Moving forward
After hiding for so long in my cocoon of denial, we are moving forward with some good progress on several fronts. On Monday, I had my one stitch out from my lung resection (WAY different than the...
View ArticleNew York, New York!
Phew! Before I launch into what could be the longest post ever, here is the news everyone is likely waiting for: The appointment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering went as well as we could have hoped, which...
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Nueva York
Oh, where do I begin? The beginning, a very good place to start. (Do Re Mi…) As I said yesterday, Peter was hit on the head before we even got off the ground in Denver, and since we had been warned...
View ArticleGood News/Bad News: Round Eleventy Billion
Well friends, here we are, playing “Good News/Bad News: The Ultimate Cage Match.” Or something. First, the background. On November 1st, the day after Halloween, I started feeling some abdominal...
View ArticleRoller Coaster
Things have been rather up and down since my last post here, but first I need to note something. I haven’t updated because I’ve been very nauseated lately, and screen time on an iPad, phone or computer...
View ArticleMekanist is a Go
No, this is not the next amazing death metal band, or the latest post-apocalyptic young adult novel (although this would be an amazing band name and book title). My docs have agreed that I should start...
View ArticleGoing Home Again
The plan is for me to transition home today from hospice to in-home palliative care. I can’t wait to be home! There will be a lot to figure out, but it will be so worth it. We are asking for no...
View ArticleWorst. PET Scan. Ever.
(I hope you read that title in the Comic Book Guy voice from the Simpsons. I know you did, because you are my people.) So I had my PET scan today (finally) and it was just awful. I never get worried or...
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PET Results: Yet another mixed bag
I got the scan results from my doc, and it’s another mixed bag, as he puts it. Good news: Many of my tumors have shrunk or are at least stable. These include some of the biggies in my liver, kidneys...
View ArticleWhere to even begin?
I honestly don’t even know where to start, other than we could NOT keep my pain under control at home, so I got another round at the ER. Whee! Once admitted to the hospital (because of course I was...
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