Episode 533: Chemo Williams: The Adventure Continues (again)
Went down to Mayo. Tiffany came this time, which meant more laughs and more singing. Two checkups, one with the Neurosurgeon and one with the neuro-oncologist. I got to see my brain. What happened during the surgery is, basically he took out everywhere that looked like the tumor could show up again...and then some. Seriously, I'll have to get my hands on a scan--there's nothing in that right frontal lobe area. You couldn't tell me anything's missing but bam. Blank space, up front, of about a little over a square inch of territory. I wonder if my brains slide around any. I should have asked about that. I better be able to still ride rollercoasters.
I got my stitches out, too! It feels soooo good. I can't get it wet for another day, but I'll hold out--that's what shower caps are for.
Basically, what happens next is I'm back on chemotherapy. It'll be in pill form, just like last time, with Temodar as the medicine of choice. There'll probably be some really sucky days, seeing as it's a 21 day cycle instead of the usual 5, but it's a smaller, more tolerable dose. I'm pretty much being groomed for the Editor (in Chief!) spot at Edge Magazine over the summer, and I gotta get some wheelin' and dealin' done--I know that Big Bend Transit helps people with disabilities get places (and fresh surgery/seizure medication Better qualify), so I'll see if i can fast track an interview and see what's up for the summer, job-wise. So, that's the rundown.
In other news, I have recently been reading Watchmen again for the first time since early high school and dang if it isn't one of the best things I've ever read. It's like i'm reading it for the first time all over again. I missed all of the awesome stuff the first time around--the moral ambiguity, the allusions, pretty much everything that makes it fantastic. I hope that means I'm smarter now. Seriously, I am enjoying it so much. I should make everybody read it. It's gonna be made into a movie by the guy who did 300 and the Dawn of the Dead remake. He supposedly has real love for it. I have a little faith, but if he effs it up, tons of geeks will be screaming for his head. It really should be an HBO miniseries or something, like Preacher, which they've announced (and I have a definite lack of faith on that one).
What else? Uh, Dan and I are watching the craziest movie I've seen in a long time. It's so strange and random, I'll write about it when we get it done. Just...insane.
I guess that's it for now.
I got my stitches out, too! It feels soooo good. I can't get it wet for another day, but I'll hold out--that's what shower caps are for.
Basically, what happens next is I'm back on chemotherapy. It'll be in pill form, just like last time, with Temodar as the medicine of choice. There'll probably be some really sucky days, seeing as it's a 21 day cycle instead of the usual 5, but it's a smaller, more tolerable dose. I'm pretty much being groomed for the Editor (in Chief!) spot at Edge Magazine over the summer, and I gotta get some wheelin' and dealin' done--I know that Big Bend Transit helps people with disabilities get places (and fresh surgery/seizure medication Better qualify), so I'll see if i can fast track an interview and see what's up for the summer, job-wise. So, that's the rundown.
In other news, I have recently been reading Watchmen again for the first time since early high school and dang if it isn't one of the best things I've ever read. It's like i'm reading it for the first time all over again. I missed all of the awesome stuff the first time around--the moral ambiguity, the allusions, pretty much everything that makes it fantastic. I hope that means I'm smarter now. Seriously, I am enjoying it so much. I should make everybody read it. It's gonna be made into a movie by the guy who did 300 and the Dawn of the Dead remake. He supposedly has real love for it. I have a little faith, but if he effs it up, tons of geeks will be screaming for his head. It really should be an HBO miniseries or something, like Preacher, which they've announced (and I have a definite lack of faith on that one).
What else? Uh, Dan and I are watching the craziest movie I've seen in a long time. It's so strange and random, I'll write about it when we get it done. Just...insane.
I guess that's it for now.