Cancer is downright expensive. So far, my medical bills total $447,000. The back surgery alone was $160,000 and chemotherapy runs about $15,000 every 3 weeks. Now, more than any time in my life, I am thankful for an employer and their health insurance coverage. I am grateful that our portion Read more…
I am still in the hospital. I am waiting for the concentration of the chemo in my blood to drop to a safe level before I can go home. Yesterday the concentration was 0.97. Today it is 0.13. It has to get to less than 0.05 for them to release Read more…
I’m back at OHSU today for a dose of inpatient chemo. This is to go after any cancer that may be in my brain (just in case). The infusion tonight will take 4 hours then they let it work on my brain for 24 hours. After it’s done it’s job, Read more…
I’m a few days into being back at work and I’m happy to report it’s kicking my butt (in a good way). These are long and tiring days for me even though I’m only starting part time and working my way up as my treatments allow. The great thing that Read more…
I don’t know why I have cancer but that’s not for me to know. Whenever the question of “why” comes up I think of this sermon I heard once: Once upon a time, there was a man who was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled Read more…