Sorry about the long delay. I thought I'd combine both July and August into a single newsletter because things were both hectic and mundane. Well, I lost a lobe of my lung. I got a port installed for chemotherapy. They are pumping me full of noxious drugs. Oh...and some news on my book. Imagine that. Image by Grok Health Issues If you've been following along, I lost the lower part of my left lung to cancer. Since then, I consulted with an oncologist and had a port put in for...

Image generated by Grok. Health Issues On June 19th, 2026, I checked into a hospital for a surgery to remove the lower lobe of my left lung. The surgery was successful. Three days later, I was home and convalescing. Why did I have half a lung removed? One single but terrible word: Cancer. If you've been following my newsletter, you'll know that I had a PET scan and a biopsy done later in June. Well, the surgery was scheduled regardless of the results of the biopsy, mainly to hold the slot....

Health Issues If you've been following along, you'll know that I've had my gallbladder removed and had a bunch of complications from that. Well, that's mostly resolved. What isn't resolved is the node they discovered at the bottom of one of my lungs back in February. So, a brief bit of good news on this front. Now that I'm all healed up, I got a consult with a thoracic surgeon for the node that's at the tip of one of my lungs. It was discovered in February of this year and then deemed...