kvetching up

Dinner tonight at Jared's. It's been 18 days since I had a heart attack. 4 stents and 2 balloon angioplasties later, and I was careful about what I ate. I had a few potato chips, but no corn.  Redmond. Their apartment building is located where the Redmond Athletic Club used to be, next to the Bella Botega Shopping Center. They gave us a tour of the place--its very nice. Gym, movie theater, deck with barbeques and a large event area, where we ate.  Abby was surly, more surly than usual. I feel she is peak surly as she closes in on graduating. I hate it. I just don't like it. Her constant snark, directed at anyone who is near, is grating. I know it is a phase, but I hope it stops soon.   Redmond has gotten so much more dense with apartment buildings it is unrecognizable from even 5 years ago. I ain't got no home in this world anymore ran through my head. I thought of Merle Haggard's " They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down " and Edmund Burke's disd...

 Entry 1     10:24 p.m. Processes and mechanisms associated with cancer-associated cachexia Cachexia, also known as wasting disease, is a condition that is common among cancer patients, and is often what kills you before the cancer itself. I've written about it here before. Jenny weighed 147 lbs. last night, which seems to be a stable weight. She is so thin and gaunt it is incredible. But, sans chemo--its been four weeks, she seems more robust. She can't stand for long periods of time, she can't walk for very many feet without risking collapse, but she has stopped the freefall.  Her meds still haven't arrived from wherever they are being shipped from, and Christ only knows what the cancer is up to inside her body.   Yesterday, a family friend brought over a treadmill for Jenny to use in her battle against cachexia. Cachexia weight loss eliminates lean muscle mass and the good fat in your body, rendering you weak and without energy reserves.  ...