October 18: another day, another exceeding the expected number of cases
Daily Status, October 18 Reminder: any sections that are unchanged since yesterday are grayed out. As some of you know, situations in my life has changed. 8 years a go battled metastatic kidney cancer, and with a few surgeries, "won". Well, I won two battles. Over the last few months I had not been feeling well. This week, we found out that I am entering round 3. Round three will be a tough fight. The treatment goal is not curative, but rather quality and longevity of life. This is why there have been some missed days this week. I am not sorry -- only sorry that I could not explain why. I am both horrified and honored that so many people rely on this blog. Horrified, because it reflects the low quality of main-stream scientific reporting such that people need information not supplied, and honored that you turn to me . The one thing to remember is the day-to-day changes are minor. Any trend takes several days to identify, and I will be looking at the data daily