1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (499+ words) We arrived in Honolulu a few minutes ahead of schedule Tuesday night. I have a scheduled meeting with my Honolulu oncologist next week to set up the schedule for chemo and immunotherapy. That's where the rubber hits the road, I…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (152+ words) Update. Saturday, May 30, 2026. Monday, June 1, will mark three weeks since my surgery at UCSF in Mission Bay, and just over two weeks since I was released from the hospital to start the process of recuperation. Of more longterm importance, however,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (296+ words) Thursday ended on what we thought was a high note. Two plumbers, one from Redwood City's sewer department, or whatever it is called here, had declared any toilet issues resolved and said we could resume using this essential infrastructure. The…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (629+ words) In a post here o Monday, I promised to be back with a bit of the bad news. It took longer than I thought, but here's the tale. Sunday was my first full day out of the hospital. It was…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (457+ words) Bessie is calico #2. She joined our household a little over a year after Ms. Kali. Unlike our other three cats, she apparently didn't spend much if any time living outdoors in a cat colony. She appears to have been someone's…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (535+ words) I've been exploring an unusual extreme of the culinary spectrum this week. Immediately after my surgery on Monday, I was hooked up to IV ports In each arm that, as I uderstand, delivered pain control miedictions, antibiotics, fluids, and very…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (122+ words) I brought my five year-old i Pad Pro on this trip, but didn't bring it to the hospital with me. I usually rely on it when traveling, leaving my laptop at home. So since getting out of surgery, I've relied…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (370+ words) We missed grabbing the brass ring. The earlier imaging, both in Honolulu and here at UCSF, appeared to show a small obstruction in the Y where two bile ducts come out of the liver and join into a common duct…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (384+ words) The good news is that the robot-assisted surgery was done with minimally invasive procedures, and I've been resting comfortably in a private hospital room since late Monday afternoon. But one of several the "known unknowns" that could not be fully…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (189+ words) The cats are making a special appearance this morning, carefully set up to appear online on Friday morning, although Meda and I were scheduled to arrive in San Franisco the day before. This is my favorite of the week. It's…...