Thursday, March 4, 2010

I'm not sure what to do next....

...with this blog. As of today, almost 5,500 unique visitors have found their way to this site at least once. Over 1,800 different people (or at least different computers) returned more than once. 43 hits a day, on average. I can only see the cities and countries where visitors have come from, and they have come from every continent but Antarctica (I'm sure most if not all of these international visits are other PMP patients from other countries. I should send an email to some Antarctic research station and try to get a hit from there). I have also had four marketing firms send me form emails asking if I would like to get paid to host links on my blog for their clients (I must have passed some magical site traffic number, they all came within a couple of days of each other), but I deferred. I know, I probably passed up over a dollar. But I didn't get into cancer for the money, you know?

I have had so much fun writing on here, sharing my descent into the volcano, and it was a great way to communicate with the outside world. But I don't get the gumption to write as much on this site these days. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things at work, and at life. Trying to climb out of that volcano. It would feel forced to write, here, without the intensity of the treatment process that I was going through. Things are different now. I need a new muse.

While there are still lots of things that could go wrong inside me, I think I'll operate under the presumption that I am cured. Cancer loves stress. I won't feed it any more than I have to....

I don't know, maybe I'll get the writing bug back. I'm sure I'll update this site with my next round of tests and CT scans in April down in Houston. Can't believe I have to go down there again so soon. I refuse to stay in the hospital's hotel again. Got nauseated just thinking about it. I'll find another hotel within walking distance. Nor will I eat in the cafeteria at the hospital. Neither were subpar, both were very good. It's just that after so many days trapped there before, I can't handle it again. Not this soon.

Here's a cool video, great song, it makes me happy....

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome video, Dan! It made me laugh out loud.... :o)

It's great to have you back at work, my friend. Your blog has been amazing, and a true source of inspiration for me personally.

Keep on writing whenever the urge motivates you to do so because your thoughts, and the thoughts of those posting to the blog, have obviously made a real "difference" in so many, many, lives!

Allan Mitchler