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Bob Horowitz

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Behold! A machine that can tell the future!!!

Just got back from a PET scan. Five months after ending chemo and radiation for cancer, this is the big one... the day I learn whether I'm in remission or going back for more surgery and treatment. Fingers crossed.

And yes yes, I couldn't resist taking a picture of this oversized Polaroid camera :)

A large white almost Polaroid camera-like machine - with a hole for humans where the lens would go - stands at the far end of a room inside a medical trailer at Kaiser San Francisco. It glows luminously, in contrast to the soft tan walls and shadowed ceiling of the trailer.
#photography#cellphone_photography
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Bob Horowitz

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My oncologist, enthusiastically: Well Bob, I'm pleased to see some improvement since your last scan. Now let's see what the surgeon says after she puts a giant probe up your butt and takes a closer look.

Me:

A stuffed blue Teletubbie (plush toy) with a bright smile sits with his arm extended around the back of another plush toy, a squirrel, who has a grimaced expression on his face.
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Bob Horowitz

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Anyway, kidding aside, we're not out of the woods yet, it's not remission... but I am where I should be, 9 months out. I have a surgical exam in 2 weeks, another PET scan in 3 months, and the odds are in my favor. I'll take that.

The doctors and staff at Kaiser have been amazing: knowledgeable, compassionate, and skilled beyond belief. And my husband, well what can I say? He was a rock and I love him.

A bouquet of helium balloons float above a San Francisco downtown street, amidst several office towers. The balloons have the word "thrive" written across their face - which is the Kaiser corporate motto.
#photography#KaiserPermanente
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Bob Horowitz

@jeridansky Thanks, Jeri. I'm feeling upbeat.

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Dollar Bin 🚲⚡

@BobHorowitz thank you for the update, I had been wondering how things were going.

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Bob Horowitz

@dollarbin 2022 was a helluva ride - an anus horribilis, to misquote the late queen. But this year is starting out okay ;-)

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Dollar Bin 🚲⚡

@BobHorowitz I’m glad you’re feeling better. Perhaps one of these days I can roll through Noe Valley for a celebratory meetup.

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