9.20.2013
9.19.2013
pic Thomas Jefferson: "The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history. Whether man shall be allowed to govern himself of be ruled by a small elite."
Gen Knoxx added a new photo. Thomas Jefferson: "The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history. Whether man shall be allowed to govern himself of be ruled by a small elite."
pic TRUE Friends 'SHARE' your most powerful posts. Fake Friends 'LIKE' them. Life-service vs Lip-service.
TRUE Friends 'SHARE' your most
powerful posts.
Fake Friends 'LIKE' them.
Life-service vs
Lip-service.
Cancer Update: The Races are On
Tomorrow they attempt stage two of increasing my chances of surviving for more than two more years, to 45%.
The cancer is spreading - a 3rd tumor now, on the border, or invading, the 'healthy' liver half.
Tomorrow begins the 2nd line of attack; two mos. chemo having been the first. If I don't bleed to death, by tomorrow night, they will have successfully attacked the artery feeding the cancerous half of my liver (tho, tumor #3 is bordering, at least, invading, at worse, the healthy liver half :-( ).
Tomorrow's procedure sets up a game of chicken - my cancerous liver half is raced toward dying by starvation of blood supply while simultaneously forcing growth, hopefully, of the healthier half; and the tumors will continue trying to grow and spread before the healthier half is large enough to support me without totally failing if and when the more cancerous half is removed.
When to operate and remove the cancerous liver half? If they do it too soon, the healthier half will not have grown enough and I die of organ failure. If they do it too late, the cancer has spread, and the end game clock starts ticking unstoppably. 3-6 weeks is all I've heard so far.
Chemo is terminated, for now, because surgery cannot take place until chemo is suspended at least 3 weeks, and it is not clear to me the continued expense justifies the marginal increase in my survival time, and the nerve damage in my extremities, well, if it goes to far, and chemo brain becomes permanent, what is the point of surviving?
Tomorrow I go in at 7am. My Intervention Radiologist, nice guy, grad of Georgetown and Stanford. He reserved the 'best' theater for this, but if higher priority surgery emergency comes up, we'll be delayed some hours. After the procedure they watch me for 6 hours, for internal bleeding.
Then, 3-6 weeks back as an Inmate, leaving my Human Rights at the door, in the dreary, dreary, filthy, massive Homeless Shelter Infirmary, where, at least, so far, I'm permitted to work online, without being evicted. :-(
Interesting. Let the games begin. :-)
The cancer is spreading - a 3rd tumor now, on the border, or invading, the 'healthy' liver half.
Tomorrow begins the 2nd line of attack; two mos. chemo having been the first. If I don't bleed to death, by tomorrow night, they will have successfully attacked the artery feeding the cancerous half of my liver (tho, tumor #3 is bordering, at least, invading, at worse, the healthy liver half :-( ).
Tomorrow's procedure sets up a game of chicken - my cancerous liver half is raced toward dying by starvation of blood supply while simultaneously forcing growth, hopefully, of the healthier half; and the tumors will continue trying to grow and spread before the healthier half is large enough to support me without totally failing if and when the more cancerous half is removed.
When to operate and remove the cancerous liver half? If they do it too soon, the healthier half will not have grown enough and I die of organ failure. If they do it too late, the cancer has spread, and the end game clock starts ticking unstoppably. 3-6 weeks is all I've heard so far.
Chemo is terminated, for now, because surgery cannot take place until chemo is suspended at least 3 weeks, and it is not clear to me the continued expense justifies the marginal increase in my survival time, and the nerve damage in my extremities, well, if it goes to far, and chemo brain becomes permanent, what is the point of surviving?
Tomorrow I go in at 7am. My Intervention Radiologist, nice guy, grad of Georgetown and Stanford. He reserved the 'best' theater for this, but if higher priority surgery emergency comes up, we'll be delayed some hours. After the procedure they watch me for 6 hours, for internal bleeding.
Then, 3-6 weeks back as an Inmate, leaving my Human Rights at the door, in the dreary, dreary, filthy, massive Homeless Shelter Infirmary, where, at least, so far, I'm permitted to work online, without being evicted. :-(
Interesting. Let the games begin. :-)
9.18.2013
nd "Living is easy, when you're half alive." L. Bernstein
nd "Living is easy, when you're half alive." L. Bernstein
Marliese Roth: Here is a little snippet for you: it is said that as a child Maria Montessori experienced a bout of a serious illness, and at the time, comforted her worried mother, saying, "Don't worry, mama, I won't die now. I have too many important things to do in the world."
Marliese Roth: Here is a little snippet for
you: it is said that as a child Maria Montessori experienced a bout of a serious
illness, and at the time, comforted her worried mother, saying, "Don't
worry, mama, I won't die now. I have too many important things to do in
the world."
'Creator be with you.' I always marvel when that is said. The Creator is ALWAYS with us. The question is, ARE WE WITH THE CREATOR?!?!? Uh, 'NO,' is near always the answer.
'Creator be with you.' I always marvel
when that is said. The Creator is
ALWAYS with us. The
question is, ARE
WE WITH THE
CREATOR?!?!?
Uh, 'NO,' is near
always the answer.
pic The near unbearable pain and sorrow in my world, my life, are the Mother and Father of everything I value in myself; of EVERYTHING worthy I have to offer. [Unless you pick up your Cross, you cannot Live.]
The near unbearable
pain and sorrow in my
world, my life, are the
Mother and Father of
everything I value in
myself; of
EVERYTHING worthy
I have to offer.
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