Here we are, summer is officially over and we move on to hopefully a pleasant Fall for most of us. When I first started to blog about life with cancer I attempted to find a common theme, end ended up settling on going through The Beatles catalog hopefully song by song. I will admit, I chose a group near and dear to me but also quite prolific song writers keeping me going to infinity and beyond... There are 275 songs attributed to the Beatles, and of course many more songs covered by other artists. I figured I could throw in the odd special interest song, a cover or two, an hell maybe even stretch this blog out for tens of years (Yeah!) There are a few songs I still haven't titled over just jet, one of them being Yer Blues. It's powerful to say the least, but as things have been going lately it seemed to finally fit in during a down time. Please bear with me, give it a listen and know that I am not suicidal and don't want to die. John sings that line in his epic Yer Blues from the Beatles quite a bit. If you really listen to the bizarre lyrics I think John is playing between parody and honest reflection on the way he felt when he wrote this song. It was recorded in England (1968) in a small room making it feel like the old days. The Beatles bumped into each other, recorded strange non-musical sounds, and Ringo later termed it the "Grunge Blues of the 60's" John wrote it while he and the Beatles were in India, Yoko was home in England. After a lot of meditating John came up with trying to lay down a classic blues song and uses some metaphors including rock stars of the day to highlight his points.
Changes to report:
1. We had to cancel a pre-paid trip to Boston and the Northeast to see my Donor Edie, family, friends, and colors!
2. We are re-consolidating some tests which will include an MRI of the head tomorrow, and a PET scan Thursday. The PET detects tumors/growing cancer. Due to unexplained balance loss and additional fatigue Dr. Senecal ordered up this battery to get to the bottom of things.
12 comments:
Still praying tiger go for it !
Greg:
We will be thinking of you both tomorrow and Thursday and far beyond those days. We continue to keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Stay strong, you can beat this.
Mary-Beth of the ECC.
Greg, I like how proactive Dr. Senecal is with your management. From what I have read it seems that you and Yvonne are part and parcel of the entire process, and very informed step by step. Steve and I felt very empowered by our staff instead of feeling useless and unworthy of consultation. It was always a team at Northwestern.
I'm sure you are SICK OF TESTS by now, yet resigned to plodding through them. Steve got very, very involved with his gurney GPS, using his time and logistic management skills to boss Transport around, I'm chuckling while I even type this. You, the patient, become the manager most familiar with the hospital and staff.
It sucks that you had to cancel that trip. Although I know that planning and anticipating is often 90% of the fun! I will hope and pray that you get that trip someday soon.
Hang in there, buddy. ~sr
We are praying for you, too. And send our best to Yvonne.
Love, Cathy
Greg,
Still praying and keeping good thoughts. Keep up the good fight; you're strong!
Still praying and thinking of you and your fight! Praying for the strength you need. I did not know The Beatles before, thanks to you, I do now! :-) Thank you for sharing your love for the Beatles with us. Live Strong!
Thanks early posters, I wanted to express the power of John's simple blues song and also a much higher quality photo I found. I will take both as signs of good things to come! :)
As all others have said, prayers have been sent your way. Team ECC will participate in the Light the Night Event here in MA on 10/31. We'll be walking for you and all those affected. You are alaways in our thoughts.
Greg, sorry to hear about your trip being cancelled, but I would agree with the others that a pro-active approach by your Doctor is a good thing. I keep you in my thoughts and pray for your speedy recovery and a remission from this malady. Keep up the hard fight and don't let the disappointment of a new speed bump keep trip you up. Take care of yourself my friend. Karl Calhoun
Greg, nice comments from conserned folks. Boy , you have awhole lot of great friends. Wish you well, as we keep you in our prayers. LOve Dad and Alice
i think i have finally figured out how to post on your blog, greg. hope this works.
we are so very sorry to hear that things are not going as we had all hoped, but i will tell you that your spirit, your blog, your can do attitude has touched so many people that in many ways you are winning; you are moving forward. you are changing lives; now it's time for you to get to move forward. you are always in our thoughts and prayers and our admiration for your courage and positive attitude is mind boggling. ditto for yvonne. good luck. love, dan and sharon
Colorado strikes! Thank you Sharon (and Dan) for you heartfelt expressions. We are sitting here in waiting room number two for today in anticipation of something good. More later!
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