I recieved this from my sister Kathy

Thanks for reminding us to stop and smell the roses. Life is too short.
Slow Dance
This is a poemwritten by a teenager with cancer.
She wants to see how manypeople get her poem.
It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
Thispoem was written by a terminally ill young girl in aNew York Hospital .
It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement

AFTER THE POEM.

SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
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Dear All: PLEASE pass this on to everyone you know -even to those you don't know! It is the request of a special girl who will soon leave this world due to cancer.
This young girl has 6 months leftto live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will.
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.

Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx , New York 10461

3/23/2008 Happy Easter Everybody!!!!!!

It has been quite a while since my last login. There hasn’t been a lot of note worthy news so I elected to keep off the chat line. I did however, have some problems with my diabetes. On January 28th, I started to get tingling/ sensitivity in the bottom of my feet to my knees. It was the on set of neuropathy. It was due to the lack of exercise. I have been battling Cancer Related Fatigue. So I started off very slowly with walking a mile a day. At the same time my weight had exploded to 235 lbs. I looked like I swallowed a watermelon. Within in a couple of weeks the neuropathy seemed to reverse itself. So I continued walking and I am up to 6 miles a day and have lost 15 to 20 lbs. Most days I have to push myself to get walking. I have cut most breads/starch out of my diet to keep my blood sugar under control and it seems to be working. The Fatigue comes and goes, but I have grown accustom to it.

So here we are today, Easter, A new beginning. So I have another MRI scan this Tuesday at 3:45 pm at Science Park. All I can hope for is steady as she goes. It has been a year since my last Clinical Trial with IL2.

Life FEELS WONDERFUL WHEN YOU HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM LIKE I HAVE.

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE YA and Happy EASTER

Jimmy B.