{"id":11127,"date":"2025-10-23T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=11127"},"modified":"2025-10-24T23:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:33:25","slug":"my-cancerous-week-ahead-what-lies-before-oncology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2025\/10\/23\/my-cancerous-week-ahead-what-lies-before-oncology\/","title":{"rendered":"My Cancerous Week Ahead: What Lies Before Oncology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wednesday, October 22. 7 AM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going to the clinic for lab work today. They’ll be drawing blood for PSA<\/em><\/strong> levels. Don’t know how many times over the past two plus years it’s been done. But I woke up thinking ‘damn not again<\/em><\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not like the needle hurts; I’m just fed up with it all. Yet it has to be done before next week’s oncology<\/em><\/strong> appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been pissed as hell because I couldn’t get an earlier urology or oncology appointment. This month long wait, since cancer’s confirmation, has ate at my mind. Knowing you have cancer is difficult. Not being able to see the right doctors early makes it even harder. This is one of the reasons why ‘cancer sucks<\/em><\/strong>‘. All you can do is hope the disease hasn’t grown too much in the interim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a damn mind game you can’t win. You know it too, but you can’t help thinking about it. There’s no strength in it either. You just do it. Or you don’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Plans<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s not a lot’s going on that I haven’t written about in previous articles. I was invited to The Henry Ford Museum<\/a><\/em><\/strong> next month to hear Rebecca Nagle<\/a><\/em><\/strong> speak. She’ll be addressing ‘Indigenous Erasure in the Media<\/em><\/strong>.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagle, an award-winning journalist is also a member of the Cherokee Nation<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Nagle, Journalist, Author, Speaker<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m, also, planning to see DaVinci: The Exhibition<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at the museum as well. Most likely next week, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leonardo DaVinci: Mona Lisa, CNN Photo<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DaVinci was much more than an artist. He was an engineer and scientist. I’m looking forward to seeing what will be on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lab Work<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m back from having my lab work done. One poke by the cutest vampire I’ve encountered yet is all it took. However, she was too bashful for a shot but did take mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aaliyah: Akasha, Queen of the Damned<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of vampires, who’s your favorite? I’ve always been partial Aaliyah<\/em><\/strong>. She stared in ‘Queen of the Damned<\/em><\/strong>‘ as Akasha<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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