My [Mostly] Daily Journal

Not sure how this might relate to every day life, or the treatment of cancer, but in the world of football, it is a sure fire way to lose a game.

I saw it a couple of weeks ago when Baltimore lost to New England in the final seconds of the game, and you can see it for yourself, in the body language off Hines Ward, as my beloved Steelers lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars last night.

After being down by 18 points, in the 3rd quarter, the Steelers played brilliantly to gain the lead by one point, with just over 6 minutes remaining in the 4 quarter, with a wide ranging attack of short passes, and the occasional run.

But with just over 3 minutes to go in the game, the Steelers resorted strictly to their running game in an attempt to run the clock down, and ended up giving the ball back to Jacksonville with 2:38 to go.

And the rest is history.

The audit’s over! And we passed with flying colors!

Even though our auditor cut us some slack, due to the situation the company was in, resulting from some ineptitude on the part of our registrar, that didn’t relieve any of the stress, I can’t help but feel, every time I go through this [twice a year] audit. And can you believe we (the company) pay several thousand dollars to go through this stress?

There is nothing I dread more than going through an AS9100 audit, and that includes the cold weather we have been experiencing over the past several days.

I’d gladly (and I think everyone else at work would agree) trade 3 days of sub freezing temperatures, instead of an AS9100 audit. Now four days of sub freezing temperatures might be a different story, but….

At least we’re good for another 6 months, and I sure feel a lot better now.

I really doubt it, but what happened this evening, after I got home from my golf Men’s Club meeting, just warmed the cockles of my heart.

Shortly after getting home, the Emergency Department at Kaiser Permanente called in reference to my most recent blood work, I had done earlier this afternoon, in preparation for my appointment with my doctor tomorrow morning.

They were aware of the fact that I had lymphoma, but still called to report my White Blood Cell (WBC) count was 81.9 with 98% lymphocytes.

I was shocked, not only because 89.1 is about 20% lower than it was last month (which is a good thing), but with the fact that they bothered to call at all, and that they were concerned with the possibility I may be having a fever or chills or something else.

My guess is it’s actually an error, and my WBC hasn’t dropped 20%, but even if it is an error, I thought that was very nice of Kaiser Emergency personnel, to take the extra time to review the report, and call. In my opinion, that is above and beyond the call of duty, and service I doubt many other health care providers would have provided.

That, plus the fact that I won $20 at the meeting this evening, is making the start of 2007 look better and better.

Cross Posted at Living with MCL