Follow-up to RICE #2 in-patient chemotherapy – and the future plan

So, I am finished my out-patient and in-patient chemotherapies – the preliminaries! Now I get to gear up for the “high dose chemo” with an autologous stem cell transplant. (By the way the word “autologous” is not in the microsoft word dictionary – I just had to add it.) See here for the logic of … Read more

Latest read – this past weekend in Sloan Kettering

I put aside Barbara Tuchman’s “The First Salute” which I have been enjoying, since I didn’t feel like schlepping in a heavy hard cover book for the weekend. Instead I did another re-read. This time, John Paul II’s great encyclical “On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum”. Rerum Novarum was the encyclical letter written in … Read more

Rugby – All Blacks do the “Grand Slam”

This past Saturday the New Zealand All Blacks completed the “Grand Slam” defeating Scotland, 29-10 at Murrayfield (the Scottish home ground). It was an incredible year for the New Zealand National team – which means an incredible year for the Country of New Zealand, who take enormous pride in their rugby. If you’re interested see … Read more