Wanted to drop a quick status update for how things are going over here:

• Since I'm likely to be out of commission after my surgery on the first week of November tings are (understandably) compressed at work. Doing my best to keep focus and not try to do multiple things …

So it looks like what I'd previously thought was a plan is not a plan at all. Sigh. I'd thought I had about a month before surgery but that's not the case. It looks like my surgery is at the beginning of November, not the middle of December as I …

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 …

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.

• 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 …

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 …