Twitter now requires authentication for their RSS feeds. (for reasons I just don't get) And the Blogger engine doesn't seem to understand URL's with authentication in them.
So, for those of you that have no idea what I just said: the "Chemo Twitter" is gone from the right. Twitter made a change that broke that functionality. I can probably get it working again, but I just don't have the time to sit down and figure it out.
So, I'll try to post something here on the blog after surgery to let everyone know how it went. But I don't know when that will be. So, assume the best even if you don't see anything posted Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
31 August, 2008
28 August, 2008
Surgery
Ok, so I found out yesterday that my surgery will be next Wednesday (3-Sep). The surgery is called a "retroperitoneal lymph node dissection". (try busting that one out during dinner--everyone will think you're a genius)
For those that are curious, there's a good article here that explains what will be going on in layman's terms. Just one note and a warning: one of the unexplained terms is "orchiectomy"--that's the first surgery I had. The warning is that while the article isn't too gruesome, it does mention a couple of possible long-term effects from the surgery that talk about the functioning of "guy parts"--parental discretion advised.
I can't make any guarantees, but I'll try to post something to the Twitter (at the right of the blog) to let everyone know I've survived and how I'm progressing over the first few days after surgery. (If you're as nerdy as I am, I think you can sign-up with Twitter and have my updates SMS'd to your phone. I love the Internets.)
I'm really hoping to be in the hospital for less than a week and back to work a week after that, but I don't know if that's realistic. Right now, I'm just looking forward to getting this part of my treatment done and over with. Actually, I've been in a really good mood since this got scheduled.
For those that are curious, there's a good article here that explains what will be going on in layman's terms. Just one note and a warning: one of the unexplained terms is "orchiectomy"--that's the first surgery I had. The warning is that while the article isn't too gruesome, it does mention a couple of possible long-term effects from the surgery that talk about the functioning of "guy parts"--parental discretion advised.
I can't make any guarantees, but I'll try to post something to the Twitter (at the right of the blog) to let everyone know I've survived and how I'm progressing over the first few days after surgery. (If you're as nerdy as I am, I think you can sign-up with Twitter and have my updates SMS'd to your phone. I love the Internets.)
I'm really hoping to be in the hospital for less than a week and back to work a week after that, but I don't know if that's realistic. Right now, I'm just looking forward to getting this part of my treatment done and over with. Actually, I've been in a really good mood since this got scheduled.
05 August, 2008
Ominous
This is what I woke up to this morning:
Anybody that knows Houston realizes that this is a big 'ol storm. No worries tho, they are saying that we'll get a few inches of rain and some decent wind, but that should be it.
Anybody that knows Houston realizes that this is a big 'ol storm. No worries tho, they are saying that we'll get a few inches of rain and some decent wind, but that should be it.
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