Thank you for being here to say goodbye to an amazing woman ( Read more... )

I drafted my mother's obituary yesterday. Difficult words to write. But I think I did OK ( Read more... )

The one year anniversary of my cancer surgery was yesterday. They tell me the chemo destroyed all signs of cancer. Then the surgery removed the places it could return. So they say I am cancer free and can expect to remain that way ( Read more... )

I started my third round of chemo last week. And everything you have heard about the effects of chemo being cummulative are true. I have had much more nausea and fatigue this time around. One more chemo treatment next week ( Read more... )

We mostly ducked Sandy. She dumped most of her fury north of us. We have power and a bunch of leaves to gather. Time to keep moving forward.

I started round two of three rounds of chemo yesterday ( Read more... )

I am really lucky to be able to telework as much as I do right now. I am back in the office today and feel pretty good. Energy levels are pretty good. I just get very fatigued without warning. My small set back last week was normal. I am apparently a little more sensitive to chemo than most people my height and weight. So the dosage is being ( Read more... )

I was supposed to have my third dose of one of my chemo drugs today. I have a full blood panel run before each treatment. When two of the nurses came over to talk to me I figured I had misbehaved again. No. Turns out my white blood cell count is too low to have chemo this day. We pull my blood again on Tuesday and figure out how to recalibrate ( Read more... )

My youngest son, Sam, will be five in December. He is an amazing handful. He was still wired 45 minutes past his bed time. He crawled into my arms and finally closed his eyes. I started singing songs he has basically outgrown. And then I pulled out my secret trick. Something I have done with him his entire life. He just does not realize I ( Read more... )

$2037 later we no longer have a leak. New pressure reducing valves, several new cut offs, and piece of mind later we are done.