Update 8 July 2021 - A Grossly Stable Report
I had a CT scan on Monday and read the results on the Sask Health website. It seems that the tumours are “grossly stable” which is better than progression. Given the results, I expect that I will stay on this medication for another 3 months. This would be great as I am tolerating the medication with limited side-effects.
Apart from that, life continues apace. We’ve had lovely weather this spring and start of summer. The additional sunshine during the day makes me very happy. I’ve been spending time outside when it’s not stinking hot (we were under the heat dome for a while - the temperature was 37C for several days). I’ve been trying to spend as much time at the lakes as I can. We are moving up to the lake for 6 weeks as of tomorrow so I’ve got that to look forward to.
I continue with my restorative yoga and tai chi chih (which turns out to be a white guy’s version of traditional tai chi), both of which are done online. The former course has been very good in helping me to maintain flexibility, particularly in my joints. I had my second vaccine which was welcome. No flare-ups of gout but my gall bladder has been acting up. If it's not one thing, it's another.
For those that haven’t seen it, my sister Verla wrote a lovely article for Macleans about our relationship. She’s a fabulous writer so it’s worth a read for that alone.
Apart from that, here’s an article by an NPR reporter about her life with MBC and the shockingly low amount of money dedicated to MBC research.
Below are some pictures from the last few months. If you are on Instagram, take a look at my page as I have started posting pics from about 2003, including postings to NY and Vietnam (with Guatemala to come). Once I finish all my Digital pics, I’ll scan the older ones including earlier postings to China and Colombia
Enjoy your summer. Be well!
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