Update: I crossed over the 1 month post-surgery mark this past weekend, and I guess I’d say I’m feeling pretty good – I’m off pain meds and been working, walking 2-4 miles at a time, doing some “fast” walks (I mean just walking fast, not the actual dorky speedwalking kinda fast walking), etc. etc.. I …
You remember at the end of Rocky, when Apollo and Rocky are draped all over each other and Apollo says, “Ain’t gonna be no rematch,” and Rocky says, “Don’t want one.”??? Well, that’s pretty much the story here. Thyjoema is presently being cut into little pieces, stuffed into mice, examined in petri dishes, and experimented …
If a pic’s worth a thousand words, here’s 10 thousand words to cover our NYC vacay so far – safer to send pics anyway as I’m still hitting the fentanyl! Got to bring Aedan up for first couple days so that was really cool. As for an update, Anne pretty much nailed it yesterday, and …
An awesome Good Friday update from the Graber’s spring visit to NYC: –After five hours of surgery Joe is awake and alert! –99.9% of the larger tumor taken out. It was about 8cm–a little larger than expected. –His Phrenic nerve was protected. –Five nodules from lungs removed.–The remaining tumor on the right Phrenic Nerve and …
Okay, the date is set. The TFC (Thymoma Fighting Championship) up in NYC is scheduled for this coming Friday, April 2nd. That’s right … Good Friday! We are heading up there tomorrow for interviews and the weigh-in (actually, I have appointments Monday and testing Wednesday, but “interviews and weigh-in” just sounds cooler). Surgery Friday is to cut …
I could make this the shortest post ever, by just typing “Thank God,” and leave it at that. That really does sum things up today … but if ever there was a post that deserves a few words, it’s this one. Five months ago, I sat in my truck up at the football fields, waiting …
Tough update this time around, but I know a lot of folks have been thinking of us and praying for us, so here it is. Unfortunately, the chemo has not worked to shrink the tumors. And unfortunately, it has done some damage to my heart, although we’re hoping that reverses in the months to follow. …
UPDATE ONLY (60-second read, I promise!): Refresher … I was scanned at the end of round 2 chemo (end of December) and as you may recall, the tumors had not shrunk. I’m in the middle of my 4th round of chemo now, and I’m back in for scans, etc. this week: Tomorrow: CT/PET scan (to see …
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, UPDATE FIRST, RANDOM, LONG DIGRESSION TO FOLLOW: I apologize for the radio silence! Truth is, I just haven’t wanted to talk about cancer much lately. I’ve come to realize the best way to fight it, is to try to forget you have it. But an update is in order, so here we …
Always a risky move posting in the middle of a chemo session but I know I owe an update … Heart echo was fine – bloodwork was great again – unfortunately, CT scan doesn’t show much change – maybe tiny shrinkage in chest tumors but no real change in lungs – doc said not to …