Friend at Toastmasters

On Thursday, the Toastmasters club held a hybrid meeting, and my friend Ian showed up in person. We didn’t discuss my writing about him, so Ian is a pseudonym. It was good to see him, and see that he at least appeared healthy, because he found out a few months ago that he had cancer, and took some time off to undergo treatment.

From what he said, he was treated only with radiation, not chemotherapy, so he didn’t have to deal with the side effects of chemo. He is well for now, as I understand it, but will need periodic examinations to make sure that the cancer has not returned.

Meanwhile, it’s cheering to see a cancer patient with good news.

The Red Queen’s Race

This week, I did not get any amendments on my Amended docket, although someone filed an amendment with a Request for Continued Examination, which appears on my Regular New docket. I finished an Office Action on my oldest non-RCE Regular New application, and then went to work on the RCE case, which I hope to be able to finish relatively soon. Then I’ll have to do more cases of some kind next week.