By Memorial Sloan Kettering standards we had a whirlwind visit. It’s the first time I’ve seen two doctors on one visit AND I had a bone marrow biopsy, and still was out of there in just over two hours (including cafeteria stop to buy lunch for the road.) At 11AM I was in the hematology … Read more
Tomorrow is a doubleheader for me. I’m going down to Memorial Sloan Kettering at 11 o’clock and see Dr. Klimek. She’ll do a follow-up bone marrow biopsy (she did one two months ago). Then at noon I’ll see the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. I didn’t get my blood test results from last Friday, but I … Read more
I don’t get involved in local politics, but my friend and neighbor Sue Konig is running for village Trustee. The election is March 20th. And there’s actually an important issue. Has to do with the local environment. Croton Republicans running against transfer station CROTON-ON-HUDSON – The Republican Party is running on a platform to close … Read more
Back on January 15th I wrote up a review of my "latest read", The Only Three Questions That Count, and as I usually do, then posted the review on the amazon website. Here it is: Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read: The Only Three Questions that Count Yesterday I got a nice email from the author, … Read more
(Off Donald Luskin’s website) One day, one made the comment that preaching to people wasn’t really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to another, and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, … Read more
Well I’m not the only weblog all over Obama-mania. The online left wing magazine Slate is into the act in the person of one of their major writers, Timothy Noah. The Obama Messiah Watch. – By Timothy Noah – Slate Magazine I therefore inaugurate the Obama Messiah Watch, which will periodically highlight gratuitously adoring biographical … Read more
My oldest son, Joe, is in the eighth grade, so we are looking around at Catholic high schools. The way it works, you take a test (in New York it’s called the TACHS), and the results are sent to three high schools you choose, along with your grammar school transcript. They then send out letters … Read more
Hard to believe it’s been a year since my 20 day stay in Sloan. Six days of high dose chemotherapy, my stem cell transplant, and then the wait for my white blood cell count to get back up to normal range. Here’s my posting for January 28, 2006: Tom Faranda’s Folly: Day 20 – noontime … Read more
Got my results from last Friday’s complete blood count. White count (WBC’s) was 4.9, down from 10.3 the prior Friday. Absolute neutrophil (sp?) was 3.9, down from 8.4. However both are currently in the normal range. Since the trend is down after getting the neulasta shot on January 5th, I expect that the results of … Read more
I posted this review on Amazon. It's in the four stars column – titled the review A page-turner, with some debatable opinions The title "Sea of Thunder" refers to the greatest naval battle in history. The Battle of Leyte Gulf (pronounced Laytee) was fought off the Philipines from October 23 to 26, 1944. There were … Read more