tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336515892026-01-24T14:50:52.842-07:00The personal journal of Guy Gondron, aka Protoguy, aka PG, aka Peeg. I am an artist and designer, single dad and cancer patient. Hopefully a cancer survivor. Well, as of Aug 2011 I am officially a cancer survivor.Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338312248747658649noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33651589.post-87289356600399671532014-01-14T19:27:00.000-07:002014-01-14T19:27:10.059-07:00

I have all this canvas lying around, most of it too small to stretch over a frame, but perfect for tiny little landscapes or something. The tiny size also means the price is tiny. Usually around $25! Smallabstract No 1 4.5" x 5" $20 https://www.etsy.com/listing/175253950/smallabstract-no-1? Smallabstract No 24.5" x 5"$20https://www.etsy.com/listing/175253798/smallabstract-no-2?

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So I thought I was being brilliant and mailed some clothes to myself via USPS priority flat rate. I figured a $15 was better than checking a bag for $50.I found out the hard way that "2 DAY PRIORITY MAIL" doesn't mean shit because the fine print says "not guaranteed". If I REALLY wanted it to get here in 2 days I needed to ship it "2 day priority EXPRESS", because priority doesn't really

Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338312248747658649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33651589.post-17482479678922460892013-11-28T18:19:00.003-07:002013-11-28T18:19:20.004-07:00

My birthday, which you may know is on Thanksgiving this year, started off like most people's day. I woke bushy-eyed and bright-tailed at the crack of an hour before dawn to my phone ringing. The ex-wife undoubtedly wanted to wish me a happy birthday but forgot that there was this thing called "time-zones". Maybe working for years in the airline industry throwing bags didn't cover time

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The biopsy confirmed. Dermatomyositis.The doctor was not impressed with my lack of improvement. He wants to start on immunoglobulin IV treatments in 2 weeks. Upped my med dosages in the meantime. Insurance is an issue of course... Expensive stuff. I need to either get Cobra at $510.00 a month or hope Access comes through. The treatments are supposed to start in 2 weeks. Two treatments a month

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In the legacy of the great band Chicago, that's the title of my new hit single.Anywho, called United Healthcare  on Tues, Oct 8, 2013 to see if I can move the COBRA process along. I was informed that the process hasn't been started because I am still covered by United Healthcare. When I asked if there was an end date or a cut-off date, I was told, "no".So I went to my pharmacy and bought the

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And this stuff is awesome. The League of Crafty People have brought my Stinky drawings to life. You can too, and help me pay for my electric as well by purchasing the set from Etsy for mere $5! I'll post more links to more as they come in. The cards here today were made by Colleen, Lynne, Jodi, Larelyn and Peggy. http://

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Stinky is my friend Colleen's daughter Halle's favorite toy. Wow, that's a mouthful. Stinky is stinky. I'm sure his name wasn't originally Stinky. This is a name you grow into. Anyway, the crafty ones are crafting up some Stinky stuff to showcase the wonders of Stinky. If you would like your very own Stinky, with the added bonus of knowing you helped me pay for mah meds, here's a link to

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A friend set this up for me after I lost my job and healthcare a week after being diagnosed with a rare, disabling disease. BuildWidget('jt33'); Get Ideas for Your Next Fundraiser

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Applied for a grant from Modest Needs Grant. I have 10 days to upload the needed documents. Hopefully they'll be helping me pay my rent next month and I don't have to beg my family and friends again. Almost ate it today. The knees just buckled and I'd have hit the floor hard if not for the sofa. Not sure if it was just a fluke thing or a bad sign. ... Saturday, Sept 28 Picked up my thyroid

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Name!  That!  Symptom! List them, anyway. The things seem to keep piling on so I figured it was time for a listing, if only for posterity's sake.  Almost fell and broke my ass today. The legs just kinda gave out and the only thing that saved me from hitting the floor hard is the sofa. My thigh muscles are about done as far as doing any real work. I can stand and walk, but

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Filling out forms and applying for aid. Spoke to someone at Salvation Army about rental assistance. I have to call at 7am on Oct 1st to set up an appointment. First come first serve. They also have a food pantry. 480-963-2041 Ext 205 They're open Tue - Fri 8:30 - 11:30am 85 E Saragosa  - off Arizona. Called Caldwell & Ober, disability attorneys at 8:45am. Left a message. Spoke to

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On Sept 11, after months of minor and major symptoms, I was diagnosed with Autoimmune Dermatomyositis, a muscle disorder related to my cancer. The symptoms include muscle wasting, muscle and joint pain and, if untreated will lead to life in a wheelchair or bed. On September 17, just a week later, I was laid off. I had started the application process for FMLA - Family and Medical Leave Act -

Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338312248747658649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33651589.post-32913183637476791232013-07-07T11:25:00.004-07:002013-07-07T11:25:49.704-07:00

Been following his career from his start on the Ren and Stimpy show and his star turn as Powdered Toast Man.

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It's not all that funny. My New Year's resolution for 2011 was to get out more and meet people and get my career moving in a direction I wanted instead of one life and other people threw at me. I started painting more and I signed up for some art and social Meetups. I went to one photoshoot with some models and set-up a shoot with a model I met on Deviantart. I wouldn't call it 'ulterior motive'

Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338312248747658649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33651589.post-1499015678723985862013-03-11T18:52:00.000-07:002013-03-11T18:52:07.758-07:00

Not really much to this. Proof of life, I guess you'd call it?

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It is slow, so very slow. But it is happening. A year ago I had figured that my side effects were about as good as they were going to get. I figured a year after treatment and surgery was enough for the affected areas to heal and repair. Thankfully I was wrong. I had thought my saliva issues were done improving last year, but I'm able to eat lot more things that I couldn't a year ago, like

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Stoneheart Andea Andea was the young daughter of a very old king. King Hosric had been a very beloved leader to his people for many years. The Kingdom enjoyed relative peace and prosperity under his rule and his kindness and fairness had become legendary among his people. The King had married late in life and he and his Queen, the Lady Nelise had tried for many years to have

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Quite a bit has happened since my last post, none of it earth-shattering. I painted quite a bit - images below. Some were commissions, some just cuz. I sold some as well, which is always nice. On the cancer front, I had a PET scan today. Results on the 13th. Oct 3 of last year, I got the results of my first one, post-treatment. The next one was in January of '12, another in May, so this is

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Russia in color, a century ago With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the

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Busy busy lazy lazy

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A Salvador Dali drawing that was stolen last week from a New York gallery has been returned - from Europe, by post. Security footage showed a man take the 11in by 14in (28cm by 35cm) drawing off the wall at a new gallery and place it in a shopping bag. The Venus Over Manhattan gallery said it received an email days ago saying that Cartel de Don Juan Tenirio was "on its way back to you already".

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  "But he was also an eccentric and troubled man who was persecuted (and prosecuted) for being gay, a tragedy that contributed to his suicide just short of the age of 42 when he died of cyanide poisoning, possibly from a half-eaten apple found by his side." John Ferrier TuringFrom what I can find, Apple Inc. has nothing to do with this and the name and logo are coincidental, though it

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Don't take this post so much as a list of complaints as a list of information. Yeah, that's right, I'm not griping, I'm informing! Go with that. I just found out that something I've been noticing isn't just some random thing but it is an actual condition with a name and everything. Right about the time my radiation treatments stopped I started noticing an electric tingling in my neck and back if

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My last post promised news and I dropped that like a bar of soap. The good news and my kid coming to town had me a bit distracted. My scan was all clear and my doctor was very pleased. She only complained about how skinny I am. I think I am a bit thin, but am not really interested in packing on the pudge she seems to be remembering from before treatment. I've actually gained 4 pounds since

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