Here we are again after 4:00 in the morning and I’m still wide awake, but I think I’m getting used to it. I don’t feel tired the next day and I usually sleep pretty well the next night, so I guess it’s just another part of the new normal developing while I’m on this immunotherapy regimen for the next five months. The positive side of this is that I finally have time to write, something I haven’t set aside regular time for in about three years.
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20230511 – Where Do I Go from Here?
Well, here I am, in the wee small hours of the morning, about 4:15 AM, in the middle of my current bout with what I call dexsomnia, a steroid induced insomnia that I deal with weekly for about 36 hours, as a part of my current cancer treatment regimen three and a half months after my diagnosis. And I’m wondering, … Continue reading →
20230129 – An Answer
Friday, January 27, 2023, was the day. After four months of lab work and tests and scans and doctor visits I might finally get an answer for the low blood counts and other anomalies that showed up in my semiannual blood test in September. So, we sat and waited in the exam room for the doctor to step in. An … Continue reading →
20220826 – Committing to a New Path
This week I finally jumped into retirement with both feet. I guess I’ll have to explain that one.
Continue reading →20210830 – Choices, Have I Become That Person?
I wrote these words a year ago, after we had suffered a pandemic for eighteen months, and were facing an uncertain future with a terrible disease whose death toll was approaching a million of our own citizens. I couldn’t bring myself to share them back then. Why share them now? Because I want to be open and honest, to not … Continue reading →
20200701-2 – Through It All
“The first verse of this song says it all for me. “Reading ‘Living on the Ragged Edge’ by Charles R. Swindoll I came to this song, read it and stopped, then reread it and continued to reread it. It summed it all up for me. “Please grant my request to use it so family and friends know and, hopefully, understand … Continue reading →
20200701 – Now I Understand
Caution: If you and your spouse have ever suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth, or loss of a child, this may trigger an overwhelming emotional response and you may not want to read it.
Continue reading →20200630 – One More Day
I woke up this morning, looked over at my best friend of 53 years, life partner for nearly 49, and said to myself, “thank you Lord for granting my wish, one more day with her.” A Diamond Rio song ‘One More Day’ says it exactly right. You can see the lyrics below. Then I begin my new normal routine: slip … Continue reading →