http://www.47rpg.com/blog Scribblings from Erick Wujcik Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:13:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had one driving passion in my adult life, and that has been role-playing games (these days called 'face to face' or 'paper' role-playing games to differentiate them from the computer type). Role-playing, for me, has been a highly successful career, an avocation, and the most pleasurable and rewarding ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=30 Happily, the chemotherapy seems to be continuing to work. Unhappily, between the latest round of chemotherapy, and the hardships of my Michigan trip (cancer boy isn't used to to the cold and snow anymore, and clearing out my storage unit, in spite of the army of friends helping was three ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=29 This coming Saturday, January 26th, 2008, will be my 57th birthday, and I'm celebrating with a big, big party in the Detroit, Michigan, area. It'll take place at a local Armenian Church. Not for religious reasons, although my beloved maternal grandmother was a member of the congregation, but because it's ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=28 BILIRUBIN, TOTAL: 0.4 Normal: 0.2-1.3 mg/dL Collected: 1/19/2008 2:30 PM For those of you keeping score on these things, this is a sign that my liver is responding with astonishing speed to the 'aggressive' chemotherapy. Just seven weeks ago the Bilirubin was a horrific 3.4 (and believe me, it ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=26 Kind of crazy, but my biggest, most audacious wish is to create a book on my life's greatest passion; the pursuit of role-playing, about the design and production of role-playing games, and the pursuit of excellence in the practice of role-playing and Game Mastering. If all goes well, the result ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=23 I'm coming to discover my own personal pace of chemotherapy. It seems that the day following, likely because of the use of steroids in the overall mix, I'm strong and high energy. Unfortunately, the following three days are marked by weakness and a non-stop need for sleep. The treatment was ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=25 Monday, January 7th, 2008 was the date for my second "aggressive" chemotherapy session, and it started with great news. First, it seems that the first session was a success. Epic news considering that the expected rate is something less than 20% effectiveness (and even less for the rare form of cancer ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=22 Kate and I are back after a phenomenal trip to Asia! First to Hong Kong where we spent happy, happy days with Sara, David and eight-month-old Tristan (aka, 'Bean,' Kate's great-grandson). Getting to Shanghai required the logistics of scoring (1) extra pages for my passport, which now bulges like an over-sized ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=18 When this whole thing hit me, knowing the kind of long odds I faced against this kind of cancer, I immediately started thinking about where I had to go, where I needed to go, where I wanted to go, and where I wished I could go. After all, I've experienced ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=16 As you may have noticed from previous postings, one of my best friends is Dan Kurtycz. Among his many contemporary august honors are his titles as Medical Director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, and Professor at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for the University of ... http://www.47rpg.com/blog/?p=14