A quick run-through of the newsletter stats and there are a few standouts. Based on zero marketing and no casual promotion to friends and family, a handful of people have tripped over it! Due to several unforeseen circumstances, the next few days could challenge newsletter research. Let’s remix a few of the newsletters with some traction and republish the bones with a few updates.

This first Remix is special and I assume the title peaked interest. That’s why I’m calling the remix Fight Cancer Club 2.0.  When I wrote the first one at the end of November, I finished no-shave November, (photos are included).  Today I’m going to another funeral for my aunt, who had breast cancer. The fight continues.  

Most of the newsletter is the same as in November; I added another blurb about heroic women as a tribute to my aunt, who, with her family, fought numerous healthcare battles for many years with as much grace and faith as you can. And to my uncle, who stands as a lesson to us all. 

Today started with a trip to the gym with Aldo Nova’s Fantasy playing on XM’s Hair Nation channel, followed by Def Leppard’s Photograph and Motley Crue’s Primal Scream.  Best gym warm-up and newsletter headline ever!  After that, we get right into it, from the end of No Shave November to the start of the countdown 2023.

About a year ago, one of my oldest friends was diagnosed with leukemia.  When he first made the announcement, he explained it as if you have cancer; it’s the best one to get.  It has a high survival rate; it can be managed with medication if your body doesn’t develop a mutation, which he did.  The transformation developed one year after his initial diagnosis, and he went from leukemia lottery to bone marrow/stem cell transplant candidate. 

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In a show of support earlier this year, I shaved my head while my friend was undergoing chemotherapy and losing all of his hair.  I won’t go into all the details for this post, but if you are interested in reading more about my friend’s experience over the last year, I will include a link to his blog. 

The pic on the left is my shaved head in support of chemotherapy.  The picture on the right is me today, after a long month of No Shave November.  After several cancer scares in my immediate family, I became a No Shave November lifetime member. In this month alone, three more people close to me have been diagnosed with cancer.

The Matthew Hill Foundation is an organized nonprofit, and No Shave November is one of the awareness campaigns they run.  As a non-beard person, I must admit that part of the benefit of No Shave November is to be conscious of the discomfort and use it to raise my awareness for all I know about fighting cancer right now.  Click the image for more information on the foundation and help F! Cancer.

Links: No Shave November
Links: Lick My Leukemia

In an article in the evergreen category, Oprah.com writes about a few Breast Cancer Heroes.  Three different women who, despite a devastating diagnosis, took it upon themselves to solve more problems. 

Connie Rufenbarger started a tissue bank to collect normal breast tissues for research. Dr. Lisa Newman travels to other countries to study the disease in different cultures to expand access to treatment and further scientific study. Alisa Savoretti founded a nonprofit called My Hope Chest to assist women with reconstructive surgery.  

An interesting idea was discussed in a recent episode of The Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher.  In another episode of the “can’t take our eyes off it” Musk/Twitter episodic, Swisher’s co-host Bill Cohan raises an exciting theory we have not been able to stop considering.  Musk/Twitter has $13B in debt owed to several banks.  It is now a private company with no shareholders.  If the asset, Twitter, loses all its advertisers and looks like it’s going to fall off a cliff, what might a bank that holds billions in debt be willing to do?  The theory is that if you tank the asset, the banks will sell the debt for less than it’s worth, which all comes back to what Musk wanted in the first place, which was to rework the deal.  The details of this are around minute 20 of the podcast; if you can’t look away, like us, it’s worth the listen.

You are not alone if you’ve ever felt like you were living In The Matrix with Neo and friends.  A whole group of scientists and now scientist followers think we could be in a simulation.  Before you get too far down the path, read this article from The Conversation, which describes how you can determine if we are in a simulation.

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