October 23, 2006
taste
Hello sports racers! I’m now mostly recovered from my 10th round of chemo. The horrible chemo taste and smell distortions are almost gone, so I can enjoy a morning cappuccino again without it tasting like horseblanket purée* . One of the only things that is immune to this sensory jihad is ramen soup from Ezogiku Noodle Cafe, conveniently located a block from work. I eat there almost every day because I can actually taste and enjoy the food (you can’t imagine what it’s like to lose this basic comfort unless you actually do). Looks like I’ll be recovered from my last chemo in time for my 28th birthday, November 23rd. So it seems likely that my goal to outlive Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain will be, as my young friend Aidan likes to say, “mission accomplished”.
*credit to Kurt Vonnegut for this useful and effective simile.
posted: 10:29 am
