Last week I met with a doctor at a Cancer Szpital (hospital) that had previously declined treating me due to my lack of insurance. Based on my past experience with language issues at this Szpital I arranged a friend to tag along and translate to help make the process a bit easier for both sides.…Read more »
Author: ozelton
(#12) COLLYWOBBLES and CANCER
For the past few weeks I have had a bad case of the collywobbles. The word “collywobbles” is a British word that means intense anxiety, or a feeling of fear, apprehension, or nervousness. The same word in India is defined as having severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology, characterized by severe colic, vomiting and diarrhea. I’ve been feeling…Read more »
(#11) A SUMMER WEEKEND IN WASAW.
Our friends often ask us what we do on the weekends in Warsaw, truth be told nobody has actually asked this question it just seemed like a good lead-in to this Blog. I also may or may not have once been asked what we do for entertainment in a country where we don’t speak the…Read more »
(#10) That one time I was pulled over for speeding in Poland while driving a Bentley.
So the other day I was driving the Bentley down a country road just outside of Warsaw when I was pulled over for speeding by undercover Polish Police, not my Bentley of course, the only vehicle I own is a 2013 Toyota Tundra that doesn’t even run, is uninsured and has a certificate of non-operation…Read more »
#9 Adventure in Slovenia- detained at customs – passports held hostage for cash and the unexpected kindness of a stranger.
This past Friday the 27th of April Ginny and I jumped in a Toyota Tundra and headed out on our next adventure, a road trip to deliver a new pair of speaker cabinets to our Audio Engineer in Slovenia. In the back of the truck we had a large particle board box covered in stretchy…Read more »
(BLOG # 8) THE GIFT OF CANCER PART 2 Dancing With The Dead (A Fungus Among Us!)
I was determined to end 2015 in fine fetter, we h On NYE 2015 I had surgery to have a lymph node removed. Directly after surgery we headed to the Los Angeles Forum to see a Dead and Company New Years Eve show. I had scored tickets for the Dead a few months prior to…Read more »
(Blog # 7) The Gift of Cancer PART 1
Christmas Eve 2015 I received a gift, a gift that I was not expecting, a gift that I didn’t want, a gift that changed my life forever. This was a gift that no one would ever want to be the recipient of, a gift that simultaneously filled me with dread and fear as well as…Read more »