760 You haven't gotten to the point where it's, oh, God, I got to get up and do that again 347 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:48,760 tomorrow. 348 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:49,760 No. 349 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,600 I do that during the week with the radiation because it's every day. 350 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,600 Right. 351 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,600 Maybe Friday. 352 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:55,600 Thursday and Friday. 353 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:56,600 He's tired. 354 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:04,120 But no, it's I'm not afraid to go get my treatment because it doesn't hurt. 355 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,360 It apparently is working. 356 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,880 I mean, 24 hours a day, I'm killing cancer inside my body. 357 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,000 That's what's remarkable. 358 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Just walking around. 359 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:18,200 I remember saying that to Deb at the time that even when you're reading a book or a 360 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,960 magazine at home, you're burning calories, man. 361 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:22,960 You are working. 362 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:23,960 The treatment is working. 363 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,560 Yeah, it is working. 364 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:32,240 And she got toward the end of week three, which you just finished, a little bit fatigued. 365 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,760 I feel that towards the end of the week. 366 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:34,760 I'm a little tired today. 367 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:39,400 Where where the next week she was kind of like, do we have to do this again? 368 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:40,400 Right. 369 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,400 It's not dread. 370 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,400 You just are tired. 371 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:43,400 Sure. 372 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,000 And I'm guessing that's what's going to happen the next couple of weeks for me. 373 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Weeks four and five of treatment. 374 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,880 It'll probably be difficult to get up and go to. 375 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:56,880 Well, we saw our doctor, the radiologist that's working on the radiation treatment. 376 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:03,080 And Bob had said last week in week two, well, I know next week's the one you've. 377 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,360 Yeah, he told me week three, you're going to hate me. 378 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,840 And I went through week three and I don't hate him yet. 379 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,840 That's great. 380 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:09,840 And he said that to him on Thursday. 381 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,640 He said, I remember you saying week three, I'm going to hate you. 382 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:14,640 But you know what? 383 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,640 Yeah, I don't. 384 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:16,640 And he just kind of looked at us like, no, I can't. 385 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,640 And he goes, you haven't seen week four, have you? 386 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:20,640 Yeah. 387 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,920 So I'm guessing week four is going to have some. 388 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:23,920 But you know what? 389 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:24,920 Bob makes them laugh. 390 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,560 They make him laugh. 391 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,160 Everybody has such a positive attitude in there. 392 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,360 You know, that's the thing about people bring up the word cancer and the mood changes. 393 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:34,360 Totally. 394 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,160 And it's, you know what? 395 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,720 I still want people to be funny. 396 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,280 Tell them about your friend. 397 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,480 That's from my friend, Dave, who lives down near Louisville. 398 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:49,960 He sent me a text and we always, when we send each other a text, it's always a smegma breath 399 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:50,960 or something. 400 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:51,960 Something inappropriate. 401 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,160 Something horrible that guys do. 402 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,880 And he said, you know, are you available to golf this summer? 403 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:58,880 Blah, blah, blah. 404 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,000 And I told him that I'm having some health problems. 405 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,280 He goes, can I call you? 406 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:04,820 I said, sure. 407 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:11,120 And when he called me, the whole tone had changed to serious concern and concern. 408 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:16,840 And it's, I understand that and that's wonderful, but still I, I'd like to hear a joke. 409 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:17,840 Yeah. 410 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,920 I mean, I've been writing them. 411 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,920 Wow. 412 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,280 That is a, I think a sign of the apocalypse. 413 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,920 I have a very funny wife. 414 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:31,920 You are very good. 415 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:36,200 The problem is God has a girlfriend who writes jokes. 416 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Yoko. 417 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,000 I know exactly what you mean, Bob. 418 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,800 And I get, I don't know if you do and I haven't asked you, do you get a lot of texts checking 419 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:48,800 in? 420 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:53,200 I get texts from a handful of folks and I just give them a quick sentence. 421 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,200 You know, quick sentence. 422 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,200 I'm doing fine. 423 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,840 We're pushing on. 424 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:04,980 So yeah, I get a lot almost every day and I have not replied every time. 425 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:06,920 Maybe I've mentioned this before, but it makes me. 426 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:12,560 It makes me feel guilty for not replying every time, but I think you said to me, don't worry 427 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,560 about that. 428 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,880 You guys have the ultimate hall pass right now. 429 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:16,880 Yeah. 430 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:17,880 Until it's right behind you. 431 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:18,880 You really do. 432 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:19,880 Yep. 433 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:25,320 And I'll text Bob maybe once a week, like my little 14 out of 25, just encouragement 434 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,080 because you want to be focused. 435 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,120 You want to stay focused. 436 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:36,720 You guys are making a great team with the eating and staying positive. 437 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,280 Sometimes a text I guess can be a good happy thing. 438 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,000 Thank you for thinking of me, but let's get through this. 439 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,280 Well, normally I do reply eventually after a day or two because there's nothing to report 440 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,520 most of the time except well, Bob put on a pound. 441 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:50,520 Woo. 442 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,000 Let's all say it is kind of boring through the week. 443 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,960 You know, I go have radiation and nothing is changing. 444 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:57,080 We're living our lives. 445 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:02,560 It's not like he's in some kind of injury rehab where there's improvement every day 446 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,920 and yay, let me tell you how great it's going. 447 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,120 No, it's most likely the other direction. 448 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,400 So I don't really have much to say. 449 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:10,400 So this is Sunday. 450 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,760 How did you do Friday and Saturday? 451 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,920 How was your energy the last couple of days? 452 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,760 Well, actually I had kind of a blue period on Thursday. 453 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:19,760 Thursday. 454 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,760 He got the blues. 455 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:21,760 Okay. 456 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:22,960 I went in and had some fluids. 457 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,040 They suggested I go in and just throw some fluids in me. 458 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,040 Okay. 459 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,040 Just to keep him super hydrated. 460 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,040 Okay. 461 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,960 And I just kind of got the blues. 462 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:33,600 It took longer than I thought. 463 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,800 It was an hour and a half, which was kind of a pain in the butt because we've already 464 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:38,800 done treatment. 465 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,120 Oh, so you mean they gave you a bag of fluids. 466 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,120 Yeah. 467 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:43,120 Like IV. 468 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,120 Okay. 469 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,120 I misunderstood. 470 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,120 Okay. 471 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:47,120 Yes. 472 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:48,120 So we sit there in the chair waiting for that. 473 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:49,120 It's not medicine or anything. 474 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:50,120 It's just fluids. 475 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:54,080 And I just kind of got the blues and then when we were done, they were gone. 476 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,080 Good. 477 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,080 That's good. 478 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,080 No, not that. 479 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,080 Not right away. 480 00:18:58,080 --> 00:18:59,080 Friday, you still had a little bit. 481 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:00,080 A little bit, but I mean, they're gone. 482 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,080 It's not done. 483 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,080 It's gone now. 484 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,080 He just had a mood. 485 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:11,280 You know, there's just a lot to ponder sometimes if you sit there and think about it. 486 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,120 And there's a lot in our minds. 487 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:14,120 Oh yeah. 488 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,640 And so, and I completely understand. 489 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,480 And he gets to have that, like you said, the ultimate hall pass. 490 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,480 Yep. 491 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,080 Like you had said before, Debbie had some mood times and. 492 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,840 It's just hard because you and I are, well, you're his wife, I'm his buddy, we're supporting 493 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,560 him, but he has to do the work. 494 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,560 Yeah. 495 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,760 And so, in those days, that can be strenuous or. 496 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:34,760 It's a pain in the ass. 497 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:35,760 Pain in the ass. 498 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:36,760 Yeah. 499 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,760 That's a good way to say it. 500 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:38,760 Yeah. 501 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,760 But that's great that you're going into week four. 502 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:40,760 Can you believe it? 503 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:41,760 No, I can't. 504 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:42,760 No, I cannot. 505 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:43,760 That's really remarkable. 506 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:48,520 The first three weeks were, I guess, the way I imagined them are completely different. 507 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,320 As good as we could imagine. 508 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:55,340 As best that it could have been without any major side effects. 509 00:19:55,340 --> 00:19:56,440 We didn't expect that. 510 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,220 We thought by now he would be bald, no mustache. 511 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:03,280 He would be not able to eat solid foods. 512 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,800 He would have lost 10 pounds, but it's none of the above. 513 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,800 No. 514 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,680 So, maybe next Sunday when we see you, it will be all different, but right now we feel 515 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:12,680 very positive. 516 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,280 Yeah, but I mean, Deb's first go round, she didn't lose her hair. 517 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:17,840 I mean, they said you could. 518 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:18,840 Yeah. 519 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,680 And many do, but she didn't. 520 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:21,680 Yeah. 521 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,680 Okay. 522 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,680 So, we're holding onto that. 523 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:24,680 It's just so individual. 524 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:25,680 Yeah. 525 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,720 Yeah, and everyone has, that's the thing about what we're going through and what we're trying 526 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:32,280 to explain to you is completely different than other cancers that people have. 527 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,280 Right. 528 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,280 Each drug is different. 529 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,280 Yeah. 530 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:40,120 For some, they'll have chemo, you know, three solid weeks in a row to attack something where 531 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,560 I have it once a week. 532 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:42,920 Plained out, yes. 533 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,320 And it's, all cancers, I'm sure, are treated in a different way and it affects everyone 534 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,320 differently. 535 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,320 Well, the Cancer Center. 536 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:53,840 And so far, I've been fortunate that it has not been horrible. 537 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:58,640 Even within your cancer, it's completely individualized. 538 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:04,040 And so, when they take Bob's blood, first thing, tomorrow morning, they'll do a blood 539 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,040 draw. 540 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:09,360 And then they send it to their lab, which is just across the hall, and they look at 541 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:15,480 all of his numbers and they make his medicine completely individualized for him, not just 542 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,240 for him, but for him that week. 543 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,240 Yep, yes. 544 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,240 It's amazing what they're able to do. 545 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,240 That's great. 546 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,000 I remember the last time I pictured one of those old newspaper movies where there's a 547 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,960 boy, run this across the hall. 548 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:26,960 Yes, exactly. 549 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,880 Throwing those suction tubes. 550 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,920 That's somebody's job to do that, right? 551 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,000 Yeah, it must be. 552 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000 It must be. 553 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Yes, indeed. 554 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 That's cool. 555 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Well, that's great. 556 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 You're still feeling well. 557 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Yeah. 558 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I feel very positive. 559 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:46,960 And, I mean, my brain is, I'm a ruminator, I'm a heavy thinker, I'm an over thinker, 560 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:54,520 and this really works for me, because I have to spend a lot of time calculating and thinking 561 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:55,520 and researching food. 562 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:56,520 She's loving this. 563 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:57,520 There's a lot of math involved, but I had no idea. 564 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,320 Gives you something to do. 565 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,200 Well, we found out this week, in fact, we met with the dietitian, and I didn't think 566 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,200 we needed the dietitian, because I had been doing great guns here. 567 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Yes, indeed. 568 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,200 But I got a couple tips from her, and one of them, because I said, I'm counting every 569 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,760 gram of protein that Bob puts in his bod, man. 570 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,560 And she said, well, I want you to count calories now. 571 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:22,560 And he needs to be bare minimum, 2,500 calories a day. 572 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:23,560 Holy cow. 573 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:24,560 I know. 574 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:25,560 I told you, I'm plumping up. 575 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,920 I saw myself in the mirror, and I'm fat. 576 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:28,920 Well. 577 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:29,920 And I'm like, cheesecake, honey? 578 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:30,920 Would you like some cheesecake? 579 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:31,920 Sure. 580 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:32,920 And you can't turn that down. 581 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:33,920 No. 582 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,880 And then late at night, you know, he has an enormous bowl of ice cream with nuts and- 583 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:38,880 Bless your heart, that's good. 584 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:39,880 And hot fudge and- 585 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:40,880 Why not? 586 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:41,880 Yeah. 587 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:42,880 Every bit counts. 588 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:48,040 And I have to say, let me get my kitchen scale out, and I weigh the portion so I can write 589 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,040 it down accurately. 590 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:56,320 And she'll break down portions, figure out how much calories and the extra spoon I took. 591 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,680 Because I want to make sure he gets minimum of 2,500 calories. 592 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:01,680 That's a big day. 593 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,680 Problem is- 594 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:03,680 Right? 595 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:04,680 That's a huge day. 596 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,680 Yeah. 597 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:06,680 That's a lot of food. 598 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:07,680 And he's not a runner. 599 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:08,680 You know, he's not burning that off. 600 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,720 Well, we don't want him to burn it off anyhow. 601 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,880 Problem is, I'm eating along with him. 602 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,720 So he's having a giant bowl of ice cream. 603 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,520 I'm like, well, I need to have a little bowl of ice cream, right? 604 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:18,520 Yes. 605 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:19,520 That's right. 606 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,520 Well, you're having cheesecake. 607 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:21,520 I need to have a little cheesecake. 608 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:22,520 You need to sample it to make sure it's okay. 609 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,040 Well, I got to taste the batter. 610 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,240 I got to taste it after it comes out of the oven. 611 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,360 I got to make sure everything's delicious. 612 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:30,200 And it is. 613 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,680 I happen to have my physical this week. 614 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,680 Oh boy. 615 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:34,680 Here we go. 616 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,680 Boy, oh boy. 617 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,680 Exactly. 618 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,680 You know my doctor. 619 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:38,680 Yep. 620 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:44,400 She didn't scold me or anything, but you know, she is very aware that I'm not doing my best 621 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,120 for my blood sugar right now. 622 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:48,120 It's sympathy snacking. 623 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,120 It is. 624 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:50,120 It is. 625 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:51,120 Right? 626 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,120 It's also stress. 627 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:53,120 I'm a stress eater. 628 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,280 I feed my sorrow with food. 629 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,280 And you know what? 630 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:57,280 It's worth it right now. 631 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,280 I don't even care. 632 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,160 I'll deal with it this summer after Bob's head is surgery. 633 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:06,440 Then we'll go back to a normal life and I'll go back to eating a lot more broccoli and vegetables 634 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,360 and you know, right now. 635 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:09,360 You know what? 636 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,360 Too bad. 637 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:11,360 Yeah. 638 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:12,360 So makes me happy. 639 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:13,360 Plenty of time. 640 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:14,360 Yeah. 641 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,360 All the time in the world. 642 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:16,360 Yeah. 643 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:17,360 I guess. 644 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:21,960 But anyway, the one thing that was weird was going to my physical was the first time I 645 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,720 didn't go with Bob to treatment. 646 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,680 I had to drive myself. 647 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,680 Okay. 648 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:27,680 Poor guy. 649 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:28,680 It's easy. 650 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:29,680 It's quick. 651 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,120 And you know, after you have the treatment, you're not paralyzed. 652 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,880 So you can actually drive a car. 653 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,280 There are a lot of people who do this going on their way to work, go and have radiation 654 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,640 and then continue on driving to their jobs. 655 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,400 And you know, it's their daily routine. 656 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,800 Well I think there are a lot of people that know of you through the show. 657 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,240 And I think this might be of interest. 658 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,480 Assuming you do have hair loss. 659 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:55,480 Yes. 660 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,520 How long have you had your mustache? 661 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,640 June 18th, 1969. 662 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:02,640 That's incredible. 663 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,640 No one we know. 664 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,440 Was that when you graduated high school? 665 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,440 Yep. 666 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,360 You couldn't have facial hair when I was in school. 667 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:09,840 Nor could you when I was there. 668 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,080 No one we know has ever seen Bob without a mustache. 669 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,080 Correct. 670 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,080 So. 671 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:22,360 I've seen when we do slide shows for parties and stuff, you see him in that era pre mustache 672 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:23,360 high school. 673 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:24,360 Yeah. 674 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:25,360 The old high school days. 675 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:26,360 Right. 676 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:30,360 If you went to the principal and had whiskers, he'd make you shave them off in his office 677 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:31,360 with a dry razor. 678 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:32,360 Oh, that's rough. 679 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,360 That's painful. 680 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:34,360 That's not good. 681 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:35,360 Oh, that's painful. 682 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,360 Wow. 683 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:37,360 Yeah. 684 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:38,360 That's child torture now. 685 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:39,360 Yeah. 686 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:41,360 You know, those are the days. 687 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:44,160 Well, we're hoping he doesn't lose it. 688 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,680 But if he does, it'll come back. 689 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,160 I'm going to knock on wood here. 690 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,160 Yeah. 691 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,160 So far, I don't think you will. 692 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,320 I really don't. 693 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,120 I think the way you look now. 694 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:53,120 Yeah. 695 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:54,120 I think. 696 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:55,120 I mean, two more. 697 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:59,080 I mean, the thing about it, the chemo, once you have it, it keeps working. 698 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,080 Yeah. 699 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,080 It's cumulative. 700 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,640 So you can get it on tomorrow and then the following Monday could still be working to 701 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,640 a point where it says the hair follicles are no longer necessary. 702 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:10,640 Oh, all right. 703 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,640 Yeah, we don't know. 704 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,640 And I asked Bob, he said something about them falling out all in one day. 705 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,320 Like, and I said, oh, like a ginkgo tree. 706 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,640 Do you know a ginkgo tree? 707 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:21,640 What that is? 708 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,240 No, no, it's a beautiful tree. 709 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:28,600 The leaves turn bright yellow and in one day, they all fall off, twinkle to the ground. 710 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,600 It's like a little rain shower. 711 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,320 It's like Bob Einstein. 712 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,040 Hey, sweetheart, your mustache is in the sink. 713 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,040 Inside joke. 714 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,040 Sorry. 715 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,040 One of the best jokes ever. 716 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:42,040 Look it up if you want to. 717 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,400 How would they look that up? 718 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,920 It's a Jerry Seinfeld and Bob Einstein. 719 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,440 Was it on Larry Sanders? 720 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:49,840 I think it might have been Larry Sanders. 721 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:50,840 Yeah, I believe so. 722 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:51,840 No, I think it was. 723 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:52,840 No, no, I'm telling you. 724 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:53,840 Oh, it's Larry David. 725 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:54,840 It's Curb Your Enthusiasm. 726 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:55,840 Yeah, Curb Your Enthusiasm. 727 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:56,840 Look up the Curb Your Enthusiasm. 728 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:57,840 It's worth it. 729 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:58,840 It's one of the. 730 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,280 I've been wound that at least 10 times. 731 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,280 It's jarring. 732 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:03,280 To watch that joke. 733 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,280 It's. 734 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,280 Brilliant. 735 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,280 It's offensive and hilarious. 736 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,280 So look it up. 737 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,280 We're not going to reenact it here. 738 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:09,280 No, no, no. 739 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,280 Can't do that. 740 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,280 Even on a podcast. 741 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,280 Exactly. 742 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,280 Indeed. 743 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:14,280 So let me see. 744 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:20,320 Well, the day that I wanted to finish that or finish that thought on the day that I did 745 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:25,160 not go with Bob, I was told by my friend now behind the counter. 746 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,760 We're not saying names, right? 747 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,040 No. 748 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:32,760 One of the nurses behind the counter said, oh, we missed you yesterday. 749 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:37,000 And Bob came in and he said, well, I'm by myself. 750 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 And because he's just so cheerful when he goes in. 751 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Right. 752 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,760 And then that day when I was back with him, that would have been Friday. 753 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:45,880 I don't know what day. 754 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,000 Friday maybe. 755 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,760 It was Cinco de Mayo. 756 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,600 And what did Bob say when he came in? 757 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,600 I don't remember. 758 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,980 Oh, I heard him very loudly. 759 00:27:54,980 --> 00:27:56,280 The door opened. 760 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:57,920 They call his name Bob. 761 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,120 The door opens and he goes. 762 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,120 I said, happy Cinco de Derby. 763 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:02,120 Oh, well. 764 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:07,360 It was the day before the Derby. 765 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:08,680 They were celebrating. 766 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:16,320 They had little fascinator sombreros, little tiny hilarious sombreros on all the staff. 767 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:17,320 It was cute. 768 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,520 I like a staff that has fun together. 769 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,520 Yeah, they did. 770 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:21,520 And they make us have fun. 771 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,680 And they take me into a back room and zap the hell out of me. 772 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:24,680 Right. 773 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:25,680 Right. 774 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:26,680 That's okay. 775 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:27,680 It's okay. 776 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:28,880 It's making you better. 777 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,880 It is making me better. 778 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:31,880 I guess. 779 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,160 I don't know yet. 780 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:34,160 I think so. 781 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,160 It's doing its job. 782 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,160 That's the thing about it. 783 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,960 You just don't know how it's going. 784 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:46,680 I meet with the radiation doctor every week on Wednesdays. 785 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:53,120 Usually checks my vitals and how I'm doing and if I'm feeling any side effects. 786 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:58,800 And before this week, I had to wait until 1045. 787 00:28:58,800 --> 00:28:59,800 No water. 788 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:00,800 Nothing. 789 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,760 And I couldn't have water or food. 790 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,800 So I asked the doctor, said, hey, is it okay if I chew gum in the morning? 791 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,320 Just have some juices flowing in my mouth. 792 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,280 And he goes, sure, as long as you don't swallow it. 793 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:15,720 You can't have anything in your airway. 794 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,040 I mean, in your esophagus, in your stomach. 795 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,240 That changes the shape of the target. 796 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,920 So that's why if you put water or anything in your stomach, it changes the shape of your 797 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:31,300 stomach and the target that they're aiming for has to be completely precise. 798 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:33,680 And so no swallowing. 799 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:34,840 So he did this thing. 800 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,080 So I did the chewing gum and it's great. 801 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,200 I don't have to sit there watching everyone else drink. 802 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,280 So this is a hot tip for anybody who might be going through this. 803 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,280 You can chew gum prior to. 804 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,800 And he went out and bought some juicy fruit. 805 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,640 I was going to say, is that your flavor of choice? 806 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:51,640 Well, you know what? 807 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,480 I'd never purchased gum since I was a kid. 808 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,840 So I was like, what are these gums? 809 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,680 I was looking for the stripes, you know, right. 810 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:00,880 But they didn't have that. 811 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:05,400 So kind of weird names and I couldn't even find a stick of bubble gum. 812 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:06,800 None anymore. 813 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,480 No, they probably have the little round. 814 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:11,480 What's that called? 815 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,480 Bazooka, right? 816 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:13,480 I didn't see any bazooka. 817 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,960 I haven't seen bazooka forever. 818 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,680 Now that you mentioned it, they probably went out of business. 819 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,400 Didn't bazooka have a little game or something? 820 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,400 It's a cartoon. 821 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,920 The cartoon was a bazooka Joe. 822 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:23,920 Bazooka Joe. 823 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:24,920 Yeah, inside the wrapper. 824 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,920 He wore his like turtleneck over his nose. 825 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,400 Yeah, up to his nose. 826 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,160 Yeah, yeah, I remember that. 827 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,400 And they would have like a saying too, like a little. 828 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,360 Yeah, like a fortune cookie. 829 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,360 Right. 830 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:36,360 That's what I was remembering. 831 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,360 Yeah, I don't remember that. 832 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,960 Well, maybe it was before my time. 833 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:41,960 Probably was. 834 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:47,760 But anyway, it's been a little bit of a refreshing option for him in the morning. 835 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,760 I have something before I. 836 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:53,400 And then on Mondays when they do radiation first before. 837 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,040 So as soon as that's done, you can eat, right? 838 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,040 Yes. 839 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,040 During chemo. 840 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,440 In fact, I'll eat while I'm talking to the doctor. 841 00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,440 Okay. 842 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,360 Or eat as I'm going upstairs to the chemo. 843 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:07,260 It's kind of weird because you know, anybody who has relatively decent manners, you don't 844 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:08,640 eat in front of people. 845 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:09,640 No. 846 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:10,640 Like if they're not eating, you're not going to eat. 847 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,680 Unless of course you're starving, you don't care. 848 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:13,680 No. 849 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,680 Right. 850 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:15,680 Exactly. 851 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,400 Unless you're having cancer treatment and you get a free hall pass. 852 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,400 You do. 853 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,480 You can feel scarf down a sandwich or whatever while they're giving him his results of the 854 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,000 blood work or whatever. 855 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,440 And we just, we do whatever we want. 856 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,680 Have your tastes changed? 857 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:30,680 They have not. 858 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,040 They a couple of things. 859 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,080 No, everything tastes the same. 860 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,560 Some of it's now texture, I think. 861 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,440 Oh, the mouth is. 862 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,880 And ability to swallow. 863 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:41,880 Yeah. 864 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:46,480 It's, it's got to be able to chew everything down a lot so I can get it. 865 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:52,800 So I made with the Kentucky Derby coming, I planned ahead and made Kentucky hot brown. 866 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:53,800 Do you know that sandwich? 867 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:54,800 Yes. 868 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:55,800 Oh yeah. 869 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,800 Oh, so good. 870 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:57,800 So good. 871 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,800 Cheesy hot sauce. 872 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,800 There's so much protein. 873 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,280 I'm telling you, it would have been Bob's protein for the day. 874 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:03,280 Yep. 875 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,280 And it was beautiful. 876 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:09,320 I went into a whole big deal with my sister next door and she gave me the proper dishes 877 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,380 to broil it in. 878 00:32:11,380 --> 00:32:14,240 It was gorgeous. 879 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:23,160 You lay an X on top of that bubbly brown cheese and X with two pieces of bacon and it's beautiful. 880 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,920 And Bob sat down to eat and it just. 881 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,640 I tried the bacon. 882 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:27,640 I couldn't chew it. 883 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,640 Oh really? 884 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:29,640 Couldn't chew it down. 885 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,640 He loves bacon so much. 886 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:31,640 Couldn't swallow it. 887 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:32,640 Oh shoot. 888 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,680 So I could not eat bacon, which I love bacon more than anything. 889 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,400 It was too crunchy to like. 890 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,400 No. 891 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,320 No, it's just, it's hard to chew down bacon at Millwagon. 892 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,720 There's no large pieces. 893 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,600 Although he did chew some beef jerky, but you really have to. 894 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:47,600 That's that soft. 895 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:48,600 Soft. 896 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:49,680 Chew, chew, chew. 897 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,320 So the Kentucky hot brown was one of my food failures. 898 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:54,880 I forgot it had bacon on it. 899 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,720 Does it have a tomato on it too? 900 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:57,720 Some like it with a tomato. 901 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:58,720 I do. 902 00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:59,720 Others don't. 903 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:00,720 He did eat the turkey. 904 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,600 I mean, there was a lot of turkey in there and a lot of delicious Mornay sauce. 905 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,560 Oh boy, cheesy sauce. 906 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:11,840 But I ended up throwing it away because it just, it kind of turned him a little bit where 907 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,800 it, he just wasn't into it. 908 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,040 And I thought it was going to be a hit, man. 909 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,920 Is there a piece of bread on the bottom? 910 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,960 It's an open face, right? 911 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:21,960 Yes. 912 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:22,960 Homemade bread. 913 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,560 I have this Japanese milk bread I make. 914 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,040 I haven't had one of those in years. 915 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,040 It's so good. 916 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,040 They're delicious. 917 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,280 Well, when this is all said and done, I'm making it again. 918 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,360 Cause I'm convinced Bob will love it again. 919 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:33,520 He used to love it. 920 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,680 So it just was one of those fails. 921 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:40,960 And I I'm learning as I go and trying different things with them and some things work and 922 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:41,960 some things don't. 923 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,880 You're doing okay with your burgers, your frozen burgers? 924 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:44,880 Yeah, we still have those. 925 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:45,880 Yep. 926 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:46,880 We have everything. 927 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:47,880 We're trying a little bit of everything. 928 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:48,880 All right. 929 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:50,880 Just anything that'll put pounds on me. 930 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:51,880 Gravy on top of things. 931 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:52,880 Gravy on ice cream. 932 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:53,880 Oh yeah. 933 00:33:53,880 --> 00:34:00,160 Well, one thing he did with the leftover turkey, I didn't use all the turkey in the Kentucky 934 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,380 hot brown. 935 00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:06,160 So he chopped it up in very small pieces and made a turkey salad sandwich. 936 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,160 Oh yeah. 937 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,160 Oh, that's great. 938 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,160 Oh yeah. 939 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:10,160 Oh yeah. 940 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:11,160 He loved it. 941 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,160 So delicious. 942 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,160 Yeah. 943 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:14,160 Anything soft like that. 944 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:20,520 He's, he's, uh, turkey and mayo to me are that strong. 945 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:21,520 That's a good combo. 946 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:22,520 Yeah. 947 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:23,520 Yeah. 948 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:24,520 Like Sonny and Cher. 949 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,520 Sort of. 950 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,520 Yeah. 951 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:27,520 Turkey and mayo. 952 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,520 Sonny and Cher. 953 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:29,520 I got you, babe. 954 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,520 No, it's how anyway, I'm working hard on finding the right things. 955 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:37,880 I'm trying really hard not to hound him about hydration. 956 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,440 I backed off this week. 957 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:40,440 You're doing well though, right? 958 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:41,440 Oh yeah. 959 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:42,440 I'm very hydrated. 960 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,440 I can't verify. 961 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:44,720 What do you mean you can't verify? 962 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:45,920 I can't be sure. 963 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:50,040 She wants to hover over me and make sure I take every ounce possible. 964 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,840 He needs to have 90 minimum fluid. 965 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:54,840 Is it 90 fluid ounces? 966 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:55,840 That's a lot. 967 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:56,840 It's a lot of drinking. 968 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,280 That's a lot of drinking. 969 00:34:58,280 --> 00:34:59,280 And he's peeing all the time. 970 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,120 And I believe it's 80 fluid ounces. 971 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:04,120 He's not going one ounce. 972 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:05,640 I'm not going an ounce higher. 973 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,760 And you can't start cheating the numbers up either. 974 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,800 I say it's 100. 975 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:11,800 80. 976 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:12,800 80 fluid ounces. 977 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,800 That's a lot to drink. 978 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,360 My point is, he is monitoring that himself. 979 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,200 So I'm letting him have his autonomy when it comes to fluids. 980 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,480 Well, they said I'd have a headache if I didn't hydrate properly. 981 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,800 I have yet to have a headache. 982 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,360 In fact, I'm floating to the treatment every day. 983 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,360 I know you are, honey. 984 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,360 I have a tendency to be bossy. 985 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:34,360 Well. 986 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:35,360 Shock. 987 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:40,040 There was a time when you and I could down 96 ounces in one sitting. 988 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,040 In one sitting. 989 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,040 A beer? 990 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,040 Oh, yeah. 991 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,040 That's your eight beers, right? 992 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,040 Good old days. 993 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,040 Oh, man. 994 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:50,400 Well, it was either the nurse practitioner or the dietician said most people in this 995 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,720 situation when they're told to super hydrate, make sure you hydrate. 996 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,760 They're having coffee and diet coke. 997 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,080 Which is the worst thing you can do. 998 00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,080 All day long. 999 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,080 It dehydrates. 1000 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:06,320 So he's now having decaf diet, what do you call it? 1001 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:07,320 It's a caffeine free. 1002 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:08,320 Caffeine free diet. 1003 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:09,320 Yeah. 1004 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,320 Diet. 1005 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,320 And he likes it fine. 1006 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:12,320 And I do one of those a day. 1007 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,320 Yeah. 1008 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:14,320 I get tons of water. 1009 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,320 That's a big dream. 1010 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:16,960 You know, water is the thing I hate. 1011 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,520 And now I'm drinking it like crazy. 1012 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,040 And actually it's turned into the most refreshing drink I have. 1013 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,000 It works down that sore throat. 1014 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,000 Yep. 1015 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,000 You know. 1016 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,120 And Gatorade's Galore. 1017 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:32,480 And today was, was it yesterday or today that you said the pain has leveled off like a plateau? 1018 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:33,480 Yeah. 1019 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:38,600 I had the same amount of pain for it was Friday and Saturday. 1020 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,840 Today a little bit more, but not much. 1021 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:42,840 Not appreciable. 1022 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:43,840 That's great. 1023 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:44,840 No. 1024 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:45,840 Yeah. 1025 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:46,840 I think it's, I think it's just grand. 1026 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:47,840 I mean, he's just doing great. 1027 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,720 So, and we've been listening to the show in the morning. 1028 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:50,720 Okay. 1029 00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:51,720 Yep. 1030 00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:52,720 On the way. 1031 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:53,720 On the way. 1032 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:54,720 Which is fun. 1033 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:55,720 Normally we're asleep. 1034 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,320 We don't get up bright and early like that anymore at 5 a.m. 1035 00:36:58,320 --> 00:36:59,320 No, we don't. 1036 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,480 That's one of the advantages of retirement. 1037 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,480 I get to sleep in. 1038 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,480 Yes. 1039 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,160 I get to stay up late and I get to sleep in. 1040 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,280 And you will. 1041 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:07,840 And now I get to fight cancer. 1042 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,320 But only two more weeks, Bob. 1043 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,160 And then you get to go back to sleeping in. 1044 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,160 Two more weeks. 1045 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,080 You can stand on your head for two weeks. 1046 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,080 Yes. 1047 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,000 But then there's surgery after that. 1048 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,000 There are a lot of things going on. 1049 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,000 That's down the road. 1050 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,000 Yes. 1051 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,000 You know. 1052 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,000 All this stuff's happening. 1053 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000 You're going to get there. 1054 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 You're going to get through it. 1055 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,000 I'm working on it. 1056 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,000 I know what I can do. 1057 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,120 I have a new partner. 1058 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,120 I hate him. 1059 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,520 I'm going to kill him. 1060 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,440 And that's what I'm in the process of doing. 1061 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,440 You're doing great. 1062 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:33,440 Yes. 1063 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:38,680 Can I say my little meme thing that I got from my doctor. 1064 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:39,680 Okay. 1065 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,120 So remember, I went for my physical. 1066 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:48,440 And then the next day she sent me a note with this message on it. 1067 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,760 I think it's so great. 1068 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:56,240 If I tell you I've got your back, you don't need to turn around and check. 1069 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,040 I'm where I said I'd be. 1070 00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,520 Isn't that good? 1071 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,520 That's really good. 1072 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:05,560 So I sent that to my brother Yale and sister Susan in our sibling's text we have. 1073 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:12,080 And Yale's reply was, if you ever did turn around, you would see a big crowd. 1074 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,080 That's good. 1075 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:14,580 That's very nice. 1076 00:38:14,580 --> 00:38:15,580 It just made me gasp. 1077 00:38:15,580 --> 00:38:18,560 It was just beautiful and encouraging. 1078 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:24,320 And I know there are people out there caring and holding us up, even though there's not 1079 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,280 much they can do. 1080 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:30,020 We don't even want them bringing us food now because we're full. 1081 00:38:30,020 --> 00:38:31,020 We have every item. 1082 00:38:31,020 --> 00:38:32,020 My freezer. 1083 00:38:32,020 --> 00:38:35,000 I cleaned the freezer out and it's still cramped. 1084 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,080 That's the real push me pull you. 1085 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,400 Everyone wants to do something. 1086 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,400 I know. 1087 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,400 Sure. 1088 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:41,400 They don't know what to do. 1089 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:42,880 They really can't do anything. 1090 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:43,880 No. 1091 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:44,880 I know there isn't. 1092 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,720 They could fix our pool. 1093 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,920 I don't think that's under the category. 1094 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:50,920 No, it doesn't. 1095 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:51,920 No. 1096 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:52,920 You never know. 1097 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:53,920 You never know. 1098 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:54,920 That's one of my jokes. 1099 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:55,920 That's a good joke. 1100 00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:04,920 I think Bob would rather go back to talking about Janice Ian at this point than the pool. 1101 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,200 Oh my God. 1102 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:08,240 Now we're going to get through it. 1103 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:09,240 We really are. 1104 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:10,920 We're going to talk about the race next week. 1105 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,400 The lead up to the race. 1106 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:13,400 Lead up to it. 1107 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,440 We'll be heading out there. 1108 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:22,840 I hope if nothing else gets worse than what it is, we'll be at the 500 and enjoy a good 1109 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:23,840 race weekend. 1110 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:24,840 That's our goal right now. 1111 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,080 Well, our first goal though is next week. 1112 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,080 What's that? 1113 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:30,520 Next week. 1114 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:34,600 Our youngest is graduating from law school. 1115 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:35,600 Oh yeah. 1116 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:36,600 That's crazy. 1117 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:37,600 That doesn't seem possible. 1118 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:38,600 A week from yesterday. 1119 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:39,600 Yeah. 1120 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,600 And we really, really want to be there. 1121 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,680 I want to be at that graduation and I hope I am capable of doing that. 1122 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:47,680 I think you will. 1123 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:48,680 It's only a week. 1124 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:49,680 I think we can. 1125 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,880 Well, if it's anything like the first three, I think I'll be there with no problem. 1126 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:53,880 Yeah. 1127 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,960 So we'll report back on next Sunday if we were able to. 1128 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,920 I'm making it come hell or high water. 1129 00:39:58,920 --> 00:39:59,920 I know you are. 1130 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:00,920 I'm going to be there. 1131 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:01,920 But I want Bob with me. 1132 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:02,920 Well, I want to be there. 1133 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:03,920 I know you do. 1134 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:09,200 I did think if Bob got to the point maybe at the end, maybe the last podcast, you just 1135 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,640 don't feel like doing it. 1136 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:11,640 I've got a new name. 1137 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:12,640 Oh, do you? 1138 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:13,640 It's just Becky and me. 1139 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,640 Yes. 1140 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:15,640 Oh boy. 1141 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:16,640 What is it? 1142 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:17,640 It's two Dicks and three Mikes. 1143 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:18,640 Oh my God. 1144 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:19,640 Or the cancer show. 1145 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:20,640 Great. 1146 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:21,640 That wouldn't be. 1147 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:22,640 That's so good. 1148 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:23,640 No. 1149 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,640 You've got to have the Bob part of it in there. 1150 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:31,640 You've got to have Bob in there. 1151 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:36,160 Yes, I've had some great partners in my life, but this is a partner I did not ask for. 1152 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,160 No. 1153 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,080 So we'll kill him. 1154 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,080 We'll kill him and dead. 1155 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:41,080 We're doing it together. 1156 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:42,080 Yes. 1157 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:43,080 Yep. 1158 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,080 This is, I guess, about all we had for the week. 1159 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,600 I can't think of anything else. 1160 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,120 You didn't talk about your motivation once. 1161 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:53,320 I explained motivation. 1162 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,320 I can tell them about motivation every time I'm here. 1163 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,760 Just say in the words, your motivation. 1164 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,480 Oh, I know. 1165 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:01,480 Yeah. 1166 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,120 Jiggle them for me. 1167 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,080 That is motivation. 1168 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,080 Life is good. 1169 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,080 It is good. 1170 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,080 I love you, darling. 1171 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,760 All right, well, we'll see you next week. 1172 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,720 This is the Bob and Cancer Show. 1173 00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:15,160 I hate my partner. 1174 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:19,000 I'm going to kill him. 1175 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,280 You've been listening to the Bob and Cancer Show. 1176 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,120 Tune into our next episode as we continue to follow Bob's journey. 1177 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,040 Bob Gavoin appears courtesy of heavy honey ice cream. 1178 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,920 Heavy honey, when you need to gain weight or are already married. 1179 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:32,920 This is Whit Grayson speaking. 1180 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:39,240 That was lad, see you next week.