This is a video of the procedure that I will be going to the hospital for today. They are going to take a different approach to the vertebrae with the tumor in it this time to try to get a better sample. Last time they drilled 6 of these holes Read more…
Today was the best pain day I’ve had in a week. It was my last chance to get out of the house with my family so we took a short trek out for lunch which was about all I could handle. Tomorrow, I check back in to OHSU for another Read more…
I was determined to spend some family time out of bed this weekend. I’m happy to report we made it to a movie on Saturday (which was great fun) but I paid for it in increased pain yesterday. What was originally going to be a more elaborate picnic in a Read more…
My precious 6 year old daughter filled out a prayer request card for me at service this week and has provided countless artworks to cheer me up.
There are many reasons to be totally and completely frustrated right now (but also so many more reasons to be hopeful about my current condition and outlook). The long awaited biopsy results came in today as expected. On Monday, surgeons had pulled 0.5 cubic centimeters of bone from my S1 Read more…