> A really hard dry cough that left my chest muscles sore...

GG> Maybe you broke a few ribs coughing? Apparently that's what all
GG> my tests have shown, two ribs in a row.

 Bloody hell! It was just muscles in my case. You must *really* cough
well (or poory, depending on how you look at it).

GG> If they weren't in a row, they'd be telling me the BC spread to
GG> the bones, and in fact I have some follow up tests in a few
GG> months, but cancer is sneaky and very random. It wouldn't pick
GG> two ribs in the same spot. So I have broken ribs. It sucks!!

GG> I still have a bit of laryngitis but I think that has to do
GG> with strength to speak, and I don't do a lot of talking anyway.
GG> I only notice it when we have guests. 

 It's a fiendish flu. I'm okay now, but I still cough a bit.

GG> muscles repairing themselves from my recent bout of the flu
GG> (first I've had since radiation).

 That's right... the treatment knocks the hell out fo your immune
system.

GG> Radiation apparently has made my rib bones very weak and
GG> brittle.

 I didn't know that.

GG> Bloody hell, I have a whole list of crappy things radiation
GG> treatment does. Yet they use it to make people with bone cancer
GG> feel less pain. I don't get it.

 Maybe they can't notice the other pain with broken ribs...

> This year's flu seems to be an utter bastard. And I had the
> anti-flu needle too! Has it ruined your appetite? I've been
> living on bloody eggs and milkshakes.

GG> Nope, I wish. You can't bottle that 'not hungry' feeling, but
GG> if you could, you'd make a fortune.

 I lost three kilos! Another three, and I'll be able to fight as a
light heavyweight.

 They gave me a stress-echo heart test the other day, and these new
ultrasound machines are fantastic! I've had heart echo before, and it
you squint you can see it *might* be a heart, and sometimes you see
the valve, but this new machine is as clear as day! It's incredibly
clear!

 The whole thing is computerised, and recorded. They take a few quick
movies and then you can sit up and watch the instant replay with the
doctor wghile he shows you which part of the heart is dead and the
blood flow in the good part... incredible! I have absolutely no idea
how they do it. They can even adjust the depth of the picture so they
get the desired cross-section of the heart. Then they put you on the
treadmill and show the before and after shots side-by-side.

 Anyway, my heart still works. It really works hard, though. It makes
the rest of me look lazy.

Regards,
Bob


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