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<strong>My</strong> other symptoms are unchanged and I won’t bore you <strong>with</strong> the details. At the bridge<br />
club yesterday, Judy surprised me by arriving <strong>with</strong> a birthday cake for my 70th which is<br />
on Wednesday. It was a lemon cake, one of my favorites. Needless to say, I tried some<br />
but it was tasteless to me although everyone else really enjoyed it. Playing <strong>with</strong> Bert who<br />
seems to have recovered nicely from his hospitalization, everyone must have felt it<br />
necessary to give me birthday gifts at the bridge table and we had a 72% game, one of<br />
the best in recent memory. For those who are unfamiliar <strong>with</strong> duplicate bridge, it means<br />
we had better results than others <strong>with</strong> the same cards 72% of the time on average.<br />
Usually, a score of around 62% will be a winner. On Saturday, Judy’s birthday, she<br />
arranged her own party <strong>with</strong> Gary, Dana, Eva, Sara and Bel. Our sons presented us <strong>with</strong><br />
a gift of two nights at the Martine Inn, a B&B in the Monterey area. We will likely go in late<br />
September. After cake and dessert, Eva announced that she had eaten a dozen<br />
strawberries. Not very smart to finish them all. Sara began to melt down, but I rescued<br />
Eva from parental anger and Sara from sisterly jealous anger by taking off to the store to<br />
buy more. Last night, I took Judy to the salad bar, (Sweet Tomatoes), I ate <strong>with</strong>out<br />
enjoyment, but it was the first time in a while that we ate out together, and that was good<br />
for both of us. I plan to work three afternoons this week and likely will continue to work<br />
part time until I see some improvement in my taste buds, after which I want to visit<br />
Philadelphia to see Sammi and Eli, and Momtreal to see my mother, Seattle to see Dr<br />
Nghiem and perhaps some time in Vegas or a cruise or both. On a final, and somewhat<br />
sad note, Eva was asked to submit some meaningful photos as part of her first homework<br />
assignment. She submitted the photo below, taken when she was a baby, more than nine<br />
years ago.<br />
In the top row are Judy, Eva and me On the bottom row are Eva's maternal grandmother<br />
Mary, her great grandmother Esther (GG), Judy's mother, and my parents, Eva's greatgrandparents,<br />
Isobel and Samuel Shuster. Of the four on the bottom row, only my mother<br />
<strong>My</strong> <strong>Battle</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Merkel</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong>
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