We've had a wonderful weekend, if you can discount the fact that I've been pulled in to support a big presentation to the financial community on Monday in the afternoon. Part of the team is here in Silicon Valley and the other part is in Hamburg Germany. The nine hour time difference leads to some interesting late night work. The presentation is after lunch in Hamburg on Monday. Watch for news from www.appliedmaterials.com
Mary had a very good weekend, I think. On Saturday, we shopped at Lunardi's for groceries and that was followed by Mary taking a big role in the kitchen preparing dinner. We had mushrooms and onions sautéed to go with the cube steak I cooked.
Today, Mary went to Market with me and then down to the Onion. We missed Ingrid and MaryR but we had a nice noon meal.
I have to tell you about our technology environment. Ingrid was in San Francisco somewhere near Cliff House on the coast. While we are at the Onion, Ingrid sends me a text message asking where Suppenkeueche on Laguna is located AND how to get there. I drag out my iPhone and look up the target. The first issue is that Ingrid has misspelled it but my iPhone figures that out. The correct spelling is Suppenküche and its located on Laguna. I then ask my iPhone how to get from Cliff House to Suppenküche and it promptly tells me. I then text those instructions to Ingrid. I get a big thank you right away. Later, I get a message from Ingrid, "
Tonight, Mary was not as active but definitely helped me fix the carrots, fresh corn on the cob from Farmers' Market and pacific red snapper from our Market's fishmonger.
Tomorrow afternoon is the Oncologist and Therapy Radiologist at Stanford. We are trying soooo hard to not jump ahead of what we will hear. Mary pointed out to me tonight that the surgeon on Friday told us the CT scan was clear, but he was referring to the liver only. What we know about Cholangiocarcinoma is that it does not necessary 'metastasize' but instead transfers to create tumors on other, remote (from the liver) organs. We'll hear the complete CT scan report tomorrow.
We will also hear about the recommendations for further chemotherapy. As I have written before, the recommendation will be a) none, b) mild or c) hair falling out aggressive. And, whether it lasts four or six months.
Milt sent a note to the blog. Thank you Milt! (And I have fixed his typo). Its a small world. Our friend Ute was here last weekend on a trip from her home near Dresden Germany. She stopped in New York State on her way to Silicon Valley to attend a meeting run by our friend...Milt! Our history includes Ute being my customer while Milt was part of the group I worked for at Applied Materials. It is a small world.
If you would like to send a note to the blog, send an email to lamey(dot)pat(dot)california(at)blogger(dot)com Replace the (dot) with . and the (at) with @
We did watch the end of the Minnesota-Cal game on Saturday. When we tuned in, it was early in the 4th quarter and the game was tied. Unfortunately, Cal then scored two TDs based on the Gopher quarterback passing the ball to the Cal defenders--more than once! The bad news is that here in Silicon Valley we have more than just a couple Cal grads who will be very pleased to tell me about the game tomorrow. However, nothing is as sweet as USC losing to the Huskies just because of my co-worker David's fascination with USC sports teams.
Anyway, both my Vikings and 49ers won today and the are both undefeated this season (I know, its only the 2nd week and 2-0 is no big deal). However, the 49ers travel to Minnesota for next weeks game and I must decide who to root for! Mary has said that if the Vikings get to the Superbowl, we'll have a Superbowl party that includes some authentic Minnesota food--you don't want to know.
All in all, Mary's spirits are up but we are leery of what tomorrow will bring. I'll keep you posted.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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