Yesterday was a strange day for me and probably many others. It has been one year since my friend Alex passed away(6-18-07). On Fathers day it was one yeaar that I left RIC and his wake was the first thing I did...I was a mess! Seeing poor Alexs grave that I had a ton of good times with on the football field,at football camp where I roomed with him,on the track,flag football at IU and off the field. At the cemetary, I thought about how easily I could of been with him at the cemetary...kinda gruesome,but very true. Seeing the spot he is at made me realize how lucky I am. I will get down about this or that,but it made me think, Alex will never do anything again and that is horrible. I still have things to acccomplish and Alex kind of inspired me to push even more. Speaking of inspiration...here are some links to Eric Galvez. Who had a similar brain tumor(as far as parts of the brain) He was a "Therapist that became a Patient"...He wrote a book called "Reversal" that is excellent. He made a website called http://www.masskickers.com/ it is a database of knowledge and has other young adults like "me". He has a relly nice blog that puts mine to shame...haha...http://www.ericgalvezdpt.com/ and he has a few videos on youtube that truly inspired me...http://www.youtube.com/user/ericgalvez ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKiQwAstgls ...He wants to let other young adults no they are not alone...Nice job Eric!

After we saw Alex we went to Chilis. Now, I love chilis and have not had it since a while before my surgery...I was sooo pissed! Pretty much everything I cannot taste well anymore...so I should have none what was comming...My meal was not the old chilis I once new. Its like my tastebuds are never satisfied. Many of the nerves on my face,tongue,eyes and neck(I have trouble breathing) are all scewed up! Not the best website at all...lol ,but at least you can get some info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve ...the nerve that leads to why my face looks so bad...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_nerve ...Consider it your science lesson for the day!