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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 didn’t feel good). Now I’ve got a number (0.4) that would be happy in a person half my age. I’ve got a couple of other test results that aren’t quite so rosy, but my health professionals assure me they’re all improving enormously, and that the chemotherapy is definitely a success. What can I say but, ‘cool,’ and I’m happy to be looking healthy!

Again, I really want to thank everyone for sending so much positive energy in my direction. I feel like I made a very lucky ’savings throw,’ but I don’t want to discount all the prayers that went into tipping the dice in my direction!

Speaking of role-playing metaphors, I’ve been lucky enough to be Game Master three times in the last week. Twice for a super-secret play-test where I work, at Totally Games.

The other role-playing event was Wednesday Night, at the GameScape game shop in downtown San Rafael, California, with six incredibly talented role-players, including the store owners and operators. I threw then an interesting challenge; to each create a character who is older than they appear, who would be introduced on New Year’s Eve, 1899, and to also invent two abilities for the character that ordinary humans do not possess. Each of the players came up with awesome characters, incredible backgrounds (everything from a wayward time traveler to an immortal Native American, from a eternal vagabond to an 18th century drug lord, from a Fairie-abducted Medieval Lord to a beautifully twisted Southern Belle) and wonderfully well composed eldritch talents. It was my pleasure to meld all this into a (somewhat) coherent storyline. My thanks to the players; I’m really looking forward to our next session, set New Year’s Eve 1924!

Erick (San Rafael, California)

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