- May 15: Eulogy I’m living my own eulogy. A Mark Twain fantasy, I’ve fielded requests to make quilts of my clothes, to donate them to Veterans. Wonderful ideas, which I now I think are too soon. The love and concern is beautiful, but I can’t help but feel gawked at. I am very dysarthric, and I can’t eat […]
- May 13: Pride Between my walker, wheelchair, and shower bench, we run a smooth operation each morning. I independently shower, bathroom, toothbrush, and shave. All of which are important to me. And why I have this pride, knowing in this sonic boom I am not in control, I don’t know. I won the UCSF housing lottery last week, […]
- May 11: Poetry The poetry in all you, joining me in this sonic boom has been an inspiration. We frankly had our best Northwestern tailgate, admittedly on the most awkward of occasions. My 87 year old grandfather on hearing the boom, logically questioned why not him. Life now seemingly poor hearing and daily walks. I honestly have spent […]
- May 9: Tree branch Earlier on, there were mornings I’d wake up and forget this is happening. That happens less now, almost never. I’ve accepted the sonic boom, though my left sided weakness is a quick reminder. There are events and atrocities that I’m sure have halted us all in our tracks, over and over again. I was told point-blank […]
- May 6: Affection Radiation continues, and I’m several doses into chemo. The official list of chemo side effects is nauseating, but only a few doses in and I don’t feel anything. We’ll see how long that lasts. The biggest update is that I started one session of home physical therapy yesterday. The therapist learned I had an assembled […]
- May 4: Sonic Boom I couldn’t stay away for too long. Just a bit of an update: I’m continuing radiation treatments, I think we’re at treatment five. The treatments feel like nothing and are often anti-climactic. But I’m tired, and love to lie down silently even if not sleeping, which is what I do most of my afternoons. People […]
- April 29: Flock I thought it was time to write a Yogesh update myself – maybe my one update, before I selfishly focus on resting and spending time with family, but also in the event that things progress or I feel the effects of treatment. I started radiation yesterday, and will start oral chemo with Temodar soon. We […]
