tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73390623843724056962024-03-13T23:35:51.900-07:00SV AppaI guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-48516006136348671352019-04-22T22:16:00.000-07:002019-04-22T22:16:00.031-07:00Recovery modeWell, here it is. April 20th (420 to some) and I am recovering from some major surgery. April 3rd I went into Swedish First Hill and had them open me up to see what was what. Prior to that though, I had many, many doctor appointments. So many. I have two urologists now (Dr. Chapman and Dr. Han), a transplant doctor (Dr. Precht), an oncology surgeon (Dr. Ong) and of course, Dr. Gold who is my oncologist. I'll leave out my two oncology radiologists although they are great people.<br />
The ureter on my left side was being constricted by a mass that looked like cancer on the PET scan and the CT scan. It also looked like I would have to have a colostomy bag (again...) but this time permanently due to the mass looking like it was connected to my large intestine. That was some heartbreaking shit right there. Did all that recovery for the reversal of my last colostomy and it looked like it was going to be for naught. I was pretty upset about that.<br />
So the plan was to have Dr. Ong do a mid-line incision (vertical) that would almost look like a c-section. He would then poke around and see what needed to be done about the large intestine bit of it all. Dr. Chapman would be right next to him and would take over for the kidney part of it. Either removal of the kidney or resection of the ureter. Dr. Precht would step in if I had to have my kidney transplanted down near my bladder. That is called auto-transplant. This would occur if they had to snip out the part of the ureter that was being constricted (and damaged by that constriction) and the remaining length wasn't long enough to reattach to itself. You want two kidneys for chemotherapy.<br />
April 3rd finally rolled around. I spent the two prior days absolutely miserable doing bowel prep. Some of you have had colonoscopies. You know the drill. Imagine that for two days...the vomiting started on the second day. I think my electrolytes were thrown off. Lord, I was miserable.<br />
Got up at 0430 and took the pre-surgical shower. Basically bathing in anti-bacterial soap for 10 minutes. Arrived at the hospital and started the check-in procedure. IV started and then Dr. Ong walks in with a marker in his hand. "We are going to draw on your belly where your new colostomy is going to go. Where is your belt-line? We don't want this too low..." That is when it got real. You think about the surgery and life after. You dread it. You get anxious about it. Then you just want it to happen. I met all the doctors at my bedside. We all talked about what we were going to do that morning. "Exploratory laparotomy with new colostomy and possible kidney removal or auto-transplant" I repeated back to them. How in the hell did I get here...<br />
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They wheeled me into the surgery suite with a bunch of RNs standing around. I was going to get a foley catheter (tube into my penis and then the bladder) and I was also getting a nasogastric (NG) tube placed into my nose down to my stomach (left nostril please) that would then decompress my stomach. These two tubes were going to stay in for a couple of days. I have, over the course of being an RN for a couple of decades, placed hundreds of foleys and NG tubes. Maybe thousands. Having them placed in you is another whole different animal. You get used to it but I didn't like it.<br />
Showtime! They give me some medicine and I remember asking Dr. Ong to please make my surgical incision to look like a shark bite. Much cooler to take the shirt off at a pool and say "Yeah. That's right...shark attack!" And I was out.<br />
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Woke up in recovery and other than the aforementioned tubes in me, nothing felt different. No colostomy bag. No lump in my groin where my kidney maybe now resided. First thought...I was so full of cancer that they opened me up and then closed me. You hear about those cases. The recovery RN must have seen my face because she said "Wait! The doctor is going to talk to you. It is not bad news."I get wheeled into my room on the 11th floor and start to piece together what exactly happened. My surgeon said that they opened me up and I was full of lesions that looked like cancer. They were devastated. They called my oncologist and told them what they found. "Get some biopsies for genetic reasons and close him up. Chemo will start as soon as he gets strong." The genetic testing would be for Sam. She can get tested to see if she carries a gene for this cancer. <br />
I was basically screwed. Except the biopsy came back negative. Another call to Dr. Gold. "Do more biopsies..." Twenty total biopsies. No cancer. From devastated to elated. The thing that was trapping my ureter? Not cancerous. Not only that, they were able to get the ureter out of the mass and when it popped out of the constriction, it immediately plumped up and started to get blood flow. No need for a resection or a transplant!!<br />
Dr. Gold came into my room and called me his miracle patient!<br />
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I spent five days in the hospital recovering and finally got to go home. I am still recovering but doing better. Have good days and bad ones. Mostly good ones. I see the surgeon Tuesday and go from there.<br />
Renal stent gets pulled in the next 4 weeks or so. I also go back to my normal 6 month CT scan schedule and do watchful waiting. <br />
Not sure if I live a charmed life but it isn't dull...Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-17435415594877049502019-02-12T19:01:00.002-08:002019-02-12T19:01:34.020-08:00I thought I was done with this...Well...I thought I was kinda done blogging and such. I might be still. I have to see how much energy I have. Lemme back up a bit.<br />
Yesterday, the 11th of February, I had my routine CT of my abdomen and pelvis. Cancer screening. Did the scan and the blood work early and then had one hour till the doctor came and got from the waiting room, telling it is all clear. I decided to go to my office in the next building over and change out of my scrubs. Got back to the waiting room and found out they were looking for me. Forty minutes early and they were looking for me...that is not good. Got into the exam room and couldn't even take off my coat before Dr Gold came in.<br />
When you doctor holds your hand or grabs your shoulder or ,God forbid, hugs you...that also, is not good. Dr Gold did all three. Seems I have a new growth that is choking the tube that drains my left kidney. This growth is down in my pelvic area near the bladder right about where we took out my old tumor. Seems we didn't get it all. Also seems like the scorched earth policy I allowed to ravage my body in the form of chemotherapy didn't really help either.<br />
Had a PET scan today. They only give you these, if you have cancer, when they want to find other growths that aren't yet wrecking havoc on your body. Results tomorrow. Regardless of the result of the PET scan, I have an appointment Thursday morning early to have a silicone tube placed in the tube (ureter) that connects to my kidney. This will help drain urine from the kidney to the bladder because right now, my kidney is swollen and can't drain well. They go in through the penis and place it. Cytoscopic stent placement. Metal hollow tubes placed in me to place a flexible tube that stays. I will be knocked out for this.<br />
Dr Gold says I will probably lose the left kidney because the cancer is wrapped tightly around the ureter and it is usually impossible to separate them. I might not but he didn't sound optimistic. I will also have more radiation and chemotherapy.<br />
So same drill. Big surgery, big radiation, big chemo. Except my survival rate is now in the 20% range. That's doesn't mean I won't fight though.<br />
Let's see what tomorrow brings...Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-44819924220204867442017-10-01T15:42:00.003-07:002017-10-05T15:57:00.144-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is the latest Appa video. We took the boat up to Desolation Sound up in British Columbia Canada. You can see how hazy it was during the beginning of the video. This was from the forest fires that have ravaged our area this summer. Once we had a spot of rain, it cleared the skies up and you could finally see the mountains.<br />
I shot the video with my DJI Mavic Drone, old ass HTC phone camera, GoPro 4 Silver and a Panasonic camcorder. Edited everything in Cyberlink Director studio.<br />
Opening photo is courtesy of Lee Youngblood. <br />
<br />Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-54448563295845641422017-09-18T12:10:00.001-07:002017-09-18T12:18:34.303-07:00BiState Regatta Labor Day weekend<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w6AiSNkwvgY" width="480"></iframe><br />
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This is the 2017 Bi-State regatta. Chicago to St. Joseph Michigan and back. Fifty miles as the bird flies each way. Held over Labor Day weekend and my brother's birthday. Arne and Gordon have done this race many times. Now that they are both gone, my brother and I use this race as a memorial of sorts to our dad and uncle. God we miss you two!<br />
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While racing back from St. Joe, we had some hitchhikers. Two little birds landed on board and proceeded to get into everything. One landed on my beer-can, went in the cabin, ate a spider, and in general was hanging out, I named him Arne after my dad. The other was on Kristopher, the steering wheel, the spinnaker sheets, the jib sheets, everything. That is Gordon. Funny little birds.<br />
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We came in last for the race to St. Joe. I'd like to think that we did so poorly because of the rigging slowly loosening itself as we raced. The port side turnbuckle had two more spins and it would have come out resulting in a lost of the mast possibly. We caught this once in St. Joe. The Bi-State is a night race there on a Friday and a day race back on Sunday. It was so dark and windy that we didn't notice anything amiss other than it getting increasing harder to make the boat sail close to the wind. Dummy me should have checked the shroud tension when that started to happen. Stupid.<br />
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But basically, I think my tactics might have been suspect. The other boats went close to the Michigan shore and then tacked north. The wind was right out of the direction that we wanted to go, meaning we had to tack back and forth to get to St. Joe. In retrospect, we should have gone into the shore more and then tacked. This would have alleviated some of the waves that were causing the boat to almost come to a dead stop at times. That tactic of banging the shore and tacking goes against J24 racing where you never hit the corners of a race course. The difference between long distance racing and buoy racing I guess. I am more of a driver than a tactician but we had fun. Next time...<br />
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The race back to Chicago, I shut my mouth and just had fun. We tacked right at the right time and the wind started to back to the SE from the E. The wind backed a bit more and we were able to hoist the chute. We also put the finish line coordinates in Garmin correctly. Some boats had the old coordinates in and they paid dearly for that. We took a bullet (meaning first place) for the race home. Kristopher and Peter did the driving. I was kinda sulking about my poor performance on Friday night. I am good at sulking.<br />
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<a href="http://mailchi.mp/jboats/jnewsletter-april-19th-2017-copy-1947409?e=80935635df" target="_blank">Here is a link that mentions Kristopher and us. Also mentions my old J24 boat <i>Tremendous Slouch. </i>We are down near the bottom.</a><br />
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The songs used in the video are Eric Clapton <i>Sweet Home Chicago </i>(YouTube didn't allow the Blues Brothers version), Van Morrison <i>Into the Mystic, </i>John Hiatt <i>Gone, </i>and Nickel Creek <i>Ode to a Butterfly.</i><br />
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Hope you enjoy the video. I am still learning how to photograph interesting stuff and trying to find my way. I think finding the right music is almost as hard.<br />
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On the cancer front, I had my 6 month checkup and am clear. The spot on the right lung has shrunk considerably after radiation and that means it was cancerous. We will check it again in 4 months to make sure. So far so good.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-66780978549599562272017-06-13T22:09:00.001-07:002017-06-13T22:09:18.258-07:00Cyberknife treatment<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yAWlGHE4k68" width="480"></iframe>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-18437806954551276992017-05-05T10:56:00.000-07:002017-05-05T10:56:05.832-07:00Next week is my CT scan and then the following day is with Dr Pollock the colo-rectal surgeon. Pretty nervous about this I must admit. I haven't slept well for about a week and my jaw hurts from clenching it all the time. Teeth ache as well. Hopefully it will be all good and I can wait for the next 6 months and do it all over again. <br />
Going sailing to Poulsbo tomorrow. Parents, kids and friends. Cooking mahi-mahi on the boat and doing a bit of tequila/margarita tasting.<br />
Here is the link to the BVI video I made about our trip in February. <br />
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Snow in Seattle. What a winter. This is my buddy's boat after our most recent snow"storm". Schools closed and then next day, even though all the streets were clear, we had a two hour delay for all schools. <br />
I have all but given up on blogs. I used to follow almost thirty blogs and now that number is down to two. I watch vlogs almost exclusively and I imagine that the viewership of this blog has dropped off dramatically especially as I hardly post anything here anymore. I never did this blog for the viewers though, it was and is my personal record of my life that is whizzing by. Will my kids read it? Maybe. I doubt it though. But at least I won't saddle them with a ton of photo albums and stacks of papers that they will have to dispose of when I die. And people say I'm self-centered...<br />
Tomorrow (Feb 9th) we go to the British Virgin Islands for a bit more than a week. At 2200 tomorrow we will be wheels up to JFK and then to St. Thomas. The flight to JFK is overnight and then, hopefully, with the kids in a sleep-deprived stupor, we can catch the flight to STT. Catching this flight depends almost exclusively on the snowstorm (not the kids) that is barreling towards NYC as I type this.<br />
Airports. I love them. When I am at work and talk travel, I get the usual backlash about wait times and all that stuff. I am old enough to remember when you could RUN through airports to catch your flight! No security lines. Nothing. Get out of your car and run to the gate. It really wasn't that long ago. Thinking of travel as a privilege helps. Pay your fare ( it is cheap as hell compared to what it was), be nice to the stewardess or steward and sit in a chair that eventually reaches 36.000 feet into the sky and wait till you land. I mean it is damn near magical! You are sitting in a chair, <u style="font-style: italic;">in the sky!!!</u> <br />
Not that I ever showed up prepared. Winged flight and I have had a rocky relationship. It wan't that long ago that I had almost a 50/50 chance of making my destination back in my wild and woolly days. Berlin? Passport with no wallet. Galapagos...well, I only talk about that when I'm face-to-face. Generally though I was better at international flights than domestic. Las Vegas was particularly hard for me to fly into and then out of. No idea why. <br />
Had my three month checkup last week. Just me. I think I swore that I would never do another checkup without someone there with me but things change. It is a weird place that I am in right now. Family here, friends here but yet...well, everything is fine so far as cancer goes. So far. Gold says CT scan in three months and we will see about that "spot on your liver and lung." Both of which have grown in between scans. Nothing to be done about that though. <br />
So I will post a youtube link to the videos that the kids and I make during our trip here. I think I might make three or four small videos about 4 minutes each rather than one large one. My son Ben seems to want to do some video taping and I'll encourage that. He asks me about me editing software and I'll include him on that as well. Not sure if we will do voiceover, "live" voice or just music with subtitles. We will see. What the kids want and what they help with are two different things.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXP9Pom0AY_fdziuzex7K7w" target="_blank">Here is our video channel</a>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-15545616078890603362016-04-29T10:52:00.000-07:002016-04-30T20:36:36.103-07:00Bad news? <blockquote>
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I thought that I could give the cancer aspect of my blog a rest but what fun is that? Wednesday the 27th I had my 6 month checkup. CT scan, blood work and rectal exam. I went alone. Some offered to go with, others stayed silent and waited for me to invite, but I denied them all. How hard could it be? </div>
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The lead up to the appointment had me a bit nervous but really, what was there to worry about. I had been run through the wringer chemotherapy, radiation and surgery wise. What could withstand that? <br />
Arrived at 0700 at the Swedish Cancer Institute and started to drink my contrast for the CT scan. Banana flavored. While doing that I also had blood drawn and my port accessed. I thought ruefully that this might be my last time with my port as the plan was to get this test series done and have it removed. </div>
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Alright enough setup. Had the CT scan and waited for my results. Had about an hour till my appointment with Dr Gold. Vitals, weight taken and charted, and then he walked in. Sorry was the first thing he said. You don't want to hear that from your oncologist unless he hits your car in the parking garage. Spot on your liver. Sorry he said again. I start to think what does that mean. Liver cancer races across my mind. Death chases it. Familiar feeling creeps across me, touching areas I thought I'd buried. Fear. Deep fear. The <i>not seeing my kids grow up </i>fear. I hope you never have that feeling. This is twice for me.</div>
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I remember making the appointment for the MRI. Dr Gold telling them to make it for today. I made some phone calls and then had to stop. I was coming unglued. For sure they will never ever let me go to my checkups alone. Ever. I was a wreck. <br />
I had 45 minutes till my rectal surgeon appointment so I sat in his office waiting room. Quiet reflection I think they call it. My head felt like a bunch of monkeys fighting over a bucket of marbles. Jen calls and says she is coming. No is not an option. <br />
Get called into the back to see Dr Pollock and he is on me. Immediately opens my chart and looks at my results. He goes over everything with me. Not optimal he says but treatable. And...one step at a time. Get the MRI. You can worry after that he says. This is why you have a good team treating you. Gold is one type of doctor and Pollock is another. I need Gold sometimes and others I need Pollock. Rectal exam happens. I tell Dr Pollock "Either I am getting better at this or you are." We all laugh and I feel much better. Jen walks in then. All is well. <br />
My mom and dad come over for the MRI that night. 7pm. I have my port accessed in the cancer treatment area. There I run into two people who have given me chemo last year. Like old friends we chat and have fun joking around. I almost miss that chemo routine. Almost. <br />
MRI done. Home to kiss the kids goodnight and then wait. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is waiting for me at Jen's house when I got back from MRI! I also asked the 8 ball if everything was going to be OK. It said Yes...</td></tr>
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Got up after fitful sleep and went to the boat to check on progress. Just marking time till 1:30 pm. I'm getting better at waiting although I'm still no good at it. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just prior to leaving for the MRI results. I have my cancer shirt on. For luck.</td></tr>
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My mother and I met Jen at Dr Gold's office. Dr. Gold, Alice the RN and Peggy the scheduler are waiting for me. With smiles. MRI shows nothing. Nada. CT was wrong. I am cancer free. Disbelief just about shuts me down. I have no words for how I felt. Elation and relief with a hint of mistrust maybe. Stunned into silence. You have to understand that I am worse case scenario boy. I felt like the rug was pulled out from under me. <br />
Hugs, handshakes and we are out the door. Visit was so brief, we didn't have to pay for parking! <br />
Thanks and love to those of you that had to deal with my panicked first reaction. </div>
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Next checkup in three months. But first a colonscopy. I'll get that every year now. Easy peasy.</div>
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Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-17788825857853481712016-04-16T13:57:00.000-07:002016-04-16T13:58:04.281-07:00The blog is almost caught up now. After this post, I'll be current.<br />
The boys started Friday the 15th of April doing the fine grind inside after I knocked the gelcoat off. I am NOT replacing the gelcoat after the new glass goes on. Can't anyway as it won't stick to epoxy. Not painting the bilge either. I am leaving it in all it's unfinished glory!<br />
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These next couple of pictures shows the bulkhead. The cracked piece with the fiberglass pulled off it. Totally rotted. Unreal I crossed the Pacific with the boat like this.<br />
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That's it for now. They'll be at it later today and then Monday. Two more weeks they think. I am for this to be done. So much damn money!!!Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-23486364827780413422016-04-16T13:51:00.005-07:002016-04-16T13:51:51.359-07:00Week 4 or 5 now. I lost track. Between working, school, kids and life, I just plod ahead.<br />
This is the final layers going on. The front of the keel stub is getting 7 extra layers to build up that gap we saw a couple posts ago.<br />
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The stub has all it's laminates on it now. The next part is "potting" the keel. The top of the keel and the bottom of the stub are not perfectly flat. I hired the boat lift guy to come over to Appa and lift her up. Then we slather on thickened epoxy to the bottom of the stub and the keel top. The top of the keel has a plastic sheet on it that does not allow the epoxy to grab it. We are making a mold in a way. The boat gets lowered onto the keel and allowed to sit overnight while the epoxy hardens. Then after it is all set, the boat is lifted again (again I pay at $150 a pop) for the travel lift to come over and do the lift. The boat and keel should separate nicely. Which they did. Now the bottom of the stub is a mirror image of the top of the keel.<div>
We let that sit and get to work on the inside of the boat. We have to tear out the bulkhead and also grind the keel sump grid down to accept new fiberglass. A TON of work.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aft keel bolt with 1/2" plywood acting as the new backing plate. The real backing plate will be G10. Strong stuff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Travellift at Appa once again. We have to use it twice more. Once to put the keel on a final time and once to splash the boat in the water. </td></tr>
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I was feeling left out so I asked to start grinding the inside of the boat. Watch what you ask for...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was all covered in brown (??) gelcoat. I grinded this crap off for 6-7 hours.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of many trips to Fisheries Supply for repair stuff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First five layers of glass going on. Peel ply goes on over this. The guys spent a ton of time getting air out of the layup. This is critical to strength. </td></tr>
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More to come...Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-79050043424434640932016-04-16T11:40:00.004-07:002016-04-16T11:40:48.876-07:00Here are some more photos of the keel repair.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way inadequate backing plates! Not to mentioned they are eaten up. Couldn't see this corrosion with the nut on their and the goop they used.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking forward at the bulkhead and to port. This is under the nav station</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is after the guys grinded some. Looks bad. Really bad. That black stuff is delaminated fiberglass that is saturated with water. Not good.</td></tr>
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We put over 20,000 miles on Appa since we bought her in 2012. All of it with the keel being mounted to the boat with the stub in this shape. Testimony to the build of the Wauquiez that the boat showed no signs of this problem till I found the first hint of it back in June 2015.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aft most keel bolt holes are unscathed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damaged is more to port side of the stub. The keel got hit on the starboard leading edge when she ran aground all those years ago.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is almost the final grind. The delam runs all the way through. We grinded about 25mm off and rebuilt it with 26mm of woven and biaxial fiberglass. 14 layers worth.</td></tr>
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It all started with me having nothing to do in June of 2015. I was recovering from chemo and sitting on Appa wondering what in the hell I was doing. I felt like shit but knew I had to do something to keep my mind occupied. So I decided to rerun the watermaker hose. <br />
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I was in the bunkbed cabin and reached down to feel for a better place to run the hose and cut my finger. I couldn't see that area so I used the camera and captured the images below. My heart sank when I saw them. This is some nasty damage. I immediately thought the boat had been run aground at some point in her life. I was proven correct. I also thought this was going to be expensive and again, I was correct.</div>
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This first photo is the bulkhead in the bunkroom. The camera is facing aft. This is way under the floor.</div>
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This photo is facing forward and is under the seat on the starboard side.</div>
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This is old damage. The previous owner Steve denies running aground so it happened in the Caribbean in 1992 or 1993 at the latest. Steve's survey missed this as did mine.</div>
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Fast forward a summer of misery and some sailing to March 10th. David and I ripped out the battery box and got the boat ready for repairs. Mast pulled on the 13th.</div>
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David helping me remove the battery box. What a pain that was. Epoxied and screwed in.</div>
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So once we pulled the mast, the keel bolts started to leak. Not good. Not good at all. David and I took Appa to Canal Boat Yard the next day and we decided to pull the keel.</div>
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You can see the gap in the forward edge of the keel area. This is before the keel bolts were loosed.</div>
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Keel off!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second forward most keel bolt from the outside. See the cracking? It is also bulging downward. Classic signs of a grounding. A bad grounding.</td></tr>
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Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-21520093318791511722016-02-23T22:45:00.001-08:002016-02-23T22:45:32.098-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We went to Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho last week. here is a little video I made.</div>
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Been doing pretty good after the surgery. Back in school and just this week started work again. I'll do another post with more later.</div>
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<br />Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-88949976220071104582015-12-02T08:27:00.001-08:002015-12-02T08:27:48.654-08:00Today!Today is the day! After seven months and eight days of having to poop into a bag, I might, with any luck, possible get to use the toilet like most other people.<div>I can go from this...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjZdcQuXOsRYvdsbnkSWAO6ef4EA1c1Y0tB9vpEWJUoVE7JJhstkHpw3M8LHpqqVwLuwz28JhjqiptehXucYbOcTMZiqce5_n8NBRRIaURn24-E7Bh2Esl8J1P8dR8oIAty95fOf8cvdm/s640/blogger-image--82357962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjZdcQuXOsRYvdsbnkSWAO6ef4EA1c1Y0tB9vpEWJUoVE7JJhstkHpw3M8LHpqqVwLuwz28JhjqiptehXucYbOcTMZiqce5_n8NBRRIaURn24-E7Bh2Esl8J1P8dR8oIAty95fOf8cvdm/s640/blogger-image--82357962.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JSQzzG9p3srTEoVjNZq-uNhqdaBmpkXtl9BCOOTIql__jxiU54RICGAkSUSXMWl0Fxqw3dArpw7LVGzf5VAwh_3Amef5g78RH_jXVDKAwm8i7O4XF5twi1eiLyGtnl7BeoV8UMYnWODP/s640/blogger-image--1139944909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JSQzzG9p3srTEoVjNZq-uNhqdaBmpkXtl9BCOOTIql__jxiU54RICGAkSUSXMWl0Fxqw3dArpw7LVGzf5VAwh_3Amef5g78RH_jXVDKAwm8i7O4XF5twi1eiLyGtnl7BeoV8UMYnWODP/s640/blogger-image--1139944909.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03SR6WTwQZnC6p1rbJdYwvI4M7okZA93vf5k5mCk67FdZmhdHA-MWVvAYnM4JhP7gIvCF8gTHyBt5adwUnzFV1ae6wY3cKXol599-33draF0KkVq0wcai_igXrwCGKUD1BAJO0ig0jq8d/s640/blogger-image-2115178729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03SR6WTwQZnC6p1rbJdYwvI4M7okZA93vf5k5mCk67FdZmhdHA-MWVvAYnM4JhP7gIvCF8gTHyBt5adwUnzFV1ae6wY3cKXol599-33draF0KkVq0wcai_igXrwCGKUD1BAJO0ig0jq8d/s640/blogger-image-2115178729.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I will actually look like this after the surgery. I little stoma reversal and a bit of a nick and tuck in the looks department. I'll bet my five year old daughter will like the new me. My son and wife...not so much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'll write more once I'm out of surgery. Been a long damn road...</div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-37538099474802135852015-10-30T14:56:00.001-07:002015-10-30T14:56:05.656-07:00It's been awhile...Today is my forty-seventh birthday. And I am at work. I don't mind being here though. You can look at things many different ways. The difference between ordeal and adventure is attitude. So for today, I am hanging out with friends in a building with sick people in it and we are not allowed to leave until 7 pm. Sounds fun, eh?<br />
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Had my last chemo dose on October 6th. I'm just going to let that sit and soak in it's own paragraph.<br />
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Last week was a busy one for tests. I had my cancer clearance CT on Monday the 19th. Thankfully they found no cancer. So theoretically, I am a cancer survivor. Cancer survivorship they call it. For now. Talk to me in five years. If still no cancer, then I'll start breathing a little easier. <br />
Then four days later I had my sigmoidoscopy which checks the connections they made in my rectum back in April, that and they removed more scar tissue. I requested to be knocked out for that this time. Never again will I do that without drugs. They doped me up good too. Retrograde amnesia is a wonderful thing. Hard time remembering what they said or did before and after the surgery. Now that is the way to go. Thankfully Jen was there to hear what they said. Evidently, the connections are good so on to the next test which was on the 26th. Barium enema...<br />
What can I say about this test. No fun. Painful. Messy. Oh the mess I made. Why the pain you might ask? Enemas aren't bad, right? When your colon hasn't been used lately and then you fill it up with fluid, spasming can and did occur. That hurt like hell. Then the tube kept coming out and they had to put it in again and again and again. Finally they taped it in place. I got barium everywhere. Nothing was spared. Not even my socks. Just plain old awful.<br />
The enema study showed I have narrowing of my colon just before what is now my new rectum, which is really just colon that is stretched and sewn together to approximate my old cancerous one. No leaking though. My colo-rectal surgeon says it is concerning but recommends that I go through with getting reconnected. Using the colon might stretch that area out and if not, I get yet another colonoscopy type of thing and they will manually stretch it out. Jesus it sounds like I'm writing gay porn here. Christ I hate this cancer and what it has done to my body. I mean I was never a work of art but damn.<br />
The past week or so has been rough. Mentally and physically. After the enema, I was done. I couldn't bear one more test, not one more study, nothing. Tired of fighting this fight. Treating this type of cancer is so Goddamn invasive. I'm just tired of being poked and prodded. Everything is sore. I had to expel well over 1 liter of barium out of my ass and it wasn't used to that. Constantly going to the bathroom and once there, only 5 ml would come out. Over and over again for 3 days I did this. I am not use to have any pressure down there so the littlest amount sets off the alarm and off I run to the bathroom. I highly recommend using those wipes with aloe.<br />
I've been asked how does it feel to be done and cancer free. Not sure how to answer that really. Am I cancer free? Currently, yes...I hope. I do have to keep looking over my shoulder for the next 5 years (or more) and getting checked. Par for the course. There is a bit of me, the real pessimistic bastard part of me, that thinks the worst will happen. But who can tell? No one. All of us are one colonoscopy or CT scan away from having someone tell you, "Sorry but you have cancer..." I'm here to say that life doesn't end when you get told that. Sure felt like that at the time though. Dark days back in December and January. Can't tell you how many nights the minutes turned to hours as I struggled with what might be.<br />
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December 2nd is my surgical date for getting rid of my colostomy. First surgery I have ever looked forward to having. Of course I am concerned about my colon not operating correctly, me being incontinent of stool (pretty good chance of this especially as I age), and host of other things. Once again this is pretty serious abdominal surgery and while I trust my surgeon, shit can and does happen. All I can do is be healthy in mind and body for this next step in my personal war on cancer. Onward, then, and fear not...<br />
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After my last chemo dose, I took my daughter to Camp Orkila on Orcas Island in the San Juans here in Washington State. Ben and I have done this trip a couple of times before and now it is Sam's turn. Twelve other dads and their daughters caught the Friday ferry and met up at the camp. There we were joined by one hundred other dads and their daughters or sons from various schools across the region. The forecast was for rain and cold. We actually got mild weather with very little rain. I called the YMCA (they own the camp) and requested a cabin with heat since my side effects were really kicking my butt. They came through with a great cabin with our own bathroom and a central area with a huge fireplace. The cabins here are normally very rustic. By rustic, I mean no doors, no heat, no lights, and a good long walk to use the bathroom. Score one for having cancer!<br />
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Since June I have been going to downtown Seattle every Tuesday for chemo. Now that chemo is done my Tuesdays have been spent sailing with my good buddy David!!! Every Tuesday so far has been beautiful. Good wind with no waves and most importantly...sunshine!<br />
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Ben and I did another car hunting expedition early in September. This time we drove a Camaro SS and then a Dodge Charger. Loved the Charger. Thought the Camaro was absolute crap. Camaro had automatic trans and just an awful interior. It was so uninspiring that we forgot to take pictures of it. Ben did get to ride in the front seat though. The Charger though...that car I would love to have. Feels big and goes like hell. Comfy also. Ben loved this car the most maybe even more than the Mustang. I think it was the color. Electric blue. The Dodge dealer didn't even haggle. Wanted full sticker. $49,000. Before taxes!!!<br />
We didn't scare the salespeople too much as the famed Seattle traffic conspired against us to set any speed records but we still had fun. Up next is the Ford Focus RS. <br />
The Focus RS is going to be awesome. Huge power, 4 wheel drive, drift mode, etc. Comes out next year. Early next year. We are signed up to test drive it already.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ford Focus RS! 345 HP and 0-60 in 4.7 seconds. Has 4 doors! Not really my style but I'll test drive the hell out of it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They wouldn't let us take this out and even if they did, Ben couldn't come along as the Viper is a two seater.</td></tr>
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Truth be told I would never buy an other new car. At least not right now. Too much money and I don't see the value. But Ben and I have fun trying out different cars.<br />
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Last weekend I took Appa out with my parents and the kids to the Seattle Yacht Club outstation on Bainbridge Island for the 13th annual Halloween party there. What a great time! 38 boats showed up with well over 150 people. Mostly kids. It was like an infestation! <br />
I made a cheeseburger casserole for the potluck that was quite awesome. Afterwards the kids dressed up and we did the haunted house. Sam went through twice. Ben once. Then we strolled to the dock and trick&treated among the boats docked there. Really fun. Once again I have hardly any photos of Ben. Grrrr. His costume was a make up on the fly type of thing. His real costume was still being made by his super cool uncle Randy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Appa is the middle boat with lights ALL the way around!</td></tr>
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Now I have one whole month to rest and get ready for surgery. I'm jogging again and changing my eating habits. I was so hungry on the chemo. I think it was the steroids they were giving me. My weight is 181 currently and I'm looking for 175 or so. Maybe they can do a little liposuction while they have me split open.<br />
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I can't begin to express my gratitude for the love and warmth that I've received from family and friends. Even the RNs and MDs taking care of me at Swedish were great. It's been a long, strange trip but I think I'm better for it. I'm a bit more on an even heel. I also try to listen and not just wait my turn to talk. And finally patience. I really try to be more patient. It is hard for me but I think I'm getting better at it.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.” ~</span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Carl Jung</span><br />
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<br />Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-55365123033280026922015-08-25T13:15:00.001-07:002015-08-25T16:40:46.295-07:00A bit of poison, a bit of sailing and...bunnies!Been awhile since my last post. Not much energy but I want to get some of this down for me to read years from now. Hopefully. Maybe my kids will get a sense of me from this. If it goes pear shaped that is. <div>Three weeks ago, more or less, I had to skip my chemo treatment. I was having diarrhea really bad and had what we call in the medical field an "incident". I'm trying really hard to not let this cancer change my life too much. I want to play with the kids, have fun, work, and sail. I want to do these things. My son Ben was at the boat with me and we inflated the kayak for a spin around the marina. If Ben wants to do something that involves floating on the water, I do it. Was having diarrhea all day but taking lots of fluids in and thought I was ok. After paddling around for a bit, we came back to the dock and once Ben got out of the kayak, I followed. Barely. Got on the dock, stood, and had my vision tighten to a tunnel about the size of a dime. I came close to falling in the 50 degree water. No life jacket of course. I could have drowned I imagine. This is what is called a near syncopal episode. I almost passed out. Or "fell out" if you are from the south side of Chicago. Realizing I was going to have problems, I sat on the dock and just rested. I didn't call my oncologist and boy did that pissed him off. Imagine a furious doctor shoving his pager in my face saying, 'See this magical device? You call this number and this thing beeps. I then call you back!". He went on to say nurses are the worse patients in the world. I tend to agree. </div><div>So since the chemo causes the diarrhea, Dr Gold withheld treatment. It was all I could do to not cry. This damn chemo makes me weepy as hell. I did stay and have a liter of fluid pumped into me to fill my tank so to speak. Long story a bit longer, I now take immodium at the first sign of the runs and have the pager number on my phone. So far so good. </div><div>Last week I got infused with the chemo but he withheld the "evil" chemo (oxaliplatin) till this week. Which I am getting right now. I've been weak and tired and also not sleeping well but basically doing ok. At times I feel like I'm out of gas. I just get tired of fighting all the time. Fighting to look normal (for me). Fighting to act normal (again, for me). Just fighting. All the time. However, I bounce back from those feelings and just soldier on. Not much choice really. All I can say is I hope to hell this treatment works. I have stuff I want, nay, need to do. </div><div>To prove that it hasn't been all bad, I'll post some pictures. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQeg7Tran4OQplmz1lnb0UFy544DNFsmaOXgwrzh159rtSlTd5aL5AY1tLB3X2VMuqKmlqLgiMH4sBPKq6OK1T3DHeEt3pO573OBe6XweKPSOrDsmGPkiW9uBOYkQk6ubsLG7GrPGoE_W/s640/blogger-image-674862441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQeg7Tran4OQplmz1lnb0UFy544DNFsmaOXgwrzh159rtSlTd5aL5AY1tLB3X2VMuqKmlqLgiMH4sBPKq6OK1T3DHeEt3pO573OBe6XweKPSOrDsmGPkiW9uBOYkQk6ubsLG7GrPGoE_W/s640/blogger-image-674862441.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chemo shirt last week. Lee and John from Newport Beach got me this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmrLSbvNkKqJzvEXiwnxPCzh8gxDfwoEjMBgNfxDv1TzZuZeFdzIhTEgc6Z-fOVTmcgosHH-kZr-l6glzHjnYUMwiDpCuOtptvrl3Wse3cMYZFTZnU21eNvPur_crTUfuC06Fl6Kv0vKZ/s640/blogger-image--939060218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmrLSbvNkKqJzvEXiwnxPCzh8gxDfwoEjMBgNfxDv1TzZuZeFdzIhTEgc6Z-fOVTmcgosHH-kZr-l6glzHjnYUMwiDpCuOtptvrl3Wse3cMYZFTZnU21eNvPur_crTUfuC06Fl6Kv0vKZ/s640/blogger-image--939060218.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today's chemo shirt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not this past weekend but last weekend on Sunday, I was sitting on the boat alone. Kids gone to Jen's parents beach house, my parents were entertaining friends from out of town, and I decided I was getting the hell out of dodge. I said before that chemo makes me crave certain foods. Hot dogs and relish are currently my favorites. Hot dogs! They probably gave me this damn cancer! Anyway, I had hot dogs, buns and most importantly...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDS2sBG3nG-bJ8ekf1t0G108GTM0UDv8C6KYyJJ0FDC5P44u5v7FrfJrNYteqoYGd-B75U3CGnf0CESCfjFUxm8p1cr-F4qFxgIm0aWA8Z3SydN7H6z45U-jysg3w-FgTJOE-0-25StPP/s640/blogger-image-934612877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDS2sBG3nG-bJ8ekf1t0G108GTM0UDv8C6KYyJJ0FDC5P44u5v7FrfJrNYteqoYGd-B75U3CGnf0CESCfjFUxm8p1cr-F4qFxgIm0aWA8Z3SydN7H6z45U-jysg3w-FgTJOE-0-25StPP/s640/blogger-image-934612877.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">RELISH!<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Anyway back to me sailing Appa single handed, I left the marina under clear skies and a north wind blowing around 10 knots. I think it was about 2 in the pm. Clearing the marina and hoisting the sails took a lot out of me but once the sails are up, it is easy peasy. While not Mustang fast, Appa can move a bit and she put her shoulder down and nudged the waves to the side as she made for Port Madison across the Puget Sound. We (the boat and I) hit 7 to 8 knots and I had a beer in celebration of all that can be good in life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgKi3E0SY3W9G-QZrEdJmyA6Rp7hqHaLv77xBRARRBvM8R5vIMmbmflUmeL_x2JggRK46DQexuwUHB9DenSrnQGOA2he4R4aN6icVTQ0KANWLYD4Wjta8Cp4oBzy7M45B8F8c4x0Doc9d/s640/blogger-image-1868717986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgKi3E0SY3W9G-QZrEdJmyA6Rp7hqHaLv77xBRARRBvM8R5vIMmbmflUmeL_x2JggRK46DQexuwUHB9DenSrnQGOA2he4R4aN6icVTQ0KANWLYD4Wjta8Cp4oBzy7M45B8F8c4x0Doc9d/s640/blogger-image-1868717986.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There is nothing-absolutely-nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. I have no other words to describe the pure joy of a well sailed boat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZroL9zoSSwkgVpp1crm3BT0LRviVNhqh8Zjd5-qer0pCEnWjCaAO2YI7nCWzgN4nQIYG-mqNa9CUHKGqoXTPBDF2wL2-15BO2hbtqpv4iDj_iYXKXf1MNRLkH3GOuAk3jyBgvwlBg6Tjd/s640/blogger-image--194393880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZroL9zoSSwkgVpp1crm3BT0LRviVNhqh8Zjd5-qer0pCEnWjCaAO2YI7nCWzgN4nQIYG-mqNa9CUHKGqoXTPBDF2wL2-15BO2hbtqpv4iDj_iYXKXf1MNRLkH3GOuAk3jyBgvwlBg6Tjd/s640/blogger-image--194393880.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The arrow points to Shileshole which is home. I sailed back and forth and then went to Liberty Bay and anchored. Was just a phenomenonal day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-X1-Q7jL3_hHFLqCAiISAJmzSjOSHLkVekh1JK4KYFdLsicUsWfiNVPf0_G2ML3-t0la9vJzYV7CHVjIaJVP5TAETKuxezHbI8K_PDmVgjqK_xRoAcEx2ggGjml6iVkHIaDTzKhnjEeQ/s640/blogger-image-1382201615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-X1-Q7jL3_hHFLqCAiISAJmzSjOSHLkVekh1JK4KYFdLsicUsWfiNVPf0_G2ML3-t0la9vJzYV7CHVjIaJVP5TAETKuxezHbI8K_PDmVgjqK_xRoAcEx2ggGjml6iVkHIaDTzKhnjEeQ/s640/blogger-image-1382201615.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sunset in Liberty Bay. Nuff said. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW55EA7m9DfifBGxQEj6oAjZaHyb004ITFK0ACzjLd1m5NR9cJz5yGhOCnNIYqk7ATIeHfmiK-XwMGShqsE2AUC1jo4XhdxYv2xQRLrimzmSTaopYgNnQbBUS-Z8uEIGnLFfaPBpB_u2j/s640/blogger-image-75639437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW55EA7m9DfifBGxQEj6oAjZaHyb004ITFK0ACzjLd1m5NR9cJz5yGhOCnNIYqk7ATIeHfmiK-XwMGShqsE2AUC1jo4XhdxYv2xQRLrimzmSTaopYgNnQbBUS-Z8uEIGnLFfaPBpB_u2j/s640/blogger-image-75639437.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Monday morning I raised anchor and had a hell of a time getting the anchor out of the mud. That is heavy, sticky bay mud right there. Most of it slid off before I could get my phone and snap a picture. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I managed to sail almost all the way home but got wiped out tacking back and forth and had to motor for a bit and rest. Oh well. Still was fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Last Tuesday my mom took me to chemo. It was suppose to be the evil chemo but since I had the past history of diarrhea, they did the good chemo. That bummed me out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today went ok. Got the oxcepliatin today. Aka evil chemo. Fingers tingling now and tear ducts along with saliva glands hurt now. Only while making fluid though. My brother sent me a picture of my uncle Gordon who died from lung cancer, what is it now, 3 years ago I think. That made me cry and it hurt. Heart hurt from sadness and tears ducts ached also. Weird drugs coursing through my system. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmO2yQv00zIp6Rndp-CgIPtsg7Lm3r3rR0IaA-LxQJKPRMxbP3grSgXtp-Gg30fnq_fH67nf9LJxcCVCEhkN_Qxp_YyPgbO9Uj0HcDqZz2SMpQDhdth5qzW74IRlE4v56vmUW2FGTOytOL/s640/blogger-image-608305069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmO2yQv00zIp6Rndp-CgIPtsg7Lm3r3rR0IaA-LxQJKPRMxbP3grSgXtp-Gg30fnq_fH67nf9LJxcCVCEhkN_Qxp_YyPgbO9Uj0HcDqZz2SMpQDhdth5qzW74IRlE4v56vmUW2FGTOytOL/s640/blogger-image-608305069.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Gordon circa 1974 or so. My brother Kristopher with the Mae West life jacket and the infamous dog Rumpelstilzchen. Rumple for short. Rumple is just in front of my brother. Ah hell. I miss you Gordon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This past weekend, I sailed with my good buddies JC, Chris, Brooke, Rich, Easton, and Kaley in the CYC sailfest Fridays. They have extra hotdog relish unlike Elliott Bay Downtown Series. No wind and they eventually called off the race but we hung out on the water and enjoyed the night anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimld00_PFcPEjnmIlaGKWVX2DJJTgWXKwDCaUDEeFNNkbQhIjWQEZQloW9QjLrnSNdJeNVWIEAZh4Kg9IDSu1tN6biLoK2mur0rNZAdIOOI6PFWbHuoj8UqEoHVRAS0qJu3xc2HQ89wNqW/s640/blogger-image-1109477819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimld00_PFcPEjnmIlaGKWVX2DJJTgWXKwDCaUDEeFNNkbQhIjWQEZQloW9QjLrnSNdJeNVWIEAZh4Kg9IDSu1tN6biLoK2mur0rNZAdIOOI6PFWbHuoj8UqEoHVRAS0qJu3xc2HQ89wNqW/s640/blogger-image-1109477819.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">JC and Rich trying to get us moving in light to no wind. Me pointing at something. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShhmR63fPey3uIC1xmBspZQnq4J0mg09g_Bkp7DPYjUamckqOdoY3uOk-bbEe1Vm7fBUYhDlXzRtLGk6behYEjtFaKoA9TEudLq_CkXjOUtCQbE9ZfGAUhU9t7gcaXuEv9-eewPV616K6/s640/blogger-image-1775625033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShhmR63fPey3uIC1xmBspZQnq4J0mg09g_Bkp7DPYjUamckqOdoY3uOk-bbEe1Vm7fBUYhDlXzRtLGk6behYEjtFaKoA9TEudLq_CkXjOUtCQbE9ZfGAUhU9t7gcaXuEv9-eewPV616K6/s640/blogger-image-1775625033.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I really have to work on my smile. This is Chris and I. A better friend than I deserve. He is...simply one of the best people I know. He is my brother from another mother. Love ya Chris. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HPjrLk2GmDdwc6WB9xnBu4Zx-aLWAhyphenhyphen9ZfNhkvM8bmnXv_u0tNO68wuR6brF_Q5ZQVib16MOHq4evZn4AqRglwz44QeG91MsJZhlRoiozYvuu8yGHA3Eh6awJZPdhZAmiYjqJ7YmbTfN/s640/blogger-image-308117954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HPjrLk2GmDdwc6WB9xnBu4Zx-aLWAhyphenhyphen9ZfNhkvM8bmnXv_u0tNO68wuR6brF_Q5ZQVib16MOHq4evZn4AqRglwz44QeG91MsJZhlRoiozYvuu8yGHA3Eh6awJZPdhZAmiYjqJ7YmbTfN/s640/blogger-image-308117954.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Damn J105 behind us in the photo. 😀</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Saturday my mom and dad came over to the boat and we took Appa out for a sail back to Liberty Bay and visited the town of Poulsbo. It was another stunning day with perfect wind. We managed to sail all the way to Poulsbo. Trust me. It is hard to do. Our patience was rewarded with a great sail. You sail the wind you have not the wind you wish for. Life lesson there I think. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOqtOtvyVUStCOjQNqeuvNpU-idT_4sEo0shKblgqFKwiMfZYEVB00qde7Erx-NarlSVglpiKEv6Jk4JUSZXJ6NixSdA0y-rWldCpeFYOjMz-5iAEhokfNATFb-TVJAku4Iv_NxMl2HyK/s640/blogger-image-979982544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOqtOtvyVUStCOjQNqeuvNpU-idT_4sEo0shKblgqFKwiMfZYEVB00qde7Erx-NarlSVglpiKEv6Jk4JUSZXJ6NixSdA0y-rWldCpeFYOjMz-5iAEhokfNATFb-TVJAku4Iv_NxMl2HyK/s640/blogger-image-979982544.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dad guiding us through the light wind till we got into the good stuff. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">One Wednesday last week, I met Jen and the kids with my parents at the Seattle Yacht Club back to school party. They had a balloon artist, who immediately ran out of pink and purple balloons. How in the hell do you run out of pink and purple balloons? The girls in line were crushed. The yacht club also had a climbing wall. Inflatable climbing wall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSpm_LHWmc2PqM1LgWul8liwGwMUovkULFNrPdugCLBKlZkCUg-alIWrojjvMBtUdecXT9NcG9BXeeWk6hkSRjunnU6n9secPCC_WBsC3K1XY-eTluovWJ8w3vRdgDXeu0w2liWDqWdhw/s640/blogger-image-1230654315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSpm_LHWmc2PqM1LgWul8liwGwMUovkULFNrPdugCLBKlZkCUg-alIWrojjvMBtUdecXT9NcG9BXeeWk6hkSRjunnU6n9secPCC_WBsC3K1XY-eTluovWJ8w3vRdgDXeu0w2liWDqWdhw/s640/blogger-image-1230654315.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mighty Sam climbing the wall of terror!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccrTwiLycLumU-I0ynFd4n53xOZAeG8-4oe9rkykaD07ntL2ec5JuYRBnogvmhAc_JK5fdv05SMHx46Rtl-wqz82X_snRd3K-BBCca-qvvp26iQGdnBWG-7Rs0XKuF4Bd8ku9UKRpnsIU/s640/blogger-image-1627400073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccrTwiLycLumU-I0ynFd4n53xOZAeG8-4oe9rkykaD07ntL2ec5JuYRBnogvmhAc_JK5fdv05SMHx46Rtl-wqz82X_snRd3K-BBCca-qvvp26iQGdnBWG-7Rs0XKuF4Bd8ku9UKRpnsIU/s640/blogger-image-1627400073.jpg"></a></div>Benny climbing the wall of kinda of scary. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I should mention that Ben meet us at the yacht club after climbing Mt Si for one of his friends birthday celebration. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaNXnsQfnHTPnrISl5ti5FjQkMOj13CsaNaBoBYsUAXf75WzfZIZ-h_V0BQ_X4tuH8TPEdZKC_w8jeM0CuSbk6lKHLh63MkfyULl-oIuYf9mNv7lcfhtwwxpipycHssWP0tvPUyTCRifN/s640/blogger-image-1327446185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaNXnsQfnHTPnrISl5ti5FjQkMOj13CsaNaBoBYsUAXf75WzfZIZ-h_V0BQ_X4tuH8TPEdZKC_w8jeM0CuSbk6lKHLh63MkfyULl-oIuYf9mNv7lcfhtwwxpipycHssWP0tvPUyTCRifN/s640/blogger-image-1327446185.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Felix (birthday boy), Benny and Josiah</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Si">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Si</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN44_hSNtyYkh87bvbPnvz7WlI7X6k-hkgSUhhyHRyyfIVZXRrblAWCGtbCGVsDySkgSDHaKDXbQDC41_BlmEVJlqzmiUKyOJda8_i-t5N6JkgO9Z2dnzvdzvHYpEUYrdATFRcXAVso1XX/s640/blogger-image--1008913703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN44_hSNtyYkh87bvbPnvz7WlI7X6k-hkgSUhhyHRyyfIVZXRrblAWCGtbCGVsDySkgSDHaKDXbQDC41_BlmEVJlqzmiUKyOJda8_i-t5N6JkgO9Z2dnzvdzvHYpEUYrdATFRcXAVso1XX/s640/blogger-image--1008913703.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At the top! Pretty cool thing for a birthday party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kids got rabbits this month also. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Here is a photo of Ben's bunny RexE. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD16szRk1Fpx9MPdIdfjVgtcP5Q4LIQ0rNX-ZG45MSo6_J49PURjrC6YdLkCsWCYOfCfcPn-ck6EeaDzVFsJEkEhov5zbhFo1RSFjt70FY_bMJj2Q2wRVBPkqjnJYsoX-oFdLTZ5Q76Kn3/s640/blogger-image-1375299111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD16szRk1Fpx9MPdIdfjVgtcP5Q4LIQ0rNX-ZG45MSo6_J49PURjrC6YdLkCsWCYOfCfcPn-ck6EeaDzVFsJEkEhov5zbhFo1RSFjt70FY_bMJj2Q2wRVBPkqjnJYsoX-oFdLTZ5Q76Kn3/s640/blogger-image-1375299111.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Very friendly bunny. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL93WztUXdGlL1YpFVHvtU9V9BQ8x4sGGR6VAS5lR_XAy3n6rEHQOEuzYjnUGhd3q-V_LGXgNSW8Z79MlLGx-9RNkn9vCH5Pn7WHF5Tz-sYpcMngbHVXQcbJ1wdaR3jvrjq0ILRotW76Is/s640/blogger-image--576817640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL93WztUXdGlL1YpFVHvtU9V9BQ8x4sGGR6VAS5lR_XAy3n6rEHQOEuzYjnUGhd3q-V_LGXgNSW8Z79MlLGx-9RNkn9vCH5Pn7WHF5Tz-sYpcMngbHVXQcbJ1wdaR3jvrjq0ILRotW76Is/s640/blogger-image--576817640.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sam has one also named Stella. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i5-vS9BsNUlly3uodCFNbYmoWLrwZVl9l6gehiRre1KIvAgylXDenjNryDSmBH6t58R3hMRoemZNFRxzoZ2SsRNxcw0phbSVXSB4x2SROQ6gsH6NdVzsc8kCqjOFwVf1NVk7brk1f0wt/s640/blogger-image--281925113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i5-vS9BsNUlly3uodCFNbYmoWLrwZVl9l6gehiRre1KIvAgylXDenjNryDSmBH6t58R3hMRoemZNFRxzoZ2SsRNxcw0phbSVXSB4x2SROQ6gsH6NdVzsc8kCqjOFwVf1NVk7brk1f0wt/s640/blogger-image--281925113.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not quite as friendly as Rex but getting used to Sam </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2-Qe1x1O3cvFhCO6y2rbycMLIoiVOs5xsFZo2dfPUsUB6EgNzVVa2CCCbGC4pXBzRLr2aV-eprqzQ21N_AYcv3zKM2YCgYyBMkxFRulZCqKaiH-_rMDbXMogbYhVeu6kTAJDAI25ejY2/s640/blogger-image--220434518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2-Qe1x1O3cvFhCO6y2rbycMLIoiVOs5xsFZo2dfPUsUB6EgNzVVa2CCCbGC4pXBzRLr2aV-eprqzQ21N_AYcv3zKM2YCgYyBMkxFRulZCqKaiH-_rMDbXMogbYhVeu6kTAJDAI25ejY2/s640/blogger-image--220434518.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Loving Stella to death. Maybe literally. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm out of gas. Can't blog anymore. Too tired. Chemo today is kicking me. 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Another week of oddball side effects and feeling like I can be pushed over by bunnies using a feather. The weakness I experienced last time on this medicine was unbelievable. However I still managed to get out sailing, go to a wedding, and stay out late (for one night anyhow). </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dave and Julie finally tied the knot this last weekend. They are some of my favorite people on this planet and I am so happy for them. They got married at Sunset Bluff Park in Ballard this last Saturday. It is a beautiful spot overlooking the Puget Sound. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2r5YQC65UxGdtOkoxCncJMRCDLPuqVYC0zxG5r8G7eFBA13d5x-pvc7Of4sS9hRs4Gv836EuNNQSj4r6DmWLO6DzfhaqzHrGCGfiI-jykxiaZ042DqF_RunN4QJKXIvGvvNEFWkgtwgd/s640/blogger-image--454874577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2r5YQC65UxGdtOkoxCncJMRCDLPuqVYC0zxG5r8G7eFBA13d5x-pvc7Of4sS9hRs4Gv836EuNNQSj4r6DmWLO6DzfhaqzHrGCGfiI-jykxiaZ042DqF_RunN4QJKXIvGvvNEFWkgtwgd/s640/blogger-image--454874577.jpg"></a></span><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2r5YQC65UxGdtOkoxCncJMRCDLPuqVYC0zxG5r8G7eFBA13d5x-pvc7Of4sS9hRs4Gv836EuNNQSj4r6DmWLO6DzfhaqzHrGCGfiI-jykxiaZ042DqF_RunN4QJKXIvGvvNEFWkgtwgd/s640/blogger-image--454874577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsEpduRynnHG3Gg7UT21pdt8O5cYUXhxD2Jud7ZweJ_gUAWEK57teaGtxUeeqHp9wCFQmyRwhKSPBeGmsSpYcH9Ln0ySmUf5plkYQSmFRemi77cOUBRldBLGpi6lbMMGfHksqUuK9orQZ/s640/blogger-image--1036520019.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;">Some people are meant to be together and these two complete each other. Glad they have found each other. </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;">Michael, Amie and Allie flew out for the wedding along with Pete and Rachelle. We went out sailing on Appa last Thursday doing the Elliot Bay Downtown Series. Onboard we had Michael, Aime, Allie, David, Pete, Chris, and myself. We had an awful start as we were late to the race but still a managed to claw our way to 14th place out of almost 50 boats. I am never happier than behind the helm of my boat with a bunch of friends, nay family, rolling over the rest of the fleet. To sail with such a bunch of talented sailors is pure joy to me. Everyone should have a chance to be as happy as I was last Thursday. Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. If my kids could have been there, I probably would have exploded with love. </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58TDByM5WSEMArovpj3hxUGQRz7WVNV7NFNSSGu3ie4yPCgr2Pjhxwe0-XFWYz5LZGBALF25zT5k_ME-3I3GRB2svRBkegicnxZYZxH0OKOTjIkhTZGlXSrnjTNwgyCo7xNh1_VqvLHrf/s640/blogger-image-2103183438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58TDByM5WSEMArovpj3hxUGQRz7WVNV7NFNSSGu3ie4yPCgr2Pjhxwe0-XFWYz5LZGBALF25zT5k_ME-3I3GRB2svRBkegicnxZYZxH0OKOTjIkhTZGlXSrnjTNwgyCo7xNh1_VqvLHrf/s640/blogger-image-2103183438.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Post race at Elliot Bay Marina. This is the last known photo of David as a unmarried man. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTP9WmmJ30qC-XkO1dVthP5gsaYFEmO27atRn-muwc4LXEPHvs5wj7-sibDy7jmHEP38It1AcWcpPa6W27KkY_N-eb8IMayotiUdSD6TbpvqyCNzLYh7ZygzPxUoGgDymwYXtDjfmjjPc/s640/blogger-image-1802670778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTP9WmmJ30qC-XkO1dVthP5gsaYFEmO27atRn-muwc4LXEPHvs5wj7-sibDy7jmHEP38It1AcWcpPa6W27KkY_N-eb8IMayotiUdSD6TbpvqyCNzLYh7ZygzPxUoGgDymwYXtDjfmjjPc/s640/blogger-image-1802670778.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sammy and Rachelle before going to dinner last Friday. These two just love each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We went to Drunky's BBQ Friday night. Michael, Aime, Allie, Pete, Rachelle, Pat, and myself along with my two kids and Easton had a great dinner and very enjoyable conversation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vn3IMqnWIXeHlmm43dJDWUTd95iRjwIahn5qtG6vI0ojt4WTbviHqvYTGA4ps4dfbbkJuYaF_0xiBbMnpjhtrnGVye0vdDIUA7-gw62mglWi3Tqb5__4oLr7Z_Tm7MbVdQgQWGbFuLEG/s640/blogger-image-1490891206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vn3IMqnWIXeHlmm43dJDWUTd95iRjwIahn5qtG6vI0ojt4WTbviHqvYTGA4ps4dfbbkJuYaF_0xiBbMnpjhtrnGVye0vdDIUA7-gw62mglWi3Tqb5__4oLr7Z_Tm7MbVdQgQWGbFuLEG/s640/blogger-image-1490891206.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The three Kings in my life!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My son Ben is starting to get into cars. He plays some driving games and is starting to recognize different cars on the road. Being a bit of a car nut, I thought I'd foster this love of cars. Today's kids, especially here in Seattle, just don't have a connection with cars. They could care less about driving. Of course can you blame them? Traffic here sucks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After dropping Sam off at her friend's house, Ben and I went to the local Ford dealer and drove this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCky-Zp__gTfXiN2OeDfWWMe-D0iU9Cexa0YBQpFbemBnUWQwHLDJwkWxqky-DVAN6Mhj4HekPhhbtFw9FHIJV3kpF8cb4WOsKRRA7SL5Tg-CZL-uWGqb0BzneBSla7s82iweeIw5fauoF/s640/blogger-image-473615549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCky-Zp__gTfXiN2OeDfWWMe-D0iU9Cexa0YBQpFbemBnUWQwHLDJwkWxqky-DVAN6Mhj4HekPhhbtFw9FHIJV3kpF8cb4WOsKRRA7SL5Tg-CZL-uWGqb0BzneBSla7s82iweeIw5fauoF/s640/blogger-image-473615549.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2015 Ford Mustang GT. The honest-to-God American built V8 throws 435 horsepower to the rear wheels. My old 1986 Mustang GT had 200 hp!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We were met in the parking lot by Igor the salesman. Igor is from Brazil and a nice quiet guy. He doesn't seem like much of a car guy though. After the initial typical bullshit of dealing with Igor's spiel, they threw the keys at me and we were off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Poor Ben. I don't think he has ever been in a fast car. Cars to him are used for only one thing, getting from A to B. Knowing this, I planned on showing him what gasoline fueled mayhem was all about. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ben crawled into the tiny backseat area and buckled in. He kept saying how nice the seats were back there and how well he fit. He can't fool me. I know those seats are for small house pets and children. Ben won't fit back there after a growth spurt I'll bet. Anyway, with a push of the button, the V8 roared to life. Briefly. I killed it almost immediately with my crappy clutch work. Clearly I couldn't drive this thing like my V6 manual transmission truck. Once I got the Mustang's clutch sorted out, we were off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Magazine articles claim the Mustang can go from a standstill to 60 mph in just over 4 ssconds. I got close to that I think. With my foot firmly planted in the carpet, that V8 made a sound that can only be described as intoxicating. I was hooked. Igor the salesman had his eyes closed and was hugging himself with his head leaned back. He was trying to find his happy place I guess. Ben was wide-eyed with wonder. I could see him thinking "Holy shit!! Cars can be fun?!?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After a bit of city driving, we took the Mustang out onto the freeway. My plan was to keep my foot planted to the firewall and keep it there till Igor yelled "STOP!!" I pulled onto the ramp to the freeway and drove that car like a rental. Short of my old motorcycle, I have never gone that fast that quickly. The car screamed up to 100 mph and Igor was deathly silent, eyes closed and he was rigid in his seat. Briefly touching 105 mph, I backed off. Had my kid in the car after all. Once we got down to 70 mph or so, Ben just started babbling like a brook. "I love this car. What colors does it come in? Are we taking this car home today? Imagine me being dropped off at school in this. Omg!! I can't wait for school to start. Seth can fit back here I think. For sure Tripp. He's really short." This went on for a bit. I loved it. He might have the bug now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We got back to the dealer and took a different Mustang out at the urging of Igor's manager. This time I turned off the traction control to do some wheel spinning. Igor never said a word. 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This one would cost me out the door $34,000. Lord have mercy that is a chunk of change.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That is about it for now. Almost done with my infusion and I'm getting run down. I'm doing ok though. Better than most on my flavor of chemotherapy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for all the prayers and well wishing. I haven't felt like talking on the phone much so I'm sorry if I don't answer or return calls. 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It has been two weeks since my last chemo treatment. A bit more actually. However, today I am back at it. Also I am getting the "bad" chemo. Once again I can't have cold drinks and reaching into the fridge or freezer is an adventure. Well, as long as this works, I can deal with it. At least they didn't miss accessing my port today.<br />
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On the 3rd of July I took Appa over to Liberty Bay for the annual fireworks there. My good friend Chris went with and we rafted up to David and Julie. Great time. On the 4th, Chris and I headed back to Shileshole marina and David headed down to Quartermaster Harbor for their 4th of July firework celebration. Once at the dock, I started to get the boat ready for our trip to the San Juan Islands. My mom and dad showed up around 6pm and Jen dropped the kids off around that time also. On the 5th, at 7 am, we shoved off the dock and caught the ebbing tide to Roche Harbor. Had a great transit to about Port Townsend and then hoisted the sails and took off across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. One of the best and fastest trips north ever. Arrived at the Seattle Yacht Club Henry Island outstation around 5 pm. We were travelling with two other boats, Sand Dollar and Dolphin Quest. They pulled in around 8 or 9 as they left a bit later than us. </div>
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My kids did great on the hike. Ben never complained and Sam did once in awhile. We told stories while hiking to keep her mind off the trail. My uncle Lynn used to tell me Bowser the dog stories. I changed that a bit to Bowser the Mahi Mahi. This Bowser is a fish that tries to help other fish in the ocean. It is a work in progress. </div>
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On the way down, four of us got stung by wasps. I got it once on the calf. Shauna got stung and so did Dylan from Dolphin Quest. Poor, poor Sam got hit 5 times. Five freaking times. Oh the screaming and crying. We had two more miles to go at that point. I cannot carry Sam. She worked her way down and once at the trail head, we jumped into the dinghy and roared to Appa. Some Tylenol and Motrin given and Sam started to feel better. What a girl! </div>
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Papa Fox aka Pat met us in Bedwell on his boat Subira which is an Islander 36 Freeport. He has been working nonstop on his boat and got enough done on her to actually use the boat rather than work on it. He stayed with us for the entire trip.</div>
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The next day we headed to Ganges which is a nice little town with a proper grocery store. Seattle Yacht Club has an outstation there also and once docked we headed up to Moby's and had lunch. We sailed almost the whole way. Sand Dollar and Dolphin Quest went to Portland Island instead of following us. They would then head to Buchart Gardens and other places. We would meet up again back in the USA at Stuart Island in Reid Harbor on the 14th. </div>
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After Ganges we motored over to North Pender Island at a really cool place called Otter Bay. They have two swimming pools and a nice little cafe and grocery store. Small grocery store. Pat followed us over and we had a delicious dinner of brats and potatoe salad. </div>
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Saturday we headed back to Roche Harbor and checked back into the US. Pretty painless as far as checking back into your own country can go. Had really nice officers there this time. I have had some real ball busters over the years. We headed back to Henry Island and spent the night at the outstation again. Pat got a slip in the Roche marina. Once we were all set on Henry, I took my dinghy over to the marina and had a couple drinks with Pat at the bar. </div>
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Sunday there was no wind so we motored to Friday Harbor and met Jen at a restaurant and everyone got reacquainted. I was wondering if Sam would pitch such a fit about being left with me for another week and not seeing her mama but in the end, she did great. We sure missed Benny though. </div>
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Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-26399916083051686572015-06-30T12:21:00.001-07:002015-06-30T15:34:42.564-07:00Just rolling alongWeek six. I have fourteen more treatments left. Today, June 30th, is my last treatment for two weeks. I get the two weeks off to let my body heal from the poison. On the odd weeks I get oxaclepatin and that is some evil stuff. I have some residual numbness in my fingers from the course I did last week. This week is the 5FU only. Easy peasy. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_uXLNkFrSd2mD9UjXjI2IdSHI5LUBZDVnoTllIa_qfhcF1mTg2EOFiMIiNCbGpTO2ZQB2i9rTztqRMV4unl_Wq8HKgW0CeLj5u4Vv8YOn_utjblCwHziGArJgfyMNzMkPGN5bxb2w9vM/s640/blogger-image-527888609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_uXLNkFrSd2mD9UjXjI2IdSHI5LUBZDVnoTllIa_qfhcF1mTg2EOFiMIiNCbGpTO2ZQB2i9rTztqRMV4unl_Wq8HKgW0CeLj5u4Vv8YOn_utjblCwHziGArJgfyMNzMkPGN5bxb2w9vM/s640/blogger-image-527888609.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is what Johnny Cash and I think of cancer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Yesterday I went to see the surgeon and have scar tissue removed from the area they removed the tumor. Yes. Down there. Knees tucked to chest and deep breathe is the only advice I can give. They do not knock you out for this. It was...the hardest thing I have done I think. They use a dilator so they can fit tools in the rectal area to remove the tissue. If this is hard to read about, it is worse in person. Took 10 minutes or so. They have a bar to hold onto and a pillow to bite. The pain was unbelievable. Oh, they also inject air to see better. Alright enough of that. </span></div><div><div>The surgeon says I look great down there and in September they will test the connection he made with contrast dye and see if it leaks. No leak and then I am set for reconnection end of October that is if I can stay on schedule with the chemotherapy. </div><div>The oxaclepatin has culminative side effects. Every time I get it, the side effects are more intense. Hot and cold give me pain and shock type feeling to hands and feet. I'm tired quite a bit. Cold drinks give me spasms of the esophagus. I think I covered this so, let us move along. </div><div>I am not working yet and won't till end of July at least. We are taking the boat up to the San Juan islands on the 5th of July for two weeks since I don't have chemo. So during my downtime I have been trying to get Appa ready to go. She needed a new depth sounder as the old one died. This meant hauling the boat out and having her in the slings while we changed the transducer out. Then the next morning, we splashed her. No leaks and I can now tell how deep it is. Good thing to know when your boat takes 8 feet of water to float in and rocks abound in the San Juans. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4v23GYQVKX0k_snszB_PVENbPkQwyQvrxswyGfI-hSFjrPtTf_fcOKcPOAQOxcNgYj-jb2VECgqcC-ZPrVvLbW2NsncY_mAF5Y4UUyTmx9khPlqbDDWYLXpilS9xla7ImLA_FYOGVrMdF/s640/blogger-image--598586499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4v23GYQVKX0k_snszB_PVENbPkQwyQvrxswyGfI-hSFjrPtTf_fcOKcPOAQOxcNgYj-jb2VECgqcC-ZPrVvLbW2NsncY_mAF5Y4UUyTmx9khPlqbDDWYLXpilS9xla7ImLA_FYOGVrMdF/s640/blogger-image--598586499.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Getting hauled out. They have a scale in the haul out rig. Appa weighs 28,000 pounds. Weighing myself for chemo today, 177 pounds. I started this ordeal out at 200. Which was way to much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJxbz0ZgMtvJcTMiklklvKy-7OTDNEC0rEDUa26lNxk_ASP7X3cjafxJIKG-e7o4V6KNm2-s2WSQtT7riL9obd5IYrYu7KWP-IYqQAgwWPa5W3wLqQwntz9tWgJn6seMXu5SimuWnu1s5/s640/blogger-image--396201817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJxbz0ZgMtvJcTMiklklvKy-7OTDNEC0rEDUa26lNxk_ASP7X3cjafxJIKG-e7o4V6KNm2-s2WSQtT7riL9obd5IYrYu7KWP-IYqQAgwWPa5W3wLqQwntz9tWgJn6seMXu5SimuWnu1s5/s640/blogger-image--396201817.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My buddy Chris helping with the thru-hull. David is in the boat helping. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdqZQrGS3Cd4mdzFySHOGZ_tTTwNlbf3SR-ECihk8H8VSEj65BKH2j_14HUsIlTWz3ukIMrhpZYtape2GdCRquDLOoOKurkMOpa1QPNyVv5DCMClmwamjsKdPbQCLHRmmnVmmFFPtN1py/s640/blogger-image--1379276085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdqZQrGS3Cd4mdzFySHOGZ_tTTwNlbf3SR-ECihk8H8VSEj65BKH2j_14HUsIlTWz3ukIMrhpZYtape2GdCRquDLOoOKurkMOpa1QPNyVv5DCMClmwamjsKdPbQCLHRmmnVmmFFPtN1py/s640/blogger-image--1379276085.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Where the transducer goes. The hull is about an inch thick here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So as crappy as I feels sometimes, I just push through and work on the boat or hang with the kids. Sam is in soccer on Saturdays and this week is doing horseback riding camp. Ben has JavaScript programming class this month also at the University of Washington. Neither kid is interested in sailing camp this year. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4Z8O4xb4ZUsYWAgPD6z_bUz8i1YuUkXzbq1a4w1fZtFStSpbjIRZ9UfgnVF2mp9UofuId8XOV2kiVcWO3aBrIMxwjlr46GuWEnj3fXMuw4yvwq1kOuacr8sVMZoJ6EWRkhVJnN4O73PU/s640/blogger-image-2123993937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4Z8O4xb4ZUsYWAgPD6z_bUz8i1YuUkXzbq1a4w1fZtFStSpbjIRZ9UfgnVF2mp9UofuId8XOV2kiVcWO3aBrIMxwjlr46GuWEnj3fXMuw4yvwq1kOuacr8sVMZoJ6EWRkhVJnN4O73PU/s640/blogger-image-2123993937.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sam hanging in the bosun's chair. She swings around up there happy as all hell. Ben also. He taught her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovb1mR-Fyw4VeBDS-X4_KgpHr6IrOpcdQJj_EtpoREiy_nnpp69oryVjYuQYBxxUFAVqjm3StY5tNfn2_AkIiLzpjZS44-grcYj-_34FzzmvuFeNDw4ieAYHL01qgKA9PY7Q1m0hCVgqb/s640/blogger-image-232797949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovb1mR-Fyw4VeBDS-X4_KgpHr6IrOpcdQJj_EtpoREiy_nnpp69oryVjYuQYBxxUFAVqjm3StY5tNfn2_AkIiLzpjZS44-grcYj-_34FzzmvuFeNDw4ieAYHL01qgKA9PY7Q1m0hCVgqb/s640/blogger-image-232797949.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Oma and Opa with the kids on Appa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapbQ3jUridDMxMwxyy9YvT_Dx7LCRaf4rbfD6WPsz1JfQX_RMOvpFoupxwHabJPn5IrmbnftDrfpQllRqVRgVeo-I_Jw0RdRDpWZpNPTKHzF0Sm27wddpv2jaDzz1JDKLQJrSZw1Tbha0/s640/blogger-image-1273623145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapbQ3jUridDMxMwxyy9YvT_Dx7LCRaf4rbfD6WPsz1JfQX_RMOvpFoupxwHabJPn5IrmbnftDrfpQllRqVRgVeo-I_Jw0RdRDpWZpNPTKHzF0Sm27wddpv2jaDzz1JDKLQJrSZw1Tbha0/s640/blogger-image-1273623145.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Saw Willie Nelson Saturday! Thanks Chris and David. Allison Krause opened for him. Great concert. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwZRh2BXtVWv0TWZwkh_ff5vPMFgtqCoWPuZ74AHHreTivBuvx8JEVVV6bDv4Hl-hk413dZCuXWkIpD9lHuD5K-zxGKjj3JjgvquOsp2z9gxYLMfXvWIsntyhc_ysJpNOWlUTuzqHl8EV/s640/blogger-image--1599968931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwZRh2BXtVWv0TWZwkh_ff5vPMFgtqCoWPuZ74AHHreTivBuvx8JEVVV6bDv4Hl-hk413dZCuXWkIpD9lHuD5K-zxGKjj3JjgvquOsp2z9gxYLMfXvWIsntyhc_ysJpNOWlUTuzqHl8EV/s640/blogger-image--1599968931.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had a hot dog and a couple beers at the concert. I have strange cravings. Hot dogs one day, hamburgers the next. Tuna salad. Or chicken salad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In my oncologist appointment today we started talking cars. In my downtime, I've started watching Top Gear which is a BBC program about cars. It is one of the most popular programs in the world. Anyway, Dr. Gold drives an Audi s8. He wants an R8. That is the type of car that Iron Man has in the movies. He showed me a video of him test driving one. Cool car. Anyway, I'm not an Audi fan. I told him about my brother working for Ford and the discount etc. He ordered me to go buy a new Ford Mustang GT. Ordered me. I was going to get one as a consolation prize for getting and dealing with this cancer once all my procedures are done. He told me not to wait that long. He is expecting me to have a Mustang with proof of pictures when I come back for my next treatment. What to do? I mean it is doctors orders...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4_Crpc1kBgzZ9c0kGLkwqY6ciettbx-ZBAHphyphenhyphenDr0ItHMvq9acR-KT6b4JSClzlkFIPglyMHZsBoGQU0lvy3rHggdPHd5OlBiHVU897equMGu5eFRYTv1efjQLKwwoy9AECaGlblN2jy/s640/blogger-image-348530962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4_Crpc1kBgzZ9c0kGLkwqY6ciettbx-ZBAHphyphenhyphenDr0ItHMvq9acR-KT6b4JSClzlkFIPglyMHZsBoGQU0lvy3rHggdPHd5OlBiHVU897equMGu5eFRYTv1efjQLKwwoy9AECaGlblN2jy/s640/blogger-image-348530962.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not quite this wild I should think. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All in all, I'm ok. Got crap days and good ones. Good seem to be outnumbering the bad and I'll take that any day of the week. How many people on chemo can go out with friends to an outdoor concert and have a couple beers? Maybe all of them, but I don't think so. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had an epiphany a couple weeks ago. Standing the shower I was reflecting on my increasing short temper and impatience with everyone from my kids to my life. Back before surgery, I was trying to stave off the impending hard times that were coming. I lived every day slowly. I took my time with everything. I had patience (Ok. More patience than normal). After the surgery I did the same thing, take things slow. I have cancer, I get a break now. Slow the hell down. Make the days last. Now though. Now I'm in the chemo part of my therapy. And I want it DONE!! NOW! If I could throw a switch, I would leap forward to October and be done with this damn awful chemotherapy. My skin doesn't feel right, I ache where I never have before, I shake quite a bit from the Oxaclepatin. Texting is an adventure at times. This underlying thought of speeding past months of MY life just so I can feel better is paramount in my life right now. It is also not a good thing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am trying to slow down and enjoy this ride. As awful as it is, I should still embrace the good with the bad. I fail miserably at times but I also have moments of tranquility. Having NEVER been patient, I find this is a hard thing to do but I imagine on my death bed, I would give anything to have back all the moments that I wasted with my worrying and foul mood. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I think a new Mustang would help. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></span></div><div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-66349033941319487372015-05-27T13:42:00.001-07:002015-05-27T16:37:20.795-07:00And away we go...I have to apologize for spelling and grammar. I'm typing this during chemo and I feel weird and sleepy.<div>A little backtracking first.<div>My surgery went well. Checked into the hospital at 0530am and met the team, had an IV started, and was wheeled into the surgical suite at 0730. I woke at 4pm or so. Surgery took 7 hours. Dr Pollock used the Davinci Robot on me which means smaller incisions and faster healing.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8nuUzWqlEcLsGF-g9luHJnqRxaRb6j93qQybOxPSH4dZ-0iNzzGWaFaejg_CZ1C74VJ-_Md6dLrIXNqvg7vQ30btXgTPogXK89JMddagwe6CufEBfxwksrIKfUReu0jj1mPW9TktrHbO/s640/blogger-image--300927885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8nuUzWqlEcLsGF-g9luHJnqRxaRb6j93qQybOxPSH4dZ-0iNzzGWaFaejg_CZ1C74VJ-_Md6dLrIXNqvg7vQ30btXgTPogXK89JMddagwe6CufEBfxwksrIKfUReu0jj1mPW9TktrHbO/s640/blogger-image--300927885.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The doctor is the one with his head in the big console. He controls the five arms that get jabbed into me. His view is in 3d and the robot arms have tactile feed back allowing him to "feel" while doing surgery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I woke up in my room, I was doing ok. Here is a photo of my belly. I'll spare you a picture of the tube in my penis.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcgve0DDKfikuDeekcNMmWbi7Prz2jR1EaTgePTlLViKEHRaJAq69YiUlNhfDMTTpQfTcEkid4mlvh9hjR7KflUDqfgBPAwZybwOcPLKNELKqPIO6DVpnVS3e1HRpe9AqamcN1apffHlS/s640/blogger-image--665518626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcgve0DDKfikuDeekcNMmWbi7Prz2jR1EaTgePTlLViKEHRaJAq69YiUlNhfDMTTpQfTcEkid4mlvh9hjR7KflUDqfgBPAwZybwOcPLKNELKqPIO6DVpnVS3e1HRpe9AqamcN1apffHlS/s640/blogger-image--665518626.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The bag looking object on my right side is my new colostomy bag. The rest are bandages. My pain wasn't too bad after the surgery but sometimes the cramping was goddamn awful. Pain pills and the like help but the pain still brought me to my knees a couple times. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The staff on 10east at Swedish were great and got me up walking around the floor by 8pm or so. Sooner you start walking, the sooner your bowels start working again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My diet got advanced fairly quickly as the output on the colostomy bag increased. The first thing I had was a peanut butter shake. When calling the dietary department and placing your order, you have to be firm with them. They will insist that peanut butter shakes do not exist. My doctor told me to not take no for an answer. Finally they relented and sent up two shakes. It was delicious. One for me and another one for Pete J. He stayed with me during my stay. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-0zGXsM7wD5hYLfyTAabUYeP984TRN3by8zuTU1lUkhn0b3IlelY-HOeozRW8cZMM4K7IReAaaGL6O25zusy3gpbcOELHixT7dupijbmN2ixHBNLdIITjyLoIYculdHpw5pZOjv-qzR5/s640/blogger-image--365633579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-0zGXsM7wD5hYLfyTAabUYeP984TRN3by8zuTU1lUkhn0b3IlelY-HOeozRW8cZMM4K7IReAaaGL6O25zusy3gpbcOELHixT7dupijbmN2ixHBNLdIITjyLoIYculdHpw5pZOjv-qzR5/s640/blogger-image--365633579.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3Z-yGUlSYnMfe-NRZVhpUiVsae7r-xdmGgPJiiBOsoXViB_ZeP-y2QTgzyS4raHcZG4EgZu_72qJ4uXAGnOYf3VZGw3ciiK0pGlo2yPQjJvkurFMPKUQivgQpjzMcaXWBuIDWok1Ckuw/s640/blogger-image-292785895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3Z-yGUlSYnMfe-NRZVhpUiVsae7r-xdmGgPJiiBOsoXViB_ZeP-y2QTgzyS4raHcZG4EgZu_72qJ4uXAGnOYf3VZGw3ciiK0pGlo2yPQjJvkurFMPKUQivgQpjzMcaXWBuIDWok1Ckuw/s640/blogger-image-292785895.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My two kids visiting me in the hospital. This is the day room. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to everyone that visited me in the hospital. It really helped with my spirits. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Pete and I must have logged over 10 miles walking around in the hospital. I credit that for getting me out sooner. Surgery was Friday and I was released Tuesday morning. Should have been Monday but the output on the colostomy was too thin. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Got back to Ilse and Pete's house Tuesday afternoon and took a 3 hour nap. Sleep was and is hard to come by. I have lower back pain since the surgery and the CT scan that I had last week shows a collection of fluid in my lower back. Pretty normal for my type of surgery. Supposedly the body will absorb the fluid but it will be awhile. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wednesday I think Pete and I went to Shilshole to get some medicine and other objects from Appa. A beautiful day of sunshine. I even had a beer. 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So much pain from trying to pass those bastards. Never again. Not till I get "reconnected" anyway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I took the kids out for pizza and they are very curious about my colostomy. I showed them twice how it works. They were a little grossed out but fascinated. Then we started talking about my eventual chemotherapy. Many questions asked but mostly it was concern that I am going to lose my hair. Both kids then told me that they want some hair to keep. Sammy then said something that I still just shake my head and laugh about. She said, "I want the more hair then Benny so I want the hair off of daddy's back and butt. He has the most hair there..." 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I had to wait 6 days for get the biopsy report on them. We thought that the cancer was only in the rectal area but now I know different. One lymph node was found to be cancerous. This means that I am officially a Stage III cancer patient. It also means that the cancer got out of the initial site and is potentially anywhere in my body. I had a CT scan to confirm that no cancer has setup house in any organs but there still could be some cancer cells running around looking to settle down in my liver or some place. That is where the chemo comes in. Scorched earth policy. Kill everything but the body.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Last Friday before Memorial Day I had a port placed in my right breast so my veins can be saved. They can do blood draws and infuse poison into me all from the port. The surgery was quick and easy. I was sore in the right shoulder area but nothing too bad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgyOmgv7RlXc7HzVCD8Nyr5NYRiJ0SW-c8LIqY8DYQgLyMrj83WQR0rmgeajYV_sKDlL_KrmDWPxA3pjZAa5Ebu-MKdAfJopJRfrp-sSjAcYQe-9lqAjw_inFFAzhRd9zTSSfd6FPYMeP/s640/blogger-image-997633144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgyOmgv7RlXc7HzVCD8Nyr5NYRiJ0SW-c8LIqY8DYQgLyMrj83WQR0rmgeajYV_sKDlL_KrmDWPxA3pjZAa5Ebu-MKdAfJopJRfrp-sSjAcYQe-9lqAjw_inFFAzhRd9zTSSfd6FPYMeP/s640/blogger-image-997633144.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The colostomy bag has been treating me ok. I am slowly getting use to it. I am not a fan but could deal with it even if I had it for the rest of my life. Changing the bag is pretty easy. You just have to understand that the ostomy (hole in my abdomen that poop comes out of) is always active. I know this and yet got a little careless. I was at my mom's house and ready to change the bag out. I put a plastic sheet down and got everything prepared. The bag is held on by adhesive and can be quite stubborn to remove. Once off, you have to clean the skin and put a new bag on. I got the old bag off and turned to get the wash cloth, just then my ostomy decided to pull a Mt Saint Helens. With precision, the poop flew out of me, cleared the plastic sheet and landed on my shoes and clean clothes. My first thought was "Bravo". Such is the trials of having an ostomy. Needless to say that I don't keep clean anything near me while changing my bag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_reocr-xagSFaErmtr1CBYEJ-lbLA2EJZGcCPZHBTvAmkXWCM-dTlSLMP8FP2RIUiR3r9CQQYjllgfhztB4RbEIq9uR1OerxmtC73RQuxI5BdcjZ5W0UrBoO6PzEshlYKmWmpGRVj6729/s640/blogger-image--1923381125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_reocr-xagSFaErmtr1CBYEJ-lbLA2EJZGcCPZHBTvAmkXWCM-dTlSLMP8FP2RIUiR3r9CQQYjllgfhztB4RbEIq9uR1OerxmtC73RQuxI5BdcjZ5W0UrBoO6PzEshlYKmWmpGRVj6729/s640/blogger-image--1923381125.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I got the call about my cancerous lymph node, this little guy was crawling on me. I needed someone to cry with and he fit the bill. Pete J was there along with Porterhouse but I only cry in front of bugs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today is Wednesday May 27th and I am almost done with my first chemo treatment. I get <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oxaliplatin</span> on odd weeks and the first week is an odd number. I also get my 5FU. 3 hours in the infusion suite. Side effects so far? Tired. Fingers numb. That's is about it for now. Oh. Sensitivity to hot and cold. Cold water is a bad bad thing. Like swallowing lightning. I come back next week for more. 6 weeks on and then 2 weeks off. 16 total treatments and with the 2 week breaks, it'll take 20 weeks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The infusion suite reminds me of work. IV pumps alarming all the damn time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42x3wSNvubCi06eUaX0CaxdPTehVXUgUp0fv4QouAHaASAshTRRgouKz-SxTe0h6F3QlDFv-mncCt9nPwGuQ2ZL0nVO-HuZQ5wU8QFs22TftMsmhJ_gMcx1dYuvvbp-TsbEIzxyOJ6yfN/s640/blogger-image--437798433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42x3wSNvubCi06eUaX0CaxdPTehVXUgUp0fv4QouAHaASAshTRRgouKz-SxTe0h6F3QlDFv-mncCt9nPwGuQ2ZL0nVO-HuZQ5wU8QFs22TftMsmhJ_gMcx1dYuvvbp-TsbEIzxyOJ6yfN/s640/blogger-image--437798433.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJZ4ADNAcQ25KBZVnGJNFaoJuRNnkBt726ajR1Aj-4t7T34-ylxRQk32r_PT8beqnv7EjT-XT-_E6WY7p3-h8t3419R8bpwLcAljnnOmvNKxiiwHH1rSANqzVnuF0an0YlzPXP-vwUt_q/s640/blogger-image--133569449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJZ4ADNAcQ25KBZVnGJNFaoJuRNnkBt726ajR1Aj-4t7T34-ylxRQk32r_PT8beqnv7EjT-XT-_E6WY7p3-h8t3419R8bpwLcAljnnOmvNKxiiwHH1rSANqzVnuF0an0YlzPXP-vwUt_q/s640/blogger-image--133569449.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well, I'm done with day one. Once I got home, I reached into the fridge for some sandwich meat and when I touched the cold meat it felt like it had needles on it. So strange. I ate some goldfish crackers and that kicked my saliva glands into high gear and they ached. I'll be eating luke warm foods only for awhile I guess. Also drinking room temperature fluids. Hmmm. What in the hell is ok to drink at room temperature? What in the hell can I have? 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My parents came by and gave much love and support. A ton of friends also dropped by. Love you guys. Thanks to my wife for bringing the kids down for me to see. I love those little guys so much!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to Mary M who drove me for my port placement and to David W who drove me to CT scan and then today, drove me to chemo. I mean do I have great friends or what. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks everyone for the phone calls and love. Prayers also. They helped and are helping. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">More blogging later and possibly more gruesome after the side effects really kick in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><br></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-293676344297514742015-04-23T21:50:00.000-07:002015-04-23T21:54:28.891-07:00Time. Where does it go?<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />Thursday we packed up and headed to San Diego for our 5pm flight but first we did lunch with my brother Pete. He's the yacht broker. I thought we would just drive to a place but we took out a new 38' Searay with twin gas motors. I want to say combined, they gave the boat around 800 horsepower. Pete again let Ben drive and I assisted. Beautiful weather and we headed for Harbor island area and for Mexican food. Great time.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also my brother flew out with his oldest Kody. We went for a great sail and just hung out.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My good good friend from Chicago flew in also. Steve and his kid Justin. More sailing and just hanging out.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />I am off work now till the beginning of June. I hope that my recovery goes smooth and I can actually enjoy a portion of this time off.</span><br />
Sam had her 5th birthday this past Wednesday. Jen put on a great party for her. I was part of the assembly team. Sam got the Playmobil Grand Mansion. Three stories of doll house. She loves it!<br />
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I start chemo again in 2 weeks. No idea what I'll be on. Have to get through tomorrow and then the nerve wracking wait for the biopsy on my lymph nodes. I am hoping for the oral chemotherapy. Doubtful says Dr Gold. Grrrr.<br />
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Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-54724238983665082642015-03-25T10:39:00.000-07:002015-03-25T10:39:01.527-07:00Almost pulled it off<br />I had this plan to take Sam to see Cinderella. We were going to dress up! <br />
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Masterplan was this:<br />
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<li>Buy awesome Prince Charming costume</li>
<li>Buy awesome Cinderella costume for Sam (thanks Jen and Grandma!)</li>
<li>Have neighbor's daughter, who is friends with Sam, get awesome costume</li>
<li>Take photos in the sunshine at dock</li>
<li>Go see Cinderella and possibly get in for free because of, well, awesomeness!</li>
<li>Grab some Chinese food after free movie.</li>
<li>Get check from Chinese place but we owe nothing because of...wait for it...awesomeness once again.</li>
<li>Take kids home</li>
<li>Get some sleep for work the next day</li>
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This is how it went down:<br />
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<li>1 through 3 done.</li>
<li>Taking Sam off of the boat, slipper gets caught on rail and falls into water.</li>
<li>Put Sam down and almost lose keys and cell phone in water trying to grab shoe that while made of rubber, sinks like a damn stone.</li>
<li>Ask Sam if tennis shoes are OK. They are, of course, not OK!!</li>
<li>Beg for couple of photos and get a half-hearted OK.</li>
<li>Go back to boat and change back into street clothes.</li>
<li>Wear crowns to the movie and while awesome, not enough for free movie.</li>
<li>Surprised self by how much I enjoyed Cinderella. I even cried but that could be the cancer. Yeah, the cancer made me cry.</li>
<li>Sam loved the movie and so did Kaley.</li>
<li>Went to get Chinese food and had to pay full price.</li>
<li>Dropped off kids.</li>
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I guess the real Cinderella lost her slipper but that was AFTER the ball. All is well though. Neighbors retrieved the slipper while we were at the movie. I had to reassure Sam over and over that we could get her slipper back.<br />
Sam wants to see the movie again and I do also actually. Going to take my mother and we are going to try the dress up thing again. NEVER QUIT!!!<br />
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<br />Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082655518699617685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339062384372405696.post-47125565152294493462015-03-22T20:00:00.000-07:002015-03-22T20:00:44.949-07:00Ctrl Alt Delete...reset<br />
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Spent last weekend in San Diego seeing family and friends. Stayed in Mission Bay area almost on the beach. Went running most every morning on the beach with my mom and then tooled around the SD area taking it all in.<br />
My step-brother along with his wife and daughter took us out on an Azimuth 54. <br />
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I was driving the boat home from Coronado and was told to let the dogs off the chain. I pushed the throttles to the stops and the twin Volvo turbo-diesels, churning out 750 HP each, hustled us quickly to almost 50mph. See those cushions on the bow? They flew up and over the flybridge. Had to circle around and get those things.</div>
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I did High Mass with my good friend Michael who had his son with him. My mother also attended. It was all in Latin and a very beautiful ceremony. Lots and lots of sitting , standing, and kneeling. I am glad I went. We left church and hit the road to take out that 54 footer.</div>
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The weather our entire stay was hot and sunny. The boat ride was fantastic and I can't thank my brother enough for the good time. He let me drive the boat all day. We cruised around the old carrier Midway and took the boat into nooks and crannies in the SD Bay area and then over to Coronado Island and had dinner.</div>
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Once at Coronado, we met up with Eric and Charlotte and their two kids Lyra and Cora. Cora is the one that brightened my mood during my last blog writing attempt with that great picture.</div>
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On our day of departure, we met up with Lee and her husband John. Lee and John helped us last year with Appa while we were in Newport Beach getting ready to do the trip down to Mexico. They are the BEST!!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Thanks to Pete J. for driving down and hanging with us and also Lee and John for doing the same. Props to my brother Pete who let me drive that boat. Good times!!</div>
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Here are some recent ones from Seattle. Just random stuff...</div>
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This Tuesday I am taking Sam to see Cinderella. We are going to dress up. I'm going as Prince Charming and she is going as...Cinderella as pictured above. Actually that is a Jasmine outfit but Sam doesn't like blue dresses. Then we are going for Chinese. At her request! Damn she is growing up fast.</div>
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Ben and I are going to San Diego on April 7th through the 9th to visit Legoland. Just him and I. Cashed in some miles and we are going First Class. We rented a car and then we'll hit the park. Got a place on the beach also.</div>
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Trying to get some time in with these kids. I work every other weekend and it seems like I never see them. I will be working right up to my surgical date I think. Or at least try to. I'm still struggling with the time off, no vacation time or enough sick time, and the fact that I don't qualify for the Family Medical Leave Act. Pretty sure it will work out but I don't know.</div>
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Surgery on April 24th and then 6 weeks of recovery. Then chemo. That's how it stands. I am doing fairly well. Not thrilled with the upcoming bullshit but I have to do it so stay the course.</div>
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I make no apologies for this post. <edit> It is hard for me to write these posts. When I first started this post, I was full of anger. Then, a couple hours later while I was still writing this post, I got an email. That email diffused me. Every day is like this. Anger and then something wonderful will happen. Sustaining rage is, I find, a very hard thing to do. So I'll let this post stand. Swear words and all. </div>
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April 24th I go in for surgery. 0530 in the morning. I am the first and only case the Dr Pollock will do that day. Five to six hours of surgery. I will wake up (hopefully) with an<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileostomy" target="_blank"> ileostomy</a> and a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_catheter" target="_blank"> foley catheter</a> along with a nice big surgical incision. Don't know what those are? Click on the words at your own risk.<br />
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This is the part that makes me so god damn angry about this. I feel fine right now. Aches and pains along with some bowel issues but I am getting better every day. I feel almost normal at times. By April 24th, if I keep getting healthier, I will feel absolutely normal. Then I go and get all screwed up by the surgery. Six weeks of recovery. SIX WEEKS!! Then I get six months of having the ileostomy and undergoing chemo at the same time. Oh I know, I will feel better eventually. The doctors are saying 18 months after my surgery I will be at my new normal. <u><b>My new normal.</b></u> I fucking hate this cancer. FUCKING HATE IT!!!!</div>
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I would be lying if I was to say that I have not entertained the thought of not doing the surgery. Some people do that. Get the chemo and radiation and then skip surgery. Some people also have the cancer come back. And when it does come back, it is like the Six Million Dollar Man. Better, stronger, faster...</div>
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I am exhausted by this. Drained from worrying, drained from trying to put on a brave face, drained from keeping the fear at bay. As the date gets closer, I wonder how I can keep this up.</div>
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I really thought that after I got the surgery date I would feel better. Being on the path the wellness and all that happy crappy. Nope. I am full of anger and fear. More anger than anything else. This is the kicker though. When I saw Dr Pollock for the initial consult, I got some good news. I had to do yet another rectal exam first with the finger (my surgeon is a large man with big fingers...) and then a sigmoidscope. They injected air into my bowel so he could see. It hurts. They have a metal bar you hang onto while they do this. They offer you a stick to bit on. I am not kidding. Anyway, he couldn't see the tumor. It is gone. There is an area that looks like an ulcer and it is healing. So I had good response to the radiation and the chemo. This was just a quick exam. I have the really test to see how well I responded to the treatment in 4 weeks or so. Good news right? I should be jumping for joy right? Not really. I am haunted by this specter of surgery. I cannot shake it. And it is only getting closer.<br />
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In the end though, this is how am I getting by in my day to day. Love from friends and family.<br />
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As I was writing this blog full of anger and hate, I got this email from my good friend Eric. His wonderful daughter drew this. And I feel better.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me. I look good. Healthy and the sun is out. Grass looks cut and the flowers are HUGE! Just the way I like them. Thanks to Cora for drawing this for me. I LOVE it!</td></tr>
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I hang out with these two creatures and I feel better.</div>
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Had dinner with Jugurtha, Samira and the little critter standing on the table. And that made me feel better.<br />
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I got a hug from a friend I haven't seen in awhile and I feel better.<br />
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I couldn't do this without my family and friends. And I suppose that is how I will get through this. Drag all of you through this with me. For that, I love ya!<br />
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