It’s been a year and 2 days since I’ve updated this blog. Believe it or not, I am still alive and kicking though!  Last weekend, we took the kids to the Outer Banks and had a lot of fun. Kolbrin has 2 teeth now, and is scooting everywhere he wants to go. Kobie is doing good, growing like a weed and I hate it! I wish both of my boys would stay small forever. It is what it is though.

Saturday night I went to bed around 10:45 because I was exhausted. I was woken up around 12:00 with a bunch of strange people in my bedroom, plus my wife, neighbors, and father in-law. Those strange people were EMS workers. I asked what was going on and why they woke me up. Amanda told me I had a seizure and I asked if I was okay. Nobody knew. They loaded me up on a stretcher and took me to Franklin Memorial Hospital, where Dr. Lane ran bloodwork and a CT Scan on my head. Everything came back normal, and he thinks the seizure was caused by scar tissue. It was a very scary night though to say the least! I am now back on Dilantin to control seizures. I have to follow up with Dr. Shertz Friday morning so once I find out anything I’ll post it on here to let y’all know! Thank you everyone for the thoughts and prayers.

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I just wanted to give a quick update. We went this week to see the sex of the baby, and it’s a BOY! Jayce Maxton Robertson is due on August 18th. If you know me, you know I’ll probably make a website for him to showcase his photos. I cannot WAIT to tell Dr. Shertz

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If you have known me a while, you know I am the most stubborn person you’ll meet. If you tell me not to do something, I’m going to do it. If you tell me I can’t do something, I’m going to prove you wrong. When I was diagnosed with my cancer…, I was told my chances of living were very slim. I proved the doctor wrong. When the doctor told me after my second brain tumor I probably wouldn’t be able to walk again, I proved him wrong. Doctor Shertz told me I would never be able to have kids again, and guess what, yep… I proved him wrong! We found out Christmas Eve Amanda is pregnant, and is due in August. We’re both very excited and this is truly a miracle baby!

I will post updates here as the pregnancy progresses, as well as on my Facebook page.

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I know it’s been a long time since I’ve updated this blog, and I’m sorry for that. I went a few weeks ago to get a CT scan and a brain MRI as a normal checkup. I spoke with Dr. Buck and Dr. Shertz last week and the scans look good. The tumors are still there but not growing or spreading so that’s still good. My lungs are thick, but that’s because of everything Dr. Shertz said. I did talk to him and Dr. Buck about me spacing out, and Dr. Shertz thinks I am having seizures. Between those 2, they’re going to find a neurologist to send me too in the area. Aside from that, everything is just peachy with me! I just found out (as I am typing this) Amanda just passed her HESI for school, and will be graduating next week. I am so proud of her! She’s going to make a great nurse.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and ate lots of Hokie birds. Christmas is right around the corner, and I hope everyone has a great Christmas. I am so thankful to be here to share it with my family and friends. I go back to Dr. Shertz in May so I’ll update again at that time. Thank you all for your support.

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So I TOTALLY forgot that the font was messed up in IE on my blog page. I have fixed this so now you IE users can view my blog with no problems. Also when I was looking at my web stats I see a lot of hits still going to www.dreamscapetech.net/livestrong so please make sure you update your bookmark to www.joshesjourney.com

I went this week for a CT scan of my neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis. I go next week for an MRI of my head. THEN I will go the following week to see Dr. Buck, and the following week to see Dr. Shertz. It’s been a while since I’ve seen either of these great doctors, so I am excited to get some results. As soon as I get some results I’ll be sure to pass them along. Thank you to everyone that continues their support and prayers.

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Ok, I know the font is HUGE and I am trying to figure out what’s causing it. In the meantime if you’re visiting my blog please use Firefox. Apparently there’s a rew people who still use Internet Explorer out there.

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Hey guys! I just wanted to give you a quick update on myself. 2 weeks ago I went for an MRI of my head, and a full body CT scan as a normal checkup. On my way home, Dr. Buck called me, and said that everything looked great with my head. The 2″ hole in my head had started to collapse and was very little dura-bond left they could see. The brain is filling itself back in. That’s a good thing!

I followed up with Dr. Shertz this week, and he said everything looked good. The scans only showed scarring in the lungs, and a slightly enlarged spleen. The liver was back to normal size with no residue of tumors or any sort of scaring. He bumped up my scans from every 3 months, to every 6 months. He also made me an appointment with Dr. Harrons office so I can discuss my ‘spacing out’ issue, and determine if Dr. Harron needs to do anything or if I need to see a Neurologist to see if this will ever go away. Hopefully it will.

Everything else in life is going good, I’ve found a lot of my old friends on Facebook, so I can keep up with people a little better. Amanda is doing good in school, I am so proud of her. Kobie is doing excellent in school and he makes us both so proud. Sadie is growing up super fast, and is spoiled rotten. We’re all excited about going camping this summer. We’ve got several camping trips planned, and we can’t wait!

I will post more updates when I talk to Dr. Harron to see what’s going on with that. Until next time friends, have a great spring and enjoy the weather. BYE!

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Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, we certainly did. A few weeks before Christmas Kobie came home from school with a letter he wrote to Santa asking for a real little puppy. He showed us and kept asking for a “real little puppy” over and over and over. He even had to buy a carrier for it when him and my mom were out shopping. SO for some unknown reason Santa caved and we now have a 9 week old Miniature Schnauzer named Sadie. I’m not sure who loves Sadie more Josh or Kobie! She is already extremely spoiled by Josh since they are home together all day.

We have all enjoyed spending the holidays together. Kobie went back to school this past Monday and I start back to school on Monday. I should graduate this year!!

I read a book today, “Five Lessons I Didn’t Learn From Breast Cancer (And One Big One I Did)” The author said in the book that she didn’t consider herself a survivor even though she was diagnosed, treated, and had been in remission for years. She said she didn’t consider herself a survivor because she didn’t have a serious brush with death. She said the term “cancer survivor” came from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and was overused. She said at what point do we term ourselves survivors, some people call themselves survivors as soon as they are diagnosed, some when they finish treatment, some when they do in remission. She said death had just sent her a “Thinking of You” card.

After finishing the book I asked Josh if he considered himself a survivor and he quickly said no. I asked him why and he said because he still had cancer. He asked me what I thought and I said heck yeah, I do consider him a survivor! He has survived cancer for over a year and 7 months, he has survived harsh chemotherapy, radiation, two brain surgeries one of which he had so much brain inflammation he lost his vision and ability to move his body before the surgery. For Josh I think that death had pulled into our driveway and parked the car. He has survived a lot that at times neither I or his oncologist thought he would!

Saturday will mark the one year point from the big seizure and second brain tumor, probably the scariest night of my life. If you go back and read our blogs from last year, on January 3rd I blogged about how thankful I was that our live was calming down and starting to be normal again and then just 6 days later it was turned upside down again, which is exactly why you should live each day as if it was your last!

The next update should be in a couple of weeks since Josh has a CT scan coming up in a couple of weeks along with a doctors appointment the week after that!!

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I just wanted to take a moment to tell everyone that I hope you have a very Merry Christmas, and a very safe holiday. The weather forecast is still early but so far, it looks like there’s a good chance to have a white Christmas here in the Rocky Mount/ Roanoke area. You know how the weather changes though! I know most of you will be traveling so please be careful. Also this Christmas, take a minute to sit back, and realize what the season is all about. It’s fun to shop, open presents, decorate, all of that fun stuff. Sometimes we get so carried away in all of the holiday hustle and bustle, that we forget the true meaning of Christmas. Embrace your family every chance you can, hug your kids, spend time with them, spend time with your family, love them and make them know that you love them. Be thankful that they are in your life, and be thankful for the non-materialistic things that you have in your life. Your health, and your family and friends. That’s what means the most. Possessions can be repossessed but love and true friendship can’t. Also be thankful if you have a house, food, transportation, a job, etc. There’s a lot of people who don’t.

Everything is still going good for me. I have been trying to keep myself busy by keeping the house clean, getting things ready for Christmas, etc. I went yesterday and seen one of my buddies, Sysy. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen her and it was great to see her. Anyway I just wanted to tell everyone Merry Christmas and have a safe holiday season!!

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