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From the first moment my wife discovered she had breast cancer, there was a deafening silence from the men I know. Even ones whose wives, mothers or girlfriends had breast cancer seemed to have received a gag order from some Central Cancer Command and did little more than mumble about the experience. Not one to shut up for any known reason, I started this blog…OK – after nearly three years of posting, it’s time to reevaluate.

Looking at my stats for each “type” of post I’ve made since starting:
A Fantastic Cancer Voyage: total hits on 13 posts = 326; comments = 0
Breast Cancer Research Right Now!: total hits on 18 posts = 395; comments = 2
Breast Cancer Wisdom: total hits on 8 posts = 62; comments = 0
Comments on other subjects: total hits on 4 posts = 19; comments = 0
Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings: total hits on 24 posts = 1041; comments = 8
Guest Post: total hits on 1 post = 68 ; comments = 0
Introductions: total hits on 1 post = 22; comments = 2
Random Thoughts: total hits on 6 posts = 61; comments = 0
Reconstruction Era: total hits on 11 posts = 138; comments = 0
Somewhere Along the Way: total hits on 39 posts = 1750; comments = 0
Translating the Doctors: total hits on 41 posts = 2276; comments = 3

Now for some math.
Percentage of hits:
A Fantastic Cancer Voyage: 13/326 = .039 x 100 = 3.9%
Breast Cancer Research Right Now!: 4.5%
Breast Cancer Wisdom: 12.9%
Comments on other subjects: 21%
Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings: 2.3%
Guest Post: 1.47%
Introductions: 4.5%
Random Thoughts: 9.8%
Reconstruction Era: 28.9%
Somewhere Along the Way: 2.2%
Translating the Doctors: 1.8%

And a ranking:
Reconstruction Era: 11/138 = .289 x 100 = 28.9%
Comments on other subjects: 21%
Breast Cancer Wisdom: 12.9%
Random Thoughts: 9.8%
Introductions: 4.5%
Breast Cancer Research Right Now!: 4.5%
A Fantastic Cancer Voyage: 3.9%
Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings: 2.3%
Somewhere Along the Way: 2.2%
Guest Post: 1.47%
Translating the Doctors: 1.8%

Eliminating “Comments” because those were things like “Internet Down!”; Introductions because I’ll only introduce myself once; and Guest Post because that was a one-time thing, we have:
Reconstruction Era: 11/138 = .289 x 100 = 28.9%
Breast Cancer Wisdom: 12.9%
Random Thoughts: 9.8%
Breast Cancer Research Right Now!: 4.5%
A Fantastic Cancer Voyage: 3.9%
Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings: 2.3%
Somewhere Along the Way: 2.2%
Translating the Doctors: 1.8%

According to Google tracking on my administrative site, my top 5 most popular posts since I started were:
“Lymph Node Excision, Mosquito Bites and a Return to Normal” with 538 hits
(Category: Somewhere Along The Way)
“Metastatic Breast Cancer: Brain Cancer” with 404 hits
(Category: Translating the Doctors)
“Easter Saturday Reflections of Nearly One Year Since I Started This” with 199 hits
(Category: Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings)
“Metastatic Breast Cancer: Bone Cancer” with 144 hits
(Category: Translating the Doctors)
“Husbanding A Bigger Middle” with 132 hits
(Category: Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings)


All right then. I’m going to combine categories:
Reconstruction Era: 11/138 = .289 x 100 = 28.9%
Breast Cancer Wisdom: 12.9%

Random Thoughts: 9.8% + Somewhere Along the Way: 2.2% + Feelings, Nothing More Than
Feelings: 2.3% for a total percentage of 14.3%
Breast Cancer Research Right Now!: 4.5%  + Translating the Doctors: 1.8% for a total of percentage of 6.3%
A Fantastic Cancer Voyage: 3.9%


Finally, the new categories:

Reconstruction Era: 28.9%
Random Thoughts: 14.3% *Rename: GUY’S GOTTA TALK ABOUT…*
Breast Cancer Wisdom: 12.9%
Breast Cancer Research Right Now!: 6.3%
A Fantastic Cancer Voyage: 3.9%


So, there we go this is the “new” GUY’S GOTTA TALK ABOUT BREAST CANCER. Who knows, I may retool the look of the site, too! We’ll see.
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