It took me 4 days to gather the stomach to write this post. On Monday I had my every-2-month CT scan, blood test, and consult with my oncologist. The scan shows a “slight increase in prevascular soft tissue of uncertain significance”. It’s blunted a little by the observation that, “No evidence of metastatic disease is […]
I promised that I’d write up my experience taking my 2016 Winnebago 170S trailer to Burning Man, so here you go. First, I pulled it using a well-prepared 2007 Honda Odyssey with a transmission cooler, full wiring for the 7-pin connector, a very good brake controller, and air bags in the rear coil springs. It […]
For all intents and purposes I’m free of cancer….at least this summer I am. We still don’t know about reoccurrence, but we’ll worry about that after I go to Burning Man at the end of summer. However, after the operation there’s something that I’ve learned about the hard way; sugar crashes. It’s stupid of me […]
The power of small thoughts. Little morsels of comment, like corn chips with a dab of dip. Easy to consume and trivial to produce. Easy to pass along without consequence, at bars, parties, casual gatherings…until now. I signed up for a Twitter account way back when it was first created. In fact I had the […]
Hoo-RAY! The drain is gone! It was taken out at my appointment with the surgeon yesterday. This was my last consult with him and his lead team member too. I thanked them profusely, and even felt a little nostalgic. Very little nostalgic, but it was there. They did a great job. I’m feeling great, even […]
Remember in the last post how I said the new drain hurt? Well it never stopped hurting, and it was hurting in a completely different way from all the other pains that have come by to visit in the last month, like being branded from the inside out. It buried all the other pains. It […]
I went in for my tube check yesterday. That involves a CT scan, and they found a pocket that was not in communication with my drain. Guess what? I have another drain! This one hurts, which probably is to be expected because they pulled the old one out and put the new one into a […]
I’ve been out of the hospital for just under 2 weeks. Every day I feel better and can see signs of improvement. I’m stronger, my incision hurts less but itches more (a sign of mending apparently), and my drain is now outputting pretty much exactly the same amount of stuff as the saline that I […]
I’m typing this up all blanketed and reclining in a chair I bought a month ago in anticipation. I’m hydrated, well fed, and huh, almost painless! A lot of stuff has happened since the last post over a week ago, so this is a long post. For those who didn’t already know, to get rid […]
It’s Sunday. I had a nice breakfast and 4 hours later I drank my 10 ounces of magnesium citrate to begin making things more hospitable for the surgeon tomorrow. God that stuff tastes bad. I put in a few hours of work today, finishing one last thing. I still have a couple of much less […]