This one: The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 has often spoken to me over the years; worth a listen. Kristofferson is a talented wordsmith.
I received a very nice note from a high school classmate the other night (I won't embarrass you by name here.) It was totally unexpected, quite touching, meant a lot, and was/is greatly appreciated. It definitely brought that smile to my face that you wanted to see! Thank you.
Still smarting from that Pats loss Sunday. Again, how can you expect to win when you do absolutely nothing for an entire half of championship football? Now we get two weeks of the Harbaugh family and Ray Lewis. Damn... And the Celtics have been hitting the skids of late so hopefully the Bruins will continue to pick up the slack.
Well, my most recent CT scan didn't turn out quite as well as hoped. While there is- still- no spread to any other organs the existing tumors have, once again, grown in size. My oncologist tweaked my regimen a bit, added a drug she had briefly had me on to the current regimen (irinotecan and Cetuximab, for those keeping score!) perhaps together they will have a synergistic effect and knock things back down again for awhile. The dilemma we're beginning to reach is that there aren't all that many colon cancer-specific regimens remaining; for whatever reasons/s my tumors have responded well to treatments for a while but the treatments seem to have lost their effectiveness a little faster than expected/hoped. There are still a couple of things left, as well as experimental/trial things as well. On the positive side I still feel perfectly healthy, perfectly well, and except for the growth of the tumors themselves everything else still seems to be working/operating normally. So we just keep on keepin' on...
By the way- has anyone else around here noticed? It's been a little nippy the past couple of days.
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