One Quarter Blind

09 Hotel

It's Sunday ... I had read that by tonight, we'd have some rain.  Again, we're talking P.M. rain, maybe even showers.

Tonight.  

This picture is from 9:45 a.m.  There's me ...

And there's Esme ...

Of course, she was loving that shit ... she and I walked over to Memorial Park, which is about eighth blocks or so from my house.  This is not thunderstorms, just a little wetness, and this is about her, not me.  I'd better inside, watching the TV, seeing everything we have in our DVR.  

I took a third pic while we were there, right across the street from Marston's Restaurant.   That place is always packed, with a lot of couples and families just waiting outside until it's their turn.

Dana and I went to Cedars on Friday morning.  I had the MRI very early, and then right after that we went across the street to see Dr. Rudnick.  Everything's the same from those two previous scans ... this time I remember to get a copy of the CDs, and I'm getting a copy of the CD on Tuesday or Wednesday this week.

We STILL don't know exactly what's going with that spot, but whatever ... Irinotecam starts tomorrow morning, the seventh one.

 

lee

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Track:  Hotel

Band:  Broken Social Scene

Album:  Same

 

09 Hotel

Somewhat Back To Normal

With this week, my boss is in town, and finally, it's not raining for him.  The last TWO times before this, it rained a lot, especially last year; today, perfect weather.   The only thing I'm really dealing with right now (I'm ignoring the MRI until Friday ... yeah, right) is the fact that I can not stop leaking out of my nose.  What the shit?  

Chris emailed this to me with this website:  http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/10/1/90.abstract

This is about the combination of Cannabinoids and Temodar to combat gliomas, a la glioblastoma, etc.  I'm definitely going to read further about that, and I'll talk to Dr. Rudnick after the MRI.   There is an opportunity to make a full conversation on that what day.

lee 

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Track:  Sharpshooter

Artist:  From Monument To Masses

Album:  The Impossible Leap In 100 Simple Steps

 

 

Six infusions down, six more to go

I started the sixth infusion for Irinotecan on Monday, and again, it takes at least three days to start feeling back to normal.  

I'm waiting to see Dr. Rudnick next week after I have a MRI that same morning at Cedars.  After taking the infusion, I just have no idea what it means.  Cancerous, something else?  The last MRI results were potentially too early to show anything, but at the very least, there were was no more growth, so the next MRI results maybe we'll see something clearer, more definite.  

I've said this before, but I'll repeat it:  The only time if I feel off is when I take chemo.  Outside of that, I feel fine, stable, like nothing happened, outside of being moody for a minute.  

I remember talking to Rudnick about the possibility that this frontal spot that it's actually from original radiation stain, and part of it just re-adjusted there.  Again, I have no idea what that means.  I would love to guarantee that was just it, but I highly unlikely that was the case.  So I sit and wait, and see what the next one looks like.

 

lee

 

It's 82 degrees, sunny.  Dana is not there, of course ... her weekend has no free time there, instead of dealing with work stuff in Colorado with her boss and co-workers.  I'm trying to ignore that as much as I can, and just focus what I can do.

Earlier today, our friend and neighbor and her dog picked me up with Esme, and we went over the Lower Arroyo Seco at Busch Gardens.  To take the circuit, it's about an hour and change, depending how crowded it was.  The first, we tried to park at the Casting Pond, but there were too many cars, so we moved down a mile away and parked on the street.  We were waiting t0 see some mounties writing tickets to anyone off-leash, but that didn't happen.

Finished the circuit, and then we got back home.  I'm still killing time before I hook up with some friends later tonight ...  I checked out this new blog, http://ilivedonaboat.blogspot.com/, from my good friend Mike.  He just started this one earlier today.  

I haven't blogged over the course of 15 days.  I thought about writing during after the fifth infusion, and nixed that.  Basically, after I finished that infusion, I realized that I hadn't eaten, and by the time I was done, I felt like shit.  Got home, went to Jamba Juice and some bread, and then vomited.  For six infusion, I'll remember to eat this time.  Six infusion is coming up on Monday, halfway done.

lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Year

Every year,  we basically ignore the Rose Bowl parade (8 years and counting), and we try to avoid the disgusting trash on Colorado.  This morning, I walked down there after the parade to meet up with a couple of friends at Yard House to watch the MSU/Alabama game.

I could have stayed home ... The Spartans got ungodly beat down, and that it wasn't even a game. Final scope was 49-7, and I'm kind of surprised that it was only that score, and not even any worse.

Outside of the fact that I hung out with those guys, that game was brutal.  In fact, not only did the Spartans got handed, Michigan got drilled by Mississippi State, Penn State lost to Florida, and Northwestern came close but eventually lost, as well.  

Like I said, I could have stayed home, and I wouldn't have to deal with the trash on the street walking back home after the end of the game

 

The other side ...

When I got home, Dana was outside walking with Mijo, so we walked together for a little while.  It was just a block away, but looked it completely different.  Just clean and normal, and it's only on Colorado.  By time tomorrow, it won't even look like the parade had even been there.  

 

lee