After my last Thursday meeting with Dr. Pippas, we’ve circled back around now and I’m on the full 800mg daily dose of Votrient. As I suspected, my quality of life has taken a noticeable hit. The superficial — and easiest to handle — change is that my eyebrows went stark-white within three weeks on Votrient. [...] [...]
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I lost a good friend today. That friend has been with me around the clock for the last seven years. He has been a constant talisman, a guardian of sorts, protecting me in some way from a disease that is trying to take me. With the snip of a pair of scissors, I cut my [...] [...] First of all, a big thank you to the angel who provided flight time for us today. What got accomplished in exactly 11.5 hours would have taken two whole days and more energy and expense than we had to throw at it right here at the holidays. Despite the great flying accommodations, it was still [...] [...] We leave tomorrow morning for a quick trip to Emory for a follow up on my radiosurgery with Dr. Liza Stapleford. I had an MRI without contrast media last week. Since Dr. Pippas ordered the MRI, he’ll have to give the OK for the radiology department at The Medical Center to release a disk containing [...] [...] Jill and I slept in this morning after a ridiculously early evening dinner with sons, Michael and Adam at Cafe di’ Sol in Atlanta’s Poncey Highlands area near their neighborhoods. All I could think about was the Seinfeld episode where Jerry’s parents often went to dinner in time to get the early bird special. Last [...] [...] Sitting in the afterglow of a beautiful day. Headphones on listening to Evening Kitchen by Band of Horses. I can hear our sons Michael and Adam singing this like they did at our last family trip to Splendor Mountain. I’m scanning friends’ photos on facebook with the music in my ears. Families smiling, football games, [...] [...] We got up to Atlanta early and had lunch at one of our favorites places, Murphy’s, in the Virginia Highlands area of the city. Our son, Michael, met us so we could visit with him and pick his brain on an exciting, new marketing program we’re working on at the magazine. Jill had a fantastic [...] [...] Reprinted from the February 2010 issue of Valley Parent magazine: If someone had told me how difficult being a “stepfather” would be, I might have considered turning tail and running for the horizon. Please note that I put the word stepfather in quotes because it is a word we don’t use in our home. And, [...] [...] |
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