Welcome to the Bob and Cancer Show.
Hi, I'm Bob Kevoian.
Here we are, week five.
Week five complete.
In the books.
Week five has been, I guess the toughest one for me, because I'm running out of gas.
Yeah.
Running big time out of gas.
Yeah.
And it's hard to get off the couch.
Hey, you forgot about your new partner.
Oh, my new partner?
Oh, you're right.
You know, I have a new partner and I don't like him.
I want to kill him.
And that partner, as you know, is cancer.
And we're in the process of killing him.
I think he's been wounded badly.
Yes.
You think he's in trouble.
I think he is.
Yeah, he's definitely on his knees.
Yep.
And we're going to...
And not in a good way.
No.
Oh, boy.
Here we go.
Thank you, Darrell.
Here we go.
I'm bringing the funny.
Yes.
I don't think that's a good way.
That's not funny.
No, it's like, no.
Okay.
You're not partners.
I'm sorry.
Do you need to start over?
Do we need to...
I do not.
No, there's no reason to start this over.
Okay.
So here we are.
End of week five.
Three more days of chemo and that's...or not chemo, but radiation.
And that's it for me until we, I guess, see how the radiation did and the chemo did on
my body.
Yeah.
Well, you might notice, if you're a regular listener to this new podcast, that Bob is
a little winded as he's talking.
I am.
I hear it on the headphones more than I hear it in real life.
Okay.
Well, it's the...
Do you hear it?
The hay fever.
A little bit, but that sounds...we talked about allergies.
Oh.
It is the worst I've ever, ever experienced.
Indiana, man.
I don't know.
It's terrible.
So having that on top of radiation and chemotherapy, it's a real dandy cherry on the old Sunday.
Oh my...
It's like I've been saying, just put it on my tab.
Everything that goes wrong, put it on my tab.
Let me ask you this.
If Indiana could say, we can eradicate your allergies 100%, but we have to get rid of
morel mushrooms.
Ooh.
That's a tough one.
See, I don't suffer.
I don't suffer.
First of all, I could go to Michigan and buy morels.
Yes.
That's a good one.
If I really want them.
I'd say get rid of the allergies.
Because that might be the problem.
We don't know.
Well, but see, I don't get allergies, and I like the morels, so you know what?
I feel I should abstain from this vote.
All right, but two against one, and the motion is passed.
But you're right.
You can go to Michigan.
You can get other things in Michigan too, Bob.
Yes, you can.
Yes, in fact.
That's one of our favorite states now.
Some helpful...well, yours at least.
It's a helpful state.
And Illinois can be very helpful.
All the surrounding states can be very helpful.
Yes.
It's a long drive every day to take a gummy, but worth it.
It's worth it.
Worth the drive.
Worth every mile.
Yeah.
Is there like an Uber for gummies, like a Goober or something like that, that you could just
get someone to bring them in?
So Goober.
Well, but it's not legal to take it here, so you'd have to still drive up there.
I don't think it's legal to actually possess it here.
So the minute you cross the line...
Yeah.
You're in trouble?
You gotta be up there to take the...
Well, quite frankly, I'm not sure half the Uber drivers are legal either.
Good point.
Let's just leave it at that.
I'm not a lawyer, sir.
I'm not sure what's going on here.
You know what I mean?
Yes.
So chemotherapy complete.
Yay.
All the poison has come and gone.
That is great.
And he didn't get to ring a bell yet.
No, there's no bell ring in there.
Really?
I don't know why.
We talked about that.
There's some bell ringing in the radiation department when people complete their, I guess,
depending on how many months of treatment they have.
Wednesday you'll get to ring that bell?
I'm not sure.
Ring my bell.
I do not know.
I won't find out until Wednesday.
No, he will.
He will ring a bell.
Really?
I think just in case I take an Airhorn.
If they don't offer you anything, just let them know you're done.
And you know the Airhorn in a hospital is extra loud.
You know what?
I asked Bob if we could bring the kids, bring the family, everybody stand around and cheer
when Bob rings the bell.
No, we don't want to do that.
I don't think so.
No, no, no.
It's not that kind of.
No, you are.
Ring the bell.
Thank the people who helped you get through all this and out the door.
And hopefully, hopefully I won't have to return.
Right.
When my wife Deb was going through radiation, I remember not seeing any bleachers.
So I don't think it's meant for spectators.
Did she ring a bell?
I don't remember.
I think she might have been there without you that day.
No, I was there every time.
Yeah, I don't know then.
I don't either.
Maybe you were running out to the car to get it so you could leave that joint.
But I don't remember.
Do you go in the room with radiation?
No, I do not.
See, that's the thing.
Maybe the bell's in the room.
No, the bell is actually in the hallway going to the room, but only the patients are allowed
back into that radiation room.
Because I've gone back there to meet with the doctor into the secret dark hallways and
stuff.
So I bet they'll let me go back there and take a picture of him ringing the bell.
Come on.
I would think so.
I would think so, right?
If it's in the hallway.
If it's in the hallway and there's a little speech they read or something.
I hope it's not too...
I don't know what the ceremony is.
Too touchy feely.
Bob doesn't go for the sloganeering and stuff.
No, no, no.
Not a big fan.
But hey, we're fighting our fight and this is the way it's going to be.
We're a big fan of only three more radiations.
And you're still...
Wait's doing well?
Yeah, still hanging in there?
Oh yeah, the porker.
My heavy honey.
Porker.
It's true.
I mean, I've gained weight.
He saw the doctor on Wednesday and he was up 11 pounds.
Is that right?
That's incredible.
On your frame, I don't see it but...
And the doctor, when he came in on Wednesday, every Wednesday we meet with him, the look
on his face was somewhat stunning.
He was shocked at how well I'm doing, I think.
Well, I have limited experience, some experience, and I've not seen anyone do this well.
Yeah, well, this is...
Amazing.
I'm a rookie at this, so I don't know.
You are, but that's because it's a team effort and I am here literally full-time job counting
calories and counting protein and making sure for the last five weeks he's been on about
3,000 plus calories a day.
That's amazing.
That's a lot.
Yep.
And about 100 grams of protein a day.
So he has to tell me everything he eats.
I'm kind of a dictator about it.
He didn't like it that much, but he does it.
Well, after a while, I mean, I'm eating all day long, constantly, all day long, and you
get tired of eating.
You're supposed to eat before you're hungry because that protein is going in there to
keep your muscles built up.
So we need to continue that even after treatment?
Not as much, but yes.
We asked about that.
Okay, okay.
Yes.
Not as many calories, but I still have to keep up the protein and about 2,000 calories
a day.
About 2,000 now.
So he's been at 2,500 to 3,000.
What's normal?
He's been eating a normal day.
I think 1,500 maybe.
Yeah, 1,500.
Okay.
I don't even know.
I'm guessing because I don't count calories, obviously.
Oh, for God's sake.
Here we go.
But honestly, because he's eating anything he wants, 10.30 at night, he's like, yeah,
I think I'll have a gigantic bowl of ice cream and crush about two pounds of cashews
on there and hot fudge sauce.
We'll see at the end of the evening.
Becky will announce that I've reached my goals.
Yes.
Or not reached your goals.
Not yet.
But when I reach my goals and it's at 8 p.m.
I always say now it's pleasure eating.
Now I can eat whatever I like.
Really?
Yeah.
So then at, I'll say 10, I'll have an ice cream and enjoy the evening.
Which is the worst time for wifey to be eating ice cream, but of course I have to.
I don't want him to feel left out.
It's a team effort, honey.
It's a team effort.
It really is.
Boom, boom, boom.
That's me now.
That's right.
My doctor isn't terribly happy about it, but you know what?
I think it's worth every calorie to be in it with him.
You get the hall pass also, honey.
It's a time in our lives that we had not planned for.
Nope.
But here it is.
Making the best of it?
We are.
Yeah, I think we are.
So when you're done Wednesday, how soon do they tell you how you did?
I will not know for four weeks after that.
Okay.
Yeah, that's the big scary part.
That's the big thing.
So four weeks after that, they say that the radiation keeps on cooking in there.
He's cooking off the grill.
Over up to three weeks.
So at the end of that three weeks, there's another week, I guess, buffer, and then bam,
they'll do a scan and see if they've contained, eradicated, or it's spread.
We don't know what to happen.
I don't even want to talk about that, if you know what I mean.
I just want to get through the next three treatments.
And it's so scary to me that all this work didn't work.
It's going to piss me off beyond all reason.
Knock on wood.
I can't imagine it didn't.
I mean, they hit him with every gun they had.
But remember, I told you, I challenged the doctor, are you sure you're aiming at the
right spot?
He has no side effects.
And he promises me he is aiming in the right spot.
Well, they had pictures of where it's going.
He doesn't have a go-funny eye, does he?
What a good point.
Speaking of the right spot, when I go into the radiation.
Oh, gosh.
I have to lay on a table, and this machine comes around me and moves, I guess, in a circular
motion around me.
And you lay in like a grippy thing or something, right, around your head.
No, they made a mold for my arms.
My arms have to be above my head.
So you're stationary in the same position every time.
And I have to be in the exact same position.
And when I get into that position, the phantom itches.
Oh, I was just going to say you're knowing the right.
It's incredible.
The things that I want to sneeze, I want to cough.
Look out.
And if you move at all, the machine shuts off.
And you have to...
Well, that's a good...
But that's a good default that doesn't keep going.
Right.
Cut you in half like Goldfinger or something.
Good point.
But it does stop.
And they say that they can continue the radiation.
They just have to find the spot again.
You don't have to start from the beginning.
You can pick up where you moved and finish up.
And how long is that period of time?
That he has to sit still.
I am there maybe five minutes.
But it probably seems like 30 if you have an itch.
It feels like, yeah, it really does.
Or with his allergies, maybe a little sneeze building.
You know that feeling.
Oh, that's why I'll never get lasik.
I know I'm the guy that'll sneeze right when they're...
Or blink.
Whatever.
Oops, sorry.
Slice the eyeball.
Oh, sorry.
Good Lord.
Yeah, so it's something that just drives me crazy.
And it's the longest five minutes every day.
Yeah.
But look, I mean, aren't we...
We have something to be grateful for.
And that is five minutes is his treatment.
Yeah.
Now, five days a week because chemo is over.
It's a beautiful thing.
We get there.
We walk in.
Oh, I wanted to mention the greeters.
All the folks at the front door.
Yeah.
We're saying where we go, right?
MD Anderson.
We're at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, yes.
At Community North in Indianapolis.
And they have people seated in this, like there's big sliding glass doors at the valet.
And I think those guys do the valet.
They are the valet.
And they'll go out and welcome people.
They open the door and help out people who need help with wheelchairs or whatever and
escort them all the way in wherever they need to go.
Kindest people in the world.
It's almost always dudes.
There's one gal we see occasionally.
Yep.
They're so nice and encouraging and every day.
I mean, I don't know if they're volunteers or.
I think they are.
They're just so nice.
I'm pretty sure they are too.
Last week when we walked in, the guy goes, how are you doing today?
And I just said, this is it.
And he thought I meant it was the end of my treatment.
And he lit up like a light bulb.
He lit up.
He was excited that it was almost over.
What did you mean, this is it?
This is it.
This is what I'm doing today.
Oh, like what are you up to today?
Yeah, this is it.
Well, this is it.
I'm not going to say it all.
I had planned for the day.
It is basically.
But you know, he actually thought that my treatment was done and all of them lit up
like.
Celebratory.
Yeah.
And there's a couple of them that we recognize.
And you know what?
We need to stop and get their names just to shake their hands because we haven't done
that.
We just we're we're mission minded.
We walk in the door, we make eye contact, say hello, and then we're into the treatment.
But they always comment on my cowboy boots.
So I wear different.
She has a variety of boots.
I have a few pair.
Yes.
Let's not go crazy.
I've been with you during two purchases.
I wore those boots.
You know, we share the same closet.
You know that.
So, yeah, I have some boots.
I have a sickness for boots.
But I like wearing them.
It's a cheery thing to wear.
It makes me feel cute and fun.
And I think they welcome that as I come walking up.
Bob and I are always holding hands because we're in this together.
And and we smile.
Yes, you are.
You know, but they notice on the days I don't wear cowboy boots.
Well, no boots today.
I'm like, oh, I better wear my boots next time.
Isn't that a nice thing?
It is very they're very nice folks.
Yeah.
And we will get their names before.
Yeah.
They're just the kind of people.
And it makes because we're walking in.
Bob still has all his hair.
He still has his mustache.
He's smiling.
But we're walking in in front of or behind people who are suffering.
And it is a sad thing.
And those greeters are always kind.
So my wife did really well for a long, long time.
And she that was hard for her to go sit in the waiting room.
Right.
Because there are a lot of sad situations.
And it made her feel sorry for those people.
But it also made her feel a little like, oh, gosh, is this my future?
Oh, well, we felt that in the early days.
We felt that on the first week.
We're like, that's going to be us.
Bob actually pointed to an older couple.
Well, they could have been our age.
I just don't think I'm that old.
But he pointed at this couple and said, that's probably going to be us.
And that was scary.
Not necessarily.
No, it's not.
No, this was the first week.
And we thought, yeah, I mean, OK, this is everything they mentioned is going to happen.
And it has.
I mean, you said this maybe one of the first times we did this, that when you hear the
word cancer, you immediately think death.
Yeah.
I mean, strep throat, not so much.
You have strep throat, Mr. Boyan.
Oh, darn it.
I better make my funeral plans.
I think you'll live.
Cancer and because but cancer, as you are learning, means eight thousand different things.
Correct.
Different stages, different treatments, different survival rates, different areas of the body
where the cancer grows.
And some of the people that have other forms of cancer that what I don't have, they probably
have, I guess, higher doses of medicine.
Yes.
Who knows?
Yep.
But it's a I'm not feeling I did not feel any of that stuff.
And I am.
We're so very happy.
So grateful.
And we this week, a friend of ours had his first chemotherapy treatment.
Oh, really?
And as we've talked about for the last four weeks, how easy it's been for me.
It was the complete opposite for him.
He had big difficulties with the chemo and the joints in his body.
He said he ate.
It was he was within a day.
That was his first treatment.
Yeah.
And it was just horrible to him.
And now it's like I am so grateful that I did not have to experience that.
And he had an allergic reaction as well.
Now, Bob was really lucky that because it is relatively common to get an allergic reaction
to chemo.
Our friend had an allergic reaction.
We're very blessed that Bob never did.
I don't even understand it.
How Bob has escaped some of these things.
I don't either.
He still has his curls and his mustache.
We never dreamed they were going to stick around.
Right.
We know one reason the the guy doing radiation keeps missing the spot.
I know.
That's according to Becky.
Yes.
That's what I'm talking about.
I just think MD Anderson is PhD Anderson.
Like it's one of those honorary degrees or something.
Exactly.
They're doing the right things in the right places.
I know they are.
I'm just fortunate.
I guess I have good DNA.
I don't know what else to explain.
My daughter-in-law and I were talking about it.
We think it's your swarthy Mediterranean genes.
Very possible.
That maybe this you're just part of your stock than we are.
A bunch of sissies over here.
Very possible.
I have no idea.
You got a lot of Middle Eastern in you.
He used to be able to out drink me.
I remember that.
Those are the good old days.
When's the last time you had any alcohol by the way?
Well before this all took place.
So yeah I've yet to have a cocktail.
Not even a sip of beer.
In the last five weeks.
Yeah.
Imagine how much weight you would have gained if you kept that going.
Yes.
On top of the ice cream.
Getting that sugar.
So we are still going to try to keep him up in his weight.
Even after we're finished.
With three more treatments next week.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
This week.
Yes.
Next week.
Tomorrow is Monday.
That's right.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Right.
I'm still on the metric calendar.
I'm sorry.
I know it's 32 days.
So we're going to still keep this going.
Next week we're supposed to be going down to the Indy 500.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway for our big annual camp out.
Our annual camp out.
And our goal is to get there.
We had a previous goal and that was to see Joey graduate from law school.
We did it.
Bob's still looking and feeling great except a little bit tired.
Fatigued.
And these stupid allergies.
But I think we can do it.
Bob still thinks we can do it.
I have no doubt that we definitely are going to do it.
If this is the worst you're going to be, you'll be fine.
Yeah.
I think so too.
Because it's like you have help setting up.
Yeah.
And theoretically.
A lot of that.
My family says they'll help.
They will.
I know too that we'll do it.
Yeah maybe.
But and I've been out there before and that's a lot of sitting.
A lot of sitting.
In the shade.
You're in the shade.
There's a nice breeze through there.
Oh we're going to also have primo weather.
Low humidity.
Did you see it?
It's going to be incredible.
It's going to be the best weather I can remember down there.
Serious.
What are you laughing about?
Now we've all of a sudden decided to talk about the weather.
Okay good point.
Take a left turn.
Yep.
Okay.
We are old.
How about your meds?
Do you want to talk about that?
Last week you asked if we had encountered one of the dogs that they bring.
The therapy.
Yeah I remember you talked about that.
And this week they brought a therapy dog in.
It was the next day.
It was as cool as could be.
What a great.
Did they come in in a wagon or did it walk in?
No she just walked in with the dog.
It was named Riley.
Oh that's interesting.
Very nice.
It was a mini golden doodle.
Yes absolutely fantastic.
Just gorgeous.
It jumped right up into Bob's lap.
Oh yeah.
They're just the sweetest angels aren't they?
And the woman who was his trainer, I don't remember her name because I'm a dummy.
But she told us all about Riley and how she was trained.
She's really cute and little.
Probably about 25 pounds.
Probably 25.
So easily in your lap.
Our dog Vera is about 75 pounds.
So she's not really.
She'd like to be a lap dog.
She's big boned.
It was so cute and sweet and it doesn't shed.
So Bob's just petting that puppy and loving on her and then they had to go on and visit
some other people.
But I got to thinking.
I asked for the website of who the breeders were.
Oh.
Who knows what's going to happen.
He came home that day and started shopping.
So it's called a mini doodle.
Mini golden doodle.
But they have mini doodles.
How do they make it smaller?
I don't know.
A mini poodle I think.
I don't know.
You know there's poodles.
Yeah there's the big ones and then there's the little poodle.
There's a little miniature poodle.
I think it's a little bitty poodle.
Ouch.
Could be.
I don't know who's given the birth here.
I was going to say it's probably the man's probably the little guy.
Take that.
Wouldn't it be the mouse and the elephant.
Mouse and the elephant.
One of the classics.
This isn't one of those punch lines without a Jones.
Yeah.
And I don't want to know the Jones.
He gave you the punch line.
And I don't want to know the Jones.
No you don't want to know.
But Bob came home and immediately started shopping for another puppy and Vera could
hear you talking.
That's not right.
She doesn't speak our language.
No although I think she does I just don't think she listens that well.
She doesn't care.
Nobody really does listen to Bob.
No.
Oh.
It's true.
It's very true.
So it's been a good week.
So that little puppy as I was watching her Riley in Bob's lap I was thinking about
the people that little Riley goes to visit over there.
Oh.
I'll bet you a lot of them just love having oh yes and cuddle and someone to pet because
Bob has me.
That's right.
But I'm and according to him once he got drunk and told me you don't shed.
I mean he does.
That's probably not something he should have shared.
I really enjoy petting her.
But no it was neat.
And now he's got that little in the back of his mind.
Isn't that a pick me up.
Oh it was a huge dog.
Oh yeah.
Something about a dog that just makes you happy.
Yep.
And it was our last chemo.
Oh yeah yeah yeah.
We obviously had missed the visits prior at different times and we got to be there and
see the therapy dog and it was really special.
That's cool.
So kudos to them for providing that.
Agreed.
Yeah.
And maybe I don't know in a year or so we'll say hey we got ourselves a little mini.
They have little mini labradoodles and mini something else.
A Bernese Mountain Dog.
They have a small dog.
Which is a beautiful dog.
You remember that?
Yes.
A Bernie Doodle.
A mini Bernie Doodle.
Didn't he run for president?
He did.
I don't know.
I'm not.
On a socialist platform.
I'm not very current.
Yeah but it was really neat.
Really special.
Yeah the Bernese Mountain Dogs their I guess lifespan is six years old.
Yeah that's not good.
But the hybrid.
They probably extend it because they're small.
It's like a 14 to 17 years.
Interesting.
Good looking dogs.
Well a lot of our friends have like Christy has the Golden Doodles.
They're good dogs.
Yeah.
And they don't shed.
Yeah.
But they are big animals.
But I like the mini.
The mini just was something special.
It was perfect.
It doesn't feel so common.
You know what I mean?
Like Golden Doodles are every frickin' where.
I take my Dachshunds to the farmers market every Saturday.
I know you do.
And there are more and more and more Golden Doodles every year.
Right.
It's like the cool thing.
Uh huh.
Yeah I love them.
They're great.
Yeah but you love the mini.
I like the mini.
I've seen the big ones but the mini is very cool.
And this one was gold like that brownish gold.
Brownish.
Yep.
But they come in many different varieties.
So we're gonna get us one someday.
I think it's after.
Don't mention it in front of Vera.
After all of our medical issues are complete.
We can't do that right now.
So when you're done completely out of the woods and you're happy celebrating let's talk
about names you shouldn't use.
Oh I already have a name for her.
What?
Gidget.
Oh I like Gidget.
Is that the greatest dog name?
Gidget.
Yeah Gidget.
I mentioned that when we got Vera but I lost to Vera.
What if it's a male dog?
I figured we'd be getting a girl.
Any more it doesn't matter.
Or how does it identify?
It identifies as a Gidget.
Yes.
I identify as a dog.
Yes.
Yeah.
I just love the name Gidget.
Nobody is old enough to remember the show but me.
Oh I remember Gidget.
You know.
Yeah I remember Gidget.
Was the original Gidget.
I got turned on by Gidget.
Okay.
Alright.
Who was the original movie?
Sandra Dee.
Yes.
Oh where the boys are right?
Oh yeah.
And I think it wasn't Sandra Dee, Tammy.
Tammy.
No I think Tammy was Debbie Reynolds wasn't it?
I think that might be right.
You know what our listeners out there will tell you.
I'm sure someone will.
They'll correct us after this podcast is over.
Yes.
Of course this podcast will not be broadcast during the time frame of things going on here.
Well it's going to be coming out pretty darn soon.
Pretty soon.
And well we'll talk about it later.
When we are going to release it.
We'll just have to wait and see.
Was Sally Field a Gidget later?
I thought Sally Field was a Gidget.
She was.
That's who's in my mind.
That's the one I knew the most.
But you're right in the movie.
Like Gidget goes crazy or whatever it was.
The big kahuna in the movie was Cliff Robertson.
Yes.
Who ended up being Charlie right?
Or like Flowers for Algernon?
Yes.
The big kahuna.
Hey how's the weather?
I was going to say you beat me to it that's more interesting than the weather.
It was coming out of my mouth.
You guys are the same person.
I knew it.
That is all.
You are the same person.
We've been prepping for our big camp trip to the race.
It's going to be awesome you guys.
I figured it would be fun to take my guitar.
Oh yeah.
You know.
Okay.
Just putz around on it.
Well he's going to sit around and sing campfire songs.
Okay.
We're going to do I'm down in the valley.
No we're not doing that.
No.
No we're going to do stuff like In Spite of Yourselves.
You know.
Our hit In Spite of Ourselves.
Or Cleveland Steamer.
I just was going to say there's no better campfire song than Cleveland Steamer.
Now of the ones you've written what would you say?
I'm a bitchin guy.
What?
Bitchin guy is funny because it's just kind of low key.
Yeah it is.
It's a good one.
Dear Penthouse is too production too jokey.
Oh he'll do it.
A lot of jokes.
I bet he'll do it.
What's another?
Oh I like well Chug-a-Lug is a great one.
Oh that's a good one.
At the end of the night.
And everyone will sing along.
Yeah.
Alright.
Was Chug-a-Lug the college one?
Yes.
What's the other one?
John Myer, my girlfriend's dad.
I just I'm not as am as you drunk I think.
That's the drinking song.
Yeah those are two.
That's the one that started out as the John Tower song right?
All of them politically incorrect now.
Oh anymore.
Well hey they're hilarious.
Oh yes.
And you know what?
Those awesome hilarious songs bought us a nice house.
Yes.
Okay so I'll hear no complaints.
Today they buy you a lawsuit.
Yeah good point.
But anyhow I was trying to tell you that my guitar, my guitar, I had to duct tape the
back of it to the.
Get this.
There's a big old honking hole in the back of my guitar.
Why?
Somebody broke it.
I don't know.
Oh are you?
Didn't tell us.
Oh Bob.
It's bad.
So I have this guitar with some duct tape on it.
I figured it's a perfect fit.
We have a little music area.
It's not a room but it's where my piano is.
Who and why would someone have even had it in their hands?
We're thinking a party goer at one of our gatherings.
We don't know.
Backed into it.
It fell.
They hung it right back up.
It said nothing.
Which is I don't even mind that they broke it because things do break.
We don't treat our house as precious in any way.
We live here.
We have friends over.
But somebody did that and said nothing about it.
So do you think they.
Had to have.
Okay let's.
Do you think they knew they had busted it?
I honestly don't know.
I mean could it have fallen oops and just.
But even if it fell wouldn't you go hey Bob.
Somebody had to hang it back up there.
Yeah.
So either way.
But I just wanted to tell you how great duct tape is.
He's got duct tape on a beautiful mini Martin guitar.
Speaking of minis.
It's a mini Martin guitar.
That's gorgeous.
And now it's covered in.
It's a poodle and a Martin guitar is how they get that one.
Was the Gretsch the man or was the Gibson the man?
It's a beautiful little guitar with duct tape and it still sounds great.
It's going to be a campfire guitar now.
And the duct tape makes it all the more charming.
Well here's an inside joke.
You're a virtuoso on the Martin aren't you?
I am.
Yes that's what I thought.
Oh.
Ba dum tsh.
For those of you who don't know.
Maiden name.
Martin name.
Mm hmm.
Ba dum tsh.
So.
Oh yeah.
Does it still sound okay?
I mean can you.
Nah it's alright.
Yeah.
It's like it's.
We're going to be singing in a parking lot.
In a parking lot.
Across from the race track.
Yeah who cares.
We're going to be on 16th street continually right.
So cars and noise.
I just meant for future.
You got to probably get it replaced.
Oh it's just a great little practice guitar.
But it's been neat to watch Bob practice.
Here he is going through this terrible time and he has enough energy to pull his guitar
out, fix it with some duct tape and sit around singing.
It's neat Whit because you know those are happy songs.
When's the last time you picked the guitar up?
Usually it's ukulele.
Yeah I've been playing the ukulele a lot lately.
Well you played that New Years EV right.
Did you play the ukulele or just sing that?
No I played the ukulele.
No that's about the only time I practice anymore.
But it's been fun picking it up and playing the hits.
But the songs that I was requesting he wasn't having anything to do with.
Like your Andy Griffith pork songs?
That's exactly what I want because we've been watching Andy every night almost every night.
And I just don't see that at the race.
No.
I mean I've been watching Boob's and Beer and Boob's and Beer.
If you want another hole in your guitar start singing that stuff.
By the way Boob's and Beer bought you a very nice house.
Good point.
That's a very good point I know.
I'm glad you know that.
Well this is week five.
I guess the main thing was fatigue.
I still had no reaction to chemo.
Well you have a sore throat.
We don't want to minimize this.
But I think a lot of that has to do with the radiation more than the chemo on the throat.
And they asked him every time, every week at chemotherapy, have you fallen?
Do you have tingling in your hands and feet?
Any nausea?
And he's had none of it.
I think they're not giving him the right stuff.
I don't know how to explain it.
No.
But what are you doing this coming week?
For prep for the race.
This is a good thing.
This coming week what am I doing?
On Wednesday.
You're going to get fluids.
Oh that's right.
They're going to give me some steroids on Wednesday.
Wow.
Look out.
To I guess give me a little energy to go down there and have some fun.
So if he lifts the RV and his nuts shrink you'll know he's on roids.
Well let's hope that doesn't happen.
He's going to get extra fluids and some steroids and hopefully that'll last him through the
weekend to actually be able to go to the race on Sunday.
Even if we just go over for the beginning because it's so incredible.
It really is.
The opening of the Indy 500 for those of you who haven't been there.
It truly is one of the greatest moments.
It's majestic.
It is.
When the flyover, if you have a dry eye there's something wrong with you.
I'm serious.
I agree.
I do miss Goemer though.
I miss Goemer doing his thing.
Yeah, Goemer singing back home again in Indiana.
At the start of that race, 33 cars hitting 200 miles an hour.
An inch apart.
It is stunning.
I mean literally I don't even know how they do it.
Do you?
Going into that first turn, how do they know who's going to?
It's the most dangerous turn in sport.
It is.
It's just unbelievable and I'm not going to miss it.
Who's the pace car driver this year?
I'm not sure.
Do you know?
Stevie Wonder.
Oh great.
Sorry.
Now we're doing blind jokes.
We've already, we've mined about every other.
I don't know.
I don't know either.
This was before you were here.
When the car dealer drove it and drove it into the photography stand.
Oh, into the stand.
No.
I heard about that.
No.
Yep.
Ever since then.
Anyone injured?
Yes.
Oh dear.
Ever since then they have people that are trained.
They train.
Right.
Yeah.
Usually here's a guy.
I mean I think there's just.
Okay, you sold some cars for us this year.
Sure.
I got to do a pace car lap.
I did two once.
Hot lap, right?
Yes.
I was with one of the safety guys from USAC and I was in the driver's seat going around
in the, it was kind of that pickup truck, that Chevy.
Oh, it was that sort of like a El Camino.
Oh yes, yes.
Like a modern El Camino.
Yeah.
When was that?
Maybe 10 or 15 years ago.
It was a while ago and he put me on a pace lap at 90 miles an hour.
That's your pace lap and then he dips down and they hit the gun.
But it's a smooth 90.
I couldn't believe how that track actually helps you do everything.
One year we did your show from the track and Chuck Yeager.
Yeah.
Was going to drive the pace car.
Yeah.
And I got to go with him and he was going around with his arm out the window.
And it was 120 miles an hour because he, that was it.
And talking to us and I'm.
Oh yeah.
Remember, he broke the sound barrier.
Right, exactly.
Exactly.
Speed is the 120, slow.
Even then when you're going down the straightaway it takes forever at 120.
It's a long way.
Oh yeah, good point.
It's a long way.
It is a long way.
Well we watched a, Peyton's Places.
Yes, love them.
Have you watched those?
Fantastic.
And Peyton and Jeff Saturday raced helmet cars which are basically.
Remember the big helmet.
Yeah, like.
They're hilarious.
They bring out people in.
They raced around the motor speedway.
It took a long time.
It took forever.
Probably 30 miles an hour at most.
It was hilarious.
Because Jeff and Peyton are funny together.
They're miked up and they're.
Oh, it was hilarious.
And I guarantee you they were trying to win.
I can guarantee you.
Oh yeah.
They're competitive people.
I won't say who won.
Number 18.
Oh.
Well there goes the big spoiler alert.
This next week we'll be down at the track.
Are we going to record on Sunday night?
No, we're going to record on Saturday night.
Oh.
Are you gonna come down?
Or Saturday afternoon.
I think I can.
We'll wrap up our week six which is a very short week.
Yeah, only three.
If you have a number of guests possible.
Hang on, they're not the same as you.
We want you.
But we'll wrap it up from the track.
And then will we take a break while you're healing?
See that's the thing I'm questioning.
Do I.
I know.
Do we put the podcast up now?
I don't know.
Maybe we should build tension.
Maybe we'll discuss one we're not on the air.
I think we should do one at a time.
And then you build up some tension and no one knows.
Because we've done five now.
That's like reading a book and not getting the end of the story.
Well it's like watching a show and you have to wait till next week.
And he refuses to do that.
I know, he waits and streams it all at the same time.
They want the whole thing right at once.
You're right, you're so right.
So I want to present this kind of like a Netflix series where you get it all.
You don't do one episode and then wait till next Thursday to do another.
And then we'll release it.
And then we'll have a gap and then he'll have an operation and all that.
And then we'll fill you in on however everything went.
And he'll talk through his, you probably have an air or gas mask.
For what?
When you're in the hospital.
I'm not going to broadcast from a gas mask hospital.
What are you talking about?
Excuse me doctor, you can't do this.
We're in the middle of a broadcast.
I don't mean in the middle of an operation.
Can you kill that machine?
I'm getting a beeping and it's really irritating.
Here's Bob in his iron lung.
What was the show?
Was it Rains in Arizona?
No, it was Big Lebowski.
The guy that wrote branded.
Big fan, especially the early episodes.
I think we have to do it.
That's all there is to it.
Okay, no we will not do that.
We'll do it when everything is complete and I'm home.
Okay.
Alright.
Good idea.
Congrats.
We're five weeks down man.
So we'll do one more from the track and we'll hopefully get this all done and wrapped up.
How fun.
Alright.
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