So it looks like my butt will be officially irradiated on the week of 10/10 (Hey Europeans, finally you can stop whining about month-first dates. :) ). On Friday apparently they do pre-flight checks to make sure everything is ready for bake-off. This is going to be an interesting experience for …
read moreDesigning a Well Lived Life: Checking In (September 2022)
Checking in for September for my "Designing a Well-Lived Life" blogging. This is about making small changes during the year to make larger changes.
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Focus on health (exercise, eating, stress): This continues to be a focus, though more on the cancer mitigation / removal side of things. Otherwise I'm doing my …
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We'll call it a plan (until it isn't)
Today I met with Dr. Quinn to talk about the upcoming radiation treatments for my rectal cancer. We also got a clearer understanding of what's happening. The chemo treatments have stopped including Avastin as part of the treatment because liver surgery requires the Avastin to be out of my system …
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I did my second round of chemo this past week. I'm also still coming down from COVID (though my symptoms have been pretty mild compared with most). The combination of the two have really knocked me on my ass. I've spent the last few days sleeping more than our cat …
read moreWhat is essential?
It seems the big theme of this year is focusing on the essential and what I'm truly passionate about. That's manifested in me decluttering things that I thought were essential before but really aren't and taking a step back to evaluate how I've been showing up over my life.
I …
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