I went to UW
Health for more radiation today. I met
with Dr. Bradley who seems to believe we have seen significant shrinkage with
the tumor on my neck. I will have a
consultation with Dr. Pophali next week to determine our next course of action.
Despite hating
the trips, I would like more radiation because I continue to suffer from pain,
numbness, tingling, and a dramatic loss of strength in the right arm and
shoulder.
I began reading
The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History by James Hall today. He notes that, "Rather than
overemphasizing the artist's pursuit of an accurate likeness, [his book] looks
at the many competing motivations for making and shaping a self-portrait."
I had started a
series of self-portraits to document the changing disfiguration of my face from
the coming and goings of the tumors.
With the disease dramatically effecting my right arm I am, at this
point, unable to capture my likeness, nor anyone else's. I decided to go ahead with the series as the
self-portraits will capture the deterioration of my body from the disease. Just as Hall argues self-portraiture is not
always an attempt at capturing a likeness.
It will give me
more motivation to press on. Although I
always seem to find some reason to keep pushing hard.
I plan to run
five miles tonight.
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