Happy Saturday After Thanksgiving

Scott and I just returned Tuesday from a wonderful week in Maui. Though I really do not care much for warmer weather I have to admit that the warmth of the Hawaiian sun resulted in reduced pain levels and a temporary reduction in pain meds. I was not really aware of how much until the wave of pain that I didn't miss at all returned. In Maui we met quite a few people from this area who are now residents. They say Maui calls to you. Scott and I would never come back except for a few things, SCCA, my mother, our daughter and his need to go into the office once in a while. Not necessarily in that order. It makes moving to LA, where I can get better sarcoma care,  look a lot more attractive too.

An interesting thing happened while we were gone. Very few people knew about this trip because of our interest in internet security issues. A culprit, who shall remain nameless, admitted to mentioning our whereabouts on the internet. An event that was undone quickly, once the potential security leak was pointed out. Upon arriving home our neighbor mentioned that he had seen a U-Haul truck sitting in front of our house one day. He did some investigating, making it obvious to the occupants that he was watching them and kept a close eye on them until they finally left. Perhaps they had some legitimate business sitting in front of our house and these two incidents are not related at all, but they sure made us think hard. First, about how thankful we are to have such an observant neighbor who used to be a officer of the law. Second, about how important it is to be aware of internet security for everyone who uses the internet. Even us old fogeys who do not have the same kind of security issues that teens and pre-teens have on the internet.

BTW, our house was not broken into. Everything was safe inside when we got home. So, the moral to this story is probably something like this: Do not advertise it on the internet when you are going out of town for a while and if you know someone else that is going out of town it is also a good idea to keep that to yourself. You can never be too careful about your own security OR that of others you care about.

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Coming up this week. More chemo. They have dropped the gemcitabine since it is suspected that is the cause of my blood count issues. Next week I have an MRI and appointment ordered by and with the head of the sarcoma program at SCCA. They called our second day in Hawaii and woke us up so we did not get much of a chance to ask why they have asked for this appointment, but considering the less than stellar test results we have had of late we think it must be for a very good reason.