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Hoping TKI Delivers TKO

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…. I got a call from a physician’s assistant in Dr. Lance Pagliaro’s office today. She is part of the team that is responsible for my care at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. She, along with Dr. Pagliaro and Dr. Christopher Wood as [...] [...]


Humble Pie is On My Menu

We’ve got a down weekend out here in Houston. I miss home. We feel like we’ve been gone for a month. I know I have gained five pounds since we got here. It is always so much fun to explore new places to eat. Restaurants that are different from the places we always go at [...] [...]


Can of Whupass

Just got a call from my urologist Dr. Christopher Wood’s scheduling nurse. We are to report to the Interventional Radiology department at M. D. Anderson on the 4th floor of the Mays Clinic at 8:30 a.m. in the morning. This meeting is to get set up for a needle biopsy of the tumor in my [...] [...]


Hello From Limboland, TX

As I look around, there is a sofa, bed, kitchen, TV and other assorted furniture. You’d think I was in a hotel room and you’d be right. In addition to it being a hotel room, it is also a tiny slice of Limboland. We just left our meeting with renowned genitourinary surgeon, Dr. Christopher Wood [...] [...]


Fred Was Wearing a Hoodie

Let me give you a great piece of advice right here at the top: If you get stricken with a serious illness that is going to require you to see a bunch of doctors AND accurately recount the dates and times of stuff you’ve had done medically for you and to you over the years, [...] [...]


Foxtrot, Uniform, Charlie…….Cancer

A few days ago I got a private Facebook message from a new friend. I have exchanged a couple of messages with her back in March of this year, when she told me that she was a fellow renal cell cancer warrior. She checked on me and I asked about her, brother and sister in [...] [...]


July 16 is the Day

I received the call as promised this afternoon with details about the start of the next leg of our cancer journey. We will be meeting with our new team on Monday, July 16 at 9:30 a.m. on the 7th floor at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. My genitourinary medical oncologist will be Dr. Lance Pagliaro. I’m [...] [...]