The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly... Trying to reason with hurricane season 2021

[daglob]

... that the prostate cancer is back. Since it was stage 4 when it went into remission, it is stage 4 now. While they don't have a real location of it, the pain in my back and shoulders seems to be a clue of where it might be. I am off the thalidomide-based treatment, while they find a new treatment for the prostate cancer that won't interfere with the myeloma treatment. The fact that I lost 30 pounds is probably not good news.

[WyldFyre]

So sorry to here this DG. Hope they find something soon!

[daglob]

Well, it was bound to happen. the Alabama board of health says we are 8th in infections and deaths (we were #1). I also live in the zip code with the highest occurrence of cases in the county. And my brother told me he tested positive yesterday, and he was over here 11 days ago. So I get tested tomorrow.

Chances of he casual short contact we had causing infection are small, and he believes he was exposed last week (after he was here). He went back to onsite work June 22, though, and could have been hit any time after that. He works in the IT department at one of the local hospitals, and he thought people were taking precautions (instead of some of the guys in the the department just talking about it). Now, most of the IT departments in either quarantine, or actually in the hospital. One further problem: my granddaughter was here when he stopped by, and, while unlikely, it could have been spread to my daughter's family, including my "essential personnel" son-in-law.

And I learned that Medicare doesn't want to pay for my prostate cancer treatment. I guess the figure that one cancer at a time is enough. I agree with them, but I can't control what happened.

On the other hand, there is fairly good news from the neurologist: the tests show that there is probably SOME permanent damage, most of it will be recoverable. I've been off the thalidomide for a week, and some of the feeling has come back to my hands. I have some new meds to try and relieve the pain in my feet (which feels like walking on broken glass these days).

And the annoying thing is that while I was hooked up to a machine that shot electric charges along my nerves to check their conductivity,there were thunderstorms moving through the area. AND NOT A SINGLE LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

That is the bad and silly part of this. The really ugly part is that my baby brother has coronavirus.

[daglob]

Hemorrhoids.

We shall not discuss this.

[Panther_Gunn]

We shall all be mature about it and make sure you're not the butt of any jokes.

[daglob]

... Just letting y'all know.

[WyldFyre]

Great news DG!

[BentonGrey]

Glad the test was negative, man.  I'm sorry that there's so much stuff hitting you.  Stay strong, my friend.  We love you and continue to pray for you and root for you.

[daglob]

The title pretty much says it all.

[BentonGrey]

Man, I'm sorry DG.  Hang in there.  'This too shall pass,' which I know doesn't help as much as we'd like it too, but it is important to remember.  How much more do you have in this set?

[daglob]

I was supposed to be done in May, but they reduced the dosage, and now have stopped the thalidomide, the prostate cancer is back, so there is no end in site.

However, I have discovered that most cookies still taste good, So I can live on coffee, ice cream, corn puffs with milk, bacon, and cookies. But I have lost 35 pounds and discovered yet another thing they don't tell you about: crepey skin. That, and right now even my tongue tastes bad.

[SickAlice]

Same as always bud, I pray for a break for you here.

[BentonGrey]

Gah, that's awful, DG.  At least you still have cookies.  It would be a sad thing to live without cookies.  I pray that it becomes more tolerable and that it will be effective and short.

[WyldFyre]

Prayers my friend hope things get better for you soon.

[daglob]

Well chemo is still doing this, but my brother is over the coronavirus, and only had a mild case. My sister-in-law and her 92 year old mother also survived with minor cases. We knew Miss Sarah would, though; we're pretty sure she intimidated the virus into good behavior.

[videogamersadvocate]

I'm keeping you in my prayers daglob. Gosh man, I'm sorry that you have to deal with the chemo. Keeping hanging in there man.

[BentonGrey]

Some good news with the bad.  Glad to hear it, man.

[daglob]

... they start showing "spaghetti tracks" for the hurricanes and at least one looks like it comes up my street and turns into my driveway.

[SickAlice]

I was watching that friend, hope this steers away from you.

Just had my first haboob the other day, not something most people would be excited for but it's on my bucket list as an amateur storm chaser, well retired from but it came to me. Got some good money shots, also got nailed in the head by flying debris for being reckless lol. Don't do as I do kids, I am not a trained professional and often act the fool.

Edit: sorry, I meant steer East into the ocean.

[daglob]

... and can we send him someplace far away from here?

[daglob]

Earthquakes? Really?

[spydermann93]

Just shaking things up, you know?

[daglob]

Haven’t done this in awhile; there has been all sorts of bad and ugly and very little good.

However, I survived Hurricane Sally with only the top of a cedar tree falling on the car port, and no power for 40 hours (my little alpha female cat is still annoyed; 40 hours, why, that is eternity in cat years). After hearing about it for awhile, I found out a couple of day ago that a tornado really did touch down two blocks away. It was the cause of the power outage. 
Now, Delta’s causing a lot of beach erosion in places that sere already eroded from the last hurricane. They say we will get a lot of rain on Saturday, so keep away from all the usual places that flood. They predict 4-5 feet higher tides through the weekend, and here are places where the local elevation is 4-5 feet.

A couple of weeks back I got an infusion of immunoglobulin, so I get to borrow someone else’s immune system because I don’t have one these days. And, since I’m running three cancers simultaneously, my prognosis is 5 years instead of 15. Still, I intend to approach that deadline the same way as the 15 year prognosis, and keep on going. They have managed to modify some of the drugs so I have less pain, but at the cost of occasionally having a "nap attack".

[BentonGrey]

DG, glad you came through the storm okay.  I'm sorry that there hasn't been better news for you, but keep at it, man.  Your endurance is amazing.  We love you and pray for you, my friend.

[videogamersadvocate]

Definitely keeping you in prayer daglob. You've gone through a lot and I find your perseverance amazing. Good grief man.

[daglob]

Spent all day at the doctor, got injected with radioactive chemicals and zapped in weird machines, and not one single thing happened. Not even glow-in-the-dark urine...

[BentonGrey]

Well that hardly seems fair.  You'd think that would be the least they could do!

Sorry DG.  I hope that these procedures will do you some good.

[naitvalis]

Have you turned off the lights? Otherwise is difficult to see the glow ... this must be really hard to endure, i too hope this stuff could at least help you also a little, don't give up man.

[daglob]

I'm also losing my hair (again) and my finger and toe nails hurt (I didn't lose them last time).

[daglob]

... now they are talking about  RADIATION ...