Finally Friday

Office courtyard - sometimes kids fill the fountain with soap and we have bubbles everywhere. There was an article in the NYT about a 35-year old woman who had just had her first child when doctors found she had colon cancer and the disease had spread to her liver. The theme of the article is how confusing and uneven treatment is and how when a person is ill, scared, and vulnerable, they need to be pro-active - be very involved and learn everything they can about the different treatments. One of her doctors gave her six months to live, the second and third said chemo would buy her more time, but a surgery wouldn't and the fourth offered to operate.

One of the things I gleaned from the article is a web site that has the treatment guidelines approved by cancer experts: www.nccn.org/ - it has been very informative and helpful and better prepares us for our coming appointment with his surgeon.

Missed blogging yesterday. Some neighbors came over and it was pretty late when they left. We were finishing up our dinner when they came and after hurriedly clearing the table we sat down to look at some papers they brought with them. I had a checked tablecloth on the table and the neighbor began tracing the checks with his finger, sort of doodling. Then his finger obviously came across some crumbs and he began forming them into a little pile. Scooching here and there to arrange them just so. I wanted to laugh but I was the only one noticing this so I muffled myself. Then I was curious as to what was going to happen to that tiny mound of crumbs - yep, off the table they went and onto the floor. Maybe my sense of humor is weird but I thought it was funny. The things we do to entertain ourselves!