Nothing at all today regarding medical treatment! Son Tim and his bride Kate are coming over for dinner, though. Looking forward to that.
This coming week is my last week of treatment, and, buy, I can tell you that I'm looking for things to be done! I'm really feeling the effects of the radiation, and I'm sure the chemotherapy won't be any easier. But treatment is almost done!
I've been lazy today, it seems. Got up early enough and fed myself (1 1/2 packages of clone feed [tube feeding formula for those of you who haven't read my earlier posts] with pain and anti-nausea drugs). Fed the dog and the cat, too. Read volume two of The Fantastic Four. Eventually, I took about 90 minutes to do something for work, but mostly it was TV-watching. Cubs come on at 1:00 PM, and Tim and Kate are coming over between 1:30 and 2:00 PM.
Have to say that this is really the first time in my treatment where I'm beginning to feel sick, or feel like I'm a "sick person". Throat is sore, tongue is hurting from the radiation, my saliva is thick, my neck is red and bumpy from radiation. I'm listless. I haven't taken any food by mouth in days. Guess I have to try to "power through" these next few days and simply do what needs to be done. It is, without a doubt, the most difficult stretch I've ever been through. Even the bi-lateral hip replacement was easy, compared to this.
So, not only did Tim and Kate come over, but so did Paul Kelderhouse. I want to thank them for brightening my day! After Paul left, we went back inside, where I fell asleep watching the Cubs game. When I awoke Tim and Kate had gone . . . I guess this is part of being treated, of being sick. Too bad; they're delightful!
Today's Final Jeopardy question had to do with word origins. Funnily, Alex Trebek didn't know it, but all three contestants did. It applies to my life right now, too: "Keep Calm And Carry On".
Took a little walk tonight, down to Newport, back past the house to Hale, then back home. It felt good to get out, and the night was beautiful. Watched some Big Bang Theory and then part of the Chicago Bears game, switching between that and an episode of Doctor Who, from the Tom Baker era. Went to bed late, long after Nancy succumbed to the whims of the sandman.
Today's YouTube video is one of the two best Chicago sports themes (the other being the Chicago Blackhawks theme). The Cubs some in third - sorry sports fans. It's the Chicago Bears fight song - Link, written in 1941 by Al Hoffman (under the pseudonym Jerry Downs). And here's a bonus: the Chicago Blackhawks song - Here Come The Hawks, by the Dick Marx Orchestra & Chorus - Link. (I never knew the song was written by someone named J. Swayzee in, or before, 1968.)
For convenience sake, here a running list of all of the links I've posted to YouTube in the past few days:
According to Plan, Carolyn Arends - Link
And I Love Her - Link
Apollo 11 launch - Link
Back In You Own Back Yard, Al Jolson - Link
Because We've Ended As Lovers, Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Link
Blessings, Laura Story - Link
Brandy, Looking Glass - Link
Chicago Bears fight song - Link
Chicago Blackhawks song - Link
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd - Link
Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson Link
Crossroads, Eric Clapton and Cream Link
Cry Me A River, Joe Cocker - Link
Cry Me A River, Diana Krall - Link
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest - Link
Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell - Link
Glen Campbell-hosted country music special - Link.
Groucho Movie Clips - Link
I'm Alright, Kenny Loggins - Link
I Love Being Here With You, Diana Krall - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, from the movie Here Comes the Groom - Link
In Good Hands, Carolyn Arends - Link.
Invercargill, United States Air Force Concert Band - Link
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 1, An International Collaboration - Link
Limbo Jazz, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington - Link
Living in the Past, Jethro Tull - Link
Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield, Bill Kirchen - Link
Montana/We Are Not Alone, Univ. of Montana Percussion Ensemble - Link
My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains - Link
Blessings, Laura Story - Link
Brandy, Looking Glass - Link
Chicago Bears fight song - Link
Chicago Blackhawks song - Link
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd - Link
Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson Link
Crossroads, Eric Clapton and Cream Link
Cry Me A River, Joe Cocker - Link
Cry Me A River, Diana Krall - Link
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest - Link
Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell - Link
Glen Campbell-hosted country music special - Link.
Groucho Movie Clips - Link
I'm Alright, Kenny Loggins - Link
I Love Being Here With You, Diana Krall - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, from the movie Here Comes the Groom - Link
In Good Hands, Carolyn Arends - Link.
Invercargill, United States Air Force Concert Band - Link
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 1, An International Collaboration - Link
Limbo Jazz, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington - Link
Living in the Past, Jethro Tull - Link
Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield, Bill Kirchen - Link
Montana/We Are Not Alone, Univ. of Montana Percussion Ensemble - Link
My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains - Link
My Funny Valentine, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
My Funny Valentine, Miles Davis - Link
On The Street Where You Live, Dean Martin - Link
Powdermilk Biscuit Break, Garrison Keillor, et al - Link
Questions 67 and 68, Chicago - Link
Route 66, Asleep at The Wheel - Link
She Used To Be Mine, Sara Bareilles - Link
Shim, Sham, Shimmy (dance) to Tain't What You Do, Jimmy Lunceford - Link
Sisters, Bette Midler and Linda Ronstadt - Link
Sisters, from White Christmas - Link
Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford - Link
St Louis Blues, Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi - Link
Standing at the Crossroads, Elmore James - Link
Stars and Stripes Forever, United States Marine Band - Link
Sweet Georgia Brown, Wynton Marsalis/Mark O'Connor - Link
That's Jazz, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Link
Time, Pink Floyd - Link
Time to Blow, From That Thing You Do - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Buck Owens - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, the Don Kelley Band - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Link
US National Anthem, US Marine Band - Link
Village of the Sun and Echidna's Arf (Of You), Frank Zappa - Link
War, Edwin Starr - Link
Your Love Is My Saving Grace, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Zappa Medly, George Duke - Link
On The Street Where You Live, Dean Martin - Link
Powdermilk Biscuit Break, Garrison Keillor, et al - Link
Questions 67 and 68, Chicago - Link
Route 66, Asleep at The Wheel - Link
She Used To Be Mine, Sara Bareilles - Link
Shim, Sham, Shimmy (dance) to Tain't What You Do, Jimmy Lunceford - Link
Sisters, Bette Midler and Linda Ronstadt - Link
Sisters, from White Christmas - Link
Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford - Link
St Louis Blues, Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi - Link
Standing at the Crossroads, Elmore James - Link
Stars and Stripes Forever, United States Marine Band - Link
Sweet Georgia Brown, Wynton Marsalis/Mark O'Connor - Link
That's Jazz, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Link
Time, Pink Floyd - Link
Time to Blow, From That Thing You Do - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Buck Owens - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, the Don Kelley Band - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Link
US National Anthem, US Marine Band - Link
Village of the Sun and Echidna's Arf (Of You), Frank Zappa - Link
War, Edwin Starr - Link
Your Love Is My Saving Grace, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Zappa Medly, George Duke - Link
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