Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Diary of a superhero wannabe

1 pm, September 21, 2010

Subject myself to two six-million volt photon beams of radiation. One through stomach and another through the back. Hope to induce superhuman characteristics similar to Spiderman or Superman. At a minimum, hope to eliminate the pain in the L5 vertebrae of my lower back by killing the cancer present there.


1:30 pm, September 21, 2010

Feel normal. Attempts to climb walls or jump over our house fail. Enter dark closet to see if I glow. Also fails. Maybe it just takes a little more time to kick in. Will schedule fourteen more rounds of radiation at Texas Oncology to see if I can't hasten along the development of superhero powers.


1:45 pm, September 21, 2010

Do notice a slight lessoning of pain in my lower back. In the words of Shrek: "That'll do, Donkey. That'll do."

4 comments:

  1. Well, maybe you'll be able to finally get rid of the night light :-)

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  2. any way you look at it, you're a superhero in my book.

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  3. The L5 vertebra is right at the top of your hips and the nerves descend down your leg and rump. In order to glow, you first have to figure out the right butt muscles to squeeze, kinda like a lightning bug.

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