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Good Options Still Available

Dr. George called me right on time this afternoon and we had a 15-minute discussion of our options. First of all, we don’t know the whole story yet about my creatinine level. There is every reason to believe that it will normalize somewhere at or near the 1.8 baseline we had going into the HD-IL2 [...] [...]


Looks Like A Go

This morning I reported early for the 9:30 stress echo test. I had just sat down in the waiting room and plugged in my iPad and Matt Baum popped his head out of the door to the treatment area and called my name out like I was being introduced for a comedy roast. Mmiiikkeee Vvennabbllee! [...] [...]


Duke Update

For the past few months I’ve been taking a dose of Ativan at night as I go to bed to help me sleep. As you can imagine, sleep comes hard for a cancer patient. My mind just won’t shut down at night, especially since I don’t have anything I’m excited about reading right now. I [...] [...]


Check, Check, Check

Jill and I decided to make a road trip out of our upcoming journey out to Houston’s M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. We travel well together. Easy, like a Sunday morning. Amish grocery stores, funky shops, great local restaurants way off the beaten path and maybe an occasional casino might catch our attention for either [...] [...]


Great News

I just left Dr. Alappan’s office and got the results of the very extensive testing that was done on Strainer. I have spent a lot of time in doctor’s offices over the last 11 months and I’ve been told quite a bit of bad news. I was told that I had cancer and that I [...] [...]


Big Day

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, is a very big day for me. I know some of you have been waiting to hear the results of the lab work that I had done over two weeks ago after 90+ days on a vegan diet. Tomorrow is the day I’ll more clearly know about many things regarding my [...] [...]


All the Butter From the Duck

It has been a while since I’ve posted about what’s going on with the cancer surgery follow up, clinical trial progress and other general health concerns. There’s been some action that I need to write about. About 3 months ago I found a lump toward the back of the left side of my neck. My [...] [...]