Even though I’ve helped with some unusual breast cancer devices like Mammosite and SAVI, I’d never heard of using a radioactive seed to localize the site like this. Today during a radiation procedure I asked a radiation oncologist to weigh in on it. He understood how clinics are trying to avoid using a guide wire, which makes sense.

I know it’s probably best to heed whatever recommedations you receive regarding radiation safety. But as a therapeutic medical physicist it’s hard for me to resist mentally working out that there is a zero percent chance Snowball II will suffer any negative radiation-induced impact from being close to you and your erstwhile singe radioactive seed. On the other hand I’m also a cat lover, so I’m hoping you’ll let us know about her newfound and awesome radiation-induced super powers.

Thanks Dr. Karma for planting the idea back in April 2024. I think I finally get it!

To me it looks like you accomplish all kinds of awesome stuff despite significant adversity. I feel like a fairly successful and productive member of society but still when I read your “(time period) by the numbers” articles it’s hard not to notice that my own numbered accomplishments often pale in comparison. And I have my own personal support staff and Manic Pixie cheerleader.

Your inner critic is just doing her job, but she’s doing it too well. Someone should gently persuade her to be a little less complainy.

Your accomplishments are incredible and inspiring!

He wanted us to make sure the breaker had been pushed all the way “off” and then back “on” again. The tenants sent me a video showing their attempt to comply. I think I’m pretty handy and what I saw on the video seemed fine to me. But when the electrician showed up, he told us the mistake we were making was not fully turning it “off” first. Even though it seemed like we were doing this correctly, I guess nobody pushed it off far enough to allow it turn back on.

He also told me that those outlets with the push-buttons sometimes go bad. He called them GFCI outlets. Those are not too difficult to replace, though I know working with electricity can be intimidating and sometime seven dangerous.

I’d guess that since it was plugged in to one of your outlets when you first noticed the problem, it seems likely it’s either the circuit breaker itself or the GFCI or outlet it was plugged into at the time. If not that, maybe it’s one of the other outlets that no longer works?

I wish you the best of luck with your electrical problems and with your wealth of small appliances!

“Man feet” was my soon-to-be ex’s term.

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Hi, cousin!