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 […]
Roller coasterrrrrrrrrrr! Got my 3rd infusion last Thursday. Usually I’ve had little or no problem with it on Friday, and this time it wasn’t much of a problem except I was exhausted and slept a lot. Then Saturday it was like I came down with the flu. Fever, chills, body screaming aches, no energy, happy […]
The power of small thoughts. Little morsels of comment, like corn chips with a dab of dip. Easy to consume and trivial to produce. Easy to pass along without consequence, at bars, parties, casual gatherings…until now. I signed up for a Twitter account way back when it was first created. In fact I had the […]