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Cookies and Chemo

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by BrianSimpson in Community

Cookies and Chemo

This is the quick story of why Cookies and Chemo has been started. Thank you to those of you that have supported me so far – I look forward, with your help, to making many new friends and being able to make a difference in the lives of others.

~Cookies and Chemo~

I am a thirty year veteran of the hospitality industry. Three months after moving to NYC as a Food and Beverage Manager at The Plaza Hotel, I was diagnosed with thirteen tumors on my spine. They ranged from golf ball to grapefruit sized. My life was changed forever – I believe for the better. I now have a renewed passion for life, friends and the importance of helping others in need.
In a conversation with my girlfriend about volunteering she suggested I start my own ‘thing’. I woke up the next day trying to think of something from my treatment days that made me smile… I wrote the word cookie. Cookies and Chemo followed minutes later and here I am.
As a recent cancer survivor, and the son of a breast cancer survivor, I have a clear understanding and unfortunate memories of how devastating going through Chemotherapy is.

My goal is to bring together survivors, supporters and anyone great that wants to share cookies and conversation. My hope is to eventually bring comfort to those that are going through chemotherapy. I cannot cure cancer, I can give comfort, with money, by purchasing new chairs, iPods, computers, books and other items that make sitting for six hours a day more tolerable. Not just for the patients, also the nurses and staff, for example sending in lunch once a week. Moving forward I would like to raise money for improving chemo-suites and making the best of the worst.
Mission:
Making people smile at a time when they need it most.

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  • Nancyknow

    Way to go, Brian. Hats off to you on this new venture.

  • http://twitter.com/missdestructo Miss Destructo

    Lemme know how I can help. I used to have to wait for hours doing puzzles when my mom was getting chemo treatments. She used to say how she wished she had a puzzle to do.

  • Brian August

    I REALLY WANT TO HELP. 7 rounds of chemo, 85 transfusions, 22 bone-marrow biopsies and 140 days in the hospital will do that to you…

  • http://twitter.com/brianaugust Brian August

    Keep it up. You are onto something here.

  • http://twitter.com/mayaREguru Maya P.

    Brian,
    This is brilliant, I am so glad you want to do this. As I watch my daughters best friend finish up her Chemo, at the ripe old age of 7.5, I have seen what everyone goes thru from the patient, parents, family, staff, and beyond. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. Would love to help raise funds when you are ready to rock!!
    Thanks for being you, and for telling me about this yesterday. So nice to catch up in person!
    Maya =)

  • http://www.honeybeeconsulting.com startabuzz

    Your zest for life, Brian, is nothing short of inspirational. I've seen far too many people to whom I'm close suffer through those treatments. The things that made them feel better were almost always the simplest things: milkshakes, a good book, the sound of the symphony. None of us can do the big things — like curing cancer. That you're trying to make things better by giving people the small things? Wonderful. I'd love to help.

  • http://uptownuncorked.com geechee_girl

    Love this. It's often the little touches that make something impossible seem more human scaled and like something you can conquer. What a great idea.

  • http://thesocialjoint.com/ Lucretia M Pruitt

    You are amazing Brian. What an incredible project. :)

  • http://janetfouts.com Janet Fouts

    Good for you Brian, those long hours in the chair can be interminable and it's one spot people definitely need a little day brightening. I can't imagine what it must be like to be a nurse in the Chemo suite and see patient after patient and often not see if there is a positive result from all they do.

  • Bill Lublin

    Brian;
    Great idea – it has always been better to light one candle than to curse the darkness – or offer one cookie! Count me in -

  • bsimi

    Thank you for reading, watching and all of the support.

  • Crystal

    This is wonderful. My dad is actually in his 2nd surgery today as he fights colon cancer that has spread to his liver. Chemo has been an interesting journey for him and he'll have to continue in a month after he's healed. Thank you for starting this wonderful project and bringing everyone together. :)

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