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Chemo Week!

I've been on Chemo since Monday night.

Temodar rocks!

One of the great things about Temodar is you feel like a rock fell on you when you wake up in the morning.

That's when I write all my blogs.

I had a nightmare last night. Everyone I knew in the world called me The Supplier.

Did you know that the word supplier comes from the French word soupplier?

My mother is in the hospital again with a series of chronic problems. She's been seeing a lot of medical advice suppliers every day.

Yesterday, I went to a José Pastor Spanish wine tasting. José is a supplier to Bowler Selections here in New York and also supplies Farm Wine Imports in California. He now also supplies Triage Wines.

I then ate at a restaurant with José and all his growers. The restaurant supplied us with a delicious meal. They are food suppliers.

I didn't have to take a transportation supplier home because David Bowler graciously offered to supply me with a ride.

I'm a little worried about my 5th and 6th cycle of Temodar. I am going to France soon for 2 1/2 months and my medical insurance suppliers do not want to give me advance supplies. Did you know that a one week supply of Temodar costs $6,000!

I fell yesterday and broke the glass shade floor lamp in my bedroom. It is a mogul bulb antique fixture and there is only one supplier of mogul light bulbs in my neighborhood. It is a small artisinal shop on 1st Avenue between 55th and 54th Street. We'll be ordering light bulbs from internet suppliers when the guy retires.

I always like to think that there is something special about wine, but everyone we sell our special wines to calls us suppliers.

My family has a business called All-In-One Suppliers, where my father worked for many years. My cousin and brother still work there and they continue to supply store and showroom fixtures to the garment trade.

Perhaps we Dressner's are destined to be suppliers!


The Supplier

its got a ring that smell of TV (here and in France)

Le Soupplier

I used to watch that show on Canal Plus. Great show with Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Take a Walk

On the Supply Side!
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Joe Dressner - Captain Tumor Man!


Hi, I'm Joe Dressner the famous wine importer and I have brain cancer!

I already have a wine blog and frankly wine is such a luxury business that I hate to mix my cancer problems with my wine observations. I think it would be a general downer for the lifestyle crowd out there.

Furthermore, we in the wine trade always claim there are tremendous health benefits to drinking wine. I've already had cardiovascular bypass surgery over eight years ago and now I got a tumor aggressively rattling in my brain. My colleagues in the glamorous wine industry want me to keep it quiet.

So, I've started this wonderful new blog to discuss wine, brain tumors, my life and to give you hot tips on handling the cancer stricken around you. There will also be practical wine/radiation pairings when I start radiation therapy and chemotherapy next week.

Having brain cancer means I might both physically and intellectually decline. So, I will be using this blog as a venue to pursue petty vendettas against relatives, acquaintances and people in the wine trade.

I might also lose touch with reality and say things that are not true or are only half true. The important thing is to have fun and enjoy this rare and precious time in my life.

One of my pet vendettas is my cousin Dr. Barbara Hirsch. Dr. Barbara Hirsch is a very important Great Neck Endocrinologist, who was raised and nurtured by my parents. Dr. Hirsch waited until my father was near death and my mother was suffering from a rare neuromuscular disorder, to write them a seven page letter denouncing them for being horrible to her for the entirety of her life! Despite my concerns, Dr. Hirsch still refuses to apologize.

Last night, I drank a beautiful bottle of Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal 2005 from Pierre Breton. It was sublime and reminded me that I used to be healthy. Not only that, the vineyard used to be there before I existed. It exists independently of my having cancer and will continue to exist. You ought to buy some.

August 2009 Postscript: Not only does it exist independently of my cancer, it also exists independently of Louis/Dressner Selections. After 18 years, they have dumped us for Kermit Lynch. Oh well. At least I'm alive!