Post Chemo-Hubris

On Thursday, I went through the third of six planned chemotherapy sessions. On Friday, I managed to make it through a business meeting in the morning but by mid-afternoon I had just enough energy to make it into getting the white blood cell shot before I was wasted for the rest of the day.

Then, with the help of the associated medicines to counter the negative side effects I was feeling better last night. I agreed to go out to a Mexican restaurant in Norton, MA. The food and company was invigoration.

The hubris is was in not thinking ahead and having the Mole Enchilada with hot sauce. I’ve done some pretty idiotic things in my life, some of which culminating with my being given supreme unction, but last night at home, the suffering was at least a six where supreme unction is a ten.

And then, what do I do. I not only agree, but suggest Thai food for tonight. I was wise enough to settle for the Phad Thai and not the green curry, but still, I might as well run with scissor behind Dr. Crane.

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When we were visiting the Yukon

A place I never thought I’d be, the presence of the wilderness, the bears fishing in the stream, the hardened faces of the inhabitants who came out to feed the fleshy visitors, the oddly mystical light of the day, all left a lingering impression on my soul.
I won’t say I want go back there, but I can say I’ve been there and for now, that’s enough for me.

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@Writerous In Communication

@Writerous, the author of the plug-in we're trying to use in conjunction with Windows Live Writer is communicating with us via Twitter. We are up to the part where he now has the version and system information.
We will keep you posted because I would really like use Live Writer for all of the Famous Grazing blogs.
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We're trying to Use Windows Live Writer...Again

We found a plug-in for Windows Live Writer called Writerous that is supposed to allow us to use Live Writer and all of its features to publish to Posterous, but so far, it's not coming up.

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Sam Shepard | interview | Stage | The Observer

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Carole Cadwalladr gets one of the better interviews I've read about Mr. Shepard. There's a bit of fluff in the beginning, but it's worth the effort to complete.
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After Two Weeks Off...

Not from work, certainly, but from Chemotherapy, this is the week of dose three. I've been getting beyond tired at the end of the work day.

Last night I had the luxury of eleven hours sleep. This will add to the bank, because that won't be happening for most of next week.

The good news is Spring is here, the birds are back and the mosquitoes aren't, yet. I certainly won't take this season for granted as I have almost 60 of them in the past.

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Three days of rain. My body's aching...

I wonder how many new Blues songs were written in New England over the past few days. There's nothing compared to the rest of what the Earth's dished out elsewhere over the past three months, but this is our bad weather and we get to complain about it as well.
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The Dell Inspiron Has Arrived.

After using the extended HP keyboard is is good to get back to one my fingers know. I am still adapting the settings to be MINE, but it already feels at home.
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Hellotxt didn't hack it

We spent sometime with hellowtxt but found its interface somewhat wanting in the method it used to determine where the emailed entries would go.  Posterous handles this in much more instinctive fashion when email is the method used to post messages.

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Preemptive Skinning

Shearing perhaps would be a better word. We went as a family today to the local barber to remove what as left of the hair. The chemotherapy had left little on the sides but spared much of the mustache. It looked silly long without the beard to match it, so I trimmed it to military style. The intention is eventually take it off as well.

The second byproduct of the treatment was an increase in the green about the gills and loss of appetite. I hope this passes with the three way medication because my birthday dinner tomorrow night is at an Indian restaurant in Stoughton MA known for it's wonderfully spicy food.
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Okay, Whoa!!!

You know how it feels when you ride on an older bus in the seat over the rear wheel near the exhaust pipe? (childhood memory)
That feeling just this moment overwhelmed me. The good news is, there's a pill for that. I'll let you know if it works.
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Back from Dana Farber

It was an intense bit of infusion today.

The ten hours from the last time was cut to five.

My body is reacting in all sorts of interesting and confusing ways. It reacts one way from the treatment and the another from the medicine give to counter the side effects. It has the rhythm of a heated argument with me as the arena. The most obvious effect is extreme bone tiredness.
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Off for Chemo #2

We are leaving at O-Dark thirty on our way to Dana Farber in Boston for our second of six rounds of Chemotherapy. Film at eleven. Well, maybe not film, but we'll try to remember to fill in the details.
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Dell is Delaying Delivery of My Laptop by SEVEN DAYS!!!!!!!!!

Dell has delayed the delivery of my laptop by SEVEN DAYS!!!!

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Hellotxt.com and Hair Loss

Now that we've "mastered" Ping.fm we thought we'd try hellotxt.com. We found it in this article http://htxt.it/6tfl on maximizing social communication. UPDATE: The hair is still falling out but not as quickly. Not much else to report. -30-

Hair Razing Day

When dogs shed their hair, there is still some fur left. Today I noticed a ton of hair on the hood of my winter jacket. It is lined with a black felt-like material which set off my white and red hair nicely. I used a Bounce® sticky hair removing roller to take the hair off the hood and the collar to which it is attached. Then I did what may seem like a silly thing, I ran a the roller with a fresh sheet though both sides of my temples. It was like an instant rug; the hair came off so easily.

There is still hair there and I was going to go to a barber tomorrow just to get the rest off, but the spouse wants me to wait until Saturday so she can be there. I can't not give her that considering the amount of support she is giving me.
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Interesting Things

The "interesting" thing this morning is I am starting to shed like a dog in Summer. I know it's only March, but at least there is a hope the weather will turn warm enough for me not to have what I've come to call the cancer hats. I lean toward baseball caps myself. Now, perhaps, I'll have an excuse to wear one indoors. This is something my Marine Corps training will have a hard time with.
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