The tree that didn't fall in the forest....

I went to Scripps Green Hospital yesterday morning, expecting to have surgery under general anesthetic to place a central venous line installed. Didn't happen. Instead, my doctor decided to do a bone marrow biopsy that included advanced tests, including many genetics tests. He also changed the kind of central line from a groshong to a PICC line, meaning, I won't need a major surgical procedure; a PICC line can be installed under local anesthetic.

So this Friday, in I go again, this time to have the line installed and my marrow half-killed (the Melphalan, the drug that kills the marrow, will be given in two doses, one Friday, one Saturday). Then, on Sunday, my cells from 1998 will be returned to me as I've detailed in another post.

Or not. Wait and see.

Meanwhile, I did test both types of broadband access while cooling my heels. The hospital's internal access is surprisingly good except for one small point: filtering software makes it impossible to get to Facebook, Myspace, JDate, and any number of other sites. So I did them a favor. In return for documenting how to connect to their internal system from a Macintosh running OS X, they will try to turn off their damned filter for patient/guests. Since we have a special login, it should be possible. And, no, I don't do porn, except for some pictures of me I'm not going to post :)