Cy Ball — Music

Today a friend of mine called and asked if I wanted to go bicycling.  It had not even crossed by mind.  It is easy to fall into a rut and think the winter weather will be too cold and uncomfortable.  Also, it’s easy for me to think that with carcinoid tumor and atrial fibrillation that [...]

I have just had two wonderful days in Frisco, Colorado. I stayed with my friend in his condo and we fly fished, walked, attended evening concerts.  The weather was good, the fishing was good and one of the free concerts was fabulous (Queen Nation which is a Queen tribute band). I had no atrial fibrillation [...]

Well, I’ve been ordered not to bicycle any significant distance. So now I simply walk 45 minutes to an hour every day.  More boring, but it gets me outside. As I reported in “Atrial Fibrillation” I have been told to wear a heart monitor (holter monitor) 24/7 for two weeks. I have one day left. [...]

Early in February, I decided to try Lance Armstrong’s LiveStrong organization for information on clinical trials in progress for carcinoid tumor or neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Their rapid response, helpfulness and all around friendliness was amazing. LIVESTRONG.org was founded by the Lance Armstrong Foundation which Lance founded after his famous battle with cancer to serve as [...]

I have just returned and cleaned up from a 31 mile bike ride.  It is the longest ride this year.   I have been worried that I was physically well enough and fit enough to do over 30 miles without undue pain or symptoms. And the answer is… No problem!  No sign of the light headedness [...]

Yesterday, April 17, I met my new oncologist.  She is very impressive and easy to deal with.  I am glad that I was assigned to her. After getting to know each other, she did a quick check up and discovered that I have atrial fibrillation (afib). She ordered an ECG and got the Cardio department [...]

In Denver today the weather started a bit foggy, then blossomed into a beautiful Colorado day.  I went for a 20 mile ride around Cherry Creek Reservoir. It was a beautiful, uplifting ride. No dizziness!  Only normal breathlessness when I pushed hard and I recovered quickly. So now I have to think that I was [...]

I should have mentioned in the last post about fitness that when I took the twenty mile bike ride last Friday, I had several attacks of dizziness and also got severely winded. I am sure the dizziness is due to the prescription drugs and the Sandostatin injections. The losing of my wind may be just [...]

Another long wait. Four hours between injection and octreoscan can sometimes stimulate creative juices. I started on this music piece, worked on it more the next day while waiting for the next scan, then completed it over the last few days. G-Funk – 20 March 2012, funky guitar and organ. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 Cyril Ball