ah the bloggg...

My poor blog... left all alone to rot in this silly remote corner of the internet where few people wander and zillions of programs play for my stuff. Sadly I've largely left it alone for a while, but since I just had an MRI and the point of the whole thing is to keep you up to date on all of that... so here I go... although it's reaaally late here.

I had the MRI about 10 days ago. I got the images myself immediately, but didn't yet have them "interpreted" by the neuroradiologist. The neuroradiologist saw the thing as did most of the other physicians and their interpretation is that the cyst is smaller but the tumor is slightly bigger. I'm not entirely sure what to make of this in my appointment with Dr. B last Monday. He honestly didn't know what to do either and promised to do research into what is out there. (This may seem disappointing to some, but he didn't claim to know what he didn't and he just got back from vacation. Two facts that I did like given his ignorance on the day of my appointment.)

Anyhow, so this coming Monday, our plan is to see Dr. B again and hopefully he'll be more clear, be the news good or bad.

That's all,

M

PS... Congrats to Laura and Matt tomorrow night!

AMAAAAAZZZZINGGGGG!!!

Yes, yes indeed I had an excellent time at the inauguration. I have never been so excited for me and my Dad hanging out, squashed in lines for sooooo long in the freezing, but thank God, dry weather. Either way, it was a blast, and I know my Dad would say the same.

I talked to the peops about the MRI's and they generally felt the same way that I did. That is, the cyst is shrinking and everything else we're not exactly sure about. So, onward we go with the Avastin as we did before. So there ya go.

Oh yeah!... and I've started selling my pictures! Shortly (meaning as soon as I make it) I'll have a website for you to go to look at and perhaps buy the pictures.

Unfortunately, I'm going to end on a down note. A high school friend in her maiden name, Amy French, lost her brother and father recently. May God be with them all.

Late as late can be...

I'm sorry I haven't been updating this as quickly as I have in the past. One could venture a guess that my health is declining or my brain ain't workin well... but you'd be wrong. In actuality, I'm sitting in my aunt and uncles house outside of Washington, DC, preparing to spend the next two or three days in the city. We have, thanks to Mom, some excellent parade route bleacher tickets and a radio so we can listen to the address. Very exciting. Tuesday should bring some excitement irrespective of the # of seconds we actually see the new President, if at all.

Really, I just got an MRI Friday and the cystic part continues to get smaller. I haven't actually talked to my physician about that, so it's a little dangerous for me to talk to you about it, but hell, it looks good to me!

m

Ho Ho Ho!

Meeeerrrrrry Christmas!!!!

Circles

I don't actually have anything to say about the circles.  Ha.  Phthbtbttb.  I just thought I'd throw a post up how freaking cold it is in Chicago.  Who'da thought?  I realize that last year I wrote of wonderful, ethereal things about seasons changing that lots of people loved and that made me clap and do the "I'm cool" dance, which clearly hasn't yet, but it should catch on and... well... it's freaking cold in Chicago.

m