Still here!

I suspect some people are probably freaking out because I didn't post anything! Well I'm still here.

It went pretty well. I have 10ml or so of 5-FU left in my portable pump which I am going to have removed around 1:00pm today. I've found that the biggest side effects I have to deal with are constipation, which seems to sometimes be followed by a small bout of diarrhea, and some horrendous stomach acid reflux. I've got an appointment with Dr. Kasamon for next Wednesday so I am going to bring that up and ask for something prescription strength. Maalox and acid reducer tablets have their place, but this can be pretty uncomfortable. My netbook/laptop is both a blessing and a curse. I need to sleep more, but I spend tons of time playing on the interwebs in bed rather than sleeping. I almost feel like I'm back in college, with lots of free time to just go read stuff online and play with things. But I'm trying to make a more concerted effort to just put it down and sleep. I felt pretty crappy yesterday (not enough sleep, acid reflux) but today is good so far. Except I am freezing. I spent 2-3 hours on the toilet this morning and it sapped all the warmth out of me.

I am now 1/3 done with my treatment. I'm two cycles into the six cycle treatment (for some reason two doses is considered one cycle). That's pretty cool I suppose.

The bleeding from the stent stopped on Sunday night so that wasn't a big deal either, other than the somewhat severe discomfort it put me in.

We cleaned up our yard a bit last weekend. For some reason a lot of our grass is still brown and many people have green yards now. One of these days I want to just till it and put down a uniform coat of fescue or something. It's a patchwork of like 6 different kinds of grasses and grassy weeds now. Last year I let this hill get out of control with weeds because I was afraid of erosion. Not anymore, I weed whacked the whole thing down. I also let some plants and clover invade various parts of the yard last year because I either didn't feel like mowing or I thought it was pretty. That got to be crazy too, so not this year. The whole yard is staying mowed and free of plant creep.

I have to pay some medical bills today. For whatever reason I've just been putting off mailing them in. I owe Dr. Somerville $260, but I've only been billed for $230 (insurance lag). I guess I'll just send the $260 and save myself a stamp. There has also been a long running dispute with Patient First that I need to get sorted out. Having experience dealing with insurance companies in the past, I am fairly certain the insurance company is losing/misfiling/ignoring this paperwork that Patient First has sent twice now to enable a claim to be settled. Yay!

Also I bought a black and white laser printer (a Brother HL-5250DN, which was on sale at the time for like $150). I've always wanted a laser printer. They just print text so crisply. Now I will have to find things to print. I almost bought a color laser but just couldn't justify it. This printer can automatically print on both sides of the paper though ("duplex" printing). It's almost too exciting for me.

Anyway, I am now off to play more on the internet. I think today I will set up an asterisk server on Steven's virtual server and move my VoIP stuff in the house to point to it. More reliable than having the central server be at my house here.