Catching Up With Reality

OK, I have to send out an apology to a bunch of people. Evidently some people worry about me, and when I don't post here they email my family to find out what is going on...

Sorry all. I let myself get so caught up in returning to work that I forgot about everything else.

Things are going pretty well with this cycle of the Sutent. Amazingly enough, it seems that Benadryl is quite effective at staving off the side effects. Since day one of this cycle I have been taking 50mg of benadryl in the morning and at nighht. For me this dosage causes no problems, but it has sure kept the side effects down.

I am currently ending week four of this Sutent cycle, and I only just experienced the metallic taste side effect on monday. As for the funky oral swellings, they have not arisen this time around. All in all, this has been a good cycle.

Let's see, catching up on the rest of things...you have no idea how good it feels to be working. Of course, it probably helps that people seem downright ecstatic to see me, but the personal satisfaction of doing something to earn a buck really helps the old self esteem.

I finally finished all the dental work and started the pamidronate infusions. Boy, do those make you feel like crap. I basically get to write off 2 or 3 days after every infusion. Luckily they are every 4 weeks, so it is not too bad. As long as it keeps me from having pathologic fractures it will be worth it...

***WARNING: POLITICS SPOILER***
The craziness of this state's and country's electorate never ceases to amaze me. Millions of people get caught up in a movement to effect "change". So they all march like lemmings to the sea (in this case the promised land--as interpreted by Obama and Soros), They vote that chickens deserve what are basically an extension of HUMAN rights to the animal kingdom (what ever happened to being fruitful, multiplying and having dominion?); while at the same time they reject a similar dubious extension of "human rights" to fellow humans. Go figure.

Well, the majority of the public has spoken, and they deserve what they will get. As for the rest of us, BOHICA.

As one of my favorite authors says, "Despair is a sin. And bad tactics".