Blog stuff

Several people have told me they've tried to leave comments, but were unable to. I was getting bombarded with spam, and in trying to block that, I'm afraid I blocked legitimate comments, too. I have no clue how to fix it but I'll try.

This blog has been useful in a lot of ways:

1.It's a great way to disseminate information.  Recently, when my sister-in-law Pam was hospitalized, I was anxious to know what was going on, but didn't want to be intrusive. William was spending nights at the hospital, and I was afraid of calling while he was trying to take a nap, etc.  He was wonderful about keeping everybody in the loop, but I'm sure it was time-consuming and that he had to tell the same story over and over, with every update.

2. It's good therapy for me: cathartic, more fun and a lot cheaper that going to a shrink.

3.  Having all this written down has been a great reference source for us medically. We both still have "chemo-brain" to some extent and it's very helpful to be able to look things up. One of us will say, "When did thus-and-so happen?"  Of course, neither of us can remember, so we go to the computer for help. It's disconcerting, though, that it reads backwards: you start at the end and read to the beginning.

Yesterday I discovered that I can get this printed off, from start to finish, 342 pages, hardcover, with all full-color photographs, one copy, for Jimmy and me to use as reference. I had to work at keeping it under the 350 page limit, but I left out the table of contents (27 pages) and comments, which whittled it down even more. It'll probably look like Who-Shot-Lizzy, but should serve its purpose.