Snowbrush

I just talked with Peggy. It was ten p.m. Paris time, and she was on a busy street. Spotlights highlighted Notre Dame; the Eiffel Tower twin...

What a pleasant morning. I remained in bed a sinfully long time; the sun is shining yet again; I’m listening to happy harpsichord music; and...

Peggy made it to France on only three tranquilizers. I knew she had taken one in Eugene, so when waited to take the other two in Atlanta, I ...

The ultrasound showed the source of my abdominal pain and swelling to be a hematoma. It is large enough to be visible through my clothes, an...

The surgeon said on Wednesday that he would order an ultrasound if the swelling didn’t go down by Monday. Today—Monday—I was at his office a...

I had hell-week until Wednesday night. I had been in significant pain since Saturday when a lump the size of several inches of garden hose a...

Rain all day, as usual. Last Sunday—the day before my surgery—we had five inches of snow—a phenomenal amount for the valley floor—and I spen...

The lymph node biopsy came back negative, but now the surgeon wants to biopsy the other side. I had an iodine-contrast CAT scan yesterday to...

Surgery went well, as far as I know. The doctor was running 2 1/2 hours late, and I spent the last hour, as usual, in a line of ten gurneys ...

We’re like the people in the Twin Towers just before the planes hit. We can do nice things for others; we can enjoy good food and good books...

Peggy asked if I thought she would still go to France if I have cancer. I said she should consider the prognosis. Her response was that ther...

The following is a weeks worth of medical errors—or at least medical system errors—and I haven’t even been to surgery yet. 1) My internist s...

I saw the surgeon today about my hernia, but he seemed more concerned about my swollen lymph nodes (Peggy asked me months ago to see a docto...

I’m down to 144 pounds—fourteen pounds lighter than at Thanksgiving. I only planned to drop to 150, but with my new diet the pounds keep dis...

I had the following published in the Register Guard Monday. “While browsing the new book section at the Eugene library last week, I came acr...

I worked hard yesterday making final preparations for the Masons’ first meeting in the Odd Fellow Lodge. Tension with the building manager m...

The trustees’ meeting went against me, its purpose not to address the issues but to attack me personally. Being a pessimist, I was prepared ...

I am in wonder that there is so much violence in the world, as it has been my experience that people will tolerate a great deal before they ...

I got up this morning, opened the blinds, and turned on the radio. The first word spoken was Iraq, so I changed over to a classical music st...

Peggy’s parents sent us a $60 fruitcake for Christmas. It’s a heaven-in-a-bite affair for someone like myself who loves fruitcake, but it’s ...