KARDAS - Accbar Pita

* Chapter 21 *

15 June 1997

15 June 1997

Shalom,

Happy

F A T H E R S' D A Y !!

Here are a dozen roses on your Day

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Monday

Cleaned out the small pond filter.

Took the Festiva to the garage to look at the brakes. It has been squeaking for a couple weeks already. Needed them all around! Now I can feel safer I guess.

Books: 740.

Tuesday

Wash clothes.

Went to see Dr. Shaw, the psychiatrist for the Pension Board. Did a lot of questioning and took a copious amount of notes, not necessarily concerning the hip or the auto accident (1982) nor the fall at school(1996). He, in passing, said that I was a compulsive-obsessive . After replying that that does not sound very nice, he said that is due to my collecting activities, and that I attempt to be a perfectionist. So are all collectors compulsive-obsessive?? (Maybe it was obsessive-compulsive -- I did not take any notes!) Another interview down the drain! At least I was not positively impressed with the interview.

Lucy, the neighbor in back (they sold their house -- settlement is in August, I think), brought me some delicious stuffed cabbages for dinner. Just when I was wondering what I would make! So I fried some unions and munched happily away, then went out to the ponds and finished my wine, watching the fish, with Tracey sitting beside me.

Today it went up to about 90º F. Mark went to the beach-- I would have liked to accompany him. One of these days!

Can not sleep -- got up several times to putter around. Did a couple pages of labels by computer for the flea market. My old labels were done using Letraset, all done the ole fashioned way, by hand, letter by letter!! Computers are kewl fun, P L U S one can do all kinds of things easier (sort of !), faster, with more options, and more professionally/quality-looking. Finally got to bed after 3 a.m..

Books: 741 -- just did one!!

Wednesday

Was very anxious about my visit to Dr. Williamson this afternoon. The appointment was for 14:30h and I left home at 14:10, which is very unusual for me!

The first thing she said was, "I have good news for you"! The colonoscopy report by Dr. John A. Kruger came in with "no mass seen", with a note that "BIOPSY: X3 - rectal area". Then to the biopsy report by Dr. Robert H. Wood, pathologist:

"Rectal biopsies: mild chronic colitis, nonspecific- minimal crypt distortion is associated with edema and mild fibrosis within lamina propia with mild vascular ectasia and mild reactive stromal cellular changes which may reflect radiation change- negative for any malignancy."

I got as excited as I can get -- which is minimally observed on the exterior, as is usual for me!-- and even smiled broadly, which is rare!

So the cancer is apparently gone.

I mentioned to her:

the mild vascular ecstasy sounds exciting, and

that I still have a mild pain in my left side, probably due to the "cyst" in that kidney, noted usually when I sleep on my left side, and

that there is a fullish, lumpy feeling in my groin area, probably associated with a lymph node/gland.

She said that I should not worry about the kidney thing, and that the lymph node is enlarged due to draining from radiation -- it should eventually subside and the puffiness will disappear. I hope!

Now, all I have to do is recover some more from the effects of the radiation and chemo, however long that will take-- and get back, more or less, to my ole self.

After getting photocopies of the two reports I told her, "good job!", and mentioned that I do not usually say that to many people. She looked pleased.

My follow up appointment with her is for the end of September. She said I should come in every 3-6 months for evaluation. The next time I will get another Catscan.

The Cancer is apparently gone!

Now I can plan some sort of "party" to celebrate the event. (That is, until it recurs!)

I finally have one less major worry to occupy myself with.

So, finally , this will be the last chapter (of the current series -- cancer will eventually recur somewhere in my body! It is in the genes.) of ACCBAR PITA. I know you are all relieved that you will no longer be receiving my ofttimes long-winded reports.

Thanks,

sincerely,

for all your email and prayers--

it seems as if PRAYER really helps!

I shall include all of my AP receivers (unless you tell me that you would prefer not receiving it) in the email Year End Summany (YES), which has been my Christmas greeting for several years. It has only been two pages long, so it will not overtax your computer system!

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** I N V I T A T I O N **

I decided that my spectacular cancer SURVIVOR PARTY will be on Saturday, 4 July 1997 at 15h here at the house (West Trenton, New Jersey). If anyone would like to make definitive plans to attend, R.S.V.P. (Fre., repondez s'il vous plait = please reply) a.s.a.p. (Eng., as soon as possible) so I can get enough hot dogs and mustard ready.

ANYONE who neglects, deliberately or otherwise, to RSVP will not be admitted to the fairgrounds! (vicious Amazons armed with laser canons and bad breathe will be on duty!!)

It could be just obsessive-compulsive me and the long-fanged Tracey again!

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Thursday

Cleaned out the large pond filter (10 brushes and 6 foam thingies), and replaced the two foam pads on the small one. Added some stuff to reduce the algae content.

Picked up my next-to-the-last check from the Board of Education. Spent it already on bills I sent out this morning!

Instead of a sandwich for dinner again, I made Stroginoff, with ground beef and that Hamburger Helper stuff, plus, as usual, I made EXTRA pasta so that Tracey could enjoy the repast with me. It seemed like there was so much I even invited Mark to dine with me. I only had 4 servings -- there goes my couple lost pounds!! And poor Tracey only had a spoon full of left overs with her usual dog pellets! Poor monster!!

Tonight I went to the ponds with a flashlight to see if I could find a frog that Bernar said he saw and hears jumping into the water. WOW, what a frog, big as a fist!! B said it is the lone survivor of the tadpoles we had last year. I just hope it does not eat any of the fish, some of which are small enough to fit into Kermit's big mouth!

Friday

Another nice day -- a thunder shower, then sunny and as warm as it has been all week.

Another Workers Comp meeting with the school board lawyer and mine -- the board wants me to be examined by their psychiatrist sometime this month. It is the same guy I saw before, way the hell down in Haddonfield, N.J. -- where the first complete dinosaur skeleton was unearthed over a century ago.

The last time I saw him a couple years ago, which was the second time the board sent me to him (always after getting assaulted by a student at school), I could not stand him! He is a smug bastard who simply gets on my nerves. Firstly, the secretary asks me, "are you here to see the doctor?", to which I replied, "gawd, no, I thought this was a Shop-Rite! I was looking for the cat food!".

Then he asks my name and address -- which I told him he has in his files and not to waste my time asking redundant questions. After coming that longish trip, since I do not like to drive that much, I wanted to get right to the grain. "Do you live in a house?", the stupid bitch asked. "No", I replied, "in a burrow!" "Do you drink?" "No, I only bathe in champagne every day!" "Do you take drugs?" Yeah, like everybody is going to tell him they do drugs! (I do not need them!) "Aside from making hash brownies with real hash, and snorting cocaine about 8 times a day, not really!" Then I called him a dumb ass and walked out. I can only imagine the report he wrote -- which led to me being examined by a much nicer guy who even the Workers Comp judge said was easier to get along with!

So the drama game continues! Guess I shall have to be nicer to him this time?

Hehe!!

I am lethargic the past couple days for some reason. Just putter around doing this and that.

Could not sleep again -- was up till about 2:15am! Maybe because I watched the Friday The 13th. The Series marathon they had on the SciFi Channel?

Saturday

Did 1/2 OFF signs for the flea market tomorrow, Sunday -- for Father's Day. So I lose 25% (my markup is only 25%!), B U T perhaps I can sell something. The flea market has been going downhill for the last 3-4 years now! It will be a long summer and the way the $$ is going, I won't have any to pay the bills over the vernal period!

Books: 794.

Weight: 207#

So, a fond farewell, for now, to those who have been receiving ACCBAR PITA. It has been fun, and a really great form of healing therapy!

Keep in touch if you have the time.

Hasta la vista (Spa., until we meet again), I remain

Most cordially yours,

Sonny/ a.k.a. Sigmund

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