I did not punch anyone this week and I feel like that deserves a prize.

I’m removing myself from most human interactions this weekend and hope that cures some of my toxicity.

Know what? The world is flooding you with toxicity atm. You deserve some time to relax and cleanse.

Gold star of non-punching, msbelle!

I watch, like, 6 shows and half of them are on Thursday. Usually I don't manage to stay on top of them all in a timely way, but they were all so good this week, staying awake for the whole work day is proving a challenge

Suppressed violent tendencies gold star for you!

Enjoy your solitude this weekend.

I ended up canceling the cleaners for several months out of an abundance of caution, and they came back today. Oh, happy, happy day.

In other news, I got (breathable) t-shirts for my seasonal allergy prone doggo to see if it helps more with protecting her skin... she's got an armpit infection right now that we're treating. She's SO much better generally than she was when we first got her, but I figured every little bit.

She also looks freaking cute in the t-shirts, much as I never thought of myself as a clothes on animals person. Between the shirts, the supplements, a daily allergy oral, and a monthly itch relief injection, girlfriend practically doesn't remember what itching feels like. As is right and proper.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is back on US soil. [link]

Hey, Trudy. I probably thought this and didn't post it, but it's really good to see your pixels again. I've missed you.

Thanks, Karl. Backatcha :)

Thirded.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes yesterday.

However, today is a more important anniversary to me. It is the sixth anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. I didn't really expect to make it three years, let alone six.

Today is also notable because I went in for my latest quarterly labs&scans. The results are:

Lymph node mets: no significant changes (good news)

Bone mets: no new or worsening lesions (good news)

PSA is <0.01 (excellent news)

I have lots of gripes due to treatments and medications and side effects, and some of them are slowly getting worse, but I have no new gripes. The cancer remains well controlled. I am very happy about that.

I have been enrolled in the CHAARTED2 clinical trial since November 2020, and it will stop tracking patients this coming November, but so long as nothing significant changes with my health before then, the plan is to continue with my current medications and my current testing program. Next year could be a whole other story. It is too soon to think about that.

I am glad to be surviving.
I am proud to continue to push the survival stats higher.

Every morning I wake up, I remind myself: "This is a bonus day. Make the most of it."

That is so awesome dcp! I’m working on a clinical trial in prostate cancer right now and we’d dream of results like that! (Some of the folks have a PSA >1000!)