The good and the not so good

This a sign we saw often on our trip last spring down south. Is it just me or do you think too much sunshine fries the brains of otherwise normal people?

We understood the actual reason behind its message...

but I mean, come on! You actually need signs?!

Yesterday I mananged to catch up with a friend at his office. I haven't seen or talked to him since before Christmas so the face to face was really great. I told him of my "Life on Blood Thinners Tale" and I thought he was going to have a stroke he was laughing so hard.

I hated to admit it... but his reaction to it almost made it worth it!

He begged me to let him tell others about that interesting little tidbit... I said yes, but in hindsight I'm not so sure that was a wise idea.

I hope at least he omits my name when he tells it to others I know.

He too is a cancer survivor and he told me sadly that a blonde, former office employee (that at least one of you out there knows) Recently had cancer surgery and is still on the mend.

It sounded quite serious and I was concerned because it sounds as if the doctors aren't being very aggressive in her follow-up care. I really do hope this doesn't end up being a fatal mistake on their part.

Being a survivor has it's good and bad points. My oncologist was an extremely aggressive doctor and had he not been, I would not be here at this moment. So I have to be cautious when it comes to what other doctors do.

My doc told me on numerous occasions that I had, "just enough knowledge to make me dangerous" and my limited medical schooling and constant research into new medications and protocols for drug trials, etc. ect. sometimes put the two of us toe to toe, but at the same time, I could question him on his own level.

What can I say? I'm considered aggressive by some, (yeah, yeah... you can stop laughing now.) mostly, I pay attention and it frightens me sometimes when I hear about other people's treatments, especially treatments that I think are too soft.

But, I am not, and have never been a doctor and I absolutely don't know everything. (I can hear the printers whining and burning into action now that I've made THAT statement!) I can't help but hope she isn't blindsided by a reoccurrence that didn't have to happen.

Well, I've downed a pot of coffee and need to do something constructive with the day... hahahahahahahahahaha! Yeah, right. I've got to at least try, and winding this computer thing down is a good way to start.