As I mentioned in my last post – Thursday – I’d been having a slightly elevated temperature, and also some chills. And I just didn’t feel right – I felt run down – not like chemo fatiique – more like I had a viral infection or something like that. I hadn’t used the dumbbells all … Read more
Saw Dr. Casper this morning prior to getting the rituxin. I’d never met him – he is covering for Dr. Mills. He is evidently the head physician for all the MSK satellite offices and usually practices out of NJ. Anyway the blood results were "respectable". My hemoglobin was down a little, and I think some … Read more
Ambien is the most prescribed sleep medication in the country. I’d never heard of it until my chemotherapy. I used it several times (in the lower 5 mg. dose, not the full 10mg.) and it worked very well. Here’s an almost amusing article inthe NYT on some potential problems and side effects! Some Sleeping Pill … Read more
Tomorrow I start my once a week treatment (for four weeks) of rituxin. It takes about 3 hours by IV and I’ll be getting it at the MSK branch in Sleepy Hollow. I will see one of the physicians there first, and ask him about my sore throat, which is lessened, but still there. I … Read more
One of my environmentally-minded friends – a generally bright, very well-intentioned fellow – suggested I post an editorial from Commonweal (a "progressive" Catholic periodical) entitled "Addicted to Oil". Even though I disagree with the gist and tone of it, why not? And the gist is that the Bush proposals for energy devleopment were "timid, unrealistic … Read more
This is actually a re-read of Sadhana, subtitled A Way to God, Christian Exercises in Eastern Form. Anthony de Mello was a Jesuit spiritual director and writer, prior to his sudden and untimely death in 1987. (For a touching online biography of de Mello by his brother, go here – Tony deMello, a biography ). … Read more
Today is the five week anniversary of my discharge after the high dose chemo and stem cell transplant. And here’s what’s going on. The fatigue factor continues to gradually lesson, but is still there. My taste buds are now making a nice recovery and are almost back to normal. I have a slightly sore throat, … Read more
I picked up on this through a link on the Althouse weblog. It’s tough. The author is a free lance writer out of Portland, Oregon. Michael J. Totten: “The Head of the Snake” When you enter the museum you will walk through a long and winding hallway. The walls are covered with mirror shards. Each … Read more
Of course you’ve got to be REALLY mad, because this is the big one. YUP, you can learn to build your own WMD! Here are the details from the Washington Post "How to Build a Nuclear Bomb" Just take the one year course at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Serivce and you’re all set to … Read more
Stay tuned, but I think I’ve detected the beginnings of peach fuzz on my lower and upper lips. You have to start somewhere.