Don't believe everything you hear

I won't get the quote right so I won't try. Rumors that my condition is grave are absolutely false.

I heard from a friend today, who heard third hand that my condition is serious. Poor guy... he called earlier this week (twice to the house and once to my office), and got no answer to any of his calls, and worse, no return call from me until this afternoon.

Little did he know I was in Maine, and little did I know he thought I might already by "gone."

Not quite, not by a long shot. I'm fine and ready to get going with surgery and radiation. The "fun" starts in two weeks.

For now, I need to unpack from a week away and gt myself into a work frame of mind. That sound you hear is a deep sigh.