Monday, 11/22 -- I'm back at the keyboard.

Over the weekend we set up our Christmas tree. It's beautiful. I'll talk more about it tomorrow, possibly with a picture, but no promises are being made.

I've been neglecting the blog recently. Not out of laziness. Nor have I become so very busy lately. I'm not sick from the side effects, although they haven't gone away.

I've been avoiding the blog recently because, frankly, I'm intimidated.

I've known from the start that there are scads of people reading this thing. I'm flattered, really I am. I never thought that I would be THAT interesting of a subject. But anyway, I have been continually amazed at the reach of this blog. From as far away as Australia I have been getting supportive e-mail from strangers that have found my Web site.

Korea, Australia, England, Warren Center... Utah, California, Hawaii, Florida....
And that's just a few of the places I know about.

It all just freaked me out last week. So it has taken me a few days to step up to the keyboard and speak again.

The funniest part of it all is that I still don't have anything interesting to say.

Update on health matters:
I went for an MRI of my head on Saturday morning. It went smoothly, more radioactive crap was shot into my veins. The oncologist is concerned about these headaches I've been having.

In July my headache was caused by the increased calcium level in my blood thanks to the tumor that was eating my pelvic bone. But my calcium level today is "normal" meaning no tumors eating bones. He's thinking the headaches are now caused by the steroids and or the chemo.

The MRI was to rule out the possibility of tumors growing in my gray matter. Under the bone dome. In my bubble. In the ten pounds of ugly fat and gristle. In the command center of the body. In the cranial toolbox. In the rusty rat trap.

I am confident that they will NOT find any tumors growing on my brain. At this point, I don't think it's possible. The chemo has been doing too good of a job to have new tumors pop up anywhere.

Speaking of chemo:
I am off from chemo this week. Nice coincidence that it's Thanksgiving week. I still feel the effects from the past three weeks, but I'm sure that will diminish as the week progresses.