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Day Two: April 30, 2009

            Told a couple of people at work today about my possible conditions, they take it a heck of a lot better than I do. I tear up at the littlest thing, and telling somebody about this has turned out to be far more difficult than I thought. I told my son about it tonight and I can safely say it was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. He is a great guy and I am very proud of him. I am really not looking forward to telling the rest of the kids, this is going to be bad, even though I don’t know for sure what it is.

            I talked to my wife about it a bit tonight; I believe she’s trying to keep a brave front on for me. I’ve told her to talk to anybody she wants to about it, but so far, no go. I’ll need to do some research about support groups for her. She has said she doesn’t think she could go on without me, but I know that isn’t so. She is a very strong person when the chips are down and I could not have asked for a better wife for the last 28 years. I will get much sappier once we find out the results and exactly what is wrong with me. 8-)

Since starting to take gravol, life is much better. I have had nausea for the last 3 weeks and that has been quite bad. I find that candy/sugar tends to upset my stomach and bloat it even more. I have more energy today than I’ve had the last 3 weeks and feel quite good.