Nope, nothing to do with the big C this time. I just received a boxed hardbound collection of the entire run of Zap Comix, from 1968 all the way up to 2014. I never knew they kept publishing! I stopped with Issue #8, which was published in 1975. Since then they published 8 more issues, […]
It wasn’t as bad as the last time because this time I kept up with my nausea meds. I get all lazy as expected, but the lack of nausea is much appreciated. Not much else to say. Almost everyone at work has been encouraged to take the days off between Xmas & NYE so I […]
UPDATE Dec. 16, 2019: I feel fine today. I think I handled the meds wrong. I guess we’ll find out after next week’s infusion, but right now I’m back to kicking butts & taking names. I’m not going to write much since I feel like crap. This is the 2nd day after my Thursday infusion […]
I resume chemo treatments this coming Thursday, December 12. WOW, have my emotions been stirring! But first, let’s catch up. My partner has had a successful sinus surgery and is well on the way to recovery. We hope this opens an avenue for her to get her hip replaced well before the currently scheduled date […]
It took me 4 days to gather the stomach to write this post. On Monday I had my every-2-month CT scan, blood test, and consult with my oncologist. The scan shows a “slight increase in prevascular soft tissue of uncertain significance”. It’s blunted a little by the observation that, “No evidence of metastatic disease is […]
I promised that I’d write up my experience taking my 2016 Winnebago 170S trailer to Burning Man, so here you go. First, I pulled it using a well-prepared 2007 Honda Odyssey with a transmission cooler, full wiring for the 7-pin connector, a very good brake controller, and air bags in the rear coil springs. It […]
For all intents and purposes I’m free of cancer….at least this summer I am. We still don’t know about reoccurrence, but we’ll worry about that after I go to Burning Man at the end of summer. However, after the operation there’s something that I’ve learned about the hard way; sugar crashes. It’s stupid of me […]
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 […]
Hoo-RAY! The drain is gone! It was taken out at my appointment with the surgeon yesterday. This was my last consult with him and his lead team member too. I thanked them profusely, and even felt a little nostalgic. Very little nostalgic, but it was there. They did a great job. I’m feeling great, even […]
Remember in the last post how I said the new drain hurt? Well it never stopped hurting, and it was hurting in a completely different way from all the other pains that have come by to visit in the last month, like being branded from the inside out. It buried all the other pains. It […]