Category: nature

A Magical Place

On By Fred KingIn 2024, deer, family, nature, Oregon, personal, Personal History, wandering photographerLeave a comment
My brother lives in southern Oregon, a few miles from a tiny town called Merlin. There are 11 deer living on his property. This doe likes to lay in the shade, on his porch, and listen to the TV.

Spotted on my walk Yesterday

On By Fred KingIn 2024, Arbor Heights, blossoms, cancer, colors, Flowers, Health, iphone 12, nature, personal, Personal History, Seattle, Spring, Thoughts, wandering photographer2 Comments

Health update:

Disappointed, but not surprised. Pathology report came back positive for cancer-actually two markers- TTF-1 & napsin A were both positive. See doctors on the 19th and 20th, plan the next move. This is chapter 3 of this journey that started in early 2019.

🙏🏻

All good. 👍🏻

Washington Coastline

On By Fred KingIn 2017, beach, Blue Sky, cancer, clouds, coast, Environment, nature, Nature, ocean, Olympic Peninsula, Shadows, shapes, stone, wandering photographer1 Comment
I’m almost sure this is Sunset Beach, on the Olympic Peninsula coastline. It was taken a few years ago.

Health update: I have a CT needle biopsy this Thursday morning.

Good juju welcome! 🙏🏻.

Be well.

Update-

6 June 2024:

Pathology report came back positive for cancer. I’ll meet with doctors on the 19th and 20th to discuss next steps. Disappointing, but not surprising. This is the third chapter in my cancer journey, which initially started back in early 2019.

🙏🏻

Friday View

On By Fred KingIn 2024, blue, Blue Sky, cancer, Environment, iPhone12, Mountain, nature, Nature, Personal History, Seattle, Thoughts, wandering photographer, Washington, West SeattleLeave a comment

On my walk a few minutes ago. A cloudless sky in Seattle- who would’ve thought?

Note: health update coming next week. I’ve seen one of three doctors, after my last CT on the 8th. Two more still need to weigh in. Based on what the first oncologist said, I have a sense of where things are going. It’s a mixed blessing/bag. All good.

This journey started in 2018, with the first CT scan. It’s just the nature of ‘c’.

Blessings 🙏🏻

Health update:

On By Fred KingIn 2024, Arbor Heights, blossoms, cancer, Environment, Flowers, garden, iphone 12, nature, Nature, personal, Purple, Thoughts, wandering photographer, West SeattleLeave a comment
Easter

I’m a week away from my follow up CT scan. This scan will validate ( or not) that the Targeted Radiation I did in Dec/Jan was successful.

Last Friday I had a dermatology appointment to address some skin issue I’ve had for a few years-actually started right after my first encounter with NSCLC, in 2019. It was a new dermatologist for me, so he wanted to do a full body exam. Everything looked pretty typical until he got to the back of my left, upper thigh. There/was a patch of red skin in a place I would have never noticed. He took a biopsy, but is 99% certain it is basal cell carcinoma. When the biopsy is finished he’ll call me with results and next steps. I’ve been so focused on my lung tumor …well, this event took me by surprise. So, now tracking two cancers in my body. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤔.

Wishing everyone a belated Easter. Warmer weather is on the horizon for us here in the Pacific Northwest 🤞🏻.

Blessings to all 🙏🏻.