Darius Rucker

Ramblings

Brotherhood, Charity Disc Golf, chemotherapy, Darius Rucker, David Emerson, PSA, texas Hold 'em -

I have nothing specific to report today, so here are some random things that come to mind.

Have you heard the new Darrius Rucker CD, “Learn to Live“? In case you don’t know, he is the lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish. The genre is supposedly country, but I would consider most of the songs more rock. Regardless, I still like the CD overall.

I started a new TV series via the iPod. Last week on Monday night after treatment I needed something new while I was awake all night. The show is “Brotherhood” and is currently in season three on Showtime. Since I can never start a new series in the middle I got season one from NetFlix. After four episodes it’s better than average but I’m still not sure. It’s really the story of Cain and Able. The good brother is the city councilman and bad brother a small time gangster, with a conscious.

We are deep in the throws of winter this week in Kansas City, overnight temperatures tonight well below zero. It is supposed to be short lived and rumor has it we might see the fifties by the weekend. Hmmmm, can you say disc golf?

The foundation, www.flhw.org has a few events that are coming up in the first half of 2009. On Fat Tuesday, February 24th, we will be having another Texas Hold ‘Em event. Details will be available soon. On Saturday May 9th we will be having our second annual disc golf tournament, again details will be available soon. We are also contemplating a dinner/wine tasting but have a long way to go with this possible event.

Finally, I am looking forward to Monday January 26th with trepidation. On one hand, it will be the end of chemo. On the other hand the ominous ‘what next’ lies ahead. God will guide us in our decision, but all decisions from this point on are compounded in their significance. We’ll see what happens when we get there…..

What’s up with you? Don’t ask me…..

Advanced Prostate Cancer, Darius Rucker, David Emerson, Des Peres, PSA -

It’s my PSA, up to 39.97 (from 31.18)

What the hell?  
Yesterday’s post was 100% dead on regarding my feeling better than I have in weeks, so where does this come from?
Dr. V tried to put a positive spin on it “… it’s only one data point, PSA can go up and down..” blah, blah, etc.
I appreciate his comments, but as you know, we were looking for it to go in the other direction, looking for the downward trend to continue.
So we just keep on keeping on; I am minutes away from Chemo # 9 (of 12). Two treatments from now, when we come in on January 5th, we will make, or come close to making a decision about what will be the next treatment after we have completed this regimen.  The likely choice will be DES. DES is an oral pill taken once daily. It is basically women’s estrogen.
Before beginning DES I will have to have one treatment of radiation across my breast bone. This is to help alleviate one of the potential side effects, breast enlargement.
Yeah, that’s right, it just keeps getting better and better!
Before making this decision, we obviously have a little research to do. There are a few other clinical trials we might consider, including Provenge. 
It’s all so crazy, unpredictable; I feel great, my bone scan was stable but……
A MUSIC UPDATE: I haven’t included any musical suggestions in quite some time.
Last night I downloaded Darius Rucker’s new album. If you don’t recognize the name, he is/was the front man for “Hootie and the Blowfish”. Well it seems Darius went a little country! I just listened to it in the lobby, it’s really good. His strong voice come through loud clear all without too much ‘twang’! It’s a keeper, I give it two thumbs up!