Category: Life 2022
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Update on my health
Having a brain cancer is no fun, particularly a glioblastoma which is a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. But all things considered, having endured thirty-one radiation treatments, I’m doing pretty good. There is some small chance that radiation and chemotherapy will kill any of these tumor cells that are left. While there is nothing…
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It’s becoming impossible not to shop at Walmart … and Amazon
It was nearly twenty years ago when I first wrote about Walmart and how I thought it was an evil company. Over the years I’ve complained about it periodically, such as noting the death of a Walmart employee who became a martyr for greed on Black Friday. Anyhow, I vowed to do my best never…
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Getting your brain zapped and a new hope
This is my last post of 2022. Sorry for the self indulgence, but it’s not everyday that you discover you have a likely fatal disease and who knows? This information may be of use to others. I’ve let the thought that I will survive my brain cancer enter my mind. I am now on chemotherapy…
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The shadow of permanent disability
I’m trying to figure out if as a result of having a tumor removed from my brain recently whether I will have some sort of permanent disability. The short answer is that it is way too early to know. But certainly some of my assumptions on my recovery are proving incorrect. It’s easy for me…
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This blog is changing
On December 13, 2022 my blog turns twenty years young. Some things are going to change. First, I’ve migrating the blog to wordpress.com. Except for the first few years of its existence, I’ve managed it with WordPress. WordPress has proven capable of doing what I needed doing but with 20 years of content it’s becoming…
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Our hospital system is great when it works
I recently spent two nights in the hospital. To say the least, these are rare events. My previous hospitalization was more than ten years earlier. I can expect more of these events as I age. Some like my neighbor Rod become something of a hospitalization champs. Even he can’t tell you how many times he’s…
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Pain in the butt
I’ve been told as you age random things start happening. That been true for me, quite literally. My butt has been hurting, a gradual thing developing over six months or so. Initially I mistook the pangs I felt for a hemorrhoid. But no, it wasn’t that, at least when my doctor checked. So I mostly…
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Be like Bob
From looking around, there aren’t many people out there like Bob. Bob is probably 95 years old. Should I make it that long, I want to be like Bob. Bob knows how to live. I live in a retirement community; in that you pretty much have to be age 55 or older to live here.…
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