Just a few notes from the past week.
1. It was a great week, overall. Main issue was the 3/12/2024 62nd birthday. My family took time off to spend the day. 62 from 1962 is a fine repetition. I hope I can get to 63 - so far, it seems likely, but we do not know much more yet.
2. There was a small shift in chemo in the second week. Several times severe depression was a setting. It is short, and I've fought it naturally. But for the first time I fell into depressive moments requiring a push back against the chemo impact on my otherwise greatly positive POV. I also developed Carpal Tunnel as a related effect on my tennis wrist. Since I have sciatica the doctor grew my steroid offer and after 3 days it has impacted an improvement on depression and pain from muscles. It also grows less sleep. Which to be honest is fine. I still sleep anyway. At times, hours here and there.
3. I spent an entire day in NYC on the day after my birthday. I met my company president and VPs. I got many notes wishing me well from coworkers and all wishing me happy birthday on my birthday and wishing me well. My company is the best place I've ever worked. So much so, the president offered to hear at least 5 of 7 stories I have which I've done over the years. I will not go into details, but after telling them, he was stunned - never having heard deep criminal situations at companies. One was a lie against me - which later led to a release and heavy payment which indicated they dropped the lawsuit. I did depositions in at least 2 specific items where I rejected the company legal support as I stated "I only speak truth, so legal support will back off corporate stories as they see truth filling reality" - each one led to several job losses as lawyres saw that truth is actually rather easy. Drove some of them frighteningly. I closed my own lawsuit once, but I cannot discuss the details. All worth mentioning is the depth of illegal email and other activities and laws taken against me which led to my removal...and could have been more money if I'd pushed it. I chose to move away as my job I had taken was better and far more interesting than spending time in courts to win a few million dollars. That's a few stories, but opend the door to some massive mainstream illegal activity in many cases.
4.The loss of my life meant a claim from some people saying "maybe it's better to keep these stories quiet" - I replied no. Death means it's time to be open and honest. Which company will attack a dying person from brain-based cancer and make a bizarre and false claim? It would not surprise me if they did, though. Deeply false is something not uncommon from many organizations I had issues with.
5.Met several coworkers from my past, and newer people who have helped me recently. I even enjoyed a new college basketball game at the Big East. I used to LOVE the Big East tournament when Syracuse was great fun and talent regularly. However, my friend was an Xavier graduate, as was her family. So I met them all and had a great time! The Big East remains good fun. They are wonderful people indeed! So helpful people I met and had a great time traveling on my own finally after 6 weeks since brain surgery!
6.Thank you EVERYONE if you just opened my son's posting. His first article for work. Many more to come which makes me very happy as he improves and extends. I know his current issue doesn't appeal to everyone, but anyone signing on to just grow viewing is something I will ask and respect even if you're not interested at all. I happen to enjoy the few he listed, it's an oddity within film with restriction -but to me worth time and I hope his writing continues to grow and improve.
7.Recommendation. The Conversation. WATCH THIS NOW! Here is the interesting reason. It never won anything really in the US in 1974. It stars Duvall and Hackman. Seveal other well known people (Cindy Williams and Harrison Ford as well as John Cazale). Cazale well known as almost all but one of his films won an Oscar and even his small roles were phenomenal. A GREAT actor, who sadly died very young. But The Conversation caught me the other day for its 40th anniversary. It had won a Cannes award long ago, but was broadly noted as missing coverage and success. However, after watching today I was stunned at its depth and accuracy. A missing here in 1974 no question. My older son happened to see it advertised as a 40 year anniversary in Manhattan so he went to take it in. I had called him after watching and he was laughing that he happened to do that viewing the same day I'd watched it! We shared our views and depth to an incredible level and agreed that it was a wonderful offering. I highly recommend it today. If you don't enjoy it, I can't imagine how or why...but it is phenomenal.
More to come in my life as I know months winding it down. The one addition I noticed is something therapy warned me of. Radiation and Chemo WILL impact ability to remember words and spelling after several weeks, despite my post surgery issues. Two weeks in, I have noticed an increase in word shortage and spelling from time to time. My improvements the first 4 weeks shifted recently a bit in conversations. Too often mostly finding lost language from time to time. Oddly, nothing lost in business on Wednesday. Literally nothing, even the president said "I just want you back soon." So the shortages come in odd situations. Yet otherwise fine so am continuing to move toward a regular life and reading slowly.
