Expo is tomorrow

The Expo I have been working on is tomorrow and I hope it is a success. A lot of last minute details today - so much work again that I didn't have time to feel sorry for myself.

Wrote a long letter to my doctor with a bunch of questions. I am still hopeful that the treatment which starts Friday works.

Drive

Friday I had to go to the hospital to give a urine sample, a week before my first treatment next Friday.

I told a co-worker that I donated to a "pee drive" as my civic duty. I said that the pee drive isn't as well publicized as the blood drive but just as important. lol

Chips

When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.

The morning after

Got to an AA meeting last night and talked with a friend who had gone through things like this. I got a lot of support and think I will get through what I have to. I still have high hopes for the BCG and those treatments. I will have to wait several weeks to see if the treatments work and by that time I should be into next year. I will have more sick time then, and be nearing another year counted toward retirement income.

Meanwhile I intend to live my life to the fullest.

I still wish I could go to Dr. Marcus Wellby (the tv doc). All of his patients recovered completely and never had to come back and never had serious treatments.

Oh Well.

Well I finally got the biopsy results and they weren't good

I finally got the biopsy results and the cancer #2 is back and may be spreading in the bladder and nearing the prostate. So, back to BCG/Inteferon treatments (6) starting Oct. 12th and then see what happens.

The spector of bladder removal surgery again looms. Since I have been attending a bladder cancer support group at Norris Cancer Hospital, I am only in minor terror rather than major terror.

Life in the 1500s - Part 3

Life in the 1500s - Part 3

Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw piled high with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats, dogs and other small animals lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall out of the roof.

Hence the saying - "It's raining cats and dogs."

Still waiting for results

Called my doctor yesterday and again today to find out biopsy results but as yet no call back. I am pretty optomistic though, so it isn't like waiting for some really bad news.

My work on the Expo started to get productive. I kept thinking everything fell apart in the week I was gone but several things are coming together. I had to make a couple calls/emails but then they committed for incentives, flyer distribution, etc. I guess I can feel like my work was a success.