Today I meet with my oncologist to discuss how this round of chemo went and what to expect for the next round (which starts Monday, giving me a reprieve for Thanksgiving). This is also a critical checkup for determining when I can go back to work and under what conditions. Read more…
People always wonder and occasionally ask “what if they had gotten to it sooner?” It’s not a question I spend much time thinking about because it’s irrelevant at this point. There were risks with going in sooner had the tumor been something else. I fully understand why the doctors did Read more…
I still struggle with loss of feeling due to nerve damage from where the surgeon cut the tumor away from the nerves with his scalpal. Everybody says I can expect some feeling to come back slowly over time but they never know how much. They say that nerves grow at a rate Read more…
My hair began falling out in clumps and the kids started to like walking by and grabbing a chunk. It needed to be shaved. Here’s my new look. I haven’t been without a beard since I brought the wrong adapter for my razor to Germany on vacation 11 years ago. Read more…
People keep asking what the next steps are and when we will have a test to show that the cancer is going away. Here’s what the rest of the year looks like: 12/2 – I get my 3rd dose of chemo. 12/13 – I go into the hospital for 2-5 days Read more…