Not much new here, for now. My blood test results for the week were all good. My red blood cell and hemoglobin counts were even up, which I assume accounts for my increased energy level. We've been to the apartment gym twice this week! One of the lovely effects of the radiation is that it killed a lot of my sweat glands. Great for odor control, not so good for dissipating heat. I have to be careful.

My hair is trying to grow back now, but I can tell it's still patchy, so I'll stick with the Joe the Plumber look for a while. What's odd is that a spot that's still kind of bare is a strip on the very top of my head. Since that's the very area that the radiation last fall was not able to finish off, I would have thought that would have been the first place the hair would start coming back. Always a learning experience.

Another sign of revival is that my fingernails and toenails are starting to come back as well. The disease had been affecting them for a lot of last year, and then the radiation pretty much finished them off. But they're growing in a bit now.

We're actually getting to see some South by Southwest performances on TV here. DirecTV, our TV and internet provider here at the apartment, has an entire channel (called 101) that seems to be showing nothing but SXSW shows. They're all from the convention center, not actual clubs, but we'll take it. The highlight so far has been Echo and the Bunnymen.

Speaking of our apartment, if you want to see what our complex looks like, here's a url with some pictures:

http://www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/Texas/Houston/The-Promenade-Hermann-Park/17625/?listingid=17625

Sorry I don't know how to make a link in this program, but this works as a cut and paste. Check out the slide show. The first 8 or 9 are of the business center/pool area, with a few shots of an apartment (much better decked out than ours!) at the end.