Only good news today. Mrs. LeBrain just met with Dr. Sugimoto, for what is likely to be the very last time. “Dr. Sugi” inspected her incision and is very happy not only with how it’s looking, but how well Jen has managed since her surgery almost two months ago. She’s been out and about every day for the last few weeks, sometimes even by herself. She’s getting stronger. Personally I think she’s stronger now than she was before the surgery.
“Dr. Sugi” says we don’t have to come to London anymore. He is satisfied that Jen has kicked cancer’s ass. No more trips to London, and sadly, no more Dr. Sugimoto. It’s been an emotional time and we’ve grown very attached to him. It’s weird to say, but we will all miss him.
The drive down to London was a piece of cake. Rush’s A Farewell to Kings was the soundtrack. I don’t know how it’s possible but she fell asleep during “Cygnus X-1”. For the trip home, I chose All The World’s A Stage. She was blown away by Peart’s legendary drum solo.
Remaining positive in the face of adversity is not easy, But Jen has managed to do it. She gets up each day and kicks ass, and looks forward to doing it again the next day. We still struggle knowing we cannot have kids, but being alive and healthy is so much more important than that. It really is. Her positive attitude through this has been inspiring. I hope readers have gained that much from her.
We had one errand to run on the way home. As you hopefully already know, March 9 is the release date of Judas Priest’s brand new Firepower album! I ran in and out of the mall in less than five minutes — I am the man! The deluxe edition of Firepower is in my happy hands. Rock journalist Mitch Lafon says it’s already his #1 album of 2018. Time to put Firepower to the test!
My first try at Pig Latin.
Uckfay Ancercay.
Enjay Ulesray.
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Please do yourself a favor and don’t listen. Think about your ears.
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Hahaha I guess I know how you stand on this album!
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Best news I heard all day! Way to go Jen & Mike!!
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Thanks sir!
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Great news. Thoroughly delighted for you guys.
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Thank you, it has been a wonderful day.
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Yes!!!!!!
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Thanks for the cheer JP!
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Cheers are easy. What you guys went through was tough. Good on you!
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Thanks again. I feel we’re so much stronger now.
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You’re the man and fantastic news about Jen!
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Thanks man!
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Well done Jen well done both you!
Look forward to the next positive review Mike ;)
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And positive it will be Wardy!
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AWESOME NEWS JEN! Real Glad to hear this great news!
Firepower sounds like a decent listen but album of the year already? Dunno about that…
Once again Jen…..super happy for ya!
Deke
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Too early to say album of the year, but certainly a GREAT one for the 1st quarter of the year. I’m very happy with this album.
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Yeah its not bad….production is good which helps…
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Andy Sneap is good. I’ve always liked his production work with Accept.
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Well yeah but give me old school Allom! I really hope is Tioton on this album. What a way to go out on. Totally ripping….
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Sounds like Tipton to me. At least, you can hear he’s doing his solos.
Old school Allom could get a little robotic, or maybe that was Dave Holland’s fault.
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HA…Turbo had 2 drummers so what does that tell ya!
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That was just the tour though right? I don’t think he was involved with the album? Can’t remember but I remember he was there live….uncredited and hidden…lol
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Yeah it was the live portion….
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He and the Kiss keyboard player should form a band… ;) Get Hughy McDonald on bass…
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and Fred Coury
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YES!
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Can’t explain why but haven’t had Sneap’s production hit quite this hard and well since his first Blaze albums particularly that of Silicon Messiah. While he’s done great work across the boards, not until Firepower have I had that mind blown by sound kinda deal \m/
Right place right time, band songs overall package I guess!? :)
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Production is great for sure Wardy..
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No doubt of it. But I have to say — big hand for ROb Halford, sounding better than he has in years.
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Sneap has been great with Accept.
Review goes up Tuesday!
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Amazing news! Thoroughly delighted all is good with Jen! Here’s hoping yon Priest album delivers the goods!
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Yon Priest has delivered and it IS good!
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Yas!!
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Great news! Thanks for sharing.
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Excellent news! Genuinely happy for you guys. And I’ll be looking forward to your review of the new Priest album.
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Hey Jamie! Stay tuned, it’s going up Tuesday. Hope you like it. It is always more difficult to review something brand new but I think you’ll appreciate my take on it.
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Cool! I will definitely be tuning in. However, I won’t be buying the new CD yet. I gave up buying CDs and records for Lent. But I know what I’m getting for Easter. 😀
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Hey that sounds good to me. That’s a hard thing to give up, so I wish you all the best for the Lent commitment!
When I was a kid, getting a new tape or CD for Easter was a tradition. If the year was 1988 instead of 2018 I’d probably be getting this too.
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Spectacular! Great work Jen & Mike!
I can’t cheer for a Leaf win tonight (sorry they’re playing the Pens :) ) but here’s to a solid game, ideally ending in OT!
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Listening to Firepower now as I read this. Good vibes all over! So glad the pendulum is swinging toward the up side for you guys right now. Last few months have been tough!
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Yay! Told you!
And new Priest! Things are lookin wayyy up!
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Mike and Jen: This is the best news, all of us here are so happy you’re on the other side of it all. Go Jen! You RAWK! \m/ \m/
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She DOES rock! I’m so proud.
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Go Jen!
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Five-and-one-half weeks since my operation for prostate cancer. My strategy to wait as long as possible (more than seven years) but not longer seems to have worked. Most men get prostate cancer. Only a small minority of cases needs to be treated. However, the absolute numbers are so large that it is the third most common cancer-related death in men (varies somewhat from country to country). Almost all of these cases are preventable. Instead of being happy that a simple blood test—for the PSA level—can indicate cancer with high probability (of course no treatment should be done before a—relatively harmless—biopsy), most men don’t bother with it. If it does have to be treated, waiting until you or your physician notices anything usually means waiting too long.
One often hears that PSA testing is ineffective. This is complete bullshit. This “fake news” usually comes from a US study which concluded that PSA testing didn’t reduce the mortality rate. There are two problems with this study. First, it was retracted because people in the control group also had PSA tests. Second, mortality is not the only issue (but it is easy to quantify, which is why many studies concentrate on it). There is a huge difference if the cancer is caught early and you continue to lead a more-or-less normal life after treatment, or if you are impotent and incontinent for several decades before you die. Take your pick.
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I hope you’re healing well and feeling stronger every day. Thanks for sharing this update! This is a caring community…
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Great news Mike. This is just the news you both deserve.
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I’ve been saving this to read when I got back. So glad it’s nothing but good news.
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