Welcome to my MS CCSVI research fundraising blog. I am currently training for a double (ultra - 4.8 mile swim, 224 mile bike, 52.4 mile run) ironman in September of 2010 in an effort to fundraise for MS CCSVI research. You can check out my fundraiser site at http://www.microgiving.com/profile/chuck. I suggest clicking on the "About Me" tab as the MicroGiving.com templates were a little limiting so the profile page did not allow me to add all the content I wanted to add. MicroGiving.com does not keep any of the donations for administration/overhead fee. That means 100% of your donation goes directly to fund CCSVI MS research. For more information about CCSVI you can go to http://csvi-ms.net/en/content/ccsvi-huge-breakthrough-ms. Please help spread the word about my fundraising efforts. Thanks.


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Updates...

My dad is scheduled for a CT tomorrow. The doctors believe he might have damaged other organs once they saw the size and depth of his ulcer. That would not be good.

The vet said that my dog has a brain tumor. Right now he is on meds to help calm his stomach. At this point we are watching him closely to see if his quality of life improves or gets worse.

It almost seems pointless to update about my workouts at this point. I am still doing them, but I am mentally lost in thought around all the things going on right now. I am scheduled with Dr. Thompson tomorrow morning for my knee and hip pain. It has been getting progressively worse over the past few days. I have my final appointment with Dr. Van Tassell before leaving on Thursday afternoon.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Chuck, my name is Toni Skalican and I am a senior at Kalamazoo College. I have a dear friend with MS, and I deeply admire and respect your double-ironman pursuit.. it sounds like you've got a lot on your mind... and on your heart. Hope you're hanging in okay as the race nears this weekend.

    I write for the college communications department and would love to do a short piece on your endeavor. Would you be up for a phone interview? Please send me an e-mail at k07ts01@kzoo.edu!

    All the best,
    Toni

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  2. Oops..I didn't mean to write this weekend... two weekend from now!**

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