redefining

A Dinner and a Show.

redefining_self Mar 04, 2009 10:45

Hello everyone,

Get your tickets now for "Dinner & A Show" (plus silent auction!)

Dragon Rider Fundraiser to help support the Association for International Cancer Research.
Saturday, March 28, 2009 6-10pm
Buchanan Arms 2013 W. Burbank Blvd, Burbank, CA

Ticket link available shortly.

Tickets are $25 and include your choice of dinner (fish & chips, ( Read more... )

Waterboarding appointment on the 17th.

redefining_self Mar 03, 2009 14:48

For anyone reading this that has ever had a bronchoscopy (without sedation) you'll very definitely understand my concern about an appointment I have coming up.

But first, I was able to review the results of some chest xrays and CT scans with the pulmonary physician that has been working with me. The results show clear improvement since November last ( Read more... )

With great infirmity...

redefining_self Feb 18, 2009 22:24

Comes great adversity. It has been suggested (by me no less) that adversity is the crucible our spirit is purified and strengthed in.

Somewhere over the weekend I picked up a cold. Nothing like stacking breathing problems on top of breathing problems. For those of you with asthma you know what I mean. And I have a lung function test in the morning ( Read more... )

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Scars, Pt. 2

redefining_self Feb 06, 2009 11:32

I was thinking about my previous post and about the conventionally unglamorous nature of scars and why I appreciate them so much. As the mind (or at least my chemo-brained mind) sometimes does I drifted along to other marginally related signs of living. I don't recall the exact trail I followed but I ended up thinking about oxygen tanks and ( Read more... )

Scars

redefining_self Feb 03, 2009 20:03

I've often caught wisps of conversations, usually between a pair or more of women, bemoaning a particular scar or blemish resulting from some injury. The scars I have from biopsies were created in manners that render them as concealable or aesthetically pleasing (if such a thing is possible) as possible. The doctors performing the surgeries ( Read more... )

Requiem for a dream.

redefining_self Jan 27, 2009 21:19

Well, it's not precisely related to the 1978 novel or the movie, though drugs and shattered dreams are involved ( Read more... )

There are no gaurantees in life.

redefining_self Jan 19, 2009 15:09

In spite of the problems some of us face - money, addictions, boy/girl problems, whatever - most of us lead reasonably comfortable live free from violence, strife, and life-threatening malnutrition. We tend to become very accustomed to this level of personal security and we forget that in life there are no gaurantees of anything. I'm just as guilty ( Read more... )