Cure
Cure
Doug and I had a follow up appointment at City of Hope Medical Center on Wednesday. I was supposed to see the oncological surgeon. He either must have ran over a prior appointment or had an emergency and I didn’t get see him.
I did see Dr. Joseph Kim who is a liver specialist. The appointment was all about what to do with the two small lesions on or rather in my liver. This topic has been kicked around more than a soccer ball I think.
The lesions have been very cooperative for me, medically speaking. They haven’t changed size since they were first noticed back in October, 2007. That was very gracious of them.
Anyway and more to the point.
The surgeons at Harbor UCLA Medical Center have adopted a wait and see, monitor and watch approach to the lesions. Since I haven’t produced any signs of active cancer since my first surgery, they want to wait before making any big decisions. On the other side of the operating room, City of Hope would like to go in and remove a good chunk of my liver containing the lesions and be done with them. My liver will grow back to its normal size quickly.
Right now, Doug and I are close to going to City of Hope for the partial liver removal surgery.
When Dr. Kim was discussing how he would approach my condition with the surgical procedure, he used the word “cure.”
Cure.
This was the first time that Doug and I could remember anyone using the word cure in a contextual discussion of my cancer treatment and outcome. It certainly gave me something to think about on my drive home from the City of Hope.
Of course, my medical insurance company has to approve the procedure before I can have it. If the procedure is approved and is not an emergency operation, I am leaning towards having the procedure done during my break from teaching at the end of May or early June. Doug will be home from his trip overseas and I will have two weeks to recover so that I wouldn’t miss any classroom time.
Excellent timing.
The MINI and me
I don’t have the final numbers for the MINI and me for the month yet except for my top down driving time for the month. I drove with the top down for nineteen and a half hours for the month. I’m in for the rest for the day so no more driving today. I won’t be driving with the top down on my way to school in the morning since it is going to be too cool plus there is a chance of showers.
Teaching
I was talking with the Associate Dean on Saturday after my morning class about my teaching schedule for the next quarter. He said it looked like I would have five classes to teach and all of them would be repeat classes for me so I won’t have any or at least very much preparation work for the classes to do.
The school called me on Tuesday afternoon and asked me to substitute teach a class in the Criminal Justice curriculum. I had never taught it before but I was available and that was that counted. I feel that I did a creditable job of teaching and the students seemed to have enjoyed my work. One aspect of the class that helped me was that I had taught about half of the class before in one or more classes.
I had a Mr. Chips moment on Wednesday when one of the students who used to think I was a horrible teacher sent me a note, email actually, that thanked me for teaching the class. I felt very good for the rest of the day.
I am subbing again on Monday. I will be teaching another Criminal Justice class in a subject that I haven’t taught before.
eHarmony
I called the Princess since she is my online dating adviser I had many questions for her. I wanted to know the proper protocol for ending a potential match after several exchanges or a conversation.
The Princess thought the simple close out was the better approach since it left me out of the loop. eHarmony sends the notice that I have closed the match. It is more sterile and less painful for me at the same time.
I now have 67 closed matches, mostly because I was too open with my selection criteria when I joined eHarmony not quite a month ago. I am also closing potential matches out faster than before.
I have twelve matches that you could call are active right now. If a match doesn’t respond to a first contact message from me by the end of the week, I will close the match out.
Strangely, four women who I closed out earlier today viewed my profile. I wonder if they were upset that I closed them out or what; not that I care all that much now.
The Princess
We also talked about my now traditional trip to Seattle for her birthday celebration. I picked the weekend of March 11th and 12th. She said that would work out nicely. I will fly up on the morning of the 11th; have dinner with the Princess and the Golfer, my niece Jessie and her husband, and my nephew Rob and his girlfriend; and fly home on the 12th, just in time for the start of the next quarter. I have no idea where we will end up dining; Rob's girlfriend would love to go to Morton's the Steakhouse.
Surprises are good for me.
Be well and stay happy.
Doug and I had a follow up appointment at City of Hope Medical Center on Wednesday. I was supposed to see the oncological surgeon. He either must have ran over a prior appointment or had an emergency and I didn’t get see him.
I did see Dr. Joseph Kim who is a liver specialist. The appointment was all about what to do with the two small lesions on or rather in my liver. This topic has been kicked around more than a soccer ball I think.
The lesions have been very cooperative for me, medically speaking. They haven’t changed size since they were first noticed back in October, 2007. That was very gracious of them.
Anyway and more to the point.
The surgeons at Harbor UCLA Medical Center have adopted a wait and see, monitor and watch approach to the lesions. Since I haven’t produced any signs of active cancer since my first surgery, they want to wait before making any big decisions. On the other side of the operating room, City of Hope would like to go in and remove a good chunk of my liver containing the lesions and be done with them. My liver will grow back to its normal size quickly.
Right now, Doug and I are close to going to City of Hope for the partial liver removal surgery.
When Dr. Kim was discussing how he would approach my condition with the surgical procedure, he used the word “cure.”
Cure.
This was the first time that Doug and I could remember anyone using the word cure in a contextual discussion of my cancer treatment and outcome. It certainly gave me something to think about on my drive home from the City of Hope.
Of course, my medical insurance company has to approve the procedure before I can have it. If the procedure is approved and is not an emergency operation, I am leaning towards having the procedure done during my break from teaching at the end of May or early June. Doug will be home from his trip overseas and I will have two weeks to recover so that I wouldn’t miss any classroom time.
Excellent timing.
The MINI and me
I don’t have the final numbers for the MINI and me for the month yet except for my top down driving time for the month. I drove with the top down for nineteen and a half hours for the month. I’m in for the rest for the day so no more driving today. I won’t be driving with the top down on my way to school in the morning since it is going to be too cool plus there is a chance of showers.
Teaching
I was talking with the Associate Dean on Saturday after my morning class about my teaching schedule for the next quarter. He said it looked like I would have five classes to teach and all of them would be repeat classes for me so I won’t have any or at least very much preparation work for the classes to do.
The school called me on Tuesday afternoon and asked me to substitute teach a class in the Criminal Justice curriculum. I had never taught it before but I was available and that was that counted. I feel that I did a creditable job of teaching and the students seemed to have enjoyed my work. One aspect of the class that helped me was that I had taught about half of the class before in one or more classes.
I had a Mr. Chips moment on Wednesday when one of the students who used to think I was a horrible teacher sent me a note, email actually, that thanked me for teaching the class. I felt very good for the rest of the day.
I am subbing again on Monday. I will be teaching another Criminal Justice class in a subject that I haven’t taught before.
eHarmony
I called the Princess since she is my online dating adviser I had many questions for her. I wanted to know the proper protocol for ending a potential match after several exchanges or a conversation.
The Princess thought the simple close out was the better approach since it left me out of the loop. eHarmony sends the notice that I have closed the match. It is more sterile and less painful for me at the same time.
I now have 67 closed matches, mostly because I was too open with my selection criteria when I joined eHarmony not quite a month ago. I am also closing potential matches out faster than before.
I have twelve matches that you could call are active right now. If a match doesn’t respond to a first contact message from me by the end of the week, I will close the match out.
Strangely, four women who I closed out earlier today viewed my profile. I wonder if they were upset that I closed them out or what; not that I care all that much now.
The Princess
We also talked about my now traditional trip to Seattle for her birthday celebration. I picked the weekend of March 11th and 12th. She said that would work out nicely. I will fly up on the morning of the 11th; have dinner with the Princess and the Golfer, my niece Jessie and her husband, and my nephew Rob and his girlfriend; and fly home on the 12th, just in time for the start of the next quarter. I have no idea where we will end up dining; Rob's girlfriend would love to go to Morton's the Steakhouse.
Surprises are good for me.
Be well and stay happy.
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