I never thought those words would come from my mouth but there it is.

Two years ago I was told I had a kidney infection but after taking medicine for 10 days I hadn’t had any signs of improvement. I was still having same issues.

So I set up an appointment with the urologist. They performed a scope on it and noticed a growth of some kind in my bladder. A couple weeks later they removed it and sent it off to the lab. I was then told the cancer(s) were invasive and aggressive. They sent me to an Oncologist and then I was scheduled for chemo to begin at the end of April.

The first seven weeks of chemo went well but the eighth and last session was brutal. I think it all built up and then did its damage for the whole month of June. I was sick the entire month and lost 30 pounds, 20 in one weekend.

Surgery was scheduled for early September and my job was to build my strength back up so I could recover from surgery faster. I did little half mile walks 3 or 4 times daily and regained some weight.

The surgery entailed removing my bladder, prostate and a lymph node. They cut a 6” long piece of my small intestine and connected my kidneys to it. From there they cut a small incision 3” right of my navel and set the stoma there. Recovery seemed like it took forever but I was out of the hospital after 5 days.

Shopping for supplies, which I would need for the rest of my life, took place during an appointment with a urostomy specialist. Every 4 days I swap the 3 pieces that are stuck to my stomach. Every night I swap from a leg bag to a bigger overnight bag.

The oncologist and nurses that administered the chemo treatments were some of the best people I have ever ran across. I can’t imagine their job administering these drugs/poisin to the patients knowing that some of them would not survive but they kept a smile and always had me laughing. I in turn tried to keep the other patients in the chemo lab engaged and upbeat.

The surgeon and his staff were very thorough with their descriptions of what my surgery would entail and possible set backs I could have along the way. He was amazed at how fast I returned to normal function after what he called the “second toughest surgery“ you could have.

The hospital nurses on the other hand were terrible for my first stay there. And yes I said first stay. I returned to hospital for another 4 days when I got an infection that went septic. I had great nurses during this stay on the same floor and in the same hall.

The reports I have received since September 4th in 2024 have been great and the doctor said should be able to live out the rest of my days and see my grandkids grow up cancer free.

Every morning the first thing I do is Thank God for the Blessing of another day and will continue to do so the rest of my life.

For this battling cancer now my advice is never think about losing the struggle but kicking its ass. Positivity goes a long way.

Cancer is not the death sentence it was years ago and I can beat anyone can.

http://www.dwaynestovall.com/

On September 27, 1835, a detachment of 100 dragoons, led by Francisco de Castañeda, left San Antonio de Béxar, carrying an official order for Andrew Ponton, alcade of Gonzales, to surrender the town’s cannon. Castañeda had been instructed to avoid using force if possible.

As a Native Texan Dwayne Stovall has worked in the oil fields and owned and operated a successful business building bridges across Texas.

He is a Constitutional Conservative Jeffersonian principles. That means he takes the Constitution as written and amended.

Stovall got 11% of the primary votes(140k)  in 2014 while spending just $70,000. He has travelled the roads of Texas nonstop since that campaign speaking to Texans.

He will put Texas first by promoting state rights and shrinking the size of the federal government. More Texas Less DC.

He supports each state controlling that state’s education with no interference from DC by mandates.

He would be a tireless defender of Texans rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

He would use and all procedures to stop spending unlike John Cornyn who has voted for every spending bill.

Cornyn also voted for continued funding of Obamacare while Stovall has said it is un-Constitutional and would vote to trash it without a replacement.

Dwayne Stovall is a proud Texan that refuses to remain silent while tyranny grows and liberty is destroyed. He has my support and I hope he has your’s too.

During the last few weeks Robert Francis O’Rourke has made headlines about buying them confiscating “assault weapons”.

But Texas might already be well under the way of infringing on our Second Amendment right’s   with Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.

Senator Ted Cruz recently said that Patrick’s proposed law are a mistake and the NRA accused him of being “unprincipled,” “ill-informed,” and “turning his back on Second Amendment supporters.”

What Patrick has proposed is requiring a background check on private sells and requiring an ATF Form 4473 to be filled out. This would set up a registry of weapons owners and locations an be just a subpoena or congressional vote from the federal government’s possession. Confiscation cannot occur without such a database.

Meanwhile Gov. Abbott has supported red flag laws which could make it possible to confiscate weapons from someone who hasn’t committed a crime.

The Republican Party of Texas Chairman has issued a statement supporting Abbott. These laws go against the very party platform that got these men elected to office.

If the grassroot Republican membership does not strictly stand against red flag laws, extended background checks, liability on private sales, and any other efforts to regulate private sales, and only support candidates that support Second Amendment rights then our state could be blue by 2020 election.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Today on September 17 we celebrate Constitution Day in the United States. Without it it is very unlikely America still exists the way we know it.

It has been amended throughout history but has stood the test of time. This current age will be it’s greatest challenge.

Whether the Democrats will all say this or not this is what they want and believe. Their loony base also believes this would be the fix needed

Repeat after me. Laws will not stop evil people from doing evil deeds.

When Robert Francis P’Rourke admitted he would steal the AR-15s and AK-47s Thursday night during the Democrat Debate he heard a loud and clear applause from the audience at the university in Houston.

Meanwhile a state representative in Texas had the reply many other Texans would have.

You can guess how O’Rourke responded. He tweeted that it was a death threat tweeted “This is a death threat, Representative. Clearly, you shouldn’t own an AR-15—and neither should anyone else.”

He didn’t expect his threat of theft to be answered with that. Texans have never liked being told to give up their guns. Refer to Gonzales in 1835. “Come and Take it” ring any bells?

Also during the debate Robert Francis claimed that he went to a gun show in Conway, Arkansas and met people selling and buying AR-15s who he said told him they would gladly destroy their own weapons because they don’t need them.

Me thinks Beto is full of it. I have a feeling he just made that up.

Here’s hoping he will get lost and not be able to find his way back to Texas after he loses the nomination.

There are laws against hijacking an airplane but 18 years ago 19 evil monsters did just that to 4 and killed nearly 3000 people.

There are laws against murder but murder happens every day by evil people.

You will never create enough laws to control evil. Evil does not obey laws.

This morning the New York Times in a since deleted tweet put the blame on airplanes. Typical of leftists to put the blame on inanimate objects.

Here is the tweet:

Sound familiar? Isn’t that like blaming guns for all the shootings happening? Anything but blame the shooters or jihadis that carried out the crimes.

Recently Ilhan Omar said about 9-11 that “some people did something”. Deflect all she wants but people know it was Muslims that carried out the attacks in 2001. Today in New York while reading names of those murdered on 9-11 a man took her to task.

I salute this man!! You should too.