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Good morning, everyone!
It was 69 degrees as I rode to work this morning. Forecast high is 71. We have another round of storms coming in a little while, then a front this afternoon will make things turn colder for a few days.
The Fort Worth Bicycling Association is the biggest cycling club in this area. I know quite a few members, and join their club rides occasionally. I didn't know Mark Carter that well. He was a past president of the club, a lifelong health and fitness nut who'd ridden more than 100,000 miles on a bicycle. He was diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago and died on Sunday. Mark was 59. It's a story that's all too familiar to those of us here, but has shocked the FWBA community. Just after we start the Breathe Deep DFW walk on Saturday, Mark's family and friends will be attending his memorial service.
I'm coming down with a cold this week. It's been just over a year since I had a cold. It's always nice going over a year without a cold, but the downside is that when I do get one after not having one in a long time, it's sure to be a bad one. I hope I don't get too sick this week.
I read an article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram this morning about something I'd already noticed: many trees here are blooming right now. The extreme heat of the summer made them go dormant, and now that it's milder and there's some rain, they think it's spring. My garden has behaved the same way. The tomato and pepper plants which just wouldn't produce anything all summer have gone crazy the last month, with tomatoes and peppers everywhere. Last week's freeze has the squash plants looking puny though, a reminder that it really isn't spring, and spring and summer plants won't be around much longer.
Time to get back to work. Have a great day, all!
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Good to hear from you, Dawn. Enjoy your chemo break.
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That's great! Congrats on 9 years!
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Congrats, Bruce!
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Good evening, everyone!
It was 59 degrees as I rode to work this morning. It was 78 degrees for my ride home, but then this front came blasting in with 40 mph northwest winds. It will be chilly, and a tough ride against that north wind in the morning, and it's supposed to get down near freezing tomorrow night.
When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, Rose and I did wills, medical directives, power of attorney, and all that. We never did get around to discussing burial though. Of all things, that ended up being the main topic of discussion Sunday night at a family gathering at Rose's sister's house.
Everyone was saying where and how they wanted to be buried. I'm a veteran, and Rose said that she wanted us both buried at the DFW National Cemetery in Grand Prairie. So we decided that's what we'd do.
As soon as the burial discussion ended, our daughter's boyfriend broke out a ring, dropped to bended knee, and proposed to our daughter. So we went directly from a burial arrangement discussion to a wedding arrangement discussion. It was an interesting evening.
Bud, still waiting to hear if you went out in costume on Halloween. If so, we want a pic.We were Antony and Cleopatra. Have a great day, all!
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Good morning, everyone!
It was 41 degrees when I got up this morning. Forecast high is 62. I didn't ride to work this morning. I sat up so late watching the Rangers keep blowing that game last night that I just drove to work this morning so I could sleep a bit later.
I'm going to join some friends for a ride tomorrow, then Rose and I are going to a Halloween party tomorrow night. I'll likely get home late enough that I'll just zombie around the house on Sunday.
Hope you're both feeling better now, MI Judy and Lillian. Have a great day, all!
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I had that combination, too. Drink lots and lots of fluids. Fending off dehydration will help a lot.
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Hi, Dulcinea. Welcome. Your case sounds similar to mine, except that mine really was 2A, with just one cancerous lymph node within the lobe they took.
I had the cisplatin and gemcitabine. I didn't tolerate it as well as many, and quit after three rounds.
The good news is that I've been cancer free for just short of four years now. Once you get that far along without a recurrence, your odds of remaining cancer free get a lot better, so hang in there. Here's wishing the best for you too.
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So sorry to read this, Stephanie. Here's hoping the ALK is positive.
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Good morning, everyone!
It was 48 degrees as I rode to work this morning. Forecast high is 69. This front is our first real cool-off of the fall. Yesterday morning, I rode to work against 30 mph north wind gusts. I averaged 10.8 mph for the ride, my slowest ride to work yet in the two years I've been commuting by bike.
We made a trip to Oklahoma last weekend, to visit my sister and old friends. Counting Rose and I, my friend and his wife, and my sister and her husband, one half of each couple uses a CPAP device. It's an age thing, I guess......LOL.
Not much excitement in my neck of the woods to report. Beautiful baby, Ann! Have a great day, all!
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6 month scan
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Congrats, Paulette!
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That sounds great, Judy!
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Welcome! So sorry to hear that you lost your mother to this awful disease. You've been touched by lung cancer, so you certainly belong here.
As Katie likes to say, when it comes to lung cancer, we're cause agnostic here; we don't care how anyone got lung cancer. We know that too many never smokers also get lung cancer, that no one deserves it, and that more needs to be done to detect and treat it.
We have a wide variety of people here, from survivors to caregivers to people who, just like you, have lost love ones to lung cancer. Again, welcome, and I look forward to seeing more posts from you.
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Good afternoon, everyone!
It was 64 degrees when I got up this morning. Forecast high is 80, but I'm not sure we're going to make that. A line of storms was arriving just as I should have been leaving on my bike, so I drove to work today, the first time I've driven rather than ridden since August.
My Sunday fishing trip got rained out. We had some good rains, almost 8 inches in some places. But that won't begin to fix our lakes. It will take more than seasonal rain for that. It will take a flood. Lake Benbrook near me is a perfect example. Its water level rose a little more than a foot after the weekend rains. It's 17 feet low, though, so a one foot rise is hardly noticeable.
I'm calling a caregiver this evening to give support. That's always hard for me. I make a lot better patient than caregiver or support person. Nothing too exciting happening here; just my usual case of lots of little things going at once.
Time to get back to work. Have a great day, all!
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So sorry to read this, Marjean. Condolences to you and your family.
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Gemcitabine always gave me a headache for the rest of the day, but was otherwise pretty tolerable. It was the cisplatin that knocked me for a loop. Best wishes, Karen.
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Good morning, everyone!
It was 72 degrees as I rode to work this morning. Forecast high is 90. I hasn't been that warm all week. I actually wore long sleeves for the ride to work Monday and Tuesday. It was in the mid 50's.
As usual, I can't seem to find enough hours in the day. I really intended to wash and wax my truck this week, but didn't get it done. I made the last payment on it this morning, and wanted to see it all shiny and clean when I did.
I've spent too much time this week trying to do work more suited to a young man, a reminder that if I'm going to keep working, a career change is in order.
Rose, daughter Marie, and Pixie are supposed to go fishing with me Sunday (I've even purchased my first dog life jacket), but there's a 40 percent chance of rain, so we'll see.
Have a great day, all!
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Bert Jansch
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LONDON (AP) -- He was quiet, modest, uncomfortable in the spotlight — not looking for No. 1 hits or commercial ditties.
But when Bert Jansch picked up an acoustic guitar, people listened, often spellbound by his subtle innovation and mastery.
Jansch, who died of lung cancer Wednesday at the age of 67, was a virtuoso, hailed by the likes of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Canadian rocker Neil Young and Johnny Marr of The Smiths as a force to be reckoned with, and learned from.
He was at the center of the British folk revival of the late 1960s and early 1970s at a time when British music — led by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who — dominated much of the pop world.
In an era of earsplitting supergroups like Cream, known for their volume and pounding drums, he was a founder of Pentangle, a nuanced, visionary mix of folk and jazz music that found a huge audience for its complex arrangements and stunning musicianship.
His solo career was bookended by the outstanding "Bert Jansch" album in 1965 — recorded on borrowed guitars — and the critically acclaimed "Black Swan" CD released in 2006.
Young, who earlier this year invited Jansch to open for him on an extended concert tour, said that Jansch created a new approach to the acoustic guitar much as Jimi Hendrix changed the sound of the electric guitar.
John Barrow, Jansch's U.K. concert booking agent, said Jansch remained an influential figure even when his music was out of fashion.
"I've been his agent for just over 10 years and when I met him he was at a low ebb and not really getting the recognition he deserved," Barrow said. "But it is a measure of the man that he had at that point continued playing in a pub in Carnaby Street in London. Even at that time Liam and Noel Gallagher from Oasis were turning up at that pub to listen to him."
Jansch, who was born in Scotland, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music in 2007 by Edinburgh Napier University. Guitarist Haftor Medboe, a musician in residence at the university, said Jansch had a distinctive sound that was difficult to define.
"Bert was a musician who was genuinely unique and was able to cross genres," he said. "He was a virtuoso player and could create incredible sounds from his guitar, but he was also very soulful and imbued the instrument with a passion and elegance on a par with any of the great guitarists. It is no surprise that so many great artists name check him as an influence. He was the quintessential musician's musician."
Jansch was also a prolific songwriter. He has been recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 100 guitarists of all time.
Pentangle was hailed by critics and fans for providing modern renditions of classic folk songs, helping to keep traditional music alive and vibrant, and also for innovative, jazz-inflected new material.
They attracted a substantial following in an era when Bob Dylan, Donovan, Fairport Convention and others were looking to traditional acoustic sounds for inspiration.
Jansch's final performance was at a Pentangle at London's Royal Festival Hall on Aug. 1, spokesman Mick Houghton said.
Houghton, who had known Jansch since his early days on the music scene, said the guitarist died at the Marie Curie Hospice in north London. Jansch had recently been forced to cancel several planned solo concerts because of his failing health.
"I don't know anyone who had less of a sense of celebrity. He was always very self-effacing and critical adulation was completely irrelevant to him," Houghton said.
Folk singer Eddi Reader called Jansch "a gentle, gentle gentleman." In a message on Twitter she said: "God speed, darlin' Bert — get us on the guest list."
Jansch is survived by his wife, Loren, and son, Adam.
See the original article here.
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Good morning, everyone!
It was 69 degrees as I rode to work this morning. Forecast high is, believe it or not, 100 degrees. Summer just doesn't seem to know when to end here this year. There's supposed to be a cool front tonight though, and a bunch of 80-something degree days coming.
My employer pays a heat bonus every year at the beginning of October. Hourly employees all receive an extra $1 an hour for every day that's 100+ degrees. I don't know exactly how many 100+ degree work days we had this year, but since there were 70 days overall (will today be number 71?), they're bound to be the biggest heat bonus checks the company has ever paid. I've never figured out exactly how they calculate the bonuses for us salaried people, but mine should be a good check, too.
Have a great Friday's Eve, all!
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Good morning, everyone!
It was 53 degrees as I rode to work this morning. Forecast high is 88.
I don't use any of the anti virus software. It always seemed to me to cause more problems than the viruses it was supposed to protect you from, so I gave it up years ago.
Eric, there always seems to be some muscle soreness from exercising, but much less so if you stay at it regularly. KW Judy is right, exercise alone won't make most people lose weight. You have to do that with diet. If you exercise 12 hours a week or more like I do, then you're approaching the point where the exercise itself can help lower weight, but most people don't do that.
KW Judy, it sounds like you need one of the new tablets, rather than a laptop, for travelling. I bought a cheap one the other day. It's an android, like so many of the new phones. I'm trying my hand at android programming but don't have an android phone yet, so I decided a cheap tablet would do for testing until I'm due for a new phone in the spring.
I'm planning on doing some fishing tomorrow, then riding a 200K on Sunday. I'm not having a good mileage month at all so far this month.
Have a great day, all!
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Good morning, everyone!
It was 62 degrees as I rode to work this morning. Forecast high is 93.
I haven't read what Dr Oz has to say about belly fat, but my experience is that the only way I get rid of it is by removing all other fat first, then keep on losing weight. If I add any weight, my belly is the first place it comes back to.
I now have a DVR that will record local channels, but haven't deemed anything worthy of recording yet. That may change if the Rangers make the playoffs.
Have a great day, all!
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Only in a lung cancer forum can a diagnosis of polylalagia rheumatica be good news. But it sure beats the heck out of lung cancer, doesn't it? Here's hoping the doctors are right and the steroids work great for him.
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Sounds great to me, Annette! This is one instance where being labled unremarkable is good. Congrats!
Saturday's Air
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Good morning, everyone!
It's 51 degrees outside right not. Forecast high is 77, but it's supposed to get really windy. Rose and I will be leaving for the walk in about a half hour.
I rode to work the first 4 days this week, but as bad as my cold has gotten, I drove yesterday. I'll probably just vegetate around the house the rest of the weekend after the walk. This is the second year in a row that I've come down with a terrible cold that came on slowly and started three days after I got the flu shot. It was the only cold I had last year. I may have to reconsider that flu shot next year.
Mike, sorry to hear of all you're going through this year. We did the downsize thing ourselves a couple of years ago. We're enjoying our smaller place and not having a mortgage payment sure is nice.
Time for me to get ready to go. Have a great day, all!