Thursday, July 31, 2014

Still Cancer Free and Happy about it!

Good news last week!  My last scan is still clean & my blood work finally came back to pre-treatment levels!  Hooray!  It was nice to see my Dr. Pok. 

Speaking of Dr. Pok, he is now famous; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=498MN-1wqqE&feature=youtu.be  You can see how brilliant he is in this TedxTalk from a week or two back.  He is also a really genuinely nice guy and a great doctor. 
 
Right then, went to my GP yesterday to have my left inner thigh looked at. 

Zoe and I took a trip up to MD to visit a friend over the weekend.  Initially 3 out of 4 dogs got along.  Dodger, an old grumpy lab mix doesn’t like anyone.  Zoe went all submissive upon meeting Dodger & Aylia in hopes of making them feel better about her larger than large presence.  They seemed sort of O.K. in the beginning.  Aylia ignored Zoe and Dodger grumbled like an old man.  Several hours later we were all standing around chatting before heading out to demo the old, then build the new fire pit. 

Apparently there were one too many humans petting Zoe when Melissa’s dog, Aylia, took offense.  Jealousy is a green eyed bitch.  She lunged at Zoe and I stepped in at just the wrong time to get bit.  I now have a 22x15cm bruise on my left inner thigh.  It was quick.  Once she figured out that she bit me, she let go immediately.  I am sporting 3 punctures and a gigantic bruise, along with some impressive swelling.  I’m on antibiotics & icepacks until I heal.  Aylia is up to date on her shots and my tetanus shot was updated only a few years ago so I should be just fine there. 

Zoe did her best to defend me, but I held her back.  Any PT out there should know that playing tug-of-war with a muscular Great Dane should be considered PT.  Holding her back should be as well.  Damn she is strong!  I’m also getting pretty good at slinging a 55 pound bag of dog food around.  Yes, I do believe there is some progress on the PT front. 

Feel free to crack some Sarcasm here folks.  I’m telling a variety of stories to make it sound better - it was a land shark that attacked me in a biker bar in Texas.  You should have seen the fucker when I got done with him.  I cut his sorry ass!  Or maybe it was a group ninja clowns tried to sneak up on me and I had to beat the daylights out of them.  Feel free to submit your favorite stories and we can all have a good laugh.
 
Love and hugs for all!
 
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