Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Of Cancer and Car Batteries

Posted on 02/05/2012 by Andrew Reynolds

I’ve been sitting trying to write a post for this week. Can’t quite make it happen so you get this instead. I am thinking that last week I must have busted a brain cell or something because this week I … Continue reading →

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Boredom or How I Survive Cancer Treatments

Posted on 02/02/2012 by Andrew Reynolds

I’ve nearly completed half of my radiation treatments and I know many of you have questions about how it is going. So far the major side effects are a bit of tummy upset and having to get up every morning … Continue reading →

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A Wife’s Post on Cancer

Posted on 02/01/2012 by Andrew Reynolds

My wife proofreads my posts before I put them here. She’s a better editor than I am and catches a lot of really embarrassing errors I make. I also find her input on my writing to very valuable to me. … Continue reading →

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Words That Don’t Define Me

Posted on 01/31/2012 by Andrew Reynolds

Over the years I’ve read a lot of news stories about people with cancer. I’ve been interested in the adjectives used to describe them. How we describe people often tells us more about ourselves than the person we’re describing. When … Continue reading →