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Towards “RETURN TO WORK” goal : there have been two moments of REVELATION in my recent journey with GBM (**) in 2023. Oddly, the first was not January 5 : My first brain seizure day, nor January 11 : the brain surgery.No, the first was while SCHEDULING the radiation + chemotherapy treatments on 2/10/23… I
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FaceBook Post from Feb 28, 2023 @ 7a Pacfic As month 2 with GBM (my brain cancer) winds down, it is evident my body has recovered from the corticosteroid I was taking… yesterday (including last night) I was asleep about 65% of the day! it’s bittersweet, though, since the 5-hour nights also came with anti-inflammatory
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/Really wanna see? https://jammns.blog/2023/03/02/images-from-the-illudium-q-36-brain-radiator-some-random-brain-as-far-as-i-lie/ Not as bad as I’m making out. . .
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Swelling in my emotions Chest pains I am compelled by life to live out the genetic path set down by biology. Can I get past this programming? Can we get Pat star DNA can we get past our DNA? I love that I am, I am grateful I love that I have, I am forgive
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A dear friend of mine recently (November 2023) shared some pics from his Disneyland vacation, prompting this memory… <engage old-timer/grampa voice> Wayyback in the 1900s (circa 1996-2000) while living in Southern California (one block from Katella on Antietam Ave in Los Alimtos, specifically) I worked the computers for an import/export business. Our rental house was
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(written June 2005) GROWTH – flowing forever stuck in my throat the words form from that hands HEART – giving reigning freedom to my fanciful phrases like a fuel for a formidable fire RIVER – onward from mountainous sources of life through days often listless and lame through places forested with laughter and love through
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I know I had a melody in mind when I sent this email to myself, but it’s lost for now Wishing I wish I was better at everythingHow to laugh and love and learnHow to go straight , how to turn But I guess I’m outta luck, cause good ain’t good enoughI wish I was
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Chords: G-D-C-D It’s hard to get it started when I got my face full of windGonna get my better angels ready – there’s gonna be hardship againSinging away my soul full of woe; hiding the pain behind the happier notes People say I’m crazy ; giving my life awayI’d rather think it’s laziness; just want
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Kim and I are planning a (relatively) short trip to visit friends and family in the region. Lifestyle update: The current plan is to relieve ourselves of ownership of the recreational vehicle (a 2021 THOR 29 foot Class C Motor Home – model 27R) and trade it in for another Ford-made vehicle, the Ford Escape.
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Physical Therapy for me = Movement! So Mountain Biking at an RV Park (mid-July ) and WEEDING (aka clearing out a path to my backyard water for the kayaks to go mobile – Father’s Day / late June)
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I’m a fan and usually a practitioner of waiting/composting/germinating a thought/response/piece when writing something evokes feelings IN ME of “Might my friends and loved ones be offended” ? Below in response to statement : “Being GAY is not voluntary.” Hmmm. is it okay that I am still confused by this self-determination/victim of fate logic puzzle?
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Thousand Trails Chehalis July 2023
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I am blessed, for sure! Compliance Documents I noticed today (06/28/2023) that my employer has updated an HR Compliance Document. I hope my condition has led to an improvement in the experience for anyone else suffering from a disease with a fatal prognosis. Hi <Vice President of Customer Services> I hope you had a great