Hoops Against Cancer
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
This year's big fundraiser for me was the Hoops Against Cancer 3 on 3 tournament. This year we raised the most money out of the three years we've held it-- $1,280! We h ...
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Relay Time!
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
My wife is now in her 2nd year of cancer remission. We celebrate every month that goes by as we know that the chances of reoccurrence go down slightly the longer you stay c ...
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Moving Day is Coming Soon
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
February 16? Where has all of the time gone? I've been enjoying the nice weather lately. It seems to be giving all of us a false sense of spring approaching. Above sixty de ...
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Christmas 2010
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We've had a very busy holiday season with three family gatherings to attend and lots of Christmas bargain shopping to do. We had a wo ...
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October 28
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
The sun was shining today. I needed a hair cut. My wife Tracy had a medical appointment and was planning on working out afterward. All of this sounds familiar.
It was ex ...
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Vacation!
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
We're leaving today on vacation. Exciting stuff. Going to Wisconsin-- Door County. Hoping to spend five relaxing days up there. Things have been going better for Tracy late ...
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One More Thing...
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
When we were in line to meet Ali Vincent the other day in Famous Footwear, I saw a sign in the store. I read it aloud to Tracy, "Hey, if we buy a pair of shoes, we will get ...
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Meeting Ali Vincent
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Yesterday, Tracy and I had the opportunity to meet Ali Vincent , the first female to win on The Biggest Loser reality show. Ali was at Famous Footwear promotion appeari ...
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Spring Fling 2010
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Spring Fling II took place on May 22. It's Tracy's big Relay for Life fund raiser for the season. The weather was hot and windy, but we were very pleased with the turn out. ...
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Hoops Against Cancer
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
My big fundraiser for the year was the Hoops Against Cancer 3 on 3 basketball tournament on April 24. This was the 2nd year running the tourney. I tried to improve it over ...
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Raising Awareness
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
The cause of fighting against cancer needs spokespeople and one way that we've been able to fight back is by getting involved with public speaking opportunities. Tracy is p ...
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Kick Off Meeting
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Tracy had her annual kick-off meeting for our Relay for Life fundraiser yesterday. The meeting was well attended with good food, good friends, and lots of great ideas share ...
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March Madness
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
As a life-long basketball junkie, this is one of my favorite times of the year-- March Madness, the NCAA basketball tournament. I love the excitement of each game as the be ...
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How's Tracy?
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I came back from basketball last night and all of the furniture downstairs had been rearranged.
The "Busy Body" is back. When the oncologist said that they were going to ...
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Surgery goes well
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
We journeyed to Omaha early last Friday to have Tracy's power port removed. This was the 5th (and hopefully final) surgery that Tracy has had, and it proved to be the easie ...
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What I Learned... in Kauai
by
Daryl Poppe
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
In keeping with an earlier theme of this blog, I thought I would reflect on what I learned from my experiences in Kauai. The first thing I noticed was that a spouse's morni ...
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