Good morning USA, Autumn is here, my Halloween was a blast with my LLP (Loving-Life-Partner), Texas is Blue, and I had my first Intravenous Cancer Treatment.
This Halloween I dressed as a Christian Monk and my LLP dressed as a Shaman Buddhist, we knew this would scare those close to us because of course, I am Buddhist and she is Catholic. how scary this is to those who fear we might convert? But as she said when we first met, "We are people with faith, and that's what counts"
And, hold on to your seat Cowboys, Texas -- and most of the USA -- went blue, Democrat, and after years of being A Political, I am now in the blue corner. Climate, Peace, Love, etc., the Blue Party is closer to that than the Red party. Still, I understand the need for both parties in the USA to keep us from going too far right or left, Anarchy or Totalitarianism. So try to focus on the good where you can.
Enough politics, I wish for the happiness of all people and that should cover that, for as Nichiren Daishonin warned, we are living in the age where people are at the mercy of greed, anger and foolishness; and are divided by mistrust and hatred. We need and can do better.
And so now I turn to cancer. As you know this is my second go with lung cancer. Five years ago they removed a lobe, I needed no chemo because of early detection -- which I know is 100% the result of my faith-- this time, although still found early, it did reach stage 2, and so yesterday, I started my chemo treatment of Pemetrexed and Carboplatin -- say that with a mouth full of pretzels. So far not so bad, only real side effect is my Tinnitus has my ears ringing a little more than usual, I hope its a temporary thing and doesn't go back to how bad it had gotten in the Navy when I was in a room with men drilling on the bulkhead next door while I was trying to sleep.
That's my update, sorry it isn't cute, or fancy, but I still have hair. Don't you want to stick around long enough to see how that goes?
I joke, for laughter. love, and smiles are a big part of the battle agaisnt cancer.
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__ Eso Terry
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