Monthly Archives: May 2015

hit me with your best shot

You know when MJE said that after a few days with Albatross that I’d be looking forward to my chemo with a song in my heart. Well little did I know that it’d be a bit more Stravinsky’s “Rite Of Spring” than Sondheim’s “Bring in the Clowns.” Man oh man. The “infusion” (“lemonade with lavenderContinue reading “hit me with your best shot”

how a routine chemo port insertion devolved into a chemo port cluster ferk

The OB&C, upon MJE’s insistence, consulted a neurologist regarding whether he might be headed for Halzeimer town. I swear one minute he’s reciting avogadro’s number and the next minute he can’t tell the difference between an egg beater and a 12 volt battery. Anywho, he was supposed to drive me to my chemo port surgeryContinue reading “how a routine chemo port insertion devolved into a chemo port cluster ferk”

tatt’s all folks

  Big doings this past weekend for MJE & Co. Bandeliera-Saturnalia graduated from college! The world is now her oyster, but she’ll need to get her own oyster knife because ours is still in use… At B-S’s request, we flew her mother Albatross, and her younger brother Krylon in from the west coast for theContinue reading “tatt’s all folks”

game of gowns

MJE is between doc gigs at the moment but wants to keep in touch so as not to lose your interest and have you defect to some other (inferior) blog on which to waste your time. So today’s topic is examination room “gowns.” First off whoever gave them that euphemistic moniker has obviously never seenContinue reading “game of gowns”