Forgive me for another bout of dexsomniac post-midnight musings! Such is my life lately, these now weekly 40 hour stretches of sleeplessness, but I’m actually figuring out how to exploit them with more writing and working on my model railroad. Last Wednesday night after DJ went to bed I actually got in nearly seven hours of track laying and wiring … Continue reading →
“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain I noticed this quote in the Daily Inspiration section of the Music Choice Soundscapes channel screen in the wee small hours of the morning (I love that phrase) during another Dexsomnia (part of my chemotherapy regimen … Continue reading →
Deep in the grip of another dexsomnia night (see my previous posts) while watching YouTube model railroad videos and occasionally helping a semi-insomniac grandson (probably triggered by excessive late night screen time), I began pondering again, a typical and frequent activity for me as you all know, and that led me to the subject for this post.
Continue reading →Here we are again after 4:00 in the morning and I’m still wide awake, but I think I’m getting used to it. I don’t feel tired the next day and I usually sleep pretty well the next night, so I guess it’s just another part of the new normal developing while I’m on this immunotherapy regimen for the next five … Continue reading →
Well, here I am, in the wee small hours of the morning, about 4:15 AM, in the middle of my current bout with what I call dexsomnia, a steroid induced insomnia that I deal with weekly for about 36 hours, as a part of my current cancer treatment regimen three and a half months after my diagnosis. And I’m wondering, … Continue reading →
Friday, January 27, 2023, was the day. After four months of lab work and tests and scans and doctor visits I might finally get an answer for the low blood counts and other anomalies that showed up in my semiannual blood test in September. So, we sat and waited in the exam room for the doctor to step in. An … Continue reading →
This week I finally jumped into retirement with both feet. I guess I’ll have to explain that one.
Continue reading →I wrote these words a year ago, after we had suffered a pandemic for eighteen months, and were facing an uncertain future with a terrible disease whose death toll was approaching a million of our own citizens. I couldn’t bring myself to share them back then. Why share them now? Because I want to be open and honest, to not … Continue reading →