My blood tests are beginning to be a little more normal. It takes a long time for your body to recover from the kind of transfusion I had during surgery when the chemo is messing with your blood chemistry. They gave me shots to amp up my bone marrow’s production Read more…
As the year goes on, I celebrate one year anniversaries of some pretty horrible memories. Last night we went to a Hillsboro Hops baseball game. A year ago we did the same and bought cheap tickets so I could lay on a blanket in the grass in left field because Read more…
In my mind I occasionally take a snapshot of special moments since my remission. I title them “I survived cancer for this.” They are the moments that I may have taken for granted a year ago but savor now. Enjoying the 4th of July with my family and friends was Read more…
For nearly a year I’ve not been able to properly do one of the primary man jobs around the house – take out the trash. Before I knew I had cancer in my spine, it simply hurt too much. Then I was too weak. Then I wanted to use that Read more…