Yes, I know, more lyrics. Courtesy of The Who's Tommy.
"I'm free, I'm free,
"And freedom tastes of reality ..."
I say I'm free because my tethered chemo pump is no more.
It feels good to be about a pound or two lighter and no longer have that tube plugged into my chest.
While at the doc's office, they pulled more blood and my numbers are improving; my white count actually was in the normal range, though others were in the low zone. But by next week I'm anticipating good things. I hope I can put on weight (I'm down to 193) and get healthy going into the surgery in about three weeks, give or take a few days.
That's the goal of this "cooling off" period -- getting healthy after six weeks of self-inflicted poisons being added to my body.
Didn't get to see Dr. Z today, but I guess that's a good thing in that it means he didn't need to see me about anything bad. I must say I enjoyed our weekly visits; he's really a good guy and a very caring doctor. I miss our barbs about the benefits of either the Intel-based PCs or the now-Intel-based Macs.
But I'm glad the lack of a conversation means I'm healing.
"I'm free."
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4 comments:
Great benchmark to pass, the removal of the tube. If you were here, we'd help keep that weight on with the post-halloween candy mixing with the pre-thanksgiving goodies. John (PS: You'll be glad to know my 8-year-old wishes she had a PC, to play more games! This Mac-user can't get over the betrayal...JC)
John,
As always, thanks for the kind comment and good humor.
All the candy and Thanksgiving eats sound good. Gimme a week and I might be able to partake in a limited sampling.
Go PCs. Once folks learn the truth the Apple 10 percent market share is bound to dwindle to just hard-core fans. Go Betamax, um, Macintosh.
kk
Congrats on your freedom! I'm sure that must be a great feeling. You're really on your way, Mr. Kohn!
Thanks, Jamie,
Already I'm beginning to feel better. Not sure if it is psychological or for real. But who cares?
kk
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