Doctor's appointment Nov. 20th

I finally heard from my doctor. I have an appointment Nov. 20th four days after my last BCG treatment, for him to answer my questions. He won't know the results of the BCG for a while but I will at least get an idea of my chances of it working. It will be strange - I may find out how I will be living the rest of my life on that day, less than a month away.

I am not sure I really want to know that but I guess I need to know.

I hope this works

I had the second BCG treatment on Friday and I hope and pray that it is working. I go to a bladder cancer support group on Tuesday and will try to get up the nerve to ask questions. Meanwhile meetings meetings meetings.

If you really know something, you don't have to tell anyone.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

One down five to go

One BCG treatment down and five to go. No side effects of the treatment but I hope the cancer has lots of side effects. Die cancer die. I really hope the treatment works this time, since this is probably the last chance before the major surgery. At least the surgery, if I have it, will be after the first of the year and I will have sick time again.

Meanwhile, I plan to enjoy life and do a bunch of stuff while I still can.

Heard at an AA meeting tonight

Amazing, beautiful, wonderful things have happened for me in sobriety.

Had a great Accessible City Expo yesterday

Yesterday was a great day. The Expo at the Convention Center was a great success. We had 5 HIV testing vehicles instead of 4 and they seemed to be busy for most of the day. We had a wide mixture of caucasian, latino and African Americans, as well as people with disabilities who are often left out.

I gave out 100s of condoms - to young people and old people. Hopefully they will used them and and not join the ranks of those living with HIV/AIDS. It is a good feeling to know you may have helped someone to a more healthy life.

At end of day I was tired but had a sense of accomplishment - I did it; I organized it and set it up. Maybe this will be my last year to do this and I wanted to go it right. It also got my mind off cancer for a while.