Checking in for October for my "Designing a Well-Lived Life" blogging. This is about making small changes during the year to make larger changes.

(I'm doing things earlier this month because Monday is going to be a busy day and I have the time now to focus on it).

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This week I got my CT Scan in preparation for my surgery next week. I'll know more on Monday about whether the surgery will go on as planned or if I'm ineligible. So now we wait

In the meantime I've been dealing with some intestinal distress. It seems that it's …

This week was supposed to be a quiet week before my appointments to determine what my future plans are. Unfortunately it's been anything but quiet. Unfortunately one of the side-effects of radiation is intestinal distress the likes of which I have never experienced before. I'm ready to have my mail …

Yesterday I finished my fifth round of short-course radiation treatment. This is to make sure that my rectal tumor stays at bay while also killing off one of my lymph nodes that has succumbed to cancer. When I left they gave me a little certificate:

I was pretty taken-aback by …

Just a quick update about what's going on over here. I'm on day three of my five-day radiation treatment. It's been pretty interesting. The machine just rotates around me and delivers radiation levels as high as 45 grays (JoDee did the conversion into Sieverts and the response from her was …