Today I want to address something other than cancer.
The shooting yesterday of a federal judge and representative was absolute insanity. We have 435 elected representatives and 1 was shot doing her job yesterday at a town hall meeting. That means that 1/435 of YOUR duly elected representatives was attacked. In total 6 are dead and 13 others wounded by a deranged person, whether insane or not, deranged! The spin on this is already on, some will make him Right Wing and others Left Wing. One thing for sure: He is a murderer and deserves a fair trial and sentence.
I listened to the news this morning and hear the following from NBC Christine Armopour show. " Congresswoman Giffords was in the "cross-hairs" of Sarah Palin's Political Action Group" That is just the type of statement that provides the avenue for these nut jobs (Far Right and Far Left) to plan and do outrageous deeds.
I listen to C SPAN quite a bit and some of the things said on the floor of the senate and congress are deplorable. One party says the other wants to kill children, the other party says the other favor the rich, the poor, big pharma, on the backs of the middle class, the other says you are going to kill old people, take their money and on and on!
Today on this day of worship for most I ask that you do three things:
1. Send a letter to your representative and the Speaker of The House and Senate Majority Leader asking that they tone down the rhetoric both while in session and out of session.
2. Examine what you say about others as I will. Proverbs 18:21, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."
3. Pray that our Leaders will lead by example and not by demonizing others.
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Cancer and Football
Med update: Throat sore, hair hurts to touch, sleeping on and off, get rad 9 today, see Doc, 2 days off: Med update complete.
Football Update: Here is Cincinnati we suffer from football cancer. For the past 18 out of 20 years we have had losing seasons. Because of that I was disappointed in the rehiring of Marvin Lewis. I'm sure he has more experience than me but for you I will review my football prowess and allow you to decide which person would provide a better opportunity for a winning season.
I would love to play football except for the tackling part, blow a whistle I'll stop, wave your hand I'll even give you the ball but pleeeease don't tackle me. While in the Army, my Platoon Leader was Russell Waters. His brother, Bob Waters, later coach at South Carolina, was 3rd string quarterback for the SF 49ers. His brother did not make a road trip and came to Castro Valley and "played" touch football with us army guys.
Well he threw a pass and one of my buddies caught the ball improperly and broken finger time. I made up my mind that I also was not a football catcher. So no catching and no tackling. Well you ask just what are you good at in football? I'll tell you Bunky!
In high school (oh I forget to say I didn't like all that uniform stuff so add that to the list) I was asked to hold the yardage markers, no not both, my arms would had to be ten yards long. So it's game time, I've got control of who makes a first down, I'm in the front row in front of the players, babes (didn't call them babes then they were chicks) in the stands looking at my butt (not large I only weighed 129 pounds but stuffed oh wait I was supposed to stuff the front!) and not the players. I had it made I would turn casually towards the babes, wink and nod in my best James Dean impression (had a dirty brown jacket that resembled leather, collar turned up) and they knew I might talk to them after the game and after they had passed through security (actually I'm lying about the security part) they could meet The Control Man!
All went well that first half, babes on me like a tight suit, actually more like a loose afghan but It's my story and I'm sticking to the "Tight Suit" analogy. In the fourth quarter, the runner ran for about 20 yards and me and dummy (the guy with the other stick) moved the chains. Unfortunately a penalty had been called and it went back to the line of scrimmage. The official was not impressed that we had moved the chains without his permission. Look we had done that for 3 quarters, met the babes, all the good stuff and some guy in a striped shirt starts telling us what to do. What do you expect to happen? Being the pro's we were we said well we know exactly where they were and went to move the poles to the previous holes. When we looked for the "correct" hole we found many, many, many holes and some damn coach yelling in our ears we were putting in the wrong hole.
That ended my football career, no I did not letter in football, but I was and probably still am a pretty good 3/4 game pole holder. Now what does that have to do with the Bengals? First the amount of holes on the high school field is about the same as the Bengals offense and defense second, given the opportunity to "Hold The Poles" again I could probably gain more yardage then the Bengals running backs.
And they resigned Marvin Lewis, no wonder they lose!
Football Update: Here is Cincinnati we suffer from football cancer. For the past 18 out of 20 years we have had losing seasons. Because of that I was disappointed in the rehiring of Marvin Lewis. I'm sure he has more experience than me but for you I will review my football prowess and allow you to decide which person would provide a better opportunity for a winning season.
I would love to play football except for the tackling part, blow a whistle I'll stop, wave your hand I'll even give you the ball but pleeeease don't tackle me. While in the Army, my Platoon Leader was Russell Waters. His brother, Bob Waters, later coach at South Carolina, was 3rd string quarterback for the SF 49ers. His brother did not make a road trip and came to Castro Valley and "played" touch football with us army guys.
Well he threw a pass and one of my buddies caught the ball improperly and broken finger time. I made up my mind that I also was not a football catcher. So no catching and no tackling. Well you ask just what are you good at in football? I'll tell you Bunky!
In high school (oh I forget to say I didn't like all that uniform stuff so add that to the list) I was asked to hold the yardage markers, no not both, my arms would had to be ten yards long. So it's game time, I've got control of who makes a first down, I'm in the front row in front of the players, babes (didn't call them babes then they were chicks) in the stands looking at my butt (not large I only weighed 129 pounds but stuffed oh wait I was supposed to stuff the front!) and not the players. I had it made I would turn casually towards the babes, wink and nod in my best James Dean impression (had a dirty brown jacket that resembled leather, collar turned up) and they knew I might talk to them after the game and after they had passed through security (actually I'm lying about the security part) they could meet The Control Man!
All went well that first half, babes on me like a tight suit, actually more like a loose afghan but It's my story and I'm sticking to the "Tight Suit" analogy. In the fourth quarter, the runner ran for about 20 yards and me and dummy (the guy with the other stick) moved the chains. Unfortunately a penalty had been called and it went back to the line of scrimmage. The official was not impressed that we had moved the chains without his permission. Look we had done that for 3 quarters, met the babes, all the good stuff and some guy in a striped shirt starts telling us what to do. What do you expect to happen? Being the pro's we were we said well we know exactly where they were and went to move the poles to the previous holes. When we looked for the "correct" hole we found many, many, many holes and some damn coach yelling in our ears we were putting in the wrong hole.
That ended my football career, no I did not letter in football, but I was and probably still am a pretty good 3/4 game pole holder. Now what does that have to do with the Bengals? First the amount of holes on the high school field is about the same as the Bengals offense and defense second, given the opportunity to "Hold The Poles" again I could probably gain more yardage then the Bengals running backs.
And they resigned Marvin Lewis, no wonder they lose!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Throat Ache
Today I awoke with a sore throat. I made it through 7 shots before it hurt and it does hurt, so I will Tylenol it until I need the pain pills. So now I enter the tough times but not worried about it.
Semi solved the dry mouth problem. As you get to bed take a drink of water, slosh it around, and then sleep with your mouth closed (hard for me) This will last for about 3 hours then you wake up lips stuck to teeth etc. Why don't they have a harness like they do for straightening teeth?
Semi solved the dry mouth problem. As you get to bed take a drink of water, slosh it around, and then sleep with your mouth closed (hard for me) This will last for about 3 hours then you wake up lips stuck to teeth etc. Why don't they have a harness like they do for straightening teeth?
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Numbers
This trial has a lot of numbers to consider; 35 radiation treatments, 3 chemo treatments, 100's (yes hundred) of notes in my notebook, 5 doctors, daily trips to the hospital, 30 miles round trip and water, man I have processed so much water Al Gore has me on the hit list. I plan a book under the name; I.P. Daily titled Yellow Stream Fever.
Yesterday I got a number that I did not have before. Creatinine levels. So here is OUR medical training for the day. Not sure if they were high or low but got bagged today with a liter of Sodium Chloride (NaCl for you chemistry majors). and a bag tomorrow. With all these needle sticks I guess I'll have to track (get it "track it", com'on you old hippies) We call it table salt, no it was liquefied not solidly IV'd.
Creatinine is a chemical waste molecule that is generated from muscle metabolism. Creatinine is produced from creatine, a molecule of major importance for energy production in muscles. Approximately 2% of the body's creatine is converted to creatinine every day. Creatinine is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The kidneys filter out most of the creatinine and dispose of it in the urine.
So that is my contribution to your medical training for the day.
Yesterday I got a number that I did not have before. Creatinine levels. So here is OUR medical training for the day. Not sure if they were high or low but got bagged today with a liter of Sodium Chloride (NaCl for you chemistry majors). and a bag tomorrow. With all these needle sticks I guess I'll have to track (get it "track it", com'on you old hippies) We call it table salt, no it was liquefied not solidly IV'd.
Creatinine is a chemical waste molecule that is generated from muscle metabolism. Creatinine is produced from creatine, a molecule of major importance for energy production in muscles. Approximately 2% of the body's creatine is converted to creatinine every day. Creatinine is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The kidneys filter out most of the creatinine and dispose of it in the urine.
So that is my contribution to your medical training for the day.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Sesame Street with Feelings
When my kids were younger Sesame Street was the family favorite. The characters were almost human. My favorite was not the Green Guy, or the Bird Guy but it was (drum-roll please........ ) The Count He counts his feelings and I thought it was appropriate during the trial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxKvwMIVtA&feature=related
Monday, January 3, 2011
Even Non-Believers Believe
About 30 years ago I was going through a tough emotional time in my life. I would lay in bed at night and have an actual (well not "actual" out of body experience). I would be looking up at the ceiling and see myself and someone else look down at me and I could hear the other voice say something like, "Well what are you going to do now?" Neither myself or the person representing me had an answer. I often wondered about that and I think I have it figured out. It was Jesus with his arm on my shoulders saying you got in this mess now how will you get out? I'm here if you need me. This happened maybe 4 or 5 times and has never happened since. It wasn't cheap wine as I did not drink and these moments are as clear as if the happened yesterday. So the question becomes how do I get out of this?
Many people that I have contact with have different religious beliefs than I do. Some say they meditate, some don't believe there is a God unless they can touch and see Him, others are just feel what will be will be. I believe God has a plan for me and he revealed it to me some 30 years ago. I might not have recognized it then but I do now, He is not done with me.
During those years I remember being very lonely and my friend, Betty Zimmer, (RIP) sat in back of me in church and every Sunday she would pep me up with this thought; "I as a Christian have your back, He on the cross has your front, don't lose focus".
Many people that I have contact with have different religious beliefs than I do. Some say they meditate, some don't believe there is a God unless they can touch and see Him, others are just feel what will be will be. I believe God has a plan for me and he revealed it to me some 30 years ago. I might not have recognized it then but I do now, He is not done with me.
During those years I remember being very lonely and my friend, Betty Zimmer, (RIP) sat in back of me in church and every Sunday she would pep me up with this thought; "I as a Christian have your back, He on the cross has your front, don't lose focus".
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy 11111011011
Just had to do it. I remember the old days when software was developed on a Z-80 Zilog computer with 8 inch floppies. So there is my binary wish to you. Hope all had a great new years eve and 11111011011 will be happy and prosperous.
2011 brought some good news. My salivary glands are working again and I slept almost through the night. Feel great this am compared to other days. So I get 2 more days off and glow juice again for 5 days. Hey I might start liking this.
Of all the things to write about I kind of like this headline: http://lamesa.patch.com/articles/there-outta-be-a-law-californians-getting-725-new-ones-in-2011 The great state of Calaphoneya has a lot of new laws. How about $100 fine for having some wacky tabacky and 1 year in prison if your kid misses more than 10% of the school year? It is almost comical that men and womens insurance rates will be the same for the same coverage. I know Calaphoneya is different but is it possible that men and women have different rates of illness for the same illness? Would a trans-gender person have to pay double?
My thought of the day: Remember that between the mountains are valleys, when you are in the valleys of life you appreciate the mountains more, here is to safe climbing in 11111011011.
2011 brought some good news. My salivary glands are working again and I slept almost through the night. Feel great this am compared to other days. So I get 2 more days off and glow juice again for 5 days. Hey I might start liking this.
Of all the things to write about I kind of like this headline: http://lamesa.patch.com/articles/there-outta-be-a-law-californians-getting-725-new-ones-in-2011 The great state of Calaphoneya has a lot of new laws. How about $100 fine for having some wacky tabacky and 1 year in prison if your kid misses more than 10% of the school year? It is almost comical that men and womens insurance rates will be the same for the same coverage. I know Calaphoneya is different but is it possible that men and women have different rates of illness for the same illness? Would a trans-gender person have to pay double?
My thought of the day: Remember that between the mountains are valleys, when you are in the valleys of life you appreciate the mountains more, here is to safe climbing in 11111011011.
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