end of the semester

I guess this is a sign of how well I am doing. Today is the last day of classes and I only missed two days all semester. The only real problems I had was with the course management system. I thought it would make my life easier if I put more of the class on-line. unfortunately it didn't turn out that way, in fact it was the opposite. the on-line material was more difficult for me I have learned my lesson and will resort to the more traditional methods next semester.

Gary

Scan from 11/25 My oncologist said there was no sign of regrowth or regeneration. in other words he said it was very good. he did say there were somedead cells at the vey back of my occipital lobe, the very rear part of my brain. he wasn't sure what that was from but likely an effect of the chemo. I'll see him next Friday and ask more specific questions. this time Ionly spoke to hime on the phone

fr

Year anniversary party & concert

Last Saturday was the year anniversary of my surgery. some friends wanted to have a small celebration to coincide with a concert at the Oswego Music hall of one of my favorite bands, Jim's Big Ego

This is a link to the pictures of the "event" http://picasaweb.google.com/gklatsky/SurgeryAnniversaryPartyConcert111508#

if that doesn't work try
google.com/gklatsky/ and click on the party & concert album

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks is a world famous neurologist and author. The movie Awakenings was based on one of his books. His most famous book, The Man who mistook his wife for a hat is probably one of his most famous books, a collection of stories based on case studies.
A few years ago we invited him to give a presentation at Oswego. I was asked to pick him up at the airport and drive him to campus. We ended up going out for lunch and taking a lovely drive through thecentral NY countryside spending about 3 hours talking about our mutual interests in the cognitive neuroscience of vision.

Lately have been having weird experiences in my "blind spot" every once and awhile coherent complex images will appear there. Wrote to a number of "experts about this phenomenon. Dr. Sacks wa the only person to respond. Iowas thrilled just to get a response then his assistant emailed me saying Dr. Sacks wanted to meet with me to discuss my"problem"

Gary
10/23

Sept 30 scan

The Sept 30 scan showed no evidence of the tumor.

scan

Next scan is scheduled for next week. will post the results

Gary

Back towork

Wednesday I was back in the classroom. By the end of the day, after three classes, I felt better than any time since my surgery