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[Note Accident and Emergency is what the call emergency rooms in the UK] have you been here waiting long?  with the others whose evening"s gone wrong have you been here waiting long? --from Accident and Emergency by Lucy Wainwright Roche   What a weekend.  Can I even remember all the events, I'm not sure.  So, Ill just touch on a couple of things. Yesterday Jenny and I spent the day together all around Seattle and Renton, ending up at the Jacob Lawrence Exhibition at SAM in the afternoon.  We went with Jane and Mike.  I like SAM much more than I used to, both its standing and traveling exhibits. Benedict Arnold In the evening, we continued hanging out, watching What About Bob, one of the great Bill Murray movies, with Leiney. We were out again this morning, Sunday, the two of us running around before we met with a financial advisor, who us helping us understand how to better plan for retirement, and who was impressed with what we have done so far.  T...

The last two days have been very good.  Jenny didn't get chemotherapy because her numbers and counts were so godawfully bad as a result of the last chemo.  But, in better news, she got more clarity.   First, the doctor told her that her CA 19-9 numbers are so bad because he believes the mRNA vaccine has some major impact, skewing the numbers.  Dr. P and oncologists elsewhere are seeing this phenomena, and he, leader in the field, is starting a research study on this, presumably nationwide.  So one of the few PDAC prognostic tools has been bent, if not broken by COVID-19. Eye of the Hurricane   Secondly, the doctor told her he believes her disease is stable, given the place we are at.  The goal is to keep it that way.  Great news. Incredible news. Third, Jenny learned from the palliative care doctor that Dr. P is against Death with Dignity, an option Jenny strongly wants on the table, as would I were I in her predicament.  The good news i...