Not
to put big black Xes across the whole calendar too soon, but 2015 is not going to be
a championship year. The first six months are going to be consumed with chemo
treatments, then surgery for Stage 2-B bladder cancer.
Currently
I’m taking future dates with the understanding that I won’t play if I’m not
feeling up to it. The Rochester Regional in May? My original plan was to spend
the week there, but now there’s virtually no chance I’ll see a single session
of it.
Nevertheless,
until chemo started a week ago, I was having a pretty good start – 7.39 points
in seven sessions, thanks to double points all this month at the Airport Bridge
Club. A couple stellar games – notably a 66% effort with Dianne Bloom back on
Jan. 6 – didn’t hurt.
Chemo
brain took over last week, however. My Jan. 13 game with Dianne was 36%. A
venture to St. Catharines, Ont., on Friday the 14th yielded 51% with Selina
Volpatti, less than a tick from winning points. It took a dull and steady game
with Marietta Kalman on Tuesday to return to the winners’ paddock – 55%, fourth
overall, 1.11 points. Total: 8.50.
December only brought in 8.73.
Depending on how I feel, there will be more
chances to add to that 8.50 during the next 10 days. My latest blood tests
showed good white and red blood cell counts, so the nurses at Roswell Park
Cancer Institute figure I’m immune enough to be in a crowd of card-players at
the Buffalo Winter Sectional if I avoid the sneezers and coughers and take
along some protective face masks. I’m skipping the strenuous Swiss team session
Sunday, but have partners for Friday and Saturday. Mornings only.
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