It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go!

This famous WW-I song was a hit with the soldiers leaving England for the front. It was popular again in WW-II.
I am in the same mood today.
My sudden illness has much in common with this song: it is going to be a long battle, there are many unknowns and the good things left behind. Yet, the spirit of this song is what I remembered well: upbeat, confidence, marching on, optimism and knowing that one day normal life will return.

In the coming weeks, months, years I will have to cope with my illness. There will be ups and downs as in any struggle and I'll do my best to remain positive all the way.

The outpouring of love, concern, sadness, desire to help and cheering from all of you - was overwhelming an I am grateful for that.
Many of you requested to be updated and I respect that. My dilemma was how to do it. Then, I recalled Inbal's blogs from Africa and decided to do the same (but much shorter...).
I am not the guy that likes to share a lot. However in my situation I would like to and this is a nice way to do it.
Having said that, the blog is NOT a replacement to the conventional, friendlier and personal means of contacting me.
Please stay in touch via calling and emailing me and enjoy the blog. i promise to be creative.

Quick update:
As of last Friday I have started chemotherapy: a cycle of several medications (some toxic) to start control the bad cells. I feel well! I also told the doctrors that if after many years in the Navy I didn't throw-up even once, I have no plans to do it now. The number of treatments depends on the feedback from the previous cycle.
Stay tuned.

Yours,
Guy