I see it’s been a month since I last posted and now I think it’s time to bring this blog to a conclusion. I am currently working part time from home, going into the office about once a week for meetings and so on. My energy level is still down somewhat and there’s continuing problems with walking due to neuropathy, but this is apparently the new normal for me, and I need to get used to it and get back to work full time.
Tomorrow is Miranda’s 12th birthday, and it’s a good time to reflect on how lucky I am to be alive to see it. People die from Burkitt’s Lymphoma: just log on to www.burkitts.org1 and read the sobering memorial written there. I am touched by the many good wishes and prayers that have been offered up for me, and also for the many entries that my family, friends, and neighbors have made in the guestbook. It is a great blessing that medicine has advanced so far as to be able to cure cancer for a lot of folks, such as myself, and I trust that medicine will continue to advance, driven by mankind’s itch to understand how this world works. I realize that there remain many mysteries that we will never know the answer to, but I suspect that the cure for cancer is not one of them.
I have learned some new things, and relearned some things that I had forgotten, on this unplanned journey of disease. I did not take this journey alone but dragged my wife and daughter along with me. We never knew how it would turn out; never dared to give voice to our hopes, lest we tempt fate. I am happy that, for us, the journey appears to have reached a favorable location, but I have a renewed sensitivity and empathy for others that suffer from disease and the many other evils in this world. We’re all just passing though this world, and when I remember how quickly one’s fortunes can change, it helps me to sit back a bit and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
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