I am not sure what the total damage will be and/or the life changing events that will occur from Hurricane Irene. I hope of course that the damage will be minimal. I remember having a blog post a year or so ago (Come on Eileen), now I am seeing signs equating the current hurricane to songs like "Goodbye Irene" and "Come On Irene" I guess people hear what they want to hear...
Neil Young wrote Like a Hurricane back in 1975 and released it in 1977. A song about the difficulties of love but today it will be used for many a news story about Irene. Watching the satellite photos and live storm surges of this monster makes for good television especially for the looky loos out there. I hope we over hyped this storm but those poor east coast residents should be prepared. Yvonne and I enjoyed a nice Anniversary dinner/shopping trip yesterday, she finally got a coffee table for our living room! Me, some new shoes and lower glycemic foods- whoohoo! I am 2/3 done with radiation that seems to be working. The minor difficulties associated with radiation are increasing, but still minor. No one seems to know why I developed spinal and brain tumors without developing disease in my bone marrow or spinal fluid. I am taking this manifestation as a limited relapse and counting my blessings the rest of my blood is in good shape, except for my high glucose. As I encounter these bumps in the road I can't help but thank God and all of my supporters as I know not everyone is as fortunate. I am coming up on two years since diagnoses, others are not so lucky. My friend Andrei passed away August 8, he was only 48 years old, he was diagnosed with the same disease I have 11 months ago. He battled hard but could not make it to what he hoped would be a helpful bone marrow transplant.
A memorial celebration will be held at 2pm on Sunday, September 4, in the Lodge at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma.
I hope you enjoy the shorter cover version performed by Adam Sandler- he might be a better singer than comedian???
Neil Young wrote Like a Hurricane back in 1975 and released it in 1977. A song about the difficulties of love but today it will be used for many a news story about Irene. Watching the satellite photos and live storm surges of this monster makes for good television especially for the looky loos out there. I hope we over hyped this storm but those poor east coast residents should be prepared. Yvonne and I enjoyed a nice Anniversary dinner/shopping trip yesterday, she finally got a coffee table for our living room! Me, some new shoes and lower glycemic foods- whoohoo! I am 2/3 done with radiation that seems to be working. The minor difficulties associated with radiation are increasing, but still minor. No one seems to know why I developed spinal and brain tumors without developing disease in my bone marrow or spinal fluid. I am taking this manifestation as a limited relapse and counting my blessings the rest of my blood is in good shape, except for my high glucose. As I encounter these bumps in the road I can't help but thank God and all of my supporters as I know not everyone is as fortunate. I am coming up on two years since diagnoses, others are not so lucky. My friend Andrei passed away August 8, he was only 48 years old, he was diagnosed with the same disease I have 11 months ago. He battled hard but could not make it to what he hoped would be a helpful bone marrow transplant.
A memorial celebration will be held at 2pm on Sunday, September 4, in the Lodge at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma.
Donations may be made in Andrei’s honor to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (http://www.lls.org) in hopes that more research on the effective treatment of adult ALL may help others.
I hope you enjoy the shorter cover version performed by Adam Sandler- he might be a better singer than comedian???
15 comments:
I'm so happy to see this post. I've been thinking of you. Glad you are over half-way through your treatments, and thrilled to hear things are looking good.
~Chris (ECC)
I second Chris' comment. Good to read that you are halfway through treatments and doing well. You are thought about often. I'm so sad to read about your friend though. :(
Come On Irene is the song of the weekend!!
Jackie (ECC)
By Dexy's Midnight Runners. Great song Eileen/Irene they sound alike!
Glad you liked the story
Praying
Hank
Hang in there bro your halfway through
It looks like the major damage is done and thank god most people made it through the "100 year" storm. I am sorry for those who lost lives and property, just wish the hypsters would give it break.
Greg, Yvonne, happy anniversary today and many more. Love Dad and Alice
Happy Anniv. How many years ?
29 years as of Saturday. Thanks for asking
yw :-)
yw :-)
We did batten down the hatches and watched Irene blow through Hudson. No problems for us - not everyone was as fortunate though.
So happy to hear that your radiation will be coming to and end soon.
Our sympathy to Andrei's family.
A belated Happy Anniversary to you and Yvonne! Hope you celebrated. And hope the treatments are going okay. We had looked at Andrei's blog after he passed away. Very sad.
Glad to hear your East Coast family weathered the storm okay. We even got rain here today.
Stay strong!
love,
Mary D.
Edie and Mary- thank you for the kindness. I will be updating some things a little later, including some photos of our anniversary dinner. I am so happy most of the ECC weathered the storm so to speak. My mother in law Dolores is here visiting, Mikhael never made it home for some reason... Then we learn Colin Powell and Dick Cheney had different opinions! What is next, cats sleeping with dogs?
Happy Belated Anniversary to you and Yvonne!! I can't wait to see the pictures of your celebration!! :-) Live Strong and Happy!!
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