#6 is Upon Us

Today is my Friday; I get to leave work a little early (for my oncologists appointment), have no work tomorrow (treatment #6), and am looking forward to my "mini-weekend." Back to putting the big positive spin on things...the last treatment was so tame that I don't really find myself dreading tomorrow too much at this point. Today is my brother Mike's birthday, so a little dinner at the house will be fun, though dad's back in the hospital with pneumonia right now so it will be weird to do it without him (I'll be right there for my docs so I'm going to go visit this afternoon).

We had a great weekend down here, felt like dog days of summer with that heat. Didn't do too much but saw "Live Free or Die Hard," classic cheese ball summer blockbuster, but lots of fun. Hit the beach on Sunday down in Wellfleet, where I managed to camp out for the day under my little beach umbrella - got to watch that fair Irish skin. Beginning of the work week has been busy, and I'm looking forward to getting through tomorrow and heading into this weekend which should be great as we have some fun things planned.

My final treatment is August 8th, so I am inside of one month, feeling great, and looking forward to the month off b/t chemo and radiation. Other than that life is great...and a big Happy 26th to my bro, who just got back from his honeymoon, which he reports was plenty of fun.

Thanks for swinging by and stay cool...Gary

PS - Did you read about the former Chinese health official who was executed, yes executed, for taking the equivelant of $850K in bribes? Interesting story there, a little excessive, but we may consider doing a little more to punish those convicted of like crimes here in the U.S. I'm guessing stateside that infraction would have garnered 3-5 years (with the inevitable early release for good behavior or the "model citizen" routine), in a posh, protected prison.