Wow! I can’t believe it’s been nearly 4 months since I’ve posted an update! What can I say, the war rages on, but I suppose you get, what, used to it? I’m in my 4th round of the new chemo at the moment (infusion every 3rd Monday), and so far, so good. The “collateral damage” …
Forgive the war language below, but let’s face it, anyone who has cancer or has loved someone with cancer knows that’s exactly what the fight against it is. After all, it’s nothing less than a life-or-death struggle, inch-by-inch, for territory. Of course, the territory being fought over isn’t a forest or a hill or a valley, …
Remember the George Clooney movie, The Perfect Storm, based on the true story of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat that sunk during (you guessed it) a really bad storm? Not a Clooney fan? I get it. But let me remind you that both Marky Mark Wahlberg and John C., Freaking, Reilly are also in …
For the record … January scans grade: B+ (no new tumors in the spine, most tumors in the lungs haven’t changed, some have grown, a few have actually shrunk, very small lesions in my ribs noticed for the first time, but they’ve apparently been there from the beginning and haven’t grown) And now, for a …
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Yesterday was a big day for me. One of the most profound of my life, in fact. November 6 has been floating out there, deep in the recesses of my mind, for the past year. Like a distant asteroid, whose projected trajectory might just have it crossing paths with earth in the future, it has …
Okay, I officially became a triple-crown winner this week. Chemo, surgery, and radiation in a single year. If I can squeeze in a quick clinical trial or maybe some immunotherapy or something, I think I get a free set of grill utensils. I got zapped Monday, Wednesday, and yesterday. I go in again next week …
SHORT UPDATE ONLY: MRI showed just the one lesion on my spine (it’s in the T9 vertebra), so that was fantastic news – working through radiation planning now – I should start late next week or following week – probably 3-5 sessions total – idea is to hit that vertebra without getting too much radiation …
Some updates are harder than others … the last one was a joy, unfortunately this one’s tough, but an important one nonetheless, if you have a minute. Since my last visit to Georgetown on the 8th, when they told me things looked pretty stable and that I had another four months until my next scan, …
I’ll keep this one short and sweet, as many of you are aware I had my scan yesterday and I want to get an update out there. Thanks to everyone who was praying for a good report, and thanks to God for giving us what we so desperately wanted! … A few of the tumors …
The work is the work … Before I explain the above statement, I’ll give you a quick health update: heart echo last month checked out—no issues under the hood. I’m now pretty much off all meds except the occasional Tylenol, and the dizzy spells and other weird episodes have gone away. My walks have turned …