If you eat instant oatmeal that you cook in a microwave you’ve probably experienced the explosion that makes a mess of the inside of the microwave. Here’s why and what to do about it. Your oatmeal is being heated very quickly. A microwave will cause the water to boil inside its puddle in the bowl […]
So I’ve had a great time since I last posted. All those good numbers at the other end of that VM protocol treatment really boosted my resolve to recover as much as possible and have as much fun as possible given the pandemic. I retired at the end of 2020. Time to take time for […]
I just had my latest blood tests, a CT Scan, a consult with my Liver Doc, and my Oncologist. It was all good news. Liver: The fat spot is just that, a spot. Not something to ignore but no scarring. My Liver Doc called it a “stage 0” Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). I’ll just keep living […]
I just came back from talking with my oncologist. The biopsy did not find any cancer. There’s a small chance that the biopsy missed the tumor but those odds are very very small since they had no problem imaging it during the biopsy. What did they find? The found a fat deposit. That is not […]
And it will take 3-4 days to get an answer back. Just wanted to let you know that it’s done. It was a really easy procedure, the least difficult of all the other excursions made into my body over the last couple of years. They gave me a lightweight dose of happy juice and lidocaine […]
An update for everyone still reading this blog to follow my health episodes. I’m having a biopsy taken from the spot on my liver on Monday, October 5. They’re going to stick a long flexible needle into my torso and guide it to that spot on my liver using ultrasound to see the path. The […]
I just got back from a blood test, a CT scan and a consultation with my oncologist. My CA19-9 is down quite a bit but the CT scan shows a spot on my liver that wasn’t there in previous scans. I asked whether it could be something associated with the abscess I had on the […]
It’s been a week and 2 days since I completed my “Virginia Mason Protocol” with radiation and chemo combined. Yesterday was the first day since starting that protocol that I did not get sick first thing after waking up in the morning. I also could get through the day without using any anti-nausea meds. It […]
I have completed the Virginia Mason Pancreatic Cancer protocol. And not a moment too soon. I could scarcely stand up in the shower I was so dazed this morning. The last bag of Cisplatin last Monday. NO MORE!!! They removed the 5FU pump that I was carrying around attached to me for the past 5.5 […]
Just a quick check-in. I’ve got 2 more Monday treatments and 13 radiation doses. Tomorrow is another busy day. I’ve got the background nausea under pretty good control, or at least restraint. This week I started getting a liter of saline on Wednesday & Friday to help keep me hydrated. I do my best to […]