Yay! Even if I don't go (although, man, I loves me some Bill Nye), we will meet up for sure!

WOOT!!

Neat new medical technology! The nurse pulled out a nifty whiz bang gadget that showed the blood vessels under Hubby's skin to decide wehre to put the IV. So very, very cool, and long awaited. One poke, and it was in, no hunting, probing, saying "No, that one's not going to work, let's try over there."

Want! For when I do blood drive. Feeling like a pin cushion is not incentive for donating blood.

My good friend who was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer visited one of his oncologists today in preparation for possible inclusion in a Hopkins study.

The doctor showed him the cancer cells and pointed out how the cancerous nucleus is much, MUCH larger than a healthy cell nucleus.

He said, “Now you can visualize the cells, and you can visualize the elimination of the cancer cells.”

How terrifically refreshing and supportive.

I've figured out that I can take a commuter train from Union Station to the cancer center in Baltimore, even easier than I could travel from my house to his on the Metro. I hope I'll be able to go up and be with him a few times. The treatments with be simultaneous chemo and radiation, so...not awesome. Except, in their effect, I hope.

He now has tattoos to guide the radiation beam. I have a photo of the tats and am going to ask my tattoo guy to plan a cool design to refine them when the treatment succeeds.

Hey, has anyone dealt with Mastoiditis...the kind of ear infection that causes a lump in the lymph node behind the ear?

I don't have a fever, diminished hearing, headache or any of the other symptoms except for a small lump and redness.

So far, I've flushed the ear with alcohol/vinegar and taken a hot bath. The lump has softened and gone down a bit, but is still tender.

It seems premature to go to a doctor without a fever, but I'd like to do whatever I can do to avoid that anyway.

Um. I may have a date on Sunday.

:: Whistles innocently ::

:: Whistles innocently ::

Good idea. Best to get all the innocence out of your system before Sunday.

Best to get all the innocence out of your system before Sunday.

Hear hear!

Connie, I'm so glad the test went well. Continued~ma.

bonny, health~ma.

And now, a question. That mysterious F2F thing you're having from time to time? Where can one who will purchase her tickets to the U.S. within the next two weeks find more information about it (date and location)?

(You have no idea how much joy it brings to me to think that I'll see you guys in six months in person. That check was the best wedding gift ever).

Shir, normally that gets discussed in the F2F thread Lee "F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us" Oct 13, 2013 4:01:08 pm PDT . As far as I know the big F2F weekend has not been planned for this year and I cannot even remember off-hand which region it is meant to be held in (They take turns between East Coast, West Coast and the middle). Smaller, less formal ones happen as Buffistas travel near one another. So to some extent if you say where and when you are planning to be, those who can possibly get to you, will join in the fun.

We didn't have one last year officially, but it would have been east coast. This year would be middle if someone wants to plan it.