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My chemotherapy, which until now has had fairly predictable side effects, seems to have entered a less predictable phase. This means that my fatigue level changes from day to day, and with it my blogging output. So some days you’ll see a bunch of posts, and other days you’ll see one or two. It doesn’t really mean anything is wrong. It just means I’m having a predictably unpredictable bad day.

In addition, today I have several appointments, and Marian is undergoing major surgery. Nothing life-threatening, so no worries on that score. But a very big deal nonetheless.

In other words, there’s not likely to be any blogging today. Tomorrow, who knows? As they say, tomorrow is another day.

4 PM UPDATE: According to the surgeons, Marian’s surgery was entirely successful. She’s still waking up from the anesthesia and has several weeks of recovery ahead of her, but everything went fine.

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