I came across a fellow named Ed Viesturs while reading a copy of Outside magazine in the waiting room of Tim’s orthopedist. In the magazine he was interviewed, along with several other super-experienced mountain climbers, regarding what’s currently going on with expeditions to Mt. Everest. The magazine was from last fall, shortly after the tenth … Read more
Well, a very good report. First, no sign of lymphoma on the CAT scan. Second, white blood cell count up to 6.1, and the abs. neut’s at 3.8. Both very good numbers, well in the normal range. Last week they’d started to come up, with WBC at 3.8 and neut’s at 2.2. The CAT scan … Read more
Tomorrow morning Brigid and I will be off to Sloan Kettering to see the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. He’ll have the results of t he CAT scan from last Friday, and hopefully they’ll be no sign of lymphoma. I certainly can’t detect any. And I will also have another complete blood count, so we’ll see … Read more
This past Sunday Joe and I drove just north of Cold Spring for a climb up Sugarloaf Mountain. “Mountain” might be stretching it a bit, since it’s only 900 feet above sea level. But what the heck, that’s what they call it. Sugarloaf (not to be mis-identified with Sugar Loaf hill, south of Cold Spring) … Read more
Well, I found this interesting, having just finished an autobiography yesterday about Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all 14 of the Himalayan 8,000 meter + mountains, without the aid of oxygen. The quest took him 18 years. Top News- Buddha Paintings Found in Nepalese Cave – AOL News A mural with 55 panels … Read more
I saw Dr. Klimek this morning, as per my posting yesterday, and then had a CAT scan in the early afternoon, in anticipation of my meeting next week with Dr. Zelenetz, the lymphoma guru. The good word is – my white cell counts are up, and without any neulasta booster. Last week my WBC count … Read more
Tomorrow I will be heading to Sloan Kettering into Manhattan for a 9AM appointment with the hematologist, Dr. Virginia Klimek. Then I am scheduled for my six month CAT scan, in anticipation of my appointment next week with the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. I think there’s an excellent chance that Dr. Klimek will want to … Read more
This short book is sub-titled "Meditations Upon Returning". It is written by former Lutheran minister now Catholic convert-priest Richard John Neuhaus. Neuhaus is the editor of the interfaith Journal First Things, and a prolific author and commentator. I read it during Lent. Neuhaus spends the first part of the book musing on life and death, … Read more
At last (for Tim), after six weeks his cast is off. Dr. Purcell cut it off today (three hours late) and we celebrated with alaskan king crab for supper. And tomorrow Tim gets new shoes (part of the deal.) Here’s the foot, the cast, and the crab dinner (it was excellent!). Here’s the “back” part … Read more
Heeeere’s Dave (and Sue)!! This was in the Westchester daily paper, The Journal News – Catholic radio brings church to new medium The channel would try to appeal to devout Catholics, lapsed Catholics, non-Catholics and maybe even a few closet Catholics who subscribed to Sirius so they could listen to Howard Stern. "You won’t find … Read more