Caveat: Lying Down

After my fourth session I walked with Andrew and Hollye through the park that’s behind the cancer center and that separates the hospital from where my new apartment is. I’m feeling pretty tired, though, so when I got back to my apartment they went on to my “old” apartment (which they’re occupying – and which by the way is working out really well, as it ends up being cheaper for me to maintain two apartments for a short time rather than trying to help them find a hotel).

I ended up lying down and actually napping for a while.

This is what they say happens with the radiation… just kind of a general increase of fatigue. But as usual, I have no idea what is really behind it – it could just as easily be the very busy day I had yesterday, hiking around Suwon with Nate and Andrew and Hollye.

The whole thing is vague and indirect enough to be endlessly speculative, uncertain and hypochondriacal.

Regardless of cause, I’m feeling some tiredness, definitely. I’m going into work soon, but I have no class obligations this evening so I might not stay there too long.

Here are some pictures from walking in Jeongbalsan park.

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caveat: zap-o-matic number 4

its a bit as if im lying on an altar, encased in a suit of plastic, my eyes and mouth sealed closed, and then these hightech priests sprinkled highenergy photons around my head like a kind of massless, ethereal holywater.

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my ears' stereo perception allows me to sense it as it moves around me in randomly paced arcs, always counterclockwise. . .

Caveat: Return to Suwon

I spent several months in Suwon in 2010, so it’s one of my Korean “homes” – I know the city pretty well and I like it a lot.

Today, I dragged Andrew and Hollye down to Suwon on the 2 hour subway trek, and met my friend Nate. We had lunch, walked around a lot, visited some temples and hiked to the top of Paldalsan, and hung out in an air conditioned cafe for a long time, too.

I’m pretty tired now, so I won’t write a lot. But here are a bunch of pictures.

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Nate took the above photo and posted it on facebook. What he wrote under it was very complementary:

Six weeks ago, Jared had surgery for cancer. Yesterday, he started radiation treatment. Today, he hiked up a mountain on the hottest day in Korean history and made me look like a baby. This is the toughest dude on earth.

I think Nate is tougher than me. But I very much appreciate the complement.

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