Just a quick lit­tle post to let you know what’s going on. First of all, I had a blast this week. Here’s the scoop.

For one, my wife Sylvie has just com­pleted her final of eight chemo ses­sions last Thurs­day. It’s been a really tough five months, but thank­fully, we’re done. There’s a bit of a break before radi­a­tion treat­ments start.

But for now, it’s a huge relief and a much-​​needed break.

The tough­est part of it all is, chemo truly knocks the wind out of Sylvie for a few days after­wards. Aside from the com­mon side-​​effects of nau­sea, exhaus­tion, bone pain and hair­loss, Sylvie also often com­plains of “chemo brain.”

It’s when your mind seems foggy, and you have a hard time con­cen­trat­ing or remem­ber­ing things. But it only lasts for a few days fol­low­ing chemo. (The best part is, we’re finally done.)

How­ever, the chemo ward got a lit­tle surprise…

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As promised, my wife has finally “exposed” her­self for char­ity, recorded the event on video, and released it to the entire world.

If you were liv­ing under a rock these past cou­ple of weeks, let me put you up to speed.

Sylvie Fortin, who shaved her head in prepa­ra­tion for her breast can­cer chemother­apy treat­ments, decided to turn it into a fundraiser for Avon’s Breast Can­cer Cru­sade. She “sold” sec­tions of her scalp, sim­i­lar to those pixel ads you see on the Internet.

Basi­cally, we recorded the event on video and at the end of it turned an image of her scalp into a click­able “map” of sorts, lead­ing to web­sites of the top spon­sors. The cool thing about it is, we raised over $13,000 for breast can­cer research and awareness!

Thank you to every­one for your sup­port and gen­eros­ity. If you want to watch the video and see my newly shorn wife’s head, check out my wife’s blog at Breast​Cancer​Vic​tory​.com.