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Eyes to Thighs PET/CT Scan

Got injected with a radioactive tracer that sticks to prostate cancer cells, prior to being slid through a hybrid PET/CT scanner. This will help determine if I qualify for a clinical trial. The tracer and the high sensitivity of the scanner are recent innovations.

Categories: Cancer

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Eyes to Thighs PET/CT Scan

Balancing Act

Balancing Act
We were a little deficient in the cruciferous department while traveling this past week. Today we started to redress the balance with roasted broccoli.

Categories: Cook

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Everybody's Going Somewhere

Between 10 lanes of traffic at the intersection of the Metro A and C lines, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, on our way to LAX.

Categories: In-Transit, California

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Everybody's Going Somewhere

Makes You Think

Makes You Think
Unintended triptych, left to right: Dwight at the Getty Center today (pack in front as required by museum guards); sculpture depicting 17th century femininity; "Joey at the Love Ball," drag, 1991. A few provocative juxtapositions of contemporary and pre-1900 European art are scattered throughout the galleries.

Categories: Arts, California

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All about the Journey

Rode three forms of transit today: ferry to Long Beach while dolphins leaped; LRT to downtown Los Angeles while hucksters walked the aisle pushing weed and knockoff tasers; nonstop elevator to the lobby of our hotel on the 70th floor of the tallest building on the West Coast.

Categories: California

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All about the Journey

Getting Chores Done

Getting Chores Done
After a day hiking the hills, we carefully synchronized refreshments with the wash and dry cycles in a nearby laundromat. It was now time to fold.

Categories: California

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Crossing Catalina Island

Hiked up, up, up, then across Catalina Island on ridges. Looked down at clouds and the Pacific. Retraced our steps to Avalon for a 3:00 p.m. ice cream lunch, two scoops each.

Categories: California

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Crossing Catalina Island
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