1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Welcome to the Bob and Cancer Show. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Hi, I'm Bob Kevoian. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Greetings. Welcome, welcome to week four. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:18,000 On our last episode Bob was kidnapped by a mad scientist who was trying to poison him 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 and cut him in half with a laser beam. 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 But it didn't happen. He's alive, he's well. 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 He is very well. I'm doing all right. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,000 He is so very well. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,000 That's exciting. 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 I can't believe it's week four already. 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 It's the end of, we're starting week five tomorrow. 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Tomorrow week five begins with my final chemotherapy. 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Tomorrow. 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 And then I have... 15 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Hey, do you think that we get to ring a bell or anything? 16 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 When I'm done with the radiation, yeah, probably. 17 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Do you ring a bell when you're finished with chemotherapy? 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Chemotherapy? I haven't heard any bells while we've been up there. 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 That's not a good sign, is it? Never mind. 20 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,000 No. 21 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Forget I said anything. 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 I think that's only if you tip. 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Tip? 24 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 They will ring a bell. 25 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Like Hooters. Is it Hooters? 26 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Well, or different places they do. 27 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Different places. 28 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 You know, if cancer centers were more like a Hooters, 29 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 a lot of people wouldn't mind going there. 30 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,000 It wouldn't be that dreadful. 31 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 No, no. Actually, it hasn't been dreadful at all. 32 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,000 You've made it pleasant, as pleasant as you can, right? 33 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:21,000 I am still overwhelmed by how, I guess, easy this has been. 34 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Yeah, I don't know how we at all relate to people 35 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 who are going to be listening to this with a potential diagnosis 36 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 or a family member because Bob's doing so well. 37 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:37,000 I almost, I actually accused them last week of using a placebo. 38 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 She actually asked the doctor. 39 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 We meet with the radiation doctor every Wednesday. 40 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Right. 41 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,000 And she, Becky says, are you sure you're hitting the right spot? 42 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Well, and I don't think he was offended or anything, 43 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,000 but this same fella said when we first met him a month ago, 44 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 you're going to hate me in week three. 45 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Yeah. 46 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Well, okay, but we didn't. 47 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 I didn't hate him in week three, and I don't hate him in week four. 48 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Week four ended with still very... 49 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 It's crazy. 50 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Well, I think you're lucky. 51 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 I mean, it's so different for different people. 52 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Sure it is. 53 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 But I thought about this coming today. 54 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 The lesson here is early detection. 55 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Absolutely. Go to your doctor. 56 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 This was all part of my annual physical. 57 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 I have a chest x-ray every year, and in this year's x-ray, 58 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000 they saw these spots and they took action, 59 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 and we found the cancer, found it early, 60 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 and that's why we're doing this podcast. 61 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Right. 62 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,000 So it's pretty incredible when you find it early. 63 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 They say it is much easier. 64 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Oh, absolutely. 65 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Than when you are, I guess, diagnosed with a stage four cancer. 66 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Or with symptoms that are debilitating already before you even start. 67 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 And it's difficult to corral the cancer, 68 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:02,000 and it's probably a longer process than just five chemo treatments. 69 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 It might be more, it might be longer radiation. 70 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 We don't know all this. 71 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 We're making this part out. 72 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,000 No, I'm just guessing because mine has been so... 73 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Mine has been very easy. 74 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 It's been uneventful, other than the daily grind of going 75 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,000 for two people who are retired and like sleeping in and lounging in our robes. 76 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 This has been a job for the last month, 77 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,000 and I still have another week and a half to go. 78 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,000 But it is, you know, you have to be there on time. 79 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,000 You're getting to know a lot of the personnel there, which is very nice. 80 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 A lot of wonderful people there. 81 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 And it is a job. 82 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 But you're right, Witt, about early detection, and I'm not sure. 83 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,000 I mean, we've all heard those commercials and public service announcements 84 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 and people saying early detection saves lives. 85 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 But how do you get people to really hear it? 86 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Maybe this podcast, maybe that's what this podcast is going to be for. 87 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:01,000 It could be, but it's, you know, if you have an annual physical exam, 88 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 chances are things like this will pop up. 89 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Well, I think a lot of people don't have an annual physical. 90 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 What are the numbers, Witt? 91 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 You know things like this. 92 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Excuse me, in my profession, I do financial planning. 93 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 He's an x-ray tech. 94 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Oh, I'm sorry, wrong. 95 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 And occasionally it involves people buying life insurance. 96 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 And I'm shocked. 97 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Someone will say, well, I haven't seen the doctor in seven or eight years. 98 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Oh, boy. 99 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Which is, in a way, it's good. 100 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 They're healthy. They feel healthy. 101 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000 But an annual physical is amazing. 102 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Oh, gosh, what they could find. 103 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 And most people, at 50 and older. 104 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 And most people don't go to a doctor unless they're feeling bad. 105 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Right. 106 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,000 And that's when some of these cancers are detected because they're so far along 107 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 that they are actually showing symptoms. 108 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,000 I found this early and I had no symptoms whatsoever. 109 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 You still don't. 110 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 I don't. 111 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 I'm still stunned by what's going on here. 112 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,000 You know, I was raised by a mom, well, a mom and a dad. 113 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,000 My dad was pretty regular about going to the doctor, but my mother was not. 114 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 No, she wasn't. 115 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:11,000 And she lived to 80, almost 85 years old, and she never had a mammogram. 116 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 You know why? 117 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 No. 118 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Why? 119 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,000 She thought, and she just had wacky ideas. 120 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 And I love her. 121 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Today's Mother's Day, I sure miss her. 122 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,000 But she really thought that when they put your boob up in that clampy machine 123 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,000 that squishes it down, that if you did have cancer, 124 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 it's now spread through your whole body. 125 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Because it squeezed it out. 126 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Oh, yeah. 127 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 I always thought it was like a cartoon. 128 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Once they squish it, it stays that way. 129 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Oh, now see, I should have used that one on her. 130 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 But she never had a mammogram. 131 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,000 And so I was raised in this kind of idea that, well, I don't need to go to the doctor for that. 132 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 What's he going to do? 133 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 He ain't going to help. 134 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,000 You know, we just all, all of my siblings and everything, we all kind of had that. 135 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 I believe her quote was, that's how they get you. 136 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Yep. 137 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 That was my mom for sure. 138 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Those drug companies are. 139 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 That's how they get you. 140 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 So in a mammogram, is there like a vice boy? 141 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Is there somebody that. 142 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Are you going to apply for the job? 143 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Yes. 144 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Yeah, somebody has to turn that knob. 145 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 It's not the doctor that's turning the knob. 146 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Let me tell you, it ain't that fun. 147 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Okay. 148 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 You know, but for you. 149 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Being the vice boy might be. 150 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Sure. 151 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I think men have the wrong idea of what a mammogram is. 152 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Yes, I'm sure we do. 153 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,000 They think you take off your top and jiggle them around. 154 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Yeah, yeah. 155 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Keep going. 156 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Should I talk slower? 157 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Yes, please do. 158 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Oh my goodness. 159 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Vice boy. 160 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 We've derailed from our fourth week. 161 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Yeah, I know. 162 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 That's okay. 163 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Yes. 164 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:40,000 So I have one more chemo tomorrow and I'm guessing they won't say, well, you're going 165 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 to need another. 166 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 I'm not sure. 167 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 I guess it's possible. 168 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 No, we didn't hear that. 169 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 No. 170 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Even as an option, right? 171 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 No, I don't think so. 172 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 I think that's it. 173 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 He's making stuff up again. 174 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Sure. 175 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Why not? 176 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Well, you know, trying to fill half an hour here. 177 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 No. 178 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 No. 179 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 So radiation again tomorrow and. 180 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,000 So it's our last long day tomorrow. 181 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Yes. 182 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:06,800 The greatest thing about the, so we do chemotherapy every Monday and then the, and radiation on 183 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,840 Monday and then the rest of the week, it's just radiation. 184 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,640 So they're nice short days, but that, that Monday is long. 185 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:18,320 It's, it's tiring for Bob and I'm looking forward to being finished with that portion 186 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,320 of it. 187 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,320 Yeah, me too. 188 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,320 I can't believe it. 189 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:22,320 Can you? 190 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,320 What I'm going to miss is the steroids though. 191 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:24,320 Ants in the pants. 192 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:25,320 Oh my goodness. 193 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,320 You know, cause I, I, today. 194 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Brown took a brown cow. 195 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,320 I'm fatigued. 196 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,320 Yeah, you are. 197 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:30,320 I am very tired. 198 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,320 Okay. 199 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:39,840 And that's the one, I guess, side effect that I am, I felt for the last, I don't know, 200 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,240 five to seven days. 201 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:47,920 And it's when the steroids from Monday wear off by Thursday. 202 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:48,920 Your butt starts dragging. 203 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:49,920 It starts dragging. 204 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,880 And now on Sunday, I'm really dragging. 205 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:54,880 Yeah. 206 00:07:54,880 --> 00:08:03,480 And then tomorrow I get chemo, but I get my steroids before they put the, it was a taxol 207 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,000 or whatever it is inside me. 208 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Yes. 209 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,600 There's two drugs, two poisons that go in there, but he gets those steroids. 210 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,800 And then he also, I think we've mentioned this before he gets an injection of this super 211 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,180 powerful Benadryl. 212 00:08:16,180 --> 00:08:18,280 And I think that's part of the anti nausea. 213 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,920 Maybe I don't know, but he goes almost right to sleep. 214 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,200 He sleeps like last week you slept 45 minutes, maybe an hour. 215 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,200 I don't know. 216 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:27,200 I was sleeping. 217 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,200 In the chair. 218 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,200 Yep. 219 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,200 Yeah, on Monday. 220 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:31,200 Did Deb sleep during chemo? 221 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,200 Yeah. 222 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:37,760 They would give her that and an anti nausea and other stuff just to preventatively. 223 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:38,760 Sure. 224 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,360 She was never nauseous though. 225 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,360 She never. 226 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:42,360 Yeah, he's not had. 227 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,360 I am not either. 228 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,200 All of this stuff is working at tip top shape. 229 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,400 I have not been sick at all. 230 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,000 I have no nausea whatsoever. 231 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:54,080 I would knock on wood, but I'm afraid you'll say don't hit the table while we're recording. 232 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,560 All right. 233 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:00,520 But yeah, things are surprisingly well. 234 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:06,920 I expected to be frail, bald. 235 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,520 All of this stuff that they had told us about, this is where I expected to be at this time 236 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:13,640 of the treatments. 237 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,800 We really imagined the worst. 238 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,360 Because they have to tell you, and we discuss this I think every week, how they have to 239 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,040 tell you all the potential. 240 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,040 Here's what could happen. 241 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:25,040 Yes. 242 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,040 Yeah. 243 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,040 So you're not surprised. 244 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,040 But look at him. 245 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,140 I wish this was live on video so your listeners could see, Bob. 246 00:09:30,140 --> 00:09:31,360 You look so great. 247 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:32,360 You look the same. 248 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,320 I don't feel any different except for the fatigue and that's it. 249 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,320 Doesn't he look the same? 250 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:38,320 I'm still. 251 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:39,320 Yeah, exactly the same. 252 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,720 I can still eat whatever I want. 253 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:41,720 I can. 254 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:42,720 He's careful. 255 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:43,720 You're careful with what you. 256 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,480 I mean, last week's steroids on Monday, I played 18 holes of golf the next day. 257 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:49,480 That's crazy. 258 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,120 And you golfed well. 259 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,800 Yeah, I golfed all right. 260 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,800 It gives me energy. 261 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,800 I'm just surprised. 262 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:00,720 He's been cheerful, cheerful, cheerful every day. 263 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,840 The previous week he did have some kind of blue days, but I think that's because that 264 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,960 fatigue was starting at the end of the week and we weren't sure what that was. 265 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,960 When somebody says you're going to experience fatigue, what does that mean? 266 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:13,960 I'm tired. 267 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,040 I'm tired today. 268 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:21,160 But he started to realize some fatigue and got a little bit blue, but it only lasted 269 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,160 about a day. 270 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,160 Not very long. 271 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,080 And this week he's been just as cheerful, funny, same as ever. 272 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,440 Well, now you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 273 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:30,840 This is your last week. 274 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:31,840 Yeah. 275 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:32,840 This is. 276 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:33,840 This is crazy. 277 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:34,840 It's crazy. 278 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:35,840 It is. 279 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:36,840 I'm quite surprised. 280 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,480 It went very fast. 281 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:45,440 Going through all this, I look back now, I was like, geez, that was a fast four weeks. 282 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:52,960 And I have a week and a half of radiation left and of course the one chemo tomorrow. 283 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:57,200 And then a week from Wednesday on the 24th of May. 284 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,440 Then you're going to be ringing the bells. 285 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,160 I get to ring the bell at the radiation center. 286 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,600 Will they let me take a little video of that? 287 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:06,600 I'm sure. 288 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:07,600 I bet they will. 289 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,600 You know, he's become the best friends with everybody there. 290 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:10,600 Oh, I bake for him. 291 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:11,600 I bring cookies. 292 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:12,600 So I'm sure you can do whatever. 293 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,320 You could probably run the radiation machine if you asked him. 294 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,880 Well, no, I'm afraid I'd miss. 295 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,720 You see, I've got that whole thing. 296 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:23,600 I can't believe you asked the doctor, are you sure you're hitting the right spot? 297 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,960 I was very serious because he wasn't having any of the things they warned us of. 298 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:33,000 They said every day they ask, do you have any tingling in your hands and feet? 299 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,000 No. 300 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,160 Do you have any nausea? 301 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:36,160 Nope. 302 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:37,160 Nope. 303 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:38,160 No. 304 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,640 That's one of the things we're like, what? 305 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,640 Bob said that. 306 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,120 Well, I'm guessing you become fatigued. 307 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,120 Or maybe dizzy, I guess. 308 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,120 Who knows? 309 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,120 But he has nothing. 310 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,780 So I'm like, are these drugs working? 311 00:11:48,780 --> 00:11:50,260 Is this a placebo? 312 00:11:50,260 --> 00:11:51,720 Is he in a study? 313 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:52,720 Which they do. 314 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:53,720 They put you in a study. 315 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:54,720 I think they let you know that. 316 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:55,720 I don't think so. 317 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:56,720 I don't think so. 318 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:02,680 Well, Mr. Kovoyan, good news is that you're growing a second penis. 319 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:05,680 Wait, oh my gosh. 320 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:09,120 No, it's just crazy. 321 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,320 I marvel every day. 322 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,320 Serious. 323 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,320 We wrote down for us to know. 324 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,720 I wrote down so Bob wouldn't forget this. 325 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:17,720 What is it? 326 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,120 What's that, honey? 327 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,000 About them poisoning me? 328 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:30,840 Yeah, that they hit me with kryptonite every day, but I'm still able to leap tall buildings. 329 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:31,840 See, that's good. 330 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:32,840 He's a Superman. 331 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:33,840 That's what I can't. 332 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,480 He's like Captain America or something. 333 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:41,680 He did have a weird thing this week where they take his blood pressure when he goes 334 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:44,640 in for chemotherapy on Monday. 335 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,260 First thing they do is take all his vitals, draw blood. 336 00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:51,280 They send that blood across the street to the lab. 337 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,280 They have their own lab. 338 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,600 We've talked about that. 339 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,800 His blood pressure was high. 340 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,280 Not high-ish, but high in the 190s or something like that. 341 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,280 170. 342 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,560 She said, are you taking any medicine for this? 343 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:07,560 You should probably call your doctor. 344 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:09,440 They said it had been ticking up every week. 345 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:10,760 I'm like, what? 346 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:11,760 He doesn't have high blood pressure. 347 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:18,000 He's never been on blood pressure medicine because he's a healthy fella. 348 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,000 They told us to call the doctor, which Bob did. 349 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,000 I did. 350 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,720 Called up my family doctor and told him about this. 351 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,760 He said, well, I can prescribe this for you. 352 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,560 I cannot remember medicine names, but it's a high blood pressure medicine. 353 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:34,560 It's a pill. 354 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:37,640 You take it once every morning. 355 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,920 It should take care of the problem. 356 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:45,040 I had not ordered the or picked up the pills yet. 357 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,880 Becky took my blood pressure and it went down to 130. 358 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:53,160 I said, dude, he can even heal his own high blood pressure. 359 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,160 I wonder why it was high. 360 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:56,160 Here's why I think. 361 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,440 Maybe subconsciously I'm nervous whenever I go in there. 362 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:04,320 My brother Yale, who you've all heard about at a time or two, my brother Yale says he 363 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,040 has white coat syndrome. 364 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,400 Have you heard of that? 365 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,400 Yes. 366 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,400 He gets nervous. 367 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 Yeah. 368 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,400 They get upset coming into a doctor's office because of the white lab coats, I guess. 369 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,760 They always take Yale's blood pressure at the end of the appointment. 370 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,800 I think that's what he said. 371 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,840 If you take it while he's just arrived and everything, he's all worked up and jazzed. 372 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,880 So evidently Bob can heal his own blood pressure. 373 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:36,560 So I had my daughter in law come over and do a little lesson for me because I know nothing 374 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:37,560 about any nursing. 375 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,560 She's an RN. 376 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:39,560 She's an RN. 377 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:40,560 Okay. 378 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,400 And I happened to have the blood pressure cuff from my sister Lynn, who just passed 379 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,400 away. 380 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,400 So we're putting that to good use. 381 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,360 I'm checking Bob's blood pressure every day with Lynn's. 382 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,660 None of her clothes would fit me. 383 00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:51,660 So I got the blood pressure. 384 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:52,660 What do you? 385 00:14:52,660 --> 00:14:53,660 Yes. 386 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:56,960 Oh, that's a good one. 387 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,080 But anyhow, I started taking the... 388 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,880 So she showed me how to do it properly. 389 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,120 Bob can't cross his legs. 390 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,120 Did you know that? 391 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,120 I didn't know that. 392 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:06,120 I didn't either. 393 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,040 People, just so you know, when you get your blood pressure drawn, even if you're at the 394 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,440 CVS in the back corner where they have the machine, don't cross your legs. 395 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:13,440 All right. 396 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,440 Don't ask me why. 397 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,800 I ain't no nurse. 398 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:22,120 So I started taking it every day and it's normal every day. 399 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,520 It's like the medicine didn't even have a chance to go into effect. 400 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:26,520 Not yet. 401 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,440 And his blood pressure is fine. 402 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,600 So whatever it is, Bob Kavoyan has some kind of magic powers. 403 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,600 He's a Superman. 404 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,160 Well, if I had magic powers, I wouldn't be going through this thing right now. 405 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,160 No. 406 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,680 So magic powers only work in certain areas, apparently. 407 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,000 Or do you really have cancer? 408 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,320 Is this a cosmic joke? 409 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:47,320 Is it a conspiracy? 410 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,400 I think that would be a really rotten joke. 411 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,080 Yeah, that would be a really... 412 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,680 I don't think that would be a good thing. 413 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,520 To go through something like this, no, that's not funny at all. 414 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:57,520 But it is good to know. 415 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,400 I think we're helping young men who are about to go to a prom. 416 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,880 They could tell their date, look, if you cross your legs, your blood pressure is going to 417 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:05,880 spike. 418 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:06,880 Right. 419 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:07,880 That's up to you. 420 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:08,880 Just be careful. 421 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:09,880 Better uncross it. 422 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,880 That's very inappropriate, but hilarious. 423 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:13,880 I'm just saying. 424 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,880 That's what it's all about. 425 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,880 The whole point of this is to learn, right? 426 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Yes. 427 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:20,880 I feel like I'm learning. 428 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:25,200 I've shared this experience, and so far, what I thought was going to be a horrible experience 429 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,520 has been okay. 430 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,080 We thought by now, we're doing the week four, correct? 431 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,080 Yes. 432 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,080 We just finished week four. 433 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:33,080 We start week five tomorrow. 434 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:38,080 I thought that Bob was going to be frail and not be able to even sit in the chair to do 435 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,520 the podcast, sit at the table like he is. 436 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,600 He's just a regular guy. 437 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:43,600 We had one... 438 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,360 Well, we'll talk about that later. 439 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:46,640 The goal of getting downtown. 440 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:47,640 Oh, okay. 441 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,360 Go ahead and mention the goal. 442 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:50,360 Okay. 443 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:57,560 My son, Joey, the youngest, has just graduated, summa cum laude, let me add, from law school. 444 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:02,680 When we got the diagnosis about Bob, one of my first thoughts was, oh no, we won't be 445 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,480 able to go down to graduation. 446 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:05,760 Oh no. 447 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,400 What will that be like? 448 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:16,120 They scheduled fluids for Bob to get extra IV fluids on the days leading up to graduation. 449 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:19,720 Bob was able to just go, I don't need no stinking fluids. 450 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,440 He canceled them. 451 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,280 We had them Thursday and he canceled... 452 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,280 He won't be hydrated. 453 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,280 No, he's drinking like a fish. 454 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,600 I am floating, I'll tell you that. 455 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:34,920 Yeah, I canceled the Friday and Saturday fluids because I was feeling great. 456 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,520 He felt so great. 457 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,120 We went down yesterday, right? 458 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,120 Saturday was the graduation. 459 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:43,400 Parking was icky and bad. 460 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:47,100 We did have to walk a bit of a distance and Bob got a little bit tired. 461 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:48,680 That was the only thing. 462 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,240 He got a little tired by the end of the day. 463 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:52,240 He was kind of beat. 464 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,240 But then he came home and ate. 465 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,520 That's my everyday routine. 466 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,640 I become fatigued as the day goes on. 467 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,440 It just happened that I got a little tired of walking over there and walking out. 468 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,080 As we were driving home, I said, honey, you haven't had any protein for a while because 469 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,640 that's my job. 470 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,360 I said, do you want me to cook something? 471 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,680 What trips your trigger right now? 472 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:13,680 What are you hungry for? 473 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,720 He goes, I'd really like the kernel. 474 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,720 Oh yeah. 475 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:17,720 Oh yeah. 476 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,720 That's protein, man. 477 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,360 That's protein, baby. 478 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,280 We pulled through, got some fried chicken. 479 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:24,280 He downed it. 480 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,320 He ate like a champ. 481 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,000 He's doing everything I've asked him to do. 482 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 What I'm asking him to do are things that the nurses have asked us to do. 483 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,920 I just write him and make him. 484 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,920 Once you're done, is it Friday or Wednesday? 485 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:40,920 It's a week from Wednesday. 486 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,920 Okay. 487 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:42,920 You have what? 488 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:43,920 I have eight. 489 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:44,920 Eight more. 490 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,560 Eight radiations and one chemo. 491 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,040 When you're done, will you still have to do protein? 492 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,040 Is that regular? 493 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,040 I believe so. 494 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:58,320 We'll talk to the doctors about that in our weekly meeting on Wednesday where we talk 495 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,560 about they're missing the spot. 496 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:07,640 Yes, where I challenge the doctor about his know-how. 497 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,840 Let me tell you, doc, I'm an expert in a lot of things. 498 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,460 According to Bob, that's not the first time you've said, are you sure you're hitting the 499 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:15,460 right spot? 500 00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:16,460 Oh, oh, oh. 501 00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:17,460 Oh, wow. 502 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:18,460 Okay, I'm just saying. 503 00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:23,800 Okay, yeah, here I am with Bob and Whit. 504 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:24,800 What did I expect? 505 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,560 Well, you knew what you were getting into. 506 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,800 Yes, I did. 507 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,800 So now- We don't know about post-treatment. 508 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,800 I just wondered about that. 509 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:38,160 I assume because we need his weight to stay up when he has his operation, which will be 510 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,320 six to eight weeks after- Okay. 511 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,320 Afterward, yeah. 512 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:42,320 The treatment. 513 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,320 They still have to operate on him. 514 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,680 So when will they tell you, like is it six weeks, eight weeks? 515 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:53,920 Well I think between four and six weeks after my radiation is complete, they will bring 516 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:59,300 me in for a CT scan and see if all the scar tissue has healed. 517 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,520 If it hasn't, then there'll be another couple weeks. 518 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:02,520 Push it back. 519 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:06,880 But if it has healed, then they'll schedule the surgery and we'll go from there. 520 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:07,880 Great. 521 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:08,880 So I'm not sure what to ask. 522 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,400 And that's a whole other level of podcast, I think, at that point. 523 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,560 Well and you were saying last time that you were getting a little bit of a scratchy throat. 524 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:17,560 Yes. 525 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:18,560 Do you still have it? 526 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:19,560 Still hanging there. 527 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,560 Okay. 528 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:21,560 Still there, but it's nothing that bothers me. 529 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:22,560 Okay, good. 530 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,560 I mean it doesn't hinder my eating. 531 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,560 It doesn't hinder swallowing at all. 532 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:27,560 He's more careful. 533 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,880 He's more careful, I'd say. 534 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:29,880 Meaning? 535 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,480 I just have to chew down my food, make it a lot easier. 536 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:44,280 And what really helps, and we brought this up a couple of episodes ago about THC. 537 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:45,280 What does that stand for? 538 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,280 I don't know. 539 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280 Something dirty? 540 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,280 It's the high company? 541 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,280 I don't know. 542 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:50,280 I think it is. 543 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,680 It is. 544 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:53,920 And I have taken... 545 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:54,920 A liking? 546 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,240 A liking to the THC. 547 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:00,680 Of the herb? 548 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,080 And it's actually a gummy. 549 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,080 Okay. 550 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:10,040 Because the herb is a little difficult to inhale with a sore throat. 551 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:16,520 But my sweet spot is five milligrams, and that takes away all pain. 552 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,520 Really? 553 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,160 It's all gone. 554 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:24,200 Even the sore throat I have, everything's gone, and I'm hungry. 555 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,840 Is that a one a day deal? 556 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,200 Yeah, usually one a day. 557 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,200 I don't know enough about... 558 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,200 In the evening, he takes it in the evening. 559 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,740 Maybe one in the afternoon, depending. 560 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:40,320 So keep in mind, Bob has to eat every roughly two or three hours. 561 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,960 He's supposed to eat before he's hungry. 562 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,400 That's my job, is to say, look, it's been two hours. 563 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,800 I know you're not hungry, but it's time for some protein. 564 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:55,520 So he's got to have whatever, cottage cheese, cheese sticks, salami, a boiled egg, some 565 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,560 high protein food. 566 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:03,120 And in order for him to feel hungry, or if his throat is feeling a little tight, he has 567 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,440 a little sweet little green apple. 568 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,080 Little green apple gummy. 569 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,840 Let's go bite the head off the bear, right? 570 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:09,840 Uh-huh, let's do it. 571 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:10,840 But you know what? 572 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:17,120 It works so effectively, and I'm not a drug user, never have been, but it really makes 573 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:25,000 me want to get up on a soap box and holler at people who say this is not medically effective, 574 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,120 because it is, and Bob is living proof of that. 575 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:34,480 Many other people are as well, but most of the people who are, say, advocating for legalizing 576 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:40,280 THC, or POD, or whatever, are little hippie people, and nobody's going to pay them any 577 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,180 never-know mind. 578 00:22:42,180 --> 00:22:47,280 With me, I want to say, look, you guys, look what this has done for this man. 579 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:48,280 What it's done. 580 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:56,880 Yeah, but also, they prescribed three medications for me for anti-nausea, and to numb my throat 581 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,680 in case I had tough times swallowing. 582 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:05,640 And those medications, I think, came to about $220. 583 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:06,640 Cha-ching. 584 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:07,640 Cha-ching. 585 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,120 And then the gummies. 586 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,640 Those have gone unused, might I add. 587 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,400 I haven't used those at all. 588 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:23,640 The gummies for 10 gummies in a bag is $10. 589 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:24,640 And I have... 590 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,440 That tells you something. 591 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:33,160 That's the only money that I've spent as far as medication that I've used. 592 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,080 Is it 10 milligrams for a full... 593 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,840 Well, you can get them in different ones, but I got the 10 milligram bag. 594 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:39,840 And so you just do half... 595 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:40,840 Cut it in half. 596 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:41,840 And cut one in half. 597 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:42,840 Okay. 598 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,180 It's like a little orange slice kind of look. 599 00:23:44,180 --> 00:23:45,180 It's got sugar on the outside. 600 00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:46,180 A little triangle. 601 00:23:46,180 --> 00:23:47,180 All right. 602 00:23:47,180 --> 00:23:48,400 It's kind of cute. 603 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,400 I'm not going to try them. 604 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,360 I'm not interested, but it's really making a difference for Bob. 605 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:58,160 And it's not like he's not sitting around the house laughing or, you know, hey man. 606 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,880 Oh yes, I am. 607 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:04,880 But I mean, back in the 70s, yes, Bob was quite the experienced pot user. 608 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:09,760 But this is a whole different use, and it's necessary for him. 609 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:16,080 And it quite bothers me that it's not available to your average person who doesn't have a 610 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,480 contact that we will remain nameless here. 611 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:21,600 Okay, yeah. 612 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,200 But I was a little skeptical myself. 613 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,840 If you're going to give it a shot. 614 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,840 We were very skeptical. 615 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,120 It does the job. 616 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:31,120 Great. 617 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:32,120 Really does. 618 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:34,160 And I would recommend it to anyone. 619 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,840 If they can find it, that's the thing. 620 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:36,840 They have to drive to Michigan. 621 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,720 The one thing, yes, you have to go to state. 622 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,400 I took them all while I was out of state. 623 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,400 Yes. 624 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,400 It was legal when you took them. 625 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,760 When I took them, it was legal. 626 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,320 We drive up to Michigan every day. 627 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,040 Every day I drive to Michigan, take a gummy and drive home. 628 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,040 Sometimes Illinois. 629 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,920 Yeah, Illinois is also convenient. 630 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,880 Gives a new meaning to going to Carolina in my mind, doesn't it? 631 00:24:58,880 --> 00:24:59,880 It truly is. 632 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:05,840 But the one thing is, excuse me, it's made my appetite. 633 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:06,840 Continue to be strong. 634 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:07,840 Oh, man, you guys. 635 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,400 It's so strong, I've gained now 14 pounds. 636 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,400 Are you serious? 637 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:13,400 I'm serious. 638 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,940 Yes, look at him, healthy. 639 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:16,320 And I had to get new pants. 640 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,320 Really? 641 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,320 He really did. 642 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,320 To get new pants. 643 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,320 New britches. 644 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:26,280 Well, I found these great jeans and I'll give them a plug because they're great. 645 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,800 They're not sponsoring us. 646 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,440 They're not sponsoring us because it cost me more than the medication. 647 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,120 Hey, did you get fat? 648 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:34,120 Try these jeans. 649 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,760 Yeah, here's some fat jeans for you. 650 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,760 But they're not, they're just normal jeans. 651 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,960 They're called Muggsy, M-U-G-S-Y. 652 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:41,960 Muggsy? 653 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:42,960 Stand up and model them for a wit. 654 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:43,960 No, I'm not going to model them. 655 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:44,960 Stand up and model them for a wit? 656 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:45,960 What are you talking about? 657 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:46,960 Good God. 658 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:47,960 Good Lord. 659 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:48,960 You boys. 660 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,760 Take your dress off and you can wear my pants. 661 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,760 You can model them for a wit. 662 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,760 Good God. 663 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:55,760 Okay, whatever. 664 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,880 So they're the most comfortable jeans I've ever worn. 665 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:58,880 How'd you know them by them? 666 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,480 I just looked up online. 667 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:01,480 Fatjeans.com. 668 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,880 And I stumbled across these Muggsy comfortable jeans. 669 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,600 I was looking for comfortable jeans. 670 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:07,600 But they're beautiful. 671 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,600 They're not like what you think, like an old man and whatever is going to throw on some 672 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:13,600 jeans. 673 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,600 It's not like that. 674 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,160 It's not like the Michelin man wearing blue jeans. 675 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,160 No, not at all. 676 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,160 No, they're great jeans. 677 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,800 And they're stylish and he bought one pair to check it out and then he bought another 678 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,240 pair and then he bought another pair. 679 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,600 I'll let you know they're pricey. 680 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:25,600 But, okay. 681 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,440 Weren't they like around a hundred bucks? 682 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:28,600 Yeah, but worth it. 683 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,160 Well made and good jeans. 684 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,920 Yeah, beautiful. 685 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,680 And he got different colors and different weights and all kinds of stuff. 686 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,280 He's very excited about them. 687 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,760 Like a fabric weight. 688 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,760 Oh, I see. 689 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:40,760 You've got lightweight, summery. 690 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,720 They have one called Cool Max, which is you can wear long pants on a hot day and it's 691 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:46,720 just as comfortable as can be. 692 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,400 You need to check those out just because of that. 693 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,400 Yeah, there's cotton though. 694 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,000 They're not like nylon or some weird. 695 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,000 No, it's a combination. 696 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,280 Yeah, but it's not like a stretchy sweat pant or anything. 697 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,360 But it is stretchy because when I sit down, I'm comfortable. 698 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:00,360 You got lots of room. 699 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,120 I got a lot of room. 700 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:06,160 We'll be right back with The View. 701 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,680 We're talking stretch pants and fabrics and. 702 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:10,680 Outfits. 703 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,200 Bob said boys don't use the word outfits. 704 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,200 No, you don't use the word outfit. 705 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,200 No. 706 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,120 I mean, I've never said that in my life. 707 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:21,940 Like what outfit should I wear? 708 00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:22,940 What do you say? 709 00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:24,320 Let's say you're going to an event. 710 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,120 I'll ask what is the dress code? 711 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:27,120 Oh, OK. 712 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,640 I mean, is it casual? 713 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,200 And you and Bob don't call each other and go, no. 714 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,000 What are you wearing down to the zoo? 715 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Do these jeans make my legs look fit? 716 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 I will tell you this. 717 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:41,800 I went to a celebration of life yesterday and I did call the organizer and say, is this 718 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,280 a sport coat? 719 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,280 Yeah. 720 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,280 You know. 721 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,800 And what is the protocol? 722 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,480 Because the worst thing you want to do is show up inappropriate. 723 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,480 Yeah. 724 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:52,480 Right. 725 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,700 So our friend, Mark Patrick, I said, you know, it's at the White River Yacht Club. 726 00:27:57,700 --> 00:27:59,160 It's open air. 727 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,480 It's going to be 80 degrees. 728 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:01,480 Right. 729 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,400 I said, I think I'm just going to wear golf pants and a golf shirt. 730 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,400 Sure. 731 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,400 He goes, you're not wearing a sport coat. 732 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,400 I go, no. 733 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,880 He goes, we're honoring the dead. 734 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,200 I said, I would rather honor the dead comfortably. 735 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,200 Yes. 736 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,280 I'd rather do chemo comfortably. 737 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,280 Yes. 738 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:19,280 Okay. 739 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:20,280 Did Mark wear a sport coat? 740 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,280 No, he was kind of funnin' with me. 741 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,280 Oh, okay. 742 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:23,280 Okay. 743 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,880 Although he did have a long sleeve shirt on. 744 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,160 Well, respect, Whit. 745 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:31,960 I had a golf shirt and several of our friends were Hawaiian shirts. 746 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:32,960 Nothing wrong with that. 747 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,160 The guy we were honoring would have preferred that, right? 748 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,160 I'm sure. 749 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,160 So anyway, now that we've got the fashion. 750 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,160 Well, I wanted to go. 751 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,160 The fashion portion of the podcast. 752 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:46,000 I wanted to go back to the heavy honey chat because we had a very funny moment when I 753 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:52,500 was, I'm always writing Bob about eating and eating and are you gaining weight? 754 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:53,800 Are you still gaining weight? 755 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,800 And he said. 756 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:55,800 What did I say? 757 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:56,800 About your. 758 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:02,840 Oh, I said, yeah, I'm gaining weight because I can't see my junk. 759 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,600 The belly is way out there. 760 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,320 Well, it's not way out there. 761 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,320 Yes, it is. 762 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:12,280 It's a far enough out where I can't see my junk. 763 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,320 That has to be really far out. 764 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,320 It is. 765 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:16,320 It's unbelievable. 766 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,360 You know, as men, we know how to pee in the pitch black. 767 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,600 So seeing it is not that necessary. 768 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,600 No, it isn't. 769 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,640 Oh, well, but he's been feeling great. 770 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,400 He's been looking great. 771 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,880 He's been eating like you cannot believe. 772 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,560 See, I've seen you. 773 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,480 I mean, like I'm going to the chair seven to nine. 774 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:40,920 I asked that today what our grandson, one of his favorite meal of all time was. 775 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:41,920 He's seven. 776 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:42,920 He couldn't come up with it. 777 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:49,120 But and someone said, well, what would your last request be if you were in prison on death 778 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,120 row? 779 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:51,520 And to a seven year old? 780 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,000 No, he asked me. 781 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:59,200 Oh, and I said, well, I'd probably go with a great big bowl of chili and let those guys 782 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,600 deal with the mess after. 783 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:01,600 Oh, my God. 784 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,040 You must have said this out of my hearing. 785 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,040 I miss that. 786 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,040 You were busy doing something else. 787 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,040 Did he think it was funny? 788 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,040 Yes, absolutely. 789 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,040 Of course, that's funny. 790 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:16,120 No, I was going to say I've seen you seven to nine times in the last four to five weeks. 791 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,960 The thing that amazes me is your attitude. 792 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,320 You just seem like he's so great. 793 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,320 Yeah. 794 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:23,320 Well, I was worried. 795 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,000 I mean, I was worried as well. 796 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,440 This is a heavy thing to go through. 797 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,760 We're not we're not downplaying the severity of what you're going to. 798 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:31,760 No, no, no, no. 799 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,960 Please don't misinterpret anybody who's listening. 800 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:35,960 Don't misinterpret. 801 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:40,560 You've been fortunate that they caught it early and the treatment had been they've been 802 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:41,560 reasonable. 803 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:42,560 Very easy. 804 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:47,960 Let me toot my own horn by saying I think it helps to have a partner in it monitoring 805 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,720 all of the things they say to do, because if you're alone in this, it must be doubly 806 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:53,720 hard. 807 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:54,720 It'd be awful. 808 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,260 It's hard enough for Bob to just remember to eat, remember to drink. 809 00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:03,640 And he has me just to remind me not to just remind him, but to have the food in the house 810 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,860 and cook the food and make the food. 811 00:31:05,860 --> 00:31:08,920 This morning he was still sleeping and I was a little bit. 812 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,020 It was just a quiet house and it's Mother's Day. 813 00:31:12,020 --> 00:31:16,920 So I thought, well, what can I do this morning that's quiet, but keep me busy. 814 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:21,680 So I baked a cake. 815 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:22,800 I'm I added. 816 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:29,120 I replaced some of the flour with protein powder and I added an extra egg because in 817 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:35,040 my mind, anything I can do to add more protein, even to treats will make a big difference 818 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,480 for Bob because they said protein, protein, protein. 819 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,760 They're not saying sugar, fat, any of they want calories. 820 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:42,760 Yes. 821 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:49,240 But the main key is protein so that as his body is working in there, it's not going to 822 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,880 take away his muscles. 823 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:51,880 And that's what we need. 824 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,520 It's to keep that muscle going and he's got most of its fat. 825 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,800 Well, but it's not though. 826 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,600 You think it is, but it's not. 827 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:00,600 But I'm huge. 828 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:01,600 You know, you're not. 829 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:02,600 He's not huge. 830 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:03,600 I will ask a question. 831 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,600 I think many of your fans would want to know extra crispy at the Colonel. 832 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,480 I know regular, regular recipe. 833 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,480 He likes original. 834 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,480 I like the original. 835 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,600 That's their weakness is extra crisp. 836 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:14,720 No, not a fan of that. 837 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,680 I like the got the original, all the spices and he got an eight piece set or whatever 838 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:20,680 you call a set. 839 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:21,680 Right. 840 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,320 So he can have cold chicken outfit. 841 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,320 He wants to have cold chicken. 842 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,320 So tonight he'll have. 843 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,320 Oh, see, there's nothing better. 844 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,320 I agree. 845 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:36,360 Oh, if you've got the right skin on that stuff, that is just the Colonel does it right. 846 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:37,360 Yes, he does. 847 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,240 You said last time you're not a fan of mashed potatoes, right? 848 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:42,240 No. 849 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,840 Oh, but but I tried some. 850 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:44,840 Not bad. 851 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,680 With some gravy on gravy makes almost every gravy does a lot of magical. 852 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,860 So I did buy some gravy because, of course, wit I overbought and I'm sure we've covered 853 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:58,800 this topic before I overbought all the soft things, not knowing that Bob would still at 854 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,120 the end of week four be able to eat anything. 855 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,000 Well, he's still eating regular food. 856 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:10,940 So my our fridge, freezer and pantry are full of peanut butter and cottage cheese and puddings 857 00:33:10,940 --> 00:33:16,420 and all the soft things, the soft things I thought I would have to eat in order to swallow. 858 00:33:16,420 --> 00:33:21,920 I made the most delicious homemade chocolate pudding and we had a bowl of it one evening 859 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:26,080 and then I ended up rinsing it down the sink because he didn't need didn't need to eat. 860 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,300 He's eating ice cream with every nut in the world in it. 861 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,040 It's like some kind of magic. 862 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,040 Graters. 863 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,040 It's a great ice cream. 864 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,040 Midnight snack. 865 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,040 Midnight snack. 866 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:41,480 It's got pretzels and nuts and hungry hippo, which I'm a big fan of because you are because 867 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,000 I am a hippo. 868 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,180 But he's eating ice cream that's not smooth is what my my point is. 869 00:33:47,180 --> 00:33:53,680 I overstocked with all the smooth and now I'm I'm stuck with it unless he happens to have 870 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,520 unless things turn this week. 871 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,080 I don't see. 872 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,120 But I don't see it happening for it. 873 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,120 He's so far in. 874 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,520 I don't see it happening. 875 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:06,560 And it's hilarious to look in our in our pantry and the things that I'm making for him. 876 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,280 I'm not making smooth foods right now. 877 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:14,360 I bought a brand new beautiful blender to make all these protein shakes. 878 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,480 We made one shake. 879 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,080 We've made one only as an experiment to try it. 880 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,800 And we haven't made another interesting because we haven't needed it. 881 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,920 So I'm prepared for if we do know ready. 882 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,480 And then that blender is cute. 883 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,760 It's going to wonder if this weight will make you more buoyant in your pool or will you 884 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,720 be Brian Jones? 885 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,080 I see a little Brian Jones and me right there. 886 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,080 Right to the bottom. 887 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:36,080 Right to the right to the bottom. 888 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,080 There he is down there. 889 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,480 No, it's just it's just remarkable. 890 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,040 It is completely remarkable. 891 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,160 So I'm still I still don't believe it. 892 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:46,840 I really don't. 893 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,240 I did have a fail. 894 00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:51,240 I wanted to mention because this the steak. 895 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:52,240 Yes. 896 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:53,740 Oh, you knew when I said the word fail. 897 00:34:53,740 --> 00:34:55,440 You knew what I was talking about. 898 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:56,440 Wow. 899 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,400 So I have a pretty decent cook. 900 00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,400 I like to cook. 901 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,400 He's a very good guy. 902 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,720 And I love to bake and all this. 903 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:06,680 Well, I also love in the spring hunting morel mushrooms in our woods. 904 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,280 It's one of my passions. 905 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,280 Oh, my gosh. 906 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:15,320 Well, this year I could not give one shit about I mean, one care about hunting mushrooms. 907 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:16,320 You know what? 908 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,960 Out of the three of us, she's the only one who's cussed on this. 909 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:19,960 I know. 910 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:25,320 You know that comma thus far. 911 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:30,280 We received this diagnosis right about the height of mushroom season and I didn't go 912 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:31,640 out and I didn't care. 913 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:36,540 And I wasn't interested because I wanted to literally spend every second with Bob. 914 00:35:36,540 --> 00:35:38,480 I didn't know what was to come. 915 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,880 So our youngest, Joey, loves hunting mushrooms as well. 916 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:48,840 So the other day he was out with his son, Andrew, and said, let's go for a walk. 917 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:49,960 Let's go out in the woods. 918 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,440 We're going to go out and look for mushrooms. 919 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:59,400 Well, we found a few and Joey found enough for us to make for me to make this morel whiskey 920 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,360 cream sauce that is to die for. 921 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,800 So we go to the meat market, our favorite place and we bought what's called a Hoosier 922 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:07,800 ribeye. 923 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,800 They're fantastic. 924 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:09,800 They're very thin. 925 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,600 They're made for a ribeye sandwich. 926 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,440 So I thought, shoot, he can eat a Hoosier ribeye. 927 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:15,800 Man, let's see. 928 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,920 I don't want him to have to stand at the grill because he might get tired. 929 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,120 So I'll do it my little cast iron skillet way. 930 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,400 It was so bad. 931 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,960 It was so bad that I told Bob, I'm so thankful we don't have company. 932 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,600 I could not have served this. 933 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,400 It looked like prison grade beef, speaking of going to the chair. 934 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,400 It looked like a death row steak. 935 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:39,400 It looked like a steak. 936 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,640 Did you get dribble up into nothing? 937 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,640 No, it was gray. 938 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:48,120 It didn't sear because I have an induction cooktop that I'm new to. 939 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:53,600 When you get a gray horse, you get gray meat. 940 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,220 Well, so this induction cooktop didn't work properly with my cast iron and I didn't know 941 00:36:58,220 --> 00:37:02,880 it because it was the first time I've tried the searing and I'm good with cast iron, man, 942 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,880 but I'm also best with cast iron on a gas stove. 943 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,960 So I was using the induction. 944 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,200 Lo and behold, I didn't know it. 945 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:15,760 The stove goes off if the skillet is too hot and I didn't know it. 946 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,400 I'm like, what's happening with this steak? 947 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,560 So this wasn't a cooking. 948 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:20,560 It's a mechanical failure. 949 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:21,560 It was me. 950 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:22,560 It was a mechanical. 951 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:23,560 I should have done it differently. 952 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:24,560 I wouldn't have known. 953 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,800 I should have done it on the grill. 954 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:33,880 But we ate it anyhow and he choked it down and it was actually the meat itself was tasty 955 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:34,880 enough. 956 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:39,200 It was way too done and it was a humongous disappointment. 957 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,080 You couldn't see the steak if you covered it in morel gravy. 958 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,920 Morel gravy was the whole savior of the whole thing and he still ate it because he had to 959 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,520 get his protein. 960 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,480 There were like six grams of protein in that hunk of meat and he's getting it. 961 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,320 So you're not damning a Hoosier ribeye. 962 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,320 You're just saying that it was a lot of Hoosier ribeye. 963 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:57,600 Hoosier ribeye on the grill? 964 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,760 Oh baby, like a minute aside pretty much. 965 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:05,360 Or had I done it properly or on a gas stove, it would have been spectacular. 966 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:09,880 But it was a fail on my own part for trying something new when I'm trying to feed this 967 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:17,240 man food that not only tastes good but looks beautiful because it has to be appetizing. 968 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:19,840 He's being forced to eat when he's not hungry. 969 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,200 So it needs to look good. 970 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,200 Right? 971 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,200 It tastes good. 972 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:24,200 I don't care. 973 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,480 If you eat a prison looking piece of meat. 974 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,480 If I was hungry and it tasted good, I'd eat it. 975 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,000 See, that's the thing about guys. 976 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,280 They'll eat just about anything. 977 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:33,280 I don't know. 978 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:34,720 But it was just a lesson learned. 979 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,480 It is interesting you just said, what do you want to eat today? 980 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:38,480 KFC. 981 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,480 Exactly. 982 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,480 He did not ask for me to cook. 983 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:41,480 That's a fact. 984 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,480 I think I'll have the Colonel cook for us. 985 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,480 Thanks. 986 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:46,480 Thanks. 987 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:50,920 I want to bring up something that we've noticed in the past four weeks. 988 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:51,920 Tell me baby. 989 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:56,640 We're traveling on hospital grounds. 990 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,440 There's a lot of bad drivers. 991 00:38:58,440 --> 00:38:59,440 Fact. 992 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,040 A lot of bad drivers out there. 993 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,240 And we can see them from upstairs as we look out the window. 994 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,440 People are going to and from hospitals. 995 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:07,680 We don't know why. 996 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,080 Some are there for an emergency. 997 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:14,080 Others are there when they found out they had cancer. 998 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,740 The nurses even mentioned it. 999 00:39:17,740 --> 00:39:19,480 And they say, yeah, they can see crashes. 1000 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,160 Wrecks all the time. 1001 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,920 People are not concentrating on their driving. 1002 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,880 They're concentrating on an ill spouse. 1003 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:28,880 That's my theory. 1004 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,760 A cancer diagnosis. 1005 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,060 Their heads are elsewhere. 1006 00:39:33,060 --> 00:39:36,740 They're running stop signs, crashing into each other quite often, evidently. 1007 00:39:36,740 --> 00:39:40,080 And it's, you know, you sit there and you go, what is this jerk doing? 1008 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,080 Get out of my way. 1009 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:45,560 And you realize that guy probably just found out he has cancer. 1010 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,320 He just found out his wife. 1011 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,760 His head spinning and his ears are ringing. 1012 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:50,760 Exactly. 1013 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:57,680 And what I want to say is if you're traveling on hospital property in a car, whoever is 1014 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,880 around you in a car, give them mercy. 1015 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:02,880 Give them mercy. 1016 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:03,880 Mercy. 1017 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,640 And drive defensively is what you want. 1018 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,540 Really I'm just saying grant them mercy. 1019 00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,280 It's a free pass in my opinion. 1020 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:15,840 There should be no road rage in a hospital parking lot or on a hospital road. 1021 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,960 Because thinking back to our first day, Bob. 1022 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:18,960 Oh man. 1023 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,160 We were so stunned. 1024 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,160 Absolutely. 1025 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:26,240 Just panicked, wide-eyed, flushed, our ears are ringing. 1026 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:31,300 And no, we would have been a really bad drivers at that moment. 1027 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:35,760 And if someone could be merciful and kind and go, hey, sorry. 1028 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:44,720 Well, and there are probably a higher percentage of elderly drivers at a hospital parking lot. 1029 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:45,720 True. 1030 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:48,600 Oh, I'm not giving them a break. 1031 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:49,600 I will tell you this. 1032 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,200 If you see anyone wearing those X-Men sunglasses. 1033 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,200 Yes. 1034 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:54,200 Oh yeah. 1035 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:55,200 Yes. 1036 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:56,200 Step on their brakes, let them pass. 1037 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:57,200 They can't see. 1038 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:58,200 Exactly. 1039 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,280 Their eyes have been dilated or whatever. 1040 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,760 But it was a good lesson for us. 1041 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:08,160 It's something I think that anyone who's on a hospital ground should grant everyone a 1042 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,320 little mercy when it comes to driving. 1043 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,320 We saw it. 1044 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:15,120 There was a, somebody ran a stop sign and the nurse made comment, boy, we sure see a 1045 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,480 lot of wrecks here. 1046 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:22,080 And that's when I said, I bet it's because they are stunned for this or that reason. 1047 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,360 Because there's not a lot of good things that happen at a hospital. 1048 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,360 No, someone could have died. 1049 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:26,360 Except for birth. 1050 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:27,600 Well, that's a good point. 1051 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,360 But even then you might not be driving well. 1052 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:30,360 That's true. 1053 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:31,360 Yeah. 1054 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,840 You're hurrying to get there or be excited. 1055 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:33,840 You're there to get fixed. 1056 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,360 And a lot of people or their heads are elsewhere. 1057 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,640 So that is a great lesson for the people listening. 1058 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:43,960 It's just something I've noticed that being there every day on hospital grounds, it's 1059 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:44,960 something we've noticed. 1060 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,760 I thought I'd just pass it on. 1061 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,080 Another place at a hospital, and you guys haven't had to avail this, that's not a feel 1062 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,800 good party atmosphere, is your hospital cafeteria. 1063 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:53,800 Yeah. 1064 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:54,800 Oh, wow. 1065 00:41:54,800 --> 00:42:00,080 Well, we haven't been there yet, but I know there's reservations for us in July. 1066 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,080 Okay. 1067 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,080 So. 1068 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:03,080 A party of two. 1069 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,080 Well, it'll probably be a party of one. 1070 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,080 I'll have one to go, please. 1071 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:13,560 I'm going to be the lady in the corner looking panicked and trying to find something without 1072 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:14,560 mayonnaise on it. 1073 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:15,560 Well, good luck. 1074 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:16,560 That's all right. 1075 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:17,560 You don't like anything like that. 1076 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:21,560 No, I don't like any tuna salads or anything. 1077 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:22,560 You know? 1078 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:23,560 So. 1079 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:27,960 Well, I think we've summarized our week four. 1080 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,880 Now we look forward to the final week of chemo and radiation. 1081 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,080 Yes. 1082 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:37,920 And I hope it goes as smoothly as it has the last four weeks. 1083 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:39,480 And I thank you guys for joining us. 1084 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:40,480 Oh my gosh, yes. 1085 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:46,280 I forgot to say that I, the Bob and cancer show, I have a partner that I hate and I want 1086 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:47,280 to kill him. 1087 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,280 Yes. 1088 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:49,280 So. 1089 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:50,280 That's why we don't have a jingle. 1090 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:51,280 I'm available. 1091 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:52,280 I can sing. 1092 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:53,280 I can still sing. 1093 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:54,280 Let's do it. 1094 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:55,280 It's hard to find a rhyme for partner. 1095 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:56,280 Yes. 1096 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:57,280 So. 1097 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:02,280 Oh, it's going to spend the whole week trying to come up with a rhyme now. 1098 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:07,280 I'm still thinking about Bob's last meal and telling his grandson. 1099 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:08,280 Yep. 1100 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,280 You want a big bowl of chili sauce. 1101 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:11,280 That's what you want. 1102 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,280 Let the guards clean it up. 1103 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:19,880 Well, thank you all out there for tuning in too and sticking with Bob through this journey. 1104 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,960 Thank you all and happy mother's day, my love. 1105 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:22,960 Thank you. 1106 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:24,840 And we'll see you all next week. 1107 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,600 This is the Bob and cancer show. 1108 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,000 I hate my partner. 1109 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,920 I'm going to kill him. 1110 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,320 You've been listening to the Bob and cancer show. 1111 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,000 Tune into our next episode as we continue to follow Bob's journey. 1112 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,440 Bob Kiboyan appears courtesy of marijuana. 1113 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:41,440 Marijuana. 1114 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,720 It's not for everyone, but it works for Bob. 1115 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:46,400 With marijuana, food will taste better. 1116 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:47,400 Music will sound better. 1117 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,700 You'll forget your troubles and music will sound better. 1118 00:43:50,700 --> 00:44:08,880 This is Whit Grayson speaking.