On Feb 8, 11:48*pm, Stealth Pilot
wrote:
you should still try to learn something new every day :-)

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Dear Stealth,

I couldn't agree with you more!

Vertebroplasty, antineoplaston therapy, Doxycycline, Flexeril, Lyrica,
Dexamethasone, Ativan...

The lexicon of cancer has been variously estimated at between ten
thousand and twenty thousand words. As a school-boy I was taught that
if I used a word (correctly, with regard to pronunciation) just ten
times, it would be mine forever. In a similar vein, if I would simply
WRITE a word (correctly) ten times, thereafter I would be able to
spell it correctly.

Sometimes the old fashioned ways are best. But they do take a fair
amount of time -- hearing a new word causes it to be written
phonetically, which then turns into a search to discover it's proper
spelling and definition, after which the word is written over and over
and over again, usually two sets of five.

It has been nine months since I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma.
I'm hearing a lot fewer new words. I'm understanding more of what I am
hearing, which allows me to ask questions that make sense. Also,
articles about this form of cancer now make more sense, especially
with regard to the drugs used in its treatment.

I think it's fair to say I'm keeping busy :-)

-Bob