<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602076146281641446</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:53:31.616-07:00</updated><category term='Pictures'/><title type='text'>On my mind</title><subtitle type='html'>... in my brain actually. My very own brain tumour</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybraintumourpictures.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1602076146281641446/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybraintumourpictures.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_9XO-aeS_oRA/R8ASuWwM-II/AAAAAAAAAeo/t9TiL0bCUcU/S220/P1030233.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602076146281641446.post-1140235015882628359</id><published>2008-02-05T16:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T04:35:40.253-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><title type='text'>Pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="main"&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt;&lt;div class="post" id="post-10"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="descr"&gt;January 20th, 2008 by John&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="entry"&gt;       &lt;p&gt;Click the picture to make it bigger&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/plumbing-concerto-in-f-flat.JPG" title="plumbing-concerto-in-f-flat.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/plumbing-concerto-in-f-flat.thumbnail.JPG" alt="plumbing-concerto-in-f-flat.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This picture needs a bit of explanation:&lt;br /&gt;Many years ago when my children were tiny, I found that I was able to play tunes by turning the garden tap on and off in a controlled manner. Having played Frere Jacques on the tap, I went into the house and found my young son standing outside the toilet with eyes the size of saucers, saying, “Dad, guess what? I was on the toilet and all of a sudden Frere Jacques came out of the toilet bowl.” Of course, the vibrations had been transmitted through the plumbing system, to his astonishment.&lt;br /&gt;Tony Grogan, who saw me on my birthday on 19 January this year, decided to give me a laugh by drawing this wonderul, personal cartoon. Thank you Tony&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;——————————————————————————–&lt;br /&gt;Clicking the pictures makes them bigger&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-3.JPG" title="mri-no-contrast-3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-3.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mri-no-contrast-3.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-4.JPG" title="mri-no-contrast-4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-4.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mri-no-contrast-4.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-with-contrast-1.JPG" title="mri-with-contrast-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-with-contrast-1.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mri-with-contrast-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-1.JPG" title="mri-no-contrast-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-1.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mri-no-contrast-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-2.JPG" title="mri-no-contrast-2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mri-no-contrast-2.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mri-no-contrast-2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;These are 5 of the MRI pictures taken on 15 January 2008 which show the tumour and the swelling of the brain surrounding it. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————————————————-&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Clicking the pictures makes them bigger&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/kirstenbosch-flowers-8.JPG" title="kirstenbosch-flowers-8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/kirstenbosch-flowers-8.thumbnail.JPG" alt="kirstenbosch-flowers-8.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/klaasens-buttress-traverses0006.JPG" title="klaasens-buttress-traverses0006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/klaasens-buttress-traverses0006.thumbnail.JPG" alt="klaasens-buttress-traverses0006.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/kromriver-20060008.JPG" title="kromriver-20060008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/kromriver-20060008.thumbnail.JPG" alt="kromriver-20060008.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/cederberg-kromriver-2007-182.JPG" title="cederberg-kromriver-2007-182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/cederberg-kromriver-2007-182.thumbnail.JPG" alt="cederberg-kromriver-2007-182.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/flamingo-lake-fisherhaven-7.JPG" title="flamingo-lake-fisherhaven-7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/flamingo-lake-fisherhaven-7.thumbnail.JPG" alt="flamingo-lake-fisherhaven-7.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/flowers-kirstenbosch-1.JPG" title="flowers-kirstenbosch-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/flowers-kirstenbosch-1.thumbnail.JPG" alt="flowers-kirstenbosch-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/friends-reserve-peak0001.JPG" title="friends-reserve-peak0001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/friends-reserve-peak0001.thumbnail.JPG" alt="friends-reserve-peak0001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/h-green-chapmans-peak0001.JPG" title="h-green-chapmans-peak0001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/h-green-chapmans-peak0001.thumbnail.JPG" alt="h-green-chapmans-peak0001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/j-irving-porcupine-jubilee0011-enhanced.JPG" title="j-irving-porcupine-jubilee0011-enhanced.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/j-irving-porcupine-jubilee0011-enhanced.thumbnail.JPG" alt="j-irving-porcupine-jubilee0011-enhanced.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/kathy-priday-steenbokspark0003.JPG" title="kathy-priday-steenbokspark0003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/kathy-priday-steenbokspark0003.thumbnail.JPG" alt="kathy-priday-steenbokspark0003.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mscott-thomas-hut-fonteintj0004-enhanced.JPG" title="mscott-thomas-hut-fonteintj0004-enhanced.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mscott-thomas-hut-fonteintj0004-enhanced.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mscott-thomas-hut-fonteintj0004-enhanced.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mabalingwe-8.JPG" title="mabalingwe-8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mabalingwe-8.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mabalingwe-8.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mcsa-j-coburn-silvermine_22.JPG" title="mcsa-j-coburn-silvermine_22.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mcsa-j-coburn-silvermine_22.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mcsa-j-coburn-silvermine_22.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mike-scott-silvermine-circuit-010.JPG" title="mike-scott-silvermine-circuit-010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/mike-scott-silvermine-circuit-010.thumbnail.JPG" alt="mike-scott-silvermine-circuit-010.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/private-scotts-silvermine0001.JPG" title="private-scotts-silvermine0001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/private-scotts-silvermine0001.thumbnail.JPG" alt="private-scotts-silvermine0001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/scotts-sutherland0013-enhanced.JPG" title="scotts-sutherland0013-enhanced.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/scotts-sutherland0013-enhanced.thumbnail.JPG" alt="scotts-sutherland0013-enhanced.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/zoutendyk-woody-b-postern0009.JPG" title="zoutendyk-woody-b-postern0009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/01/zoutendyk-woody-b-postern0009.thumbnail.JPG" alt="zoutendyk-woody-b-postern0009.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;—————————————————————————–&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Pictures of me with friends and family on my birthday - 19 January - a few days after hearing the news about my brain tumour&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There is another big pile of pictures at my Picasa web album. If you want to have a look, click on &lt;strong&gt;My happy snaps - Album of pics&lt;/strong&gt; on the right of the screen in my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;links  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;or just&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnAndJoanPics"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_06.JPG" title="johns-bday-jan2008_06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_06.thumbnail.JPG" alt="johns-bday-jan2008_06.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_07.JPG" title="johns-bday-jan2008_07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_07.thumbnail.JPG" alt="johns-bday-jan2008_07.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_08.JPG" title="johns-bday-jan2008_08.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_08.thumbnail.JPG" alt="johns-bday-jan2008_08.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_13.JPG" title="johns-bday-jan2008_13.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://itscrazy.amagama.com/files/2008/02/johns-bday-jan2008_13.thumbnail.JPG" alt="johns-bday-jan2008_13.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1602076146281641446-1140235015882628359?l=mybraintumourpictures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybraintumourpictures.blogspot.com/feeds/1140235015882628359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1602076146281641446&amp;postID=1140235015882628359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1602076146281641446/posts/default/1140235015882628359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1602076146281641446/posts/default/1140235015882628359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybraintumourpictures.blogspot.com/2008/02/pictures.html' title='Pictures'/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_9XO-aeS_oRA/R8ASuWwM-II/AAAAAAAAAeo/t9TiL0bCUcU/S220/P1030233.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
