Author: Jim

Good News

Had a good doctor visit yesterday. It turns out my vertigo is caused by a problem with my right ear and not leukemia, a tumor, or some other horrid thing. She has given me (Read More)

The Disease Identity

[Before I start on today’s blog, I want to give a warning about the documentary May I Be Frank which I wrote on previously. It is very inspiring but I failed to mention it (Read More)

‘Frankly’ Speaking

I recently watched a documentary called May I Be Frank. It shows the transition of an overweight man with Hepatitis C and a history of drug use. It is very inspiring. Check out the (Read More)

Alma

She is my cousin, but because of our age difference I’ve always thought of her as my aunt. Last Saturday Alma celebrated her 90th birthday. I missed it. Not feeling well, I couldn’t make (Read More)

The Gang

Lots of issues with dizziness, and other illnesses besides leukemia, have hit me lately. The focus of this blog is Leuk and not anything else; I’m afraid if I talked about all the things (Read More)

Scuba Diving

Last Sunday my son, Guy, and I went scuba diving at Alki Beach in West Seattle. That’s him in the photo. It’s been four years since we were certified and yet this was our (Read More)

A Young Wee Lad

Okay, my last post was too serious. So here’s a little song I wrote years ago. It’s meant to be sung as an Irish diddy. (Sorry about the flatulence reference, but hey, it’s about a (Read More)

On Stepping Out

I’m discovering I have more readers than I thought. I’m told there might even be a man with leukemia reading this from Spain. I don’t know that I’m really qualified to write this particular (Read More)

How do you feel?

Family and friends often ask me the question, “how do you feel?” It’s the same question I ask people who have health issues. And I get the same response I give: “I’m fine.” The (Read More)

It only took me 61 years to figure it out!

Woke up this morning feeling very tired. Probably not from Leuk… I was up until 2am last night. Why? I have no idea. Just couldn’t sleep. I had lots to do today and I (Read More)