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It’s now been more than six months since my last post — a slightly embarrassing one which really shouldn’t have remained at the top of my blog for so long! So here’s a quick summary of the past six months, after which I’ll be able to resume my normal frequent (🤣) posting.…
“Hey, Siri! Pause!” I called, beladen as I was with a dish tray, an iPad, my cased AirPods, socks, and other paraphernalia as I tried to negotiate the screen- and French- doors from our deck into the living room. (Yes, Dr. F., carrying far less than 10 pounds!)
On the iPhone in my shirt pocket, the ball game paused. Then it resumed.…
Well, that’s done.…
No cancer, still. However, my internal plumbing needs repairing yet again.…
… Last night, Karen took me out to our favorite restaurant (Sarducci’s) for dinner, to “celebrate” my last solid food until sometime in July. It was lovely! …
A year and a half after the “Big Surgery”, I gave conference papers in Leeds (in July) and in Birmingham (in August), with several weeks of research at the Bodleian Library in Oxford bridging the weeks between the two conferences. On my last day in Leeds, and throughout my first week in Oxford, I had some pretty intense pain in my chest. This, I found out later, was my transverse colon and greater omentum forcing their way up through my esophageal hiatus.… And in October of 2020, history repeated itself.…