Piano and View

So it turns out there's a piano on the 5th floor of the hospital.  Since my little drug machine has a built-in 2-hour rechargeable battery, I thought to myself, "This is great!  As long as I'm feeling OK, I can go down and play for a couple hours at time."

Well, it turns out that my little drug setup is a bio-hazard, and isn't allowed off the 8th floor.  I guess I'm not as portable as I'd like.  So I worked out a deal with my doctor that I could disconnect from the chemo for an hour a day to go down and play.  It really doesn't affect the treatment and it is certainly therapeutic for me.

So at 1:30p today, they unhooked me and I went down to play.  From memory:

Jam >
Mississippi Half Step >
Black Peter
Time >
Breathe Reprise >
Great Gig in the Sky
Russian Lullaby
Standing on the Moon
Crazy Fingers
Comfortably Numb
E: Friend of the Devil

How could there be an "E", you ask?  Well, I was supposed to be back at my room at 2:30 to be re-hooked up, but I kinda went-off on the Comfortably Numb jam and wasn't done til about 2:35.  As I was walking to the elevator, Cheri, my doctor's head nurse was coming towards me.  I said, "I know, I know, I'm coming."  But she said, "Screw that, I want to hear you play.  They can wait a few more minutes."

So we went back to the rec room, and I wanted to play something mellow and happy, so I played FOTD.  I forgot to ask her to take a picture.  Maybe tomorrow, if I'm still feeling ok, I'll play again and get someone to take a pic.


Here are a couple pictures I did take today.  The view from my window, looking South along Stanyan, toward Upper Haight and Sutro Tower:

And here's one from the 8th floor common area looking North towards Marin:

I will kick its ass,

-jg