Wayne O. Evans

04/06/2019

In OCTOBER 2018, I got some unexpected news. I began to cough up small amounts of blood but I was feeling OK. I visited the emergency room where they immediately admitted me. A scan showed spots (lesions) on the lungs, liver, and intestines. A biopsy confirmed the spots were melanoma. I never smoked so this unwelcome news as a surprise.
I went to an oncologist, who said I had stage 4 aggressive melanoma. Stage 4 means “can not be cured” but could be arrested. The prior treatment of radiation and chemo had serious side effects with little success. The oncologist recommended, a new treatment Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) has less side effects but is effective 50% of time. I call the treatment “smart chemo” where only bad cells are attacked.
I began treatment immediately which is an IV drip every three weeks. The drug is new and each treatment is $11,500 which Medicare pays 80% and my secondary insurance the remainder. I am fortunate to be insured as there is no cost to me.
I had my fourth treatment and they repeated the PET scan which showed the leisons were “no longer active”. Great news!!! I am short of breath and need to sleep more often but no other side effects. I will continue the treatments for the remainder of my life.
I tell people the side effect is “I appreciate each day with new enthusiasm.". I think I am much smarter and better looking” but my wife does not agree.
I am feeling well enough to take a 12 day cruse to Spain, France, and Italy in June. I am looking forward to seeing the sites, I am handicapped and must us a walker. I am informed the locations are not easy to navigate in a walker so my son Neil will be my care giver (pusher)

ALSO HAPPENING
A very successful surgery removed cateracts from both eyes.
I look (see) better now and my wife agrees.

If you ever need cateract surgery do not delay

03/29/2019

My wife and I just booked a 12 day cruse to Spain, France, and Italy. Our son will join us to assist me. I use a walker and Europe is not handicapped accessible.

12/17/2018

JUST PLAIN NEAT INFORMATION..........

Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

If you stop getting thirsty , you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Zero
is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

The song Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and curb appetite.

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be p ropagated only by the hand of man.

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

The University of Alaska spans four time zones.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

Warner Communications paid 28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.

In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.

Strawberries and cashews are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.

09/16/2018

Have a great day

12/16/2017

December 2017 has very different stories in the East snow and cold while in the West fire and wind.
In Arizona an average wonderful day weather-wise.
I look forward to an outdoor swim and a holiday party.
I live in a small piece of this planet blessed by family, friends and knowledge that all is well in Tucson.
May your family be blessed.
Wayne O Evans

12/05/2017

Happy Holidays and may 2018 be better

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10/14/2017

I started a business to get paid for work I was doing pro-bono

A friend recommended this network and in less than 2c weeks I have associates around the USA, Canada, and Mexico even Norway

Now to connect to Japan and South America

The internet is a marvel that 40 years ago was unknown

I get offers (scam) to be secret shopper or inherit millions from scammers daily plus a great price on vi**ra

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