Author Archives: J. Michael Jones

Summary It was six weeks ago today when I went to the lab for my routine, every 90 days, labs. Unfortunately, I noticed the correct labs were not done and I had to advocate to get the correct ones. Two weeks later, with the correct labs, it was clear my cancer was out of remission.Continue reading “Health Update”

Are we in the “Dim Age?” Western civilization is cycling once again through an age when “mysticism” or experience have become vogue while reason and the search for classical truth have been relegated to the boring, “unspiritual,” or unimportant. Unlike the “Dark Ages” there is not a complete abandonment of truth and reason this time,Continue reading “A New Podcast; Mysticism Vs Mystery”

PET scan was done yesterday and the results are in. I am thankful that there are no new lesions in the bones. I have two that were there three years ago and have become dormient. This is good news. My bone marrow biopsy will be back in two weeks. My new treatments are still notContinue reading “Health Update”

I am always eager to pass on my recommendations for novels or new authors, which I’ve discovered. I am finishing up The Final Case: A novel. Like many of the novels I read, I stumbled on it by accident. But the book caught my eye for three reasons. The first reason, while the book “fictionalizes”Continue reading “On Writing”

Again, sorry to be posting so often and so much about my health. As I mentioned before, this is where my family gets their updates so bear with it. So, the new cancer battle is underway, well, almost. Today I had my bone marrow biopsy. My last one was the worst pain of my life,Continue reading “Health Update”

I have been writing, blogging, and now podcasting on what’s wrong with the modern “Evangelical” movement since 1990. I have been tempted to revisit the abortion question with the Supreme Court leak on banding abortion, but I’ve fought the temptation as I have done enough. But I just listened to a great podcast on theContinue reading “A New Podcast, and it’s Not Mine”

I’ve uploaded a new podcast with the above title. Christianity has had an unhealthy conflict between faith and reason since its beginning. But Christianity teaches that God is the creator, including the creator of our reason as our means to finding truth just as our eyes were created to see light. Reason, while not perfect,Continue reading “New Pod Cast; I Think, Therefore I Am … Not Spiritual”

So, as I was saying, I repeated my labs at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance on Monday. The results came back and my lambda light chains, the protein my cancer makes, did come back 20 points lower than my Anacortes labs, however, that was not enough. It still shows an increase of 60 points inContinue reading “Health Update Part IV + New Pod Cast”

Don’t mean to be melodramatic by posting again, but this is where my family gets their information about my cancer. I met with my Myeloma specialist today. We repeated the blood tests to make sure they are accurate. Results will be back tomorrow or Wednesday. If the lambda light chains are as high as theyContinue reading “Health Update III”

Thanks for your interest. As I mentioned last time, my renal function had improved, for which I am deeply grateful. However, the lab did not do the correct tests last week to measure my cancer progress so we were in the dark. Via self-advocation, I was able to get the correct tests done yesterday. TheContinue reading “Health Update, Part II”