Monday, November 8, 2010

Forgot I had this.

Well, I didn't really forget, I just didn't think about it. Perhaps blogging isn't really for me. Still, I've been thinking about starting it up again. I'm starting a new clinical trial (I have adrenal cancer), and this may be a good way to get some feelings out. Most of the time, I end up trying to make friends and family feel better when my cancer takes a bad turn. Maybe I can use this to talk about it without having to make things sound good. Right now, no one is reading this, and I don't really know how to find an audience for this thing, but I guess the real first step is to write something.
In 2004, I had a kidney stone. And, when they discovered that kidney stone, they also found a tumor. Well, they called it a growth. I had an operation to remove it, which turned out to be more difficult than first thought. I lost my spleen, my adrenal gland, part of the liver, and a bit of the pancreas. That last bit scared me, since my Dad died of pancreatic cancer (back in 89). But the Dr. assured me it wasn't pancreatic cancer, and for the next four years, things looked fine. More later.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Poetry

I haven't posted anything here yet, so let's try this:

The Stars On Her Ceiling

Soft, steady hiss of her breath
Strong, heavy warmth of her thigh
Faint light from the stars on her ceiling
Her dog pacing restlessly round the kitchen floor

One still, small moment
Only I remember

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

I only know things seem and are not well

The title comes from a poem by Thomes Kinsella, "The Nightwalker." A little pretentious to start the blog off with, but its a great poem. Go read it now. Well, after you finish this.


Right now, things do seem well, and they aren't. I feel great, but I am sick.