Dr. B: any chance I can take laughter meds instead of the s**t you are telling me I have to take for the next six weeks?

Helllloooo all ... and Happy-Almost-Hump-Day! The word "hump" makes me laugh. Just had to share that, as off-color as that is! Hope you all had a glorious day and celebrated life's many wonderful blessings; a hug from a dear friend - fabulous to see you, JD! - a kind driver letting you merge into their lane (i.e. a non-douche bag, which is much better than an as*hole according to MB, and a rare and beautiful treat at rush hour in the Garden State ), getting sh*t done -  GSD - LOVE it when that happens, especially at work - having an old dear beautiful friend start following your blog (GREAT to see you, the artistic/funny/kind hearted/beautiful Mr. RM!) ... all good stuff.

OK ... hang on ....OY ... first things first. I love you all deeply and am so grateful and humbled (truly) that you are actually reading this (merci/grazie/gracias!). Having said that, there's this little itty bitty part of me that somewhere thinks and hopes that I am not starting to sound preachy or maudlin or just plain weird (maybe it's the Prosecco + Malbec + snacks vs. hubby's dinner that I had this evening - oooooh fun night BTW!). As I reflect back on the first post just one week ago and how each of the subsequent posts has all but morphed into my online diary, I must admit, I have had a multitude of thoughts and feelings about this blog, about what is going on in my head (literally and figuratively - how coincidental! ;-) ...), what this entire experience means for hubby and my family and friends - i.e. the svulst or the Itsnotta (thanks Fairy Godmutha!) - and just all of the unknowns and questions and what if's ....and that extends beyond my goofy comments about my hair loss. When I re-read the last six posts, somehow six days ago already seems like a long time ago; and that makes me catch my breath a bit. I must admit, I am at a loss for words as to how to describe it and there's that little voice in me that is gently coaxing me to just be patient and work through it ...

Ooooooooohmmmmmmmm (that's me meditating). OK. Soooo ... enough deep thoughts ... :-) .... the theme for tonight - and today's overarching theme (for me - hope the same for you!) was literally gut-busting, laugh-out-loud, gosh-I-hope-I-don't-pee-my-slacks - I sooooooo love the word "slacks" - it's just so 70's and groovy - kind of day. And what a wonderful prezzie that is, right?! It's just so amazing, and so so true, that the whole premise of what one puts out to the world is what one gets back ten-fold and then some ... and at this point in the "process" if you will, the gift of laughter is like winning the lottery for me - and candidly, all the money in the world wouldn't matter now - except to travel the world and take care of folks who need it more than we do and to buy hubby a vroom vroom sexed up Harley! (Oooooh that's hot) Because laughing out loud is just so much more valuable at this precise moment. So for those incroyable - had to throw in some francais - folks who are reading this, those amazing folks who were involved in the Should-Be-Award-Winning-Giggle/Guffaw/Chortle/Almost-Pee-Fest - merci mille fois!! (I need to practice my French. Random thought but there you have it).

The laugh fest all started this morning when a friend - who shall remain nameless ;-) - revealed to me that she watched a documentary last night about orgasms (GASP! That's for the uptight Catholics who may be reading this ...please forgive me Jesus) ... and how orgasms help the little fishy/spermy thingies find the egg and yadda yadda yadda - women who orgasm more tend to be more fertile - so sorry if I f'ed that up, Friend-Who-Shall-Remain-Nameless. THEN, I learned that this week is International Clitoris Awareness Week (I cannot even make that s**t up - and apologies for sharing that with any of you mistakenly. I JUST got my new iPhone today and I clicked "share" and I have noooooo idea how many people I shared that link with.) And as my dear friend said to me - "it must be a sign from God". I will pray to The Big Dude for guidance on what that means ;-) and in the meantime, I concur - God must be trying to tell us gals that orgasms and our clitorii - I Googled "plural of clitoris" and there are multiple variations; thanks for humoring me - are important. And at this point, you may be wondering - and justifiably so - what the HELL is the point here? Well, it all relates back to the premise of just being able to giggle and chortle and laugh and guffaw. In fact, I was chatting with another dear gal at work today (again, GREAT to see you, JD!) and we were laughing over a few things and soon, we attracted a small crowd. I then ran into a colleague who used the infamous line - which was just so true and so so appropriate and perfectly timed - "laughter is the best medicine." Ironic, considering hubby and I meet with Bold Shirt Dr B tomorrow ... (dude who will determine my chemo-tions)

So.... my long-winded, rambly point to all of this is that I am so so thankful for the giggles, laughs, guffaws, gut-busting chortles - all of it ... so so SO thankful. The laughter and the giggles and the hugs just helps keep things light and in perspective and buoys me (and beautiful hubby by proxy!!) on this awesome, wondrous, beautiful cloud - and selfishly, thank you - and please and thank you! - for continuing to make us both laugh ... please keep those laughs coming (and thank you)....

And thus, without further ado - the grand unveiling of the wigs ... OK folks ... I have no idea how to use voting buttons on this blog thing but I am going to try to post pics of wigs below and both hubby and I relish, welcome, CRAVE your comments about which wigs you think would rock everyone's world here in the Garden State and the world in general (deep I know - ok now THAT'S funny! Seriously!! Here's a social experiment - don a blue beehive - walk into a Wal Mart and a Target and see who notices - discuss ....). Talk about a shift in priorities; six months ago, I would have been scooping up the deals at Marshall's - retail/discount nirvana - and now, my M.O. is "I have enough clothes and shoes" (TRIPLE GASP!! Clutching my chest! OK ... a little over dramatic  but it's true ....) and now I am asking you to let us know which of the Kingdom of Fun head dresses you think would be freakin' AWESOME!! :-)

LOVE you all .... and thanks again for everything you do to support us and especially, for making us laugh and for your love. xo

Tonight's greeting courtesy of ... Cancerella! (shaking it up a bit, and in Italiano - and please send more suggestions for closings!!)

Tanti baci e abbracci (lots of kisses and hugs)

Cancerella (and Schifoman - still working on the Avatar) xoxoxo

PS OK .. maybe I'm a little obsessed with the blonde thing ... welcome YOUR suggestions and feel free to upload pics!! :-)