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 […]
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 broke myself on this house. We’ve been working so hard moving and getting this house into a place where we feel like it is truly ours. I’ve been lifting way too many things and turns out that even when I’ve been taking care to lift with my legs I’ve managed to over work all […]
So I’ve had a great time since I last posted. All those good numbers at the other end of that VM protocol treatment really boosted my resolve to recover as much as possible and have as much fun as possible given the pandemic. I retired at the end of 2020. Time to take time for […]
An update for everyone still reading this blog to follow my health episodes. I’m having a biopsy taken from the spot on my liver on Monday, October 5. They’re going to stick a long flexible needle into my torso and guide it to that spot on my liver using ultrasound to see the path. The […]
I just got back from a blood test, a CT scan and a consultation with my oncologist. My CA19-9 is down quite a bit but the CT scan shows a spot on my liver that wasn’t there in previous scans. I asked whether it could be something associated with the abscess I had on the […]
This has simply been the hardest, harshest treatment I’ve received so far in the past 2 years. I can list all the details but doing so just makes me sick again. Being ill is my #1 beef. Each week starts with what we’re now calling a “Monster Monday” with Cisplatin, radiation, interferon, and a top-off […]
I just want to set any records straight about what’s going on here with the Black Lives Matter issues. In essence there is non-violent protest going on, and has been for almost 2 weeks. Early on the protests al started out non-violent, then the police would show up and try to clear the streets in […]
Engineers routinely use mathematical models or discrete simulations to decide the details when designing and building something. They observe how a system works and interacts, how it can break and the signs that presage a breakdown, and most important, where the behavior goes non-linear and what parameters drove it into unpredictability and/or a breakdown. When […]
Resume chemo, that is. My blood numbers are pretty much in good ranges. The antibiotics worked very well. I visited the hospital last Wednesday (March 25) and got a CT scan too. We could not find the abscess at all. What was measurable on March 11 is now gone without a trace. Dang, I wish […]
