I struggled deciding between a long run and a long ride. Two weeks ago, riding won out, and I spent the morning soaking up the completely empty roads for a few hours accompanied by only my own thoughts. I counted fewer than a dozen cars that passed me on the road for the first two …
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Still learning
After a quick day trip on a perfect afternoon in Chicago watching the Air and Water show with my dad from the VIP area right on the water, I was back in Holland on Monday getting yet another round of chemotherapy. This time, I remembered that I could get a prescription for lidocaine, which numbs the skin …
Go. Do.
It rained hard yesterday. At first, lightly, a refreshing antidote to the humidity fogging up my sunglasses that requiring me to stash them in the vents of my helmet. While circling around some hills north of Kalamazoo on my bike with Abe, I lost track of time. These were new roads. New to me. Remember …
Pass the salt
What if Venus Flytraps had a sense of taste? Like if ants were the equivalent of fast food – tasty and plentiful, but not all that dignified – and flies were like Alaskan King Crab – endlessly delicious, but you’d starve if you held out for it to land on you plate every night. Would …
There might be a light at the end of the tunnel
The good news is that my PET-CT scan results were what we were expecting. Mainly, the cancer hot spots throughout my lymph system are no longer there, and the mass in my chest that was 16 cm across is now just 6 cm, and more importantly is not metabolically active anymore. It’s most likely just …
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Exhausted
It’s been a long, deliberately busy week, and I’m drained in more than one way, but I’m finally able to kick my feet up and be alone and recharge. Not that I don’t like sitting by the lake chatting with others every night, but every once in awhile it feels necessary to slow down the …