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 [...] [...]
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Today is the first day of spring, 2012. As the pollen falls and bursting buds imbue the world with color and fragrance, I’m contemplating my future. This is day two of my latest round of scans, the windows into my body and the prognosticators of my chances for survival. One hour in a clacking, thumping, [...] [...] I’m in the infusion suite at the John B. Amos Cancer Center. Sirius Deep Tracks channel coming through my headphones, needle in my arm pumping fluids in advance of tomorrow’s MRI with contrast. I’m in my favorite spot in the southeastern corner of the room. I guess it is my writing spot, because when I’m [...] [...] We just got back to the hotel from a long, really nice dinner at Table 16 in Greensboro, NC. It was a date! It was a date! Out of town, a couple in a different town, sharing a bottle of wine and two different fish dishes. A nice ending to an exhausting day. I’ve decided [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] I didn’t sleep much last night. The last time I looked at the clock, the green digital numbers read 3:45 a.m. I was grinding on the realization that my 8:15 appointment (only 8-, then 7-, then 6-, then 4-and-change-hours away) would tell the story about whether or not the stereotactic radiosurgery had put a proper [...] [...] FYI: This is a repost of my last blog post that many of you didn’t get a chance to read before our hosting company (justhost.com) dropped the ball and left our website inaccessible. They have also said they don’t have a backup after Nov. 23, which means my last two posts have disappeared into nowhere, [...] [...] After several days of scanxiety in advance of my Tuesday of this week MRI and CT scans, I have been given the results. I had an 11 a.m. appointment with Dr. Andy Pippas this morning and this is how it went: I got checked in, paid my office co-pay, donated a couple of vials of [...] [...] |
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