Music of the 70's

I'm certainly a child impacted by multiple decades of music.  From The Carpenters to Queensryche and between, its interesting to me how much tunes from the 70's seem to be knocking on my head these days.  That would be the first popular music I listened to thanks to my siblings (both older and more age appropriate for music from that era.)

Of course they weren't the only source for my interests in modern rock (NIN's The Fragile is one of my fave collections/albums of music ever, yet I don't think either Liz nor Tres have heard it).

Perhaps it's the high level of production artistry and polish that comes with songs like Love is the Answer by England Dan & John Ford Coley, or the amazingly original and unique prog rock provided for years by the mid 70's version of Kansas (listen to the non singles from Leftoverture and Point of Return).

I'm in a waiting period for the results of the Yervoy infusions (roughly 2 more months).  My breathing seems to be the only bodily function to be less than optimal (unless you count the possession of my left hand which I'm slowly prying loose and using better).  Frankly I'm not certain if the lung mets are the issue, but we will have a scan soon to see what's going on there.

 

Ki and I went to celebrate my wonderful mother's 80th birthday.  I was glad to have a non stop flight each way to PHX from PDX.  We put pics of her in backlit frames which sat on each table at the party (think of a cube with a photo in each side with LED lights in the middle.). We did a great job finding shots to use, and cleaned up quite a few older ones in photo shop.

I was able to get around both airports relatively well, which was a lot of walking in the end.  Regardless of the progression, stagnancy, state change or whatever, my exterior seems to be making solid progress.  Really increasing stamina is the big deal for me.

I was also proud of my extended family and the support and love they showed for Ki and my relationship.  Only got preached at once and was cut shrt (thank goodness the cake arrived when it did...).  I realize it comes from a place of love, and will leave it there.

Just Sit Right Back...

Over the last week I've revived 3 notices that I'm a plaintiff in class action lawsuits, where I don't need to do anything but wait:

Papa Johns - for sending unsolicited emails (complete with a coupon for a free online order pizza)

Sony eBooks - I don't know why really... (But they didn't offer any olive branches)

Naked Smoothies - apparently I'm not the only person who questioned the 100% juice claim when they list other non-juice ingredients... Pepsi-co agreed to pay for that, but are still holding to the claim that the drink is GMO free and Organic etc.

So the cancer/health nitty gritty ...

My MRI results (head scan only) showed roughly the same results as in June after surgery.  The remaining tumors might be very slightly reduced, but likely the same.  That's good for now.  

I've had solid results with Physical and Occupational Therapy.  I'm being challenged in Physical Therapy by standing on a Bosu ball (lower part of a ball - about a foot in height and a rubber flat top for standing) and throwing a light small medicine ball into an angled trampoline and then catching the returning ball while maintaining balance.  Occupational Therapy is trying to help me get better coordination and use of my left hand (I've made progress, but playing guitar is still very tough, so hopefully I'll see some improvement on that front).

I have my last of 4 infusions of Yervoy next week and I'll meet a new primary care doctor as well, which will be interesting.  I really liked my doctor down south, but I need someone here to cover that stuff too.

The music room is super close to completion, just need to get the keyboards in place, which will be great for running scales with both hands (my main board is a Kawai MP9500 with wooden piano keys).  It's accordingly heavy, so it's not easy to set up right now, and I need others to pick it up (bending at the knees of course) and place it on the stand.  I can't find my mini mixer yet, but it's certain to be in one of the two remaining boxes.  It's been a real process finding the bits I need having not packed the gear up myself.  Of course having the help was amazing and the move only happened as smoothly with such great help.

Ki is doing a lot still, so I hope I can get together enough to drive and get some of my stuff handled without him needing to do so much.