Andy, Norm and Brady.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Repeat MRI
I had a second post-radiation therapy MRI on June 23, and met with my radiation oncologist a week later to discuss the results. It wasn't the best possible report nor the worst possible report. Something shows up on the scan, but short of doing a brain biopsy, which is not recommended, only time will tell what is going on. Could be "pseudo-progression" (a.k.a. radiation debris), which would be a good thing, because over time that should disappear. Could also be tumor progression, which would not be a good thing. So the plan is to stay the course, continue on the temozolomide, and repeat the MRI, again, in two months.
I'm feeling about the same, no pain, still able to walk Larue twice a day. But the neuropathy is getting worse, affecting almost my whole right side (hand, arm, leg, foot). But, one has to learn to live with it. When I'm out I use a cane, but I use a walker when walking the dog.
We hired a lawn maintenance service to take care of the yard. I just can't handle the mowing anymore. Rain yesterday and today; summer, as usual, should arrive on July 5.
I'm feeling about the same, no pain, still able to walk Larue twice a day. But the neuropathy is getting worse, affecting almost my whole right side (hand, arm, leg, foot). But, one has to learn to live with it. When I'm out I use a cane, but I use a walker when walking the dog.
We hired a lawn maintenance service to take care of the yard. I just can't handle the mowing anymore. Rain yesterday and today; summer, as usual, should arrive on July 5.
Dodgers Bean Town Road Trip
Pete, Andy, and I went on a baseball-themed trip to Boston for a three-game inter-league series between the LA Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox, June 18-20. I found the trip on dodgers.com, and we were among 150 Dodger fans on the tour. (Pete is not a Dodger fan, but he was kind enough to go along for my sake.) I flew to Boston direct from Portland; Andy flew from Redmond, and Pete flew from Eugene. We stayed at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel, where the three of us shared a room with two queen beds. I got to sleep in one of the beds by myself, and Pete and Andy had to share the other bed, which they didn't seem to mind.
The package deal included game tickets to all three games, hotel room, polo shirts, "Mannywood" T-shirts, Fenway Park tour, and exclusive Dodgers brunch with team personnel. Team personnel included former Dodger manager and baseball icon/ambassador Tommy Lasorda, Dodger broadcaster Steve Lyons, and Dodger back-up catcher A.J. Ellis. Tommy is a real raconteur who could tell stories till the cows come home. Steve Lyons went to Marist High School in Eugene for two years, to Beaverton High for his senior year, and then on to Oregon State. Marist is where Pete and Tracy work, and Andy of course went to OSU, so lots of coincidences. The brunch was a highlight of the trip. The Sunday game was on ESPN, and Andy got his mug on camera for a brief time around the fourth inning.
Also among the photos that Andy took and Ali posted was one of the three of us with Ken Scheublin, who was in the Peace Corps with us and lived in the same town as Marge. Ken and his wife Meta live in Cambridge. We met in a bar for drinks before one of the games.
Fenway Park is 98 years old and does not have the ADA seal of approval, to say the least. I struggled a bit to get to my seat with no hand rails, but made it without falling down. We mostly went from hotel to Fenway and back by pedi-cab which could accommodate all three of us. We had the same seats for all three games, so we got to know the folks sitting around us, some nice people. It was an almost total sports weekend, with baseball, World Cup soccer, game 7 of the Lakers-Celtics NBA finals, and U.S. Open golf, where my friend Mark Nealy volunteered at Pebble Beach. Pete stayed an extra day and spent it with some friends who studied together for a semester in Spain, all of whom live on the East Coast.
It was a real treat for me that I got to spend Father's day with the boys. We are proud that they are such good fathers to their children. The only downside to the trip is that the Dodgers got swept by the Red Sox, which in the big picture was no big deal.
The package deal included game tickets to all three games, hotel room, polo shirts, "Mannywood" T-shirts, Fenway Park tour, and exclusive Dodgers brunch with team personnel. Team personnel included former Dodger manager and baseball icon/ambassador Tommy Lasorda, Dodger broadcaster Steve Lyons, and Dodger back-up catcher A.J. Ellis. Tommy is a real raconteur who could tell stories till the cows come home. Steve Lyons went to Marist High School in Eugene for two years, to Beaverton High for his senior year, and then on to Oregon State. Marist is where Pete and Tracy work, and Andy of course went to OSU, so lots of coincidences. The brunch was a highlight of the trip. The Sunday game was on ESPN, and Andy got his mug on camera for a brief time around the fourth inning.
Also among the photos that Andy took and Ali posted was one of the three of us with Ken Scheublin, who was in the Peace Corps with us and lived in the same town as Marge. Ken and his wife Meta live in Cambridge. We met in a bar for drinks before one of the games.
Fenway Park is 98 years old and does not have the ADA seal of approval, to say the least. I struggled a bit to get to my seat with no hand rails, but made it without falling down. We mostly went from hotel to Fenway and back by pedi-cab which could accommodate all three of us. We had the same seats for all three games, so we got to know the folks sitting around us, some nice people. It was an almost total sports weekend, with baseball, World Cup soccer, game 7 of the Lakers-Celtics NBA finals, and U.S. Open golf, where my friend Mark Nealy volunteered at Pebble Beach. Pete stayed an extra day and spent it with some friends who studied together for a semester in Spain, all of whom live on the East Coast.
It was a real treat for me that I got to spend Father's day with the boys. We are proud that they are such good fathers to their children. The only downside to the trip is that the Dodgers got swept by the Red Sox, which in the big picture was no big deal.
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