Dreams and Things

I bought an Apple MacBook Pro the other day. I've had it with Windows computers. System 7 is fraught with all sorts of problems. My ASUS laptop has had two hardware failures which have scared me, wondering if my data would be lost. Windows is just not a good user experience. I no longer care how many people use it. It was only at Schwab that I ceased to use a Macintosh and migrated to Windows. I became so familiar with them that I ended up buying one for home use. I remember when I did this. I was at Best Buy and hesitated, thinking that I would rather have a Macintosh. But I caved and bought the ASUS. It was less expensive after all. Ugh. For most of my career I used Macintoshes and even programmed applications for them. I loved using a Macintosh and became an expert for it. I made 8-bit sub-netting availabile for it at Berkeley in the 80's. I created "popper", a POP3 protocol server during that time to enable  a Macintosh to communicate using email in the clie...

The treatment has ended. I am unable to tolerate the side effects of it. The anemia it causes is so severe that my life is at risk if I continue. The treatment affects my red blood cell count. Blood tests have shown throughout that this cell count has steadily decreased. I have had several blood transfusions during the treatment to address this problem and for a while they have worked. We tried treating it with Procrit and for a while that seemed to work, too. But despite an increase in Procrit my count continued to decrease. It reached a point where I needed an emergency blood transfusion because a lab result came back with my red blood cell count flagged as "critical." After this my heptologist decided to stop the treatment. I am extremely disappointed. Despite the devastating side effects of the Hepatitis C therapy I have wanted to push on. After all, I want to ensure that this disease is removed from my body no matter what the cost. We spoke with my doctor and tried t...