I’ve been caught up in a swirling mass of indecision. Frozen in place. Can’t write. Can’t focus. Afraid to look forward. Unwilling to look back. Hung up in the now. It took a dead man with a saxophone to shake me loose. Driving along this morning, heading into town to meet with Dr. Pippas to [...] [...]
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I’m in the infusion suite at the John B. Amos Cancer Center. Sirius Deep Tracks channel coming through my headphones, needle in my arm pumping fluids in advance of tomorrow’s MRI with contrast. I’m in my favorite spot in the southeastern corner of the room. I guess it is my writing spot, because when I’m [...] [...] I got the phone call we were looking for yesterday from Dr. Pippas. He has managed to work with Dr. Dan George at Duke University Hospital to get our consultation appointment moved up a full two weeks! The new appointment time is 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11. I have filled out all my new [...] [...] On Thursday morning at 5 a.m., Jill and I rolled out of our driveway. I was in the passenger seat, like a reluctant Miss Daisy, heading for the Hughston Hospital for the second biopsy of my L-2 vertebral body in 8 days. This one was quite a bit more difficult than the first. [...] I’ve always known that I am weird. I have a bucketful of quirks, idiosyncrasies and compulsions. They range from the way others use our language, to the proper way to eject toothpaste from a toothpaste tube, to the proper spin orientation of toilet paper from the roll, to how I handle a simple itch on [...] [...] Dinner break Originally uploaded by wwfloyd Here’s a shot of our wine/cheese/dinner break on last Wednesday’s moonlight Goat Rock Lake paddle by fellow paddler Wayne Floyd. Wayne is an accomplished paddler, boat builder and photographer. He’s also an exceptionally nice guy. We pushed off from Goat Rock Landing up Old River Road in Harris County [...] [...] |
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