ENCORE (PLUS) #55! – GUY’S GOTTA TALK #1

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…That was four years ago – as time passed, people searching for answers stumbled across my blog and checked out what I had to say. The following entry appeared in March of 2014…

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.

FEBRUARY 2017…almost three years later…

I didn’t retool the site.

CURRENT Categories:

 GUY’S GOTTA TALK ABOUT…

GUY’S GOTTA TALK ABOUT…ALZHEIMER’S

Breast Cancer Research Right Now!

Encore!

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 963 hits

“Neulasta: What’s that?” with 553 hits
“Easter Saturday Reflections of Nearly One Year Since I Started This” with 434 hits

“Metastatic Breast Cancer: Brain Cancer” with 404 hits (this one has not changed in three years…)
“Metastatic Breast Cancer: Skin Cancer” with 283 hits
“Another HOLD ON THERE BABA LOUIE! Moment” with 212 hits and

“Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Marriage” with 195

I added ENCORE! Because the stress of writing about breast cancer every week was wearing me out. Plus, there were several things that bore retelling – as you can see above.

The BC Research Right Now! Appeals to the “science guy” (pun intended!) in me.

And Alzheimer’s became an issue for me only two years ago. My father is now firmly ensconced in Stage Five…he doesn’t have that long left to live and this stage may be stable for as long as ten years, so there’s a strong likelihood and I’ll be writing more about that than breast cancer.

GUY’S GOTTA TALK has lately been drifting – international efforts against breast cancer, especially in developing countries; as well as more and more emphasis on lymphedema. Next time around, however, I’ll rail against breast cancer again because of a recent development…

At any rate, enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!

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