Gran & Grandpa and their five grandsons (183/365)

Not bad for 87 years old! They bowl several times a week, look after the bowls club, are independent, drive and are in fine spirits. At Andrew & Carolyn’s house, with Stephen, David, Martin, Peter and I, the day after Dave and Ellie’s wedding.

Daily Digest for August 5th

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Daily Digest for August 4th http://tinyurl.com/ml4za2 [#]
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Up early, going to stretch with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the gentlest half hour #fb [#]
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News from Adam Yauch (MCA), Beastie, Hornblower about his cancer treatment http://tinyurl.com/n253ft [#]
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Twisting is the best invention ever! The stretch, not the dance. [#]
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Fox: I disliked them before, now more. Why? Besides the hideous politics, they stopped me putting a YouTube of Tom Hanks making fire. #fb [#]
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Touch (179/365) http://tinyurl.com/mh2lwf [#]
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Cast Away: Man Makes Wilson, Makes Fire http://tinyurl.com/na25od [#]
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Ha, Vimeo don’t care and Fox don’t know :) [#]

News from Adam Yauch (MCA), Beastie, Hornblower about his cancer treatment

aug 5 2009

hey all,

hope you are doing well.

so i’m about a week and a half out of surgery now and rapidly recovering from it. i haven’t taken any of the pain meds, which supposedly speeds along the healing process, or should i say, taking them slows it down. anyway, i spent 1 night at the hospital after the surgery. the hospital was too crazy to get any rest so i headed home to relax, have home cooked food and hang out with the family.

i’m pretty well detoxed from the anesthesia that they pumped me up with to keep me under for all that time. that took several days to get out of my system. my neck and jaw are still pretty stiff from the surgery, but it gets better everyday. had the stitches out this past monday… so things are moving along.

but no sooner am i on the mend from this first torture than are they lining up the next one. the next line of treatment will be radiation. that involves blasting you with some kind of beam for a few minutes a day, 5 days a week, for about 7 weeks. that will start in a few weeks…

saw the jay-z cover of no sleep, and the coldplay one of fight for your right from APW on youtube. good shit. and i heard karen o wore a “get well MCA” armband, and that q-tip gave a shout out too….. very kind of them.

just wanted to thank them and everyone else who sent positive thoughts my way. i do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well.

much love back at all of you!

adam