Tengo Que Bailar Toda La Noche?

As you might have suspected, I am one LC's die-hard fans. I thought I knew and had ALL of his songs.
Well, I just found this rare song. Here is the link to
Do I Have To Dance All Night?
Listen to it even if you are not crazy about my Leonard. I think this is a great one. I found it in this blog One Heck of a Guy ;)

Rui, aposto que a tua playlist nao tem esta ;). Tens mais aqui.

S.O.B.

I am not swearing, I swear.
S.O.B. is the medical abbreviation for Shortness of Breath, one of the side effects I have been feeling. I hate it. It is interfering with my gardening. I know the growing season is over but I still have a lot to do before Winter sets in. I want to plant garlic, more tulips, crocus and hyacinths. I just wish the S.O.B. would go away.

This is my "joseph's coat" climbing rose yesterday before I pruned it. If you are not a gardener you might wonder why do I spend so much time digging the soil or cutting branches. The answer is: for my sanity.

(Michelle,
I can't wait to meet you in person this Friday. Are you also feeling Shortness of Breath? I feel it when I bring the laundry basket up the stairs and when I garden. It has not stopped me from walking in NYC though. If you feel up to it we can take a walk between blood draws.)

A VOZ DA SAUDADE

Acabei de ver A Voz da Saudade, um documentário de Joaquim Vieira. Se nao viram, quando passou na RTP, nao percam.

Querido Joaquim, ainda estou emocionada. Adorei. Obrigada pelo link.

from 53rd St

I am already feeling mental confusion so I better not write anything, but Ze and Maya have updated their blogs. Don't miss Ze's post it is called Murder in New York.

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
Through January 5, 2009 at The MoMA

You can view the exhibition online or go with me tomorrow ;)
MoMA is also on 53rd St, just a few blocks from Sloan-Kettering.

BMS-582664

I wish I had a "Shapirogram" to explain how this antiangiogenic drug works. But since I don't, I am going to tell you how I remember it explained to me when I was on a similar drug, XL880.
Cancer cells in a tumor need blood to supply it with oxygen and nutrients to grow. The idea is to starve the tumor by blocking blood vessel formation. Imagine a war won by attacking the trucks that carry the food supplies for the enemy troops (here I go again with the military metaphors).
Starve the tumor. Just imagine...
OK I am getting off the computer. I have to take my 4 pills and I still want to plant 100 tulips today. More on Antiangiogenesis here.
(Filipa took this photo inspired by Dr. Eder's photo, the one he is holding the Avastin box. By the way, my fingers are red because I was cutting beets).

Fighting Cancer With Your Fork

Good advice from Stacy Kennedy, my nutritionist at Dana-Farber.
To listen click here. To read click here.

life without black pepper

When the nurse told me that I could not have any black pepper while on this study I did not imagine that it was going to be quite a challenge.

Can you tell me if this Shrimp and Spinach Salad has black pepper?
I can ask the cook to do it without the black pepper.
Thanks.
(food comes) It has no black pepper, right?
Yeah. The cook told me he did not put any pepper.
(shrimp is covered with black powder, still I put one in my mouth)
Arghhh pepper. And it tastes like black pepper. Zé Try one.
Oh yes. This has a lot of pepper.
(waitress comes)
I asked you for no black pepper. I can´t have any, not because I don´t like it, it is for health reasons. Not even a little. And this dish is loaded. Maybe the cook heard extra pepper...
(Waitress takes back my plate back and then returns with a plate of boiled shrimp on top of Spinach). Sorry there was some miscommunication...
It's all right.
(Waitress leaves and I try one shrimp)
Arghhh now it is tasteless. No wonder Vasco da Gama did not rest until he reached Calicut.