Drew Wohl

I am trying to get some things printed for the Triathlon.  What an incredible pain it is. Tri suit - laid it out.  Feb 9, was told they were pretty sure there are XXL shirts in stock and I was to confirm if I wanted sized like that.  I said yes, need XXL on Feb 12.  Sent artwork.  Asked next steps, need to finalize order.  Told everything looks good.  Feb 21, whoops we do not have XXL One set of shirts and caps - paid for rush order after sending in artwork to make sure it can be done.  Paid Feb 15.  Proofs of artwork look good.  Feb 21 told that most of the shirts are in stock, but not really in stock.  In warehouse, but not at place where printing is done.  So cannot get them, need to choose something else in order to meet deadline. Other set of shirts, called Feb 14.  I was told it would take a week.  Told them I was emailing artwork right then.  Which I did.  Confirmed Pantone colors the next day.  ...

I know it probably does not come as a big revelation, but sometimes cancer can make you cranky. Yesterday I was having a good swim workout.  Each week I am improving bit-by-bit.  Not going to be landing on the podium, but I can now swim further than I could a couple of months ago.  Was doing some ladder drills, with the long segment being 300 yards, for a total of about 80 laps. The pool, three lanes, had one person in each.  People do not swim circles at the place.  Just split lanes.  The person to my right was going up and down with a noodle under their chest.  The person to my left was doing something similar.  I was the only one doing something passing as "swimming."  😀 And I was in one of those good moods feeling like I was accomplishing something.  Of course I was questioning myself and thinking "what the hell am I doing?" as I counted off the laps for the longer distances, but I was doing them. A new swimmer appeared, picked my l...

Three years ago today I was discharged from Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital after my first cancer surgery.  I am not the greatest in timing sometimes.  Turns out we also had issues with the heating system at home.  Awesome.  The last couple of years I have been a bit better in Valentine's Day gifts :)

Was staring outside the window as I was making my oatmeal and coffee for breakfast.  Just watching some birds and the rain. Then it hit me, "Wait how many more days will I be able to look out a window and just watch things like this?  I have a time bomb inside of me." That happens now and again.  If I thought like that much at all,  this whole thing would be pretty rough.  But it goes quickly.  Then I realized, I had an appointment in a few hours and Memorial Sloan Kettering.  Nothing major, just a port flush that has to be done every 6-8 weeks to prevent bloods clots. Takes a minute or so.  But the taste of the flush is something that started bothering me during chemo.  Not horrible, probably more association.  And the port access stinks.  Again, an association with the chemo treatment.  The flush is just one of the things in all of this that acts as a reminder of cancer.  Having a needle in your chest for 3 days every tw...

No one who runs or participates in a Triathlon will be intimidated by this effort in running. I never ran. Only started doing a bit before this run. About a month before this run, I did an occasional run and tried to do as many as steps as possible. A week before this run, I had a piece of my lung removed due to cancer. Now, about a year later, I train for a Tri to hold back inoperable cancer. #iTri4ACure

Saw the hash tag #WorldCancerDay trend for a bit, but some other hash tags seem to be getting more traction.  Looks like there is some football game going on today 😉 Part of World Cancer Day is to educate and stop misinformation.  But many of the tweets are promoting things that are highly questionable "cures." Do not get me wrong, I am pursuing alternative treatments at this point (will write more on this) since my cancer is inoperable.   This includes exercising heavily and starting triathlon training.  Anything to delay going back on chemo.  But to be clear on this - if the time comes to go back on chemo, I will.  Just don't want to 😀 But there is so much snake oil out there that preys on fears of cancer patients. Even though I know some of these things are not cures, or even worse, dangerous, sometimes I wonder that the cures in fact being hidden by the illuminati or other conspiracy theories that permeate the internet.  But if anyone thinks...