So I stole a bicycle from my best friend. He let the bike sit in his garage for ten years and collect black widow spiders. I’m traditionally a road cyclist. I know how to avoid cars and broken glass like no one’s business. But now I have access to tons of awesome trails, time to…
Happy New Year! 2011 started out sort of boring and bland for me, even with a new job. Then it all hit the fan at the same time. Cancer, work, love life, all hit at once! Alas, I haven’t done any serious cycling since my surgery, so time to change that. Glad to be cancer…
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Today I broke one of the Rules of Cycling – I did not make eye contact with a driver that was pulling out into the street. While biking home from a ride with friends, I saw a motorist ahead of me start to pull out into the main street. I thought ‘oh gee I’m sure…
Commuting in the dark, stormy night and staying glaringly, hideously visible.
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I HAVE A SITE DEDICATED NOW TO POSITIVE POST THYROIDECTOMY STORIES. PLEASE VISIT AT HTTP://WWW.LIFEWITHOUTATHYROID.COM!!! Wow, this has been such a busy month, I haven’t had time to update the blog. I’ve been healing from having my thyroid removed. Sorry for all my normal readers, but I wanted to post about the thyroidectomy experience and…
Overall summary: Only go here if you want to truly know what the word ‘inhospitable’ in the Hospitality Industry truly means. The owner of this establishment was rude, defensive, and worst of all – knowingly endangered my sister and I which led to physical harm. Stay away!! I purchased the “Escape to McKenzie River Mountain…
So a week ago from today, I went to the hospital to get my thyroid removed. Recap: I had Papillary Thyroid Cancer. The cure? More cowbell. No wait. Remove thyroid. Little known fact since this a blog about biking – I also specialize in saltwater aquaria, with a focus on invertebrates (coral, clams, etc). So…
Wow, October is already upon us! I had an amazing weekend mountain biking and hiking up in Oregon. I’ll have a separate post about that. Talk about an adventure, in many ways! Today I am a .. cancer patient? Tomorrow I’ll be a … cancer… survivor? Whuut? Still strange to think about. Not scared about…