Been feeling really great the past couple weeks...which in turn means very few posts to the blog. I have story to tell about the dentist, but it will have to wait until tomorrow...I need to log off for the night.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Three reasons to keep fighting.
Been feeling really great the past couple weeks...which in turn means very few posts to the blog. I have story to tell about the dentist, but it will have to wait until tomorrow...I need to log off for the night.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
STATUS
Health, good.
Family, good.
Home, good.
Had a nice vacation last week. I went back to the homeland (Michigan City) and enjoyed a carefree week including visits to the beach, zoo, Redamaks and Swingbellies.
Kris the kids and I were able to catch up with a lot of family while still having some downtime for just the four of us. We staying a in a resort community called Beachwalk which is essentially a bunch of cute, colorful homes nestled in an amazing streetscape. I should also mention that its only a 10 minute walk to a very private part of Lake Michigan.
We can't wait to go back and even talked about buying there someday (very, very far down the road).
I started editing all the video last night - I expect that will take the better part of the week to get trimmed down to the highlight reel.
Family, good.
Home, good.
Had a nice vacation last week. I went back to the homeland (Michigan City) and enjoyed a carefree week including visits to the beach, zoo, Redamaks and Swingbellies.
Kris the kids and I were able to catch up with a lot of family while still having some downtime for just the four of us. We staying a in a resort community called Beachwalk which is essentially a bunch of cute, colorful homes nestled in an amazing streetscape. I should also mention that its only a 10 minute walk to a very private part of Lake Michigan.
We can't wait to go back and even talked about buying there someday (very, very far down the road).
I started editing all the video last night - I expect that will take the better part of the week to get trimmed down to the highlight reel.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
seriously, socialism?
Its no secret that I support Barack Obama. I almost always vote democrat because I believe that being an American, everybody should have the same opportunities I did. I had a leg up on many because I had a great and supportive family growing up that afforded me a good education and support along the way - why should only a select few of us have a fighting chance at living the American dream.
(disclaimer, I will be voting for our GOP governor in Indiana this year because of a good track record and keeping his nose out of Roe v Wade, Church/State and Gay rights issues - he's just cleaning up a messy state that can blamed on both parties throughout the last 15 years).
I read a lot about Barack, McCain and the election process as a whole. Some of this is from credible sources, some not - but I feel like I've got a pretty good idea of what is true and what is not. Lately, I've been making the mistake of reading random user comments - more often than not, these people are idiots who like to use phrases like:
NeoCons
Democraps
McSame
Barack Osama
Liberal/leftist
you get the idea. However, I get so tired of seeing the word Socialism.
Seriously, socialism. Here's what the first paragraph of Wikipedia says about it:
Socialism - refers to any of various economic and political concepts of state or collective (i.e. public) ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods and services, some of which have been developed into more or less highly articulated theories and/or praxis.
OK, I'm not sure what all that means but certainly there have to be some good things about Socialism. For example, how about Police and Fire Departments? These are publicly owned entities that benefit everybody. We all pay for them and we all reap the rewards. How about public schools? Again, access to everybody and for minimal additional cost than your property/state/local taxes. I guess what I'm getting at is - why are people so quick to label Democrats as Socialists when in fact it seems like the entire country has had these types of services for centuries.
Don't get me wrong, I recognize that Socialism can certainly go far beyond what I'm talking about and in directions that even the staunchest Leftist (I couldn't resist) would shy away from. I'm just tired of seeing the Socialist label thrown by people who attended public schools, have used police/fire services, or currently collect some sort of aid (social security or medicare for example).
I want to institute a new rule. You use the world Socialism to describe the Democrats again - you forgo your rights to Social Security, Medicare/aid, Police and Fire Protection.
(disclaimer, I will be voting for our GOP governor in Indiana this year because of a good track record and keeping his nose out of Roe v Wade, Church/State and Gay rights issues - he's just cleaning up a messy state that can blamed on both parties throughout the last 15 years).
I read a lot about Barack, McCain and the election process as a whole. Some of this is from credible sources, some not - but I feel like I've got a pretty good idea of what is true and what is not. Lately, I've been making the mistake of reading random user comments - more often than not, these people are idiots who like to use phrases like:
NeoCons
Democraps
McSame
Barack Osama
Liberal/leftist
you get the idea. However, I get so tired of seeing the word Socialism.
Seriously, socialism. Here's what the first paragraph of Wikipedia says about it:
Socialism - refers to any of various economic and political concepts of state or collective (i.e. public) ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods and services, some of which have been developed into more or less highly articulated theories and/or praxis.
OK, I'm not sure what all that means but certainly there have to be some good things about Socialism. For example, how about Police and Fire Departments? These are publicly owned entities that benefit everybody. We all pay for them and we all reap the rewards. How about public schools? Again, access to everybody and for minimal additional cost than your property/state/local taxes. I guess what I'm getting at is - why are people so quick to label Democrats as Socialists when in fact it seems like the entire country has had these types of services for centuries.
Don't get me wrong, I recognize that Socialism can certainly go far beyond what I'm talking about and in directions that even the staunchest Leftist (I couldn't resist) would shy away from. I'm just tired of seeing the Socialist label thrown by people who attended public schools, have used police/fire services, or currently collect some sort of aid (social security or medicare for example).
I want to institute a new rule. You use the world Socialism to describe the Democrats again - you forgo your rights to Social Security, Medicare/aid, Police and Fire Protection.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Data.
I don't have it.
I got the results of my PCR-ABL test yesterday. In short - everything sounds good. However, because I got them over the phone and from the NP (nurse practicioner) I really didn't get much feedback other than "the levels are very low". What levels she was referring to is anyone's guess. I asked that she send over a copy of the results so at least I can see the whole picture. My guess is the "very low' levels are probably the number of active Philadelphia Chromosomes (the 9/22 translocation that triggers the abnormally high white count growth). I had been off my Gleevec at the time so that my explain why there were any at all.
I am waiting for a call back to find out if I should still go in monthly for bilirubin checks and it doesn't sound like I'll be getting a complete blood counts for six months (at my next appointment). I think I'm OK with this since my counts have been pretty stable for quite some time hovering in the low to low normal range for pretty much all categories.
Been a pretty busy week around our house. We are currently in the process of moving Kristin's office back upstairs and have been building furniture, decorating the room and getting the technology all figured out. I expect that we'll get it all wrapped up in the next week and start the process of purging the basement for our next project.
Just 10 more days until our vacation!
I got the results of my PCR-ABL test yesterday. In short - everything sounds good. However, because I got them over the phone and from the NP (nurse practicioner) I really didn't get much feedback other than "the levels are very low". What levels she was referring to is anyone's guess. I asked that she send over a copy of the results so at least I can see the whole picture. My guess is the "very low' levels are probably the number of active Philadelphia Chromosomes (the 9/22 translocation that triggers the abnormally high white count growth). I had been off my Gleevec at the time so that my explain why there were any at all.
I am waiting for a call back to find out if I should still go in monthly for bilirubin checks and it doesn't sound like I'll be getting a complete blood counts for six months (at my next appointment). I think I'm OK with this since my counts have been pretty stable for quite some time hovering in the low to low normal range for pretty much all categories.
Been a pretty busy week around our house. We are currently in the process of moving Kristin's office back upstairs and have been building furniture, decorating the room and getting the technology all figured out. I expect that we'll get it all wrapped up in the next week and start the process of purging the basement for our next project.
Just 10 more days until our vacation!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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