Bone Cancer Progression

Yikes!!!

Just when I wasn't looking, my bone cancer opponent put me to the floor. It was playing Rope-a-Dope for a while and struck when I wasn't looking.

Thankfully, it is one of my weaker opponents. I am in a lot of pain and taking the narcotic, Dilaudid. My docs don't seem too alarmed and I am not either. It should be easy to zap my bones, ending the pain and progression.

I actually am counting hours til my meeting.

I am also extending the Rent-A-Lbert program to include chauffering me to Hayward. I think I may have it booked, but email if you have time one day in the middle of the day.

Ouch! That hurts.....

albert

Word!

Sorry, I have not written folks, I was being lazy. I have been really trying to get some rest, though I am in a phase right now with a bad back from sitting too much. I watch TV and work on the computer.

I see a lot of election coverage and and trash TV.

Has anybody also noticed that Flavor Flav and George W. Bush must have gone to the same primary shools? They seem to make up a lot of words, and not in a good way. Flip between news and VH1 to get full effect.

Some words really scare cancer patients: tumor , death, progression, malignant, etc. I was told in the beginning many oncologists that I only had months left. My word that I grew to hate was:
Palliative

Palliative treatment: To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also sometimes called symptomatic treatment.

I see it in my reports. I understand much of medicine is palliative. But I think it has bad connotations.

"The end is near. let's make him comfortable."

It's like succumbing in a way.

Anyway, still motoring.

albert