Last weekend I went back to the hospital again. This time we used 911 si we got transported to the old St. Jospeph’s Hospital which have just been renamed Virginia Mason Hospital,, Tacoma. Not quite as swank as VM Seattle but I’d say level of care is comparable. Again with a high fever, weakness, general […]
Anyone who says that us chronic disease “experiencers” (I refuse to call myself a “victim”) are lazy and “have it easy” certainly does not know what is involved. There is real work involved, work that we normally see as trivial. Gaining weight is one of my major goals right now because I’m down 116 lbs, […]
I have a new bed set up in the family room so I can sty on the 1st floor while recovering. It lets me sit up in bed, which Melissa planted squarely in front of our 65″ 4K TV. That gives me super-good movies and a dandy 2nd monitor for the laptop. It also still […]
I love medium roast coffee. It is roasted so that it does not burn, but still releases enough chemical synthesis that the flavor and chemical content is transformed the way we like to taste it. It is unlike dark roast in that there is no burning. While roasting a full roast the person doing it […]
OMG, so many things have happened recently and I have not been keeping this blog up to date because of recent health challenges. Let’s talk about last month’s timeline. The blog entry before this one was all about going back on chemo. Well, that has been suspended for now. Instead, it’s all been about my […]
Last Tuesday I had my first chemo infusion since December. It appears that the liver infections are done now. The CT scan shows the abscesses clearing up and also showed a little bit of tumor growth, so it’s the perfect time to resume going after the cancer again. No time to wait. So I’ve been […]
These last 3 days have witnessed some real changes in my list of symptoms. The docs told me I could stop taking the antibiotics now. Blood tests look good. This will end months of heavy antibiotic use. I think it will take another month to see how my habit have to change. I don’t think […]
Today’s post is a bit of an amalgam. I hadn’t realized how long its been since I posted so I’ve pulled in at least one draft from New Year’s Eve to help with perspective. Summary? The last time I’ve had chemo was on December 13. This next section I wrote the morning of the 29th […]
I wore those shirts when I weighed around 220 lbs. Those shirts are huge on me now. I’ve lost inches off my chest and waist. My bone structure defines the limits now, so my shoulders and arm/leg lengths stayed the same. I had to buy some smaller shirts. I like to wear them to my […]
I was going to get chemo on November 24 but we found our minivan’s battery was totally flat. It wouldn’t start so we cancelled. To make up for it I came into the hospital at 7am on Monday the 29th. That was not so fun. Wake at a stupid early time, plow the early morning […]
