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Better Living through Chemistry

August 21, 2013
Tags: Chlorabambucil, Ibrutinib, CLL
I want to begin by thanking my readers for their thoughts, prayers and good wishes. They are very much appreciated. Thank you.

The computer for the clinical trial study for Ibrutinib randomly assigned me to the older drug, Chlorambucil. While disappointing this drug, that was approved by the FDA for the treatment of  Read More 
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Decision Day

August 12, 2013
Tags: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Ibrutinib
As I write this blog, I am waiting for a telephone call that will tell me if I have been accepted into a trial clinical study for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). If I have been, the likely outcome, then I will be told which of two drugs, one old and one new, the study  Read More 
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Barbecue Grill: An Update

July 10, 2013
Tags: Oral Cancer
I went to the oral surgeon on Monday to have my tongue biopsied for possible cancer. The procedure involves a scraping of the tongue with a wire brush - just like I clean my barbecue grill.

Good news: when the surgeon examined my tongue and mouth, he found no signs of cancer or of  Read More 
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Barbecue Grill

July 8, 2013
Tags: CLL, cancer, Oral Cancer, Hypothyroidism
I am sorry I haven't written in quite a while. I have closed my psychotherapy office in Sacramento and retired; sold two homes and almost broke even; purchased and upgraded a new home in San Diego and packed up and moved from Northern California to Southern California.

On top of all of this, my  Read More 
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A Man's Mid-Life Crisis: Death of the Hero/Birth of the Soul

November 18, 2012
Tags: Hero, Soul, John C. Robinson, Joseph Campbell
In the news recently have been stories of famous men who at midlife have been caught having an affair. Nothing new, really, but why does it keep happening? I have some thoughts I want to share with you.

A colleague of mine, Dr. John A. Robinson, wrote a book with the title Death  Read More 
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The Hymn of the Pearl

September 7, 2012
Tags: Pearl, Edward Edinger, Hans Jonas, Ego and Archetype
The following story is a powerful myth. It speaks to our individuation process. Here is The Hymn of the  Read More 
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A Working Definition of God

August 30, 2012
Tags: C. G. Jung, God, Good Housekeeping Magazine
A reporter from Good Housekeeping Magazine interviewed C. G. Jung just days before he died.* One of the questions the interviewer asked Dr. Jung regarded his thinking about God. Dr. Jung responded: “To this day God is the name by which I designate all things which cross my willful path violently and  Read More 
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Introverted Humor

March 4, 2012
Tags: Humor, Ted Kooser, Nebraska
I am an introvert and am proud of it. I like being introverted. Professionally, I am a “navel gazer” as my extraverted friends like to call psychological introspection. I’m okay with that. Someone has to do it.

One of the things I do as an introvert is laugh at myself when I am  Read More 
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In Pursuit of Wisdom

January 29, 2012
Tags: wisdom, Dreams, God, Philip Hart, job, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, C. G. Jung, Olav Hauge, William of Occam, Aeschylus
Periodically I will identify a theme or thread that has been running through my life without my having recognized it.

One of the first I came to see was the importance of dreams. What are they? Where do they come from? What is their significance? I have spent a good deal of my adult  Read More 
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Boxing Day

December 26, 2011
Tags: Boxing Day, Public Employees, Olav Hauge, Robert Bly, Robert Hedin
Today, December 26th, is Boxing Day. It is a time in England and its colonies when homeowners give boxes of gifts to their servants and public employees (mailperson, etc.). When I was young and in seminary, I too worked as a civil servant. I was an intern for Senator Phil Hart of Michigan. This was a training program sponsored by  Read More 
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