What I do know: • I don’t have tumors in my brain. • I don’t have tumors in my lungs. • I don’t have tumors in my chest, abdomen or pelvis. • I love my wife. What I don’t know: • I don’t know the outcome of my adrenal tumor biopsy. • I don’t know [...] [...]
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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 [...] [...] 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 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 [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] Let me say right up front that it was shocking for me to see what a fat ass I am on television. And, knowing that I was going to look like a fat ass and still charging forward with this, shows just how much I wanted to make this helicopter flight happen for that sweet [...] [...] |
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