Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. Seriously, I forgot to wear one and the mean glances and impenetrable stares didn't stop until I got back on the airplane. Scott McKenzie knew what he was talking about.
So yeah, I went to San Francisco and had a blast with my old college roommates Matt and Chad. We saw the sites in the Bay area, watched Zito carry a shutout through the 8th inning (and be awarded the 1-0 win), went to the State Fair in Sacramento, and generally had a good time hanging out and reminiscing. The best part was probably going to church and finding out that the primary had a put together a long paper chain around a picture of Jesus. Naturally I assumed it was a "Jesus is Coming" advent chain. I was tempted to pull off a few chains to screw everybody up, but my nice guy instincts kicked in too fast.
The day before I left, I met with a replacement oncologist (my onc was on vacation) and wanted me to have a spinal tap that day and go to the hospital to see if the "smooth dural enhancement" on my last MRI was meningitis, metastases or something else. At first I thought it would be really cool like the band and its documentary, but then found out it's a potentially painful test that is somewhat risky for patients with a tumor in the back part of the brain. I don't need to endure any more pain and discomfort, or increase my risk of morbidity or mortality just because a doctor is jittery and prone to over testing and over treating. Turns out it's in the "something else" column, it has to do with my ventricular shunt. I'm glad I didn't go crazy and put off my trip to California, it was a good time.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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I'm glad that Califonia has it all figured out. How many links were on the countdown? :)
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