Things are good

I have completed 20 treatments and continue to feel good. Tim and Chris are taking me out to dinner for my birthday this weekend and I plan on eating a 2 pound lobster. We are going to the Salt Rock cafe on Reddington Beach. That should be fun.

Hello!

This blog is going to undergo some changes soon. I have not enjoyed the current features and have talked with Chris about making some changes. All is well here. I have completed 18 treatments now and I still feel fine. It is going along pretty well.

16 down and 16 to go

Today I completed the halfway mark in my treatments. Still no side effects that I can notice. I have lost 8 pounds and maybe I'll lose another 8 pounds. Thanks for all the good will.

Are there books you recommend?

Since I have so few people coming to my blog I have not had any comments on my book recommendations. I was wondering if any of you have a book you would like to recommend for me to read. I don't read much fiction so you can hold those recommendation.

Let me know if you have read anything worth while this past year. Maybe you are all too busy to fit reading time into your schedule.

Have a laugh!

A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station.
what more can I say.

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just assholes.

If You Can Read This Bumper Sticker, You're In Range.

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

Hello friends

So how are all of you? Good I hope. I have completed 13 treatments and I have 20 to go. The doctor told me yesterday that there has been a reduction in the size of my tumor so that is a good sign.
I have had no side effects as of now and I hope that continues.
I enjoy hearing from all of you by separate email but it is ok to comment here on the blog.

For my friend Tom

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminate?

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?
What school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral.

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh?

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Yesterday when I was young

Yesterday when I was young the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue. I teased at life as if it were a foolish game, the way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame. The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned I always built alas on weak and shifting sand. I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the day and only now I see how the years ran away.

Yesterday when I was young so many drinking songs were waiting to be sung, so many wayward pleasures lay in store for me and so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see. I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out, I never stopped to think what life was all about and every conversation I can now recall concerned itself with me and nothing else at all.

Yesterday the moon was blue and every crazy day brought something new to do. I used my magic age as if it were a wand and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond. The game of love I played with arrogance and pride and every flame I lit too quickly quickly died. The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away and only I am left on stage to end the play. There are so many songs in me that won't be sung, I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue. The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young.

8 down and 25 to go

I have had 8 of the 33 treatments as of today and I am not feeling any side effects so far. I will complete treatments on the 15th of June. I think I will manage the treatments just fine. My bigger concern will be if the treatments stop the spread to other parts of my body.

A call from my Cardiologist today

I received a call from my cardiologist today to inform me that they will be doing a Cathorization on the 20th of June. They will use angioplasty and stints to clear the blockage in the arteries of my heart.

Paliative Treatment

That was not what I wanted to hear. Today I received a call from my Pulmonary doctor (in response to my call to her) who stated that the treatment I am receiving (Radiation Therpy) is paliative and not expected to effect a cure for my lung cancer. I have so many doctors it is very hard for me to stay on top of things. My radiation Doctor is a private Radiation Oncologist and was careful not to state anything about the possibilities for my recovery or longevity. I will now speak to him and have him give me a more realistic time frame to plan on. It is difficult to make plans when you don't know how long you have or how uncomfortable you may be. I am not complaining but I would like to be able to make some realistic plans. I may have told myself that since my cancer is not a stage 4 but rather a stage 2 that a cure is likely. That doesn't appear to be the case. Radiation Therpy will only lengthen the time and no one wants to predict anything.

Who has the most crude oil in the world?

Answer: In the order of quantity
1 Saudi Arabia
2 Iraq
3 Kuwait
4 United Arab Emirates
5 Iran
6 Venezuela
7 Russia
8 Mexico
9 Libya
10 US
If that is true what does this mean?????
http://www.rense.com/general37/petrol.htm
Why the hell aren't we making a deal with our neighbor instead of these fools in the middle east who want to kill all of us?????
Interesting ehh?

Income Tax, is it necessary to run the government?

Check this website listed below:
http://www.devvy.com/notax.html

More book recommendations

I have recently read several books which I would like to recommend.

The first is "Winning the Future" by Newt Gingrich "A 21st Century contract with America" This guy has a firm grip on the workings of government and our society in particular. This is a must read.

The second "They just don't get it" by Colonel David Hunt" This book is not for the faint of heart. It is for those who believe in action and not rhetoric.

The third is "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" by Michael Savage. Not a tongue in check book. A serious look at liberalism.

I recommend each of these books along with my previous recommendation "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman.

Most of you don't have the kind of time that I have so I know it wil be hard to read all of these books. But you might look up a review if nothing else.

If you have read one or any of these books please let me know. I loved each of them.

Happy Birthday Tim

Well Tim's birthday is really May 7th we celebrated tonight. Met some friends that I only see once in a while. It was a fun evening. Chris and I gave Tim a night at a local hotel on Clearwater beach (he can even bring Angela) if he wants. Chris and I will share the baby sitting responsibilities. Tim is now 38. He has almost as much grey hair as me.

5 down and 28 to go

I had my fifth treatment today and to be honest I don't notice any side effects as of yet. I was called into the cardiologist office yesterday and they are going to do a "Roto Router" their words on my heart in June. If all goes well they are going to reconsider open heart surgery. they claim they can clean out the primary blockage with this procedure without an operation. Catherization is how they do it. I hated the cathorization I had in January. It didn't hurt until it was finished and then they had a male nurse hold a pressure bandage on the spot of the cathorization for twenty minutes and it hurt like hell.

Did you ever have a day............

When nothing was funny? How about this.... did you ever have a day when everything struck you as funny and you simply laughed at everything. Well I used to have both of those type days, not any more.

Now I see things with such a lack luster shine. I don't seem to be able to laugh or cry. I know it's the drugs I am on but I need to laugh more. I don't need the opposite but I do need to laugh. Some friends send me jokes and some of the jokes are funny but others don't seem to move me much.

Maybe I should take fewer drugs. I think I'll mentioned it to my doctors. What the hell, right now I want my manic side to play a bigger role. I am never excited the way I used to get. I know all the pitfalls of that but at least I laughed more then. Any suggestions?

Jenifer Wilbanks

I believe she should have know the extent to which everyone would care. My god she invited 600 people and was spending money like a mad women. If she didn't know the affect she would have just disappearing, she was simple minded. The whole country became involved. She should be made to pay. Her Fiance' had better take a close look at weather he pushed to hard and that guest list was simply a plea for help. Didn't he object to any of her outlandish needs. These are clues folks. She was hoping he would bring this thing to a stop. She just didn't know how to say so.

First Treatment today

It went well and was no biggie. I am marked up all over. They do 3-d radiation now so you end up with 3 indelible marks your chest. Today took a little longer than will other days. Thanks for the good cheer.