Not worse!

Just about to start max bonus round six of chemo.  Had an MRI last Friday, and apparently things are not worse.  Which is the bar I aspire to.  Jill reminded me later that on the last MRI in March, there was some, um, something, they wanted to keep an eye on.  Apparently, the something is both not worse and even looks a little smaller.  With smaller being good.  Honestly, I only vaguely remember that there was a something we (meaning Dr. V mainly) was keeping an eye on.  So, this was all good.  Whether by conscious choice, aging, or tumor, I forgot to be worried about the something until the doctor told me the something looked better.  And more good news - even though I confirmed that bonus chemo will go a full 12 months, I get credit for time served with the ill-fated September round.  So, the bonus chemo ends in November.  Possibly right around my 55th birthday.  Yay.  And the underlying part of this is that even though bonus chemo is getting harder, I am still recovering from it.  A bit slower and more difficult each round, but still.

And... I have almost finished my new book.  Putting the finishing touches on "Cheeto Voldemort's CoVid 19 Bartending Guide".  It's being described as* the "definitive Mr. Boston's guide, if Mr. Boston was 'he-who-shall-not-be-re-elected'."  It features my famous Lysol Rita and Comet-Tini, as well as lesser known cocktails like the Windex Mojito and the Clorox Mary.  Each recipe ends with a shot of syrup de ipecac, and a suggestion to call poison control.

* described by me.

While you wait for the book, I suggest you look at my back catalog.  One of these is real.

"The Chemo Diet and Consciousness Raising: One Man's Journey Through his Chevy Astro Cytoma Brain Tumor" by Dr. Rainbow Sparkles**

** my nom de tumor

"Assholery and Douchebaggery: the Comprehensive Guide to the Trump Administration"

"Informed Winging It."  This one is my management book.  I still need a much better name, but I actually teach this (kinda) to my students and interns.  The concept is prepare as much as you can, enough that you can handle any complex or unknown situation that might occur.  One reviewer* said "an intriguing, but ultimately convoluted and completely full-of-shit management philosophy."

* Again, me.

And finally, "Corner Pieces: A Life Amused and Vaguely Annoyed."  This is the one that is real.***

*** kinda real.  It's a collection of my blog posts for a couple of decades.  I made it into a pdf with page numbers starting on the cover, and posted it for sale on Amazon for the Kindle, and on Blurb (link below).  I also printed exactly one copy, which cost $150. [It's much cheaper on Kindle or Blurb.]  Thanks to the three people (that is neither an exaggeration nor a lament, just a fact), who actually bought it.  Making me not quite a best-selling author, but an actual "selling author."

https://www.blurb.com/b/9791182-corner-pieces?fbclid=IwAR3ScunWesfDf5T4gkoWpWueXliYz1SoYaOn2jCNQuUPgNvwdhn_c2KjgFg