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I was born, raised and went to school in eastern NC. Too immature at 17 to comprehend the seriousness of university life, I dropped out after two years and joined the Air Force. I spent two years of my four year military career in Germany, which I enjoyed immensely. I completed my Bachelor's Degree at Guilford College in 1985. My first career was in the computer field where I did everything short of design one. I've spent the last 30 years in the environmental field working for local governments. In December 2017 I retired from full time work. My overdeveloped sense of fairness and justice lands me on the liberal side in my political views. I think government plays a large role in social responsibility in a civilized state. I believe in the innate compassion and goodness in everyone despite the daily news reports to the contrary. My genetic predisposition for generosity in nearly all things is sometimes a source of future angst. I've been a musician and still have a deep love of music. I am naturally curious about all things especially metaphysics and science.

Dr. Ellis Visit # 4 and New Labs

Once again I spent the best part of 4 hours in the Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center's gleaming tower of smoked glass and steel. See earlier posts for a more detailed description of this facility dedicated to the treatment and eradication of one of humanity's greatest fears and scourges, cancer. As the title of this post suggests, this was my fourth visit with Dr. Ellis, my Hemotology/Oncology high priestess to whom I pay frequent obeisance.

On January 25, 2017 I not only got three vials of blood drawn as ordered by Dr. Ellis' for her use, I got an additional seven vials drawn for the LGLL Registry at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Previous posts will also elucidate for readers the purpose of and my connection with the LGLL Registry.

Dr. Ellis informed me that my lymphocytes were really behaving themselves at this time as were my neutrophils, red blood cells and platelets, all very positive indicators of my continued good health. My lymphocyte count was actually lower than the two previous results and the lymphocyte percentage was lower than the four previous results. This good news must be the result of the awesome diet I'm on that has raised my blood sugar, triglycerides and cholesterol to levels higher than they have been in 3 years or more. But wait, there's more! When I got on the scale the other morning, bare-butt naked I might add, I weighed 190 pounds, which is more than I've weighed in probably 10 years or more. What the fuck is going on? Needless to say I have fallen completely off the fitness wagon and under its wheels. I was really counting of dying of some rare, cool malady but now it appears something much more common like diabetes may do me in. How boring! Where's the excitement in that? Seriously, I am excited about the good news on the LGLL front. Now if someone would please motivate me to get off my lazy ass and start exercising again I would be eternally grateful. Enough with the fitness digression.

I asked Dr. Ellis if I could go back to a schedule of getting labs and visiting her every six months instead of getting labs every quarter and seeing her every six months. She readily concurred that this was acceptable so my next appointment is July 26, 2017.
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