November 2002 rediagnosed with a recurring tumor I am going to bring you through the whole fun thing
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Brain Tumor History And Other Rants
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Thursday, March 18, 2004
Bob Dylan
Union Showdown From the Infidels Album
Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore,
My flashlight's from Taiwan,
My tablecloth's from Malaysia,
My belt buckle's from the Amazon.
You know, this shirt I wear comes from the Philippines
And the car I drive is a Chevrolet,
It was put together down in Argentina
By a guy makin' thirty cents a day.
Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.
Well, this silk dress is from Hong Kong
And the pearls are from Japan.
Well, the dog collar's from India
And the flower pot's from Pakistan.
All the furniture, it says "Made in Brazil"
Where a woman, she slaved for sure
Bringin' home thirty cents a day to a family of twelve,
You know, that's a lot of money to her.
Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.
Well, you know, lots of people complainin' that there is no work.
I say, "Why you say that for
When nothin' you got is U.S.-made?"
They don't make nothin' here no more,
You know, capitalism is above the law.
It say, "It don't count 'less it sells."
When it costs too much to build it at home
You just build it cheaper someplace else.
Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.
Well, the job that you used to have,
They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador.
The unions are big business, friend,
And they're goin' out like a dinosaur.
They used to grow food in Kansas
Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw.
I can see the day coming when even your home garden
Is gonna be against the law.
Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.
Democracy don't rule the world,
You'd better get that in your head.
This world is ruled by violence
But I guess that's better left unsaid.
From Broadway to the Milky Way,
That's a lot of territory indeed
And a man's gonna do what he has to do
When he's got a hungry mouth to feed.
Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.
OK we just want to start with an apology for not updating this service more frequently. You see there was a mix-up at corporate, let us assure you this was a first. You see do to budget cuts and trying to stay in line with our shareholders wish?s, the creative department was laid off. That wasn?t the problem. You see the updating responsibility was going to be the responsibility of the marketing / packaging / reception department. The big hitch was the fact that that department was laid off 6 months ago with it?s responsibilities being shipped over seas. It seems that the accounting / sales / janitorial staff was not informed. So now things are under control. Updates will now be made over seas by our newly established department: marketing / packaging / reception / creative / accounting / sales / janitorial department. We hope this communication problem never arises again, and it shouldn?t since the new marketing / packaging / reception / creative / accounting / sales / janitorial department is all being handled by one person which we are paying pennies on the dollar versus the 100 + American employee?s that used to handle that. We have now put all our American workers on the street selling sunglasses in the summer and gloves in the winter in Times Square and have managed to close all our American offices ? thus cutting more overhead.
You see we are doing right by our stockholders after all!
Enjoy the updates.
So here we go with our new update:
Just the facts: Current Seizure activity ? come on let?s get the juice out of the way first:
Tuesday March 11, 2004 Facial seizure made up of a bunch of ticks. A lot of blinking. It lasted about 40 seconds maybe. Some additional facial to much ticking It happened at about 7:45 pm.
Wednesday March 11, 2004 Facial seizure probably only 30 seconds. Facial only, it happened at about 8:15 pm.
Thursday March 18, 2004 Facial seizure small eye ticks first, then stronger facial only ticks. It started for like 5 seconds, then stopped then the stronger ticks for like another 10 seconds then it was done.
Kind of sick but I have all this stuff documented, makes it easy when I see my doctor I just bring a print out, and it goes into my chart ? some of you people got morbid hobbies also! At least I admit to mine.
Nothing much new exciting here, my blood numbers are still low so I haven?t started my second round of maintenance chemo yet. I get a blood check again next Wednesday in Morristown.
Next month I have several appointments in New York In fact 3 Thursday?s in a row I have an MRI, the next week I have another appointment with a new doctor, then an appointment with my other doctor. OK let me explain I haven?t been crazy about my neuro-oncologist that replaced the one that moved out of state. So I have to transfer my records and prints over so I can go see a new one over at Sloan Kettering. I will see what this new doctor is like. My current one is not bad, I just always feel like every time I go, he is just giving me standard answers, and general information. I generally know the standard junk about my head case. I guess the uncertainty stinks.
I can wrap up the message from all doctors: don?t get sick and we won?t have to treat you, so don?t worry about it, we will cross that bridge when and if it comes. Smack on the ass, goodbye.
Let?s review this, don?t get sick ? well duh if I wasn?t sick in some sort of way, we wouldn?t be such good friends in the first place. I didn?t worry about it, and it recurred so now I worry about it. They say if you make 5 years, that is the number to reach with cancer, if you are 5 years cancer free your survival chances are better. So the first 5 years sucks and are filled with paranoia. You see after the first time, I didn?t worry about it. When I got re-diagnosed, the doctor said, well you had 3 good years (meaning between tumors), wrong answer doc! Three good years?. And this is the doctor I miss!!!
Well I got one year down healthy!
Another part of the theory is every day you stay healthy is another day of options you can have for treatment, but if you go and die, they can?t help you. Forget all those self help and homeo-pathic stuff ? these are life?s little answers.
And every doctor has a different opinion, and won?t give you a direct answer for fear of being liable, if you tell me I will live 10 years and die in 9, there will be a lawyer that will sue for me from the grave for a year of my life!!! So doctor?s can?t really tell you jack.
Don?t die, don?t get sick, and you will be healthy.
Now that will be $125 for each and every one of you, and I am out of network, so this is coming out of your pocket.
Well enough about all that. Stay tuned for more of my how to make money from insurance and phone companies tips to come. Hey without a day job I need to cut my costs down. Lower overhead is good!! Stock holders love that.
So, I did manage to see Mel Gibson?s new movie.
Let me warn you if you are a sinner like me and don?t know the story line, you won?t get all the details.
So now I am reading the New Testament to put the whole thing together.
Now before you get all nuts and think that Mel Gibson turned me onto God, let me explain. I read a lot anyway, and why haven?t I read the most read book of all time? Makes no sense, so I am now learning the story line and the movie makes more sense now. Heavy stuff, no I obviously wasn?t raised catholic.
So the lesson here is read the book first!
I send you as sheep out to the wolves. Come on every one quotes the big book!
More to come
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