A Rude Intrusion :: Day 63

This is my blog for day 63 of cancer treatment and recovery, Monday, 11 Sep 2017.

No doctor's appointments today!

Remember those who lost their lives this day in 2001.

It's also five years since I had my double-hip replacement surgery, on this date in 2012.

Drove Nancy to her treatment today for the first time in weeks. Kerry had been taking her - thank you, Kerry - but it's my turn again. I ran an errand, visited an antique store and bought my lunch at Mariano's, then returned to the hospital. All before Nancy got her lunch.

I tried to eat today, but only with moderate success. I purchased a chocolate-covered cake doughnut, soaked it in milk and was able to eat it all. That's the good news. I also purchased some mashed potatoes, a little pot roast and some carrots, then soaked everything in au jus. But I really couldn't eat it. I tried, but just could not eat more than a little of what I took. Still, I finished 300 calories worth of milk and an entire doughnut, which my Fitbit tells me is around 175 calories. So I must have had at least 500 calories by mouth, and that's pretty good (even if it's full of fat calories).

I commented on Nancy's college friends coming up to see us and Laura, but neglected to post a photo. Here is one:

Nancy's mom Sonja is at front left, with Laura to her left. The back row is Patti, Nancy, Kathy, Georgia and Teri. Love these gals!

Spent a lot of the second half of the day watching Ken Burns' documentary The Civil War. It took me in and I could not stop. I think the best quote about the conduct of that war is from the author Shelby Foote, where he describes how he thought the north fought the war, "with one hand tied behind their back", having much more industry and raw material to work with, to say nothing of men, especially immigrants. In his view, if the south had made progress in attacking the north, the other hand would have been loosened, and the north would have brought it down hard, and still won the war.

Another quote has to do with a meeting between President Lincoln, General Grant, General Sherman and an Admiral whose name I cannot recall. After the meeting, General Sherman said, of President Lincoln, "Of all the men I ever met he seemed to me to possess more of the elements of greatness, combined with goodness, than any other." Sherman never saw the President again.

Oh, and one more thing: I believe it was said that General Grant never paid much attention to marching music, so little that he said he only knew two tunes: one was Yankee Doodle, and the other wasn't . . . smile!

Today's YouTube music, then, is Yankee Doodle, by the Marine Band - Link. As a two-fer, you also get The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, by The United States Army Field Bank - Link. Finally, for my friends from the south, Dixie - Link.

For convenience sake, here a running list of all of the links I've posted to YouTube in the past many days:

According to Plan, Carolyn Arends - Link

And I Love Her, The Beatles - Link
Apollo 11 launch - Link
Ashokan Farewell, Jay Ungar - Link
Back In You Own Back Yard, Al Jolson - Link

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, The United States Army Field Bank - Link
Because We've Ended As Lovers, Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Link
Blessings, Laura Story - Link
The Blue Skirt Waltz, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Brandy, Looking Glass - Link
Brotherhood of Man, Matthew Broderick and Lillias White - Link
By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Glen Campbell - Link
Chicago Bears fight song - Link
Chicago Blackhawks song - Link
Cold, Cold Heart,The Quebe Sisters - 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
Dixie - Link
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Link, Steve Goodman
Eat It, Weird Al Yankovic - Link
Eclipse, Pink Floyd - Link
Galveston, Glen Campbell - Link
Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell - Link
Get Back, The Beatles - Link
Glen Campbell-hosted country music special - Link
Go, Cubs, Go, Steve Goodman - Link
Going For The One, Yes - Link
Groucho Movie Clips - Link
Heart Of The Heartland, Peter Ostroushko - Link
I'm Alright, Kenny Loggins - Link
I Love A Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbit - 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
Jailhouse Rock, The Blues Brothers - Link
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 1, An International Collaboration - Link
Lay Down Sally, Vince Gill and a cast of All Stars - Link
Lazy River, Dave McKenna - 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
My New Philosophy, Kristin Chenoweth and Stanley Wayne Mathis - Link
On The Street Where You Live, Dean Martin - Link
One Is The Loneliest Number, Three Dog Night - Link
One More Last Chance, Vince Gill - Link
The Pennsylvania Polka, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Popular, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Powdermilk Biscuit Break, Garrison Keillor, et al - Link
Questions 67 and 68, Chicago - Link
Rain, Uriah Heep - Link
Reaching, Carolyn Arends - Link
Roly Poly, Don Kelley with Johnny Hiland - 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
Slang of Ages, Steely Day - Link
Slow Poke, Pee Wee King - 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
Subdivisions, Rush - Link
Sweet Georgia Brown, Wynton Marsalis/Mark O'Connor - Link
Sweet Lorraine, Uriah Heep - Link
Take Me Out To The Ballgame, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 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
The Too Fat Polka, Frankie Yankovic - 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
Yankee Doodle, The Marine Band - Link
Your Love Is My Saving Grace, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Zappa Medly, George Duke - Link