Beginning Treatment

A follow-up…

Paul: I followed your advice to get it over with. Saw the doctor and told him I’m ready. 

Dr Samuelson: How long does it last?

Paul: Seven weeks, for a total of 32 sessions. I’ve talked to the doctors, nurses, technicians and administrative staff. They’re all very friendly and supportive. Treatment starts tomorrow.

Dr Samuelson: Are you prepared?

Paul: I know my way around now the radiology department. Signage is generally good, though locations can be puzzling. I asked whether I should go right or left and the receptionist checked my record and replied, “In your case, you can go left if want to speed up treatment.”

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Voice-over

Putting one’s trust in technology to treat a cancer requires considerable research. Weeks. Then one can elect not to take treatment, and try some life changes. Or one can try life changes and undergo treatment. As the man was told who fell into the sea: Pray, yes, but swim too.

Monchichis play Hesiod and Perses!

Hesiod and Perses lean on the back fence looking at the vege garden.    

Hesiod: Been away on the boat? 
Perses: Practicing navigation by the stars. Followed Orion.
Hesiod: Ah. You followed Orion, while he was chasing the Pleiades.
Perses: The Seven Sisters? They’re low in the west now.
Hesiod: So you will know it’s now time to stop summer voyaging, bring the boat ashore, and plough and sow the fields.
Perses: I can do both. Plant and peregrinate. See, I’ve got lettuce and cabbage and broccoli all ready for harvesting. And I’ve brought fish.

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Voice-over 
Casting MONCHICHIs as Hesiod and Perses? Soft toys speaking Greek? Does it work? Did The Ten Commandments work better than The Prince of Egypt? Horses for courses? In Hollywood, aka “smart casting.”

“And if longing seizes you for sailing the stormy seas,
when the Pleiades flee the mighty Orion
and plunge into the misty deep
and all the gusty winds are raging,
then do not keep your ship on the wine-dark sea
but, as I bid you, remember to work the land.”
Hesiod.
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