Thursday, September 09, 2010
Back for Day Two....
Well, I’m back for day two of my first treatments. Yesterday started smoothly but around 5 pm I started to get itchy and sure enough, I had an allergic reaction to the Rituxan. So they stopped the drip, gave me another dose of Benadryl and after about an hour delay they turned everything back on. I closed the ‘Chemo Parlor’ down at around 8 pm – a mere 7 hours and 20 minutes following my arrival. Today I got here at 9 am and had to wait an hour for them to deliver my medication – it’s now 10:30 am, I’m hooked up and should be out of here by 11:15 am, just in time for lunch!!
I’d like to thank Steve Bruce for dinner last night. One of the greatest comfort food in the world (at least in my humble opinion) is chicken pot pie and Steve made a delicious one which Abbey and I devoured. I also had a bowl of one of my other favorite comfort foods, ice cream. Maybe that’s why I gained 4 pounds since weighing in yesterday! That seems almost impossible but when you consider all the fluids they pumped into me yesterday I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. So today at lunch, I need to go sweat all this stuff out of me.
I’ll keep things short today but I do have the next installment of my top 50 songs featuring female vocalists starting with …
40. Zombie/ The Cranberries - Kind of a haunting song, which I guess is what you’d expect from a song titled ‘Zombie’ but I think the vocal by Delores O’Reardon is awesome and the instrumental at the end of the track has to be turned up as loud as possible to truly enjoy it.
39. Put Your Records On /Corrine Bailey Rae – Bailey Rae has a great singing voice and this song is what put her on the map. Loved it when Megan Joy sang ‘Put Your Records On’ on season 9 of American Idol – she wasn’t very good put she seemed to enjoy performing it, she looked like a fish out of water.
38. I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet /Carole King – One of the truly great song writers from the past 50 years, King will forever be remembered for her Grammy winning album, Tapestry, which seemed to be on the Billboard charts forever. ‘It’s Too Late’ may have been the big hit from that album but I’ve always felt ‘I Feel the Earth Move’ was a better song.
37. Coal Miner’s Daughter /Loretta Lynn - This is a great song which was obviously highlighted in the movie of the same time. I learned to appreciate Loretta’s talents after seeing that movie and where she came from. Loretta’s is a very remarkable ‘rags to riches’ story.
36. Say a Little Prayer /Dionne Warwick – Dionne had a string of hits in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, many of which were written by Burt Bacarrach – they made each other a ton of money. I needed to include Dionne and this is my favorite by her. I almost listed it by Ruppert Everett from the move ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ but he is not quite a woman.
35. Let the River Run /Carly Simon – Theme song from the movie ‘Working Girl’ which won Simon an Academy Award. Love the choir in the background and the instrumentals throughout.
34. Time After Time /Cyndi Lauper – Not quite as peppy as ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ but this is a better song and along with ‘True Colors’ proved that Lauper had a serious side.
33. I Go Out Walking /Patsy Cline – Patsy blazed the path for all the country female singers that followed her, including Loretta Lynn, and I had to include a song by her; it came down to this or ‘Crazy’ – I like this song better.
32. Goodbye to Love/ The Carpenters – I think Karen Carpenter had the best female voice of her era and she appears twice in my countdown. It was a tough call between this song and ‘Superstar’ but what I like about this song is how it transitions from a beautiful ballad to a somewhat out of place guitar solo at the end with Karen singing ‘Ahhhhhhhhhhhh’ till the end. You wouldn’t think it would work but it does to perfection.
31. Wonders /Natalie Merchant – From Natalie’s solo album ‘Tiger Lily’ – I think this song speaks to everyone because we all have it within ourselves to be Wonders - with love and patience and with faith, we'll make our way!
That's all for today, look for another post within the next few days!
Vince
I’d like to thank Steve Bruce for dinner last night. One of the greatest comfort food in the world (at least in my humble opinion) is chicken pot pie and Steve made a delicious one which Abbey and I devoured. I also had a bowl of one of my other favorite comfort foods, ice cream. Maybe that’s why I gained 4 pounds since weighing in yesterday! That seems almost impossible but when you consider all the fluids they pumped into me yesterday I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. So today at lunch, I need to go sweat all this stuff out of me.
I’ll keep things short today but I do have the next installment of my top 50 songs featuring female vocalists starting with …
40. Zombie/ The Cranberries - Kind of a haunting song, which I guess is what you’d expect from a song titled ‘Zombie’ but I think the vocal by Delores O’Reardon is awesome and the instrumental at the end of the track has to be turned up as loud as possible to truly enjoy it.
39. Put Your Records On /Corrine Bailey Rae – Bailey Rae has a great singing voice and this song is what put her on the map. Loved it when Megan Joy sang ‘Put Your Records On’ on season 9 of American Idol – she wasn’t very good put she seemed to enjoy performing it, she looked like a fish out of water.
38. I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet /Carole King – One of the truly great song writers from the past 50 years, King will forever be remembered for her Grammy winning album, Tapestry, which seemed to be on the Billboard charts forever. ‘It’s Too Late’ may have been the big hit from that album but I’ve always felt ‘I Feel the Earth Move’ was a better song.
37. Coal Miner’s Daughter /Loretta Lynn - This is a great song which was obviously highlighted in the movie of the same time. I learned to appreciate Loretta’s talents after seeing that movie and where she came from. Loretta’s is a very remarkable ‘rags to riches’ story.
36. Say a Little Prayer /Dionne Warwick – Dionne had a string of hits in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, many of which were written by Burt Bacarrach – they made each other a ton of money. I needed to include Dionne and this is my favorite by her. I almost listed it by Ruppert Everett from the move ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ but he is not quite a woman.
35. Let the River Run /Carly Simon – Theme song from the movie ‘Working Girl’ which won Simon an Academy Award. Love the choir in the background and the instrumentals throughout.
34. Time After Time /Cyndi Lauper – Not quite as peppy as ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ but this is a better song and along with ‘True Colors’ proved that Lauper had a serious side.
33. I Go Out Walking /Patsy Cline – Patsy blazed the path for all the country female singers that followed her, including Loretta Lynn, and I had to include a song by her; it came down to this or ‘Crazy’ – I like this song better.
32. Goodbye to Love/ The Carpenters – I think Karen Carpenter had the best female voice of her era and she appears twice in my countdown. It was a tough call between this song and ‘Superstar’ but what I like about this song is how it transitions from a beautiful ballad to a somewhat out of place guitar solo at the end with Karen singing ‘Ahhhhhhhhhhhh’ till the end. You wouldn’t think it would work but it does to perfection.
31. Wonders /Natalie Merchant – From Natalie’s solo album ‘Tiger Lily’ – I think this song speaks to everyone because we all have it within ourselves to be Wonders - with love and patience and with faith, we'll make our way!
That's all for today, look for another post within the next few days!
Vince
# posted by Vince Hopkins @ 11:57 AM 
