April 19, 2022 Sometimes, when we are not happy with our circumstances, which sometimes we call bad news, we ask the “Why” question. I am coming to think that it has its roots in our thinking too highly of ourselves. Now, I am not talking about those situations where something Read more…
April 29, 2023 Friday was a strange day. I had chest pains throughout it all. Being a man, I tried to tell myself they werenot significant, they were in the wrong place, and generally, nothing to be concerned about. I did actresponsibly by taking a couple of handfuls of aspirin Read more…
I have told very few people about this. I don’t consider myself a mystic nor do I put much stock in dreams, and I certainly don’t like to put much stock in extrabiblical ideas. But let me go back just a little bit and provide some background to this. Many Read more…
Maybe it was the cheese steak sandwiches and the pepperoni pizza and the spicy Buffalo cheese dip that I had at my grandson’s birthday party, or maybe it was something else. I was lying in bed thinking about the teddy bear that I have had since I have been four Read more…
Do you ever feel like a zero? As we moved into studying about decimals there were some students who characterized themselves as zeros. Now I could not let that stand but neither did I think arguing with them about their perceived self-worth was going to be effective. After all they Read more…
November 21 Well, here we are again. It’s 8:30 Sunday night and I am waiting till the Monday morning drive to the hospital for another surgery. It’s been interesting this time. In some ways it has been rather low key, everyone says it’s not a big deal including the doctor. Read more…
I Know Where I Am Going This will probably be the final posting in my blog. In terms of my health things have settled down. No more treatments or major procedures, just blood tests every three months and periodic body scans. The other evening as I was trying to recuperate Read more…
June 12 The only thing certain is…? Well, things had been quiet for a while on the medical front. That is, no radiation, Doctors visits, or blood lettings (known as blood tests). But, things change. Today I had my one-month post radiation blood test. The results were acceptable. I also Read more…
Treatment is all over, looking forward to the rest of my life… Last Friday, the 14th of May was my final dose of radiation. They say it will continue destroying cancerous material for another month or so. It was nice to finish, but because of Covid rules it was sort Read more…
Eight is Great I approached the time for radiation therapy in a medical milieu of 3 surgeries within 9 months, radiation therapy for thyroid cancer, a bout of covid, and androgen suppression therapy which weakened me both physically and mentally. Anticipation was that the ensuing 9 weeks of radiation would Read more…