News From The Home Front

For those of you who haven't heard, which is basically the non-family-member readers of this blog, my eldest sister has been diagnosed with a serious case of lung cancer. She began treatment last Thursday. She gets to do the whole cycle, radiation and chemo. The oncologist is confident in his tools, explaining that drugs are getting better almost daily. The center whose team she is using seems to be on top of things.

For those of you developing an anecdotal statistical analysis of lung cancer, my sister never smoked.

While clearly aware of the gravity of things, my sister continues to use the word "awesome" to describe much her life. She's an active member of a church community and they are rallying. There's a mailing list to keep family and friends in the loop. I'm hopeful she'll be able to focus on being well and will be able to count on her friends for the day-to-day stuff.

I'm glad I'm self-employed; it's given me the flexibility to go to some of her appointments.

In the life goes on category, I'm in Memphis next week for the 4D conference. At this point, it'll be a pleasant distraction.