Location: Dana Point, California, 2006
We headed to San Diego for a family reunion. The family on my mothers side. My cousin Ruja lives there. We flew to San Francisco, rented a car, and drove south on the old Highway 1. We planned the trip meticulously. We planned on driving maybe three hours a day, and [...]

The week atrted with the amazing news that led to the Euphoria post. What can top that for the beginning of a week?
Attended two sessions at the Wellspring centre. The first has to do with Brain Fog, the second Q-Gong.
Brain Fog
It turns out that Brain Fog is not restricted to chemo patients. We all have [...]

Tree in yard

Some pictures are right under your nose. You just pass by the subject so many time, you start taking it for granted.
This tree is located in the front yard of my brother’s house in Atlanta. I have passed by it many times. We park under it. Walk around it. It is always there, [...]

I have cancer as a punishment for my evil ways. Why could the punishment not have been the flu? Or something equally benign? I guess it could have been worse is I had sinned more. I watch House every week on television, and there are a number of conditions that are worse than cancer.
I noticed [...]

Location: Barcelona, 2006
This picture, as promised, was taken under the overpass. I liked the colours and the lonely chair. Who would come and sit there? What would they be contemplating? So many questions.

Went to see Dr. Kennedy today. She was delighted to be the first to give the results of the CT-Scan as well as CEA blood test numbers. The CT-Scan results are outlined below. As you can see, a huge drop in the size of the tumours.
Janet and I were both a bit overwhelmed by the [...]

This turned out to be a very hard week. I will have to write about it a bit later when all my thoughts have been worked out. Sorry, but I have to think things out. The emotional affects the physical and vice-versa. The first part of the week was hard emotionally. The rest was hard [...]

The days are a blur. Christmas was barely noticed, as is the Hew Year. Cannot stay up to celebrate the coming of the new year. I guess I will have to celebrate when I wake up in the morning.
This is a chemo week. My oncologist’s New Year present. Went in for blood work on Tuesday [...]

Place: Barcelona
We were there in 2006. Janet became very sick and was bed-bound. I asked the concierge to point me to the more derelict parts of the city. Sometimes the best places to take pictures. He suggested somewhere close to the downtown area we had already visited. Nah. Been there, done that. Worse than that, [...]

Here we are a full four months after the operation. Is it time to reflect yet on what has happened?
We (my family) are constantly amazed how we humans adapt to whatever is thrown at us. Whenever you dare think things are really bad, you come across a woman without a nose.  But adapt we do, [...]