How Far Will Happy Go

This news is Very Happy. Sort of. I found out yesterday that Medicare decided to cover the treatment for my disease. My doctor along with many others went to Washington DC and cornered some Senators until they got a bill passed and signed that Medicare would pay for treatment for this rare disease that I have. That was the very good news. I was hugging my neurologist yesterday and crying because it meant I can live!!!! i'm not going to die of this disease. She's actually had patience that have gone into complete remission within 6 months. But it's odd, that while they do the chemo everyday in my home for the first three months, if any happens to me, my doctor is NOT allowed to treat for any side affects and there are many, believe me. But still I've be chemo before, so I know what to expect and how to take care of it myself. The chemo last six months. I was so excited when she told me. To me, it was a miracle! God had blessed me again. He must really want me here for a reason bad!!!!! I think it is to spread happiness around the world.

But then I got home and got to thinking about it. There''s that word called "co-pay" with Medicare. Now the treatment is $30,000 to $40,000 a MONTH for the treatment. Co-pay is usually 20% of that. So that means my co-pay would be at least $6000 a month. I just sat there looking blank. Then i got numb. Then i realized what it meant. Yes, Finally Medicare is going to pay for it. and NO I can't afford the copay. I'm still trying to figure out if I'm going to be able to afford the muscle biopsy that I'm going to see the surgeon about next week. The co pay for his office visist I have. But the copay for the surgery and the hospital for it, I'm no to sure about that. I might be able to borrow a little more if it's not too much from a friend of mine for that., but when it comes down to it. why bother if I'm not going to be able the copay for the treatment? i feel like I'm on a roller coaster. And it's not fun. But I will pray.
Later that day........
I've decided to go for it as if it is going to happen. If God can move a group of Senators and Medicare, then i'm pretty sure the rest of it will be a piece of cake for Him. I don't have another appt with my neurologist until November so I have enough time to see the other doctors and have the biopsy done before then. My appt with the surgeon is monday so I would assume that the biopsy will be done shortly after that. I have a pocket angel who will going with me for that. After living with this disease for so many years, and it getting to the point to where I have to crawl to get into a wheelchair, I'm pretty excited about taking the chemo. It takes over 10,000 blood donors to get one drop of the antibody from their plasma that I need for the chemo. I can understand why it's so expensive. God has kept me here this long for a reason and I think that i have figured out what that is. It is to spread happiness around the world. www.howfarwillhappygo.com. It's working. So I'm going to give it everything that i've got. I'm going for it!!!!

Okay, You've been stopping by How Far Will Happy Go. There is an average of almost 100 per week, some old,some new. You know who "Happy" is. But who are you? Could you please do a little intro under comments of who you are and why you like reading this blog? I mean I know a few, but there's a whole lot of people that stop by,that I was wondering who you were? Are you spreading happiness around? Is there anything that you want to know more about "Happy" or what he's up to? Please give me some feedback or leave a happy story under comments. But I'd be very happy to know who you are.
Thanks!
By the way, "Happy" is up to 1,125 already!

Oh and something else I have to share with you. Everyone who knows me, knows I am the worst cook in the world. I'm not bragging, it's just the truth. I overboiled boiled eggs twice in one day. I just forgot that I was boiling eggs until the water boiled completely away and I could smell that smell. YUK! So I tried it again, and dang it, I did it again!!! So I'm not a cook.
Well yesterday a friend of mine gave me a 16 lb brisket. I'm like "OH NO!!!! The ultimate challenge in Texas!!! If you can't cook a brisket, I don't think that you're alllowed to live in Texas. Seriously folks, you don't really have to know how to ride a horse down here,(ssh, that's a secret) but by golly, you BEST know how to cook a brisket!
So I called everyone I knew about how to cook this thing. Of course, everyone had their own way of cooking one, which just confused me even more. Plus 16 lbs of brisket is just way too much for one person to eat. So I cut it into three pieces, and wrapped the other two pieces up and froze them, which at least got it down to a size that would fit into a pan that I had. Well, someone gave me the secret to cooking a brisket. Throw anything you want in there and it will turn out fine! Cook it in a slow oven. Take your time. I've run across a seasoning called "Slap Yo Mamma", which I have to admit I'm hooked on. I put it on just about anything that I attempt to cook, because it can make anything taste good. Like a finely tuned instrument, all you have to do is strum it to make it sound good. So that was the basis for my brisket. Then I just started going through my pantry and refrigerator and grabbing anything that sounded good. Things that I have that I've never even tried cooking with. I covered it with foil and lo and behold, I had a friend offer to marry me over that brisket! Now I promise you, that is THE FIRST TIME I've ever had ANYONE offer to marry me over my COOKING!!!!! I laughed so hard, I almost fell off the couch. I will never be able to duplicate this thing that I created,but it was so good, it would make you want to slap yo mamma! Marry me because of my cooking......that's the funniest thing that I've ever heard in my life!

Zio's Italian Kitchen on Bay Area Blvd in Webster is the BEST Italian Kitchen to meet "Happy" people!






So how did everyone know where "Happy" was? Because "Happy" was everywhere they were!


This particular sweetie is actually THE main lead singer Marie of the Snake Charmers. She has such a sweet and innocent face to be a hard core rocker and a mom and a wife. I'm anxiously awaiting the release of her new CD. You've got to go to her website and hear her music. Go to music@snakecharmers.net I'm telling you, the girl can rock!


Now see this kind gentle lady, Gwen(justthesecretary) and sir,Tim Dotson? They are actually on Wally Worlds Most Wanted poster for getting up at 4:00 AM and having electric cart races throughout the store. Please do not be alarmed when you see them, they are just grown up imps. As a matter of fact, why not join them? The more the merrier. They are as happy together as they look. Look at their eyes the way they see each other. That's amore!!!


Zio's would not be complete without meeting the one and only best waitress on the planet "Sally". I'm convinced that everyone is "Happy" because she IS Zio's, plus the Mama Mia food....oh thank you...it will make anyone "Happy".


Someone made the comment that I could take the little "Happy" logo and have them transferred to a t-shirt. Oh, you mean like this one? And this one? Everyone at our table got a t-shirt "WWW.HOWFARWILLHAPPYGO.COM so "Happy" can travel farther along with them


Incredible new friends, good food, great service, "Happy" was more than happy to give out autographs.

I wish that everyone who reads this blog could have been there. As for me, I've designated each of those that were there as an official "Mobea's Angel" for making me so happy. My life have become more priveledged just by your presence. I'm looking forward to meeting you all again and hopefully a few more readers around the Houston area. I believe the ones in Japan, Iceland, Russia, Romania, Nigera, and the rest of the United States might have a hard time making it in time for a reservation for lunch, but please keep reading and making comments. Happiness begets happiness. It's what keeps "Happy" going farther and farther.


As the time came to say "until we meet again
The lunch was over way too soon, and as I left, I forgot my wheelie bars!



I love you all for coming and meeting you.
Next time, I pray that "Happy" will travel into your hearts and lives and makes you and those around you very, very happy.

"Happy" loves to hear from his readers about what they do or did that made them happy. At times, I get tears in my eyes reading about the little things in life that made them happy or I can feel the love they felt at the time. It's real and genuine.
As I have stated before, I also have a blog in the Houston Chronicle that a small group of readers wanted to meet "Happy" in person. I don't know if How Far Will Happy Go is read both here and in the newspaper, but for those that wanted to meet "Happy", well I took the last little bit of cash that I had and had some t-shirts with the How Far Will Happy Go logo on them to give to them. I feel that if people read their shirts when they wear them, they will ask about it. Then "Happy" will be read and spread even more around. It's a leap of faith.It took everything that I had to get them because I live on disability.
But it made "Happy" very happy to think that it will make these particular readers happy too, to get the first of what I hope is the many, many t-shirts that will eventually end up out there in the world.
The actual cost on the shirts is about $10 provided that I can keep finding them on sale and if you would like to get one, please email me and I will send you one if you can cover the cost and pay for the shipping and handling. The t-shirts will be white with the logo at the top of this post on them.

Thank you so much everyone! I just woke up and checked the site meter and God love you all. "How Far Will Happy Go" has been read by 1004 people! I hope that "Happy" has made you as happy reading about something good as it has made me writing about something good. I am so thrilled! Thank you all for stopping by and reading it and if you feel like it, pleae share some good stories under comments. It doesn't have to be about anything that I write about. Write your own story under comments. I'd love to see what makes others happy too. Again thank you so much for helping "Happy" go as far as he has.

Oh, I am so excited! "Happy" has a real chance to make it to 1000 readers. If someone would just tell someone else today about "How Far Will Happy Go" it will make it by tonight or tomorrow morning. Imagine that!!! 1000 people around the United States and the world will have read and maybe was a little bit happier just because they wanted to see "How Far Will Happy Go" So when I go to bed tonight, my prayer is that "Happy" made it to 1000 people in this world already when I wake up.
And that would make me very happy and I hope that to everyone that has read it, that it makes you happy too.

I still can't believe that in such a short time that I started this website how far it has traveled and how many people have looked at it. My goal (if I could make a wish upon a star) is to travel the country with "Happy" and take as many pictures as I can. I actually know that this may not be physically possible, but I can still wish upon wish that How far will Happy goes, makes it as far as I can possibly try to get it to go, with all of my heart.