Another day, another CT scan. This time face down with techs marking with markers and even a few tattoo dots in order to map the scan with my physical position,
for the benefit of future
Incredible Hulk
gamma ray treatments.
Violetta Spring on Aug 24, 2025 8:31 AM
My Aide/Co-Teacher gave me the following advice before I retired:
"Stay 'Prayed Up!'"
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Chris Price on Aug 24, 2025 10:59 PM
I'm just seeing this particular post. Is there a programmed cycle for notifications? Have you seen any reduction in the lymph node in the last 2 weeks?
Carl Milsted, Jr on Aug 25, 2025 8:37 AM
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The notification thing is still manual. Been scared to automate a job which sends emails. But I should go ahead and do so.
No, the lymph nodes have not shrunk. The one in the picture is an angrier red due to seven gamma treatments.
Carl Milsted, Jr on Aug 26, 2025 8:23 PM
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Talked to the radiation oncologist today after my 9th zapping. The bulge is bigger than when we started. It could be inflammation. It could be that the process started during turbo growth. Anyway, three more treatments have been added to the schedule.
Fun.Fun. Fun. I feel like I'm in an old Doctor Who episode where the obvious weapon just make the alien robot grow.
On the upside, the bulge is less painful. More sleeping positions are viable.
But I won't be making upgrades on this site until the radiation is done. It takes too much out of me.
Chris Price on Aug 26, 2025 10:13 PM
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I'm amazed at what you've done during your illness-imposed hiatus. I pray your treatments are ultimately successful.
Carl Milsted, Jr on Aug 27, 2025 8:31 AM
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The tools have gotten way better over the years. CSS has lots of cool options. Go catches most of my brain farts at the compile stage.
And for styles, I store the information in files (using a DOM format I created over 20 years ago) instead of in a database. I'm thinking about moving more information into files instead of the database just to make scaling out feasible. Having all the posts and comments in a single MYSQL database is probably not going to scale.
There are JSON based document stores like mongoDB, which look tedious to set up. Thinking about rolling my own.
Chris Price on Aug 27, 2025 4:46 PM
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I don't understand the scaling issue; isn't most CSS performed client side in the browser? Or are you thinking in terms of a future compiled app?
Carl Milsted, Jr on Aug 27, 2025 5:01 PM
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The scaling issue is user data when it becomes too much for one machine. Right now, everything is running on one virtual machine -- which runs way slower than my 12 year old home machine. So yes, I can scale up quite a bit without worrying about scaling out, but if this thing gets popular, the need to scale out may come hard and fast, so thinking about it now is worthwhile, if optimistic.
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