I’m typing this early in the morning. I have to be in the Seattle hospital at 8:15 to start my now-standard every 2 week infusion. Except this day also includes a CT scan. I think we’re doing those monthly. This year I’ve had so many CT scans that I feel like the full-time airplane crews […]
When I have to nap a lot I find there are clock times that can masquerade as both AM or PM times. The classic around here in the Pacific NW is around 7:00 on a winter’s day. AM or PM you may ask but consider the rest of the scenario. Add this: I’d just woken […]
It’s been a long time since the last post so I’ll just continue the threads from the last post. Starting with health: All drainage accoutrements and stents are out now. Endoscope city I tell ya. Finished all my antibiotic infusions a while ago. Blood tests show that I’m clean again. I’m still recovering from the […]
Here’s a quick summary of events since the last post: They removed the flush line that was snaked up my nose, down the hatch, through the stomach, and into my liver’s abscess. Ahhhhhhh. I don’t have to swallow my food twice any more. I am still giving myself nightly antibiotic infusions. This will continue until […]
I was in the hospital for 6 days. Got out last Tuesday, July 20. Here’s the wrap up. I had a very large abscess on my liver. It would have killed me. The surgeon drained it by placing a stent into the abscess and routing it to dump out into my digestive system. This is […]
It’s 7:45 Thursday morning and I’m receiving a pint of whole blood. My Blood pressured has been slowly going down. I never recall numbers this low. My temperature fist thing, was at 99,7 but some tylenal took it back down to normal. I’m having some kind of procedure at 8am, A full look at the […]
I think the closest set of symptoms that describes what I’m experiencing is “POTS” (Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) I’m not married to it but it describes most of my symptoms. Cannot stand up unsupported more than 10 minutes Exhausted by trivial things like walking to the top of the stairs. I can do it but […]
This has bee a heck of a month. I went into it strongly. Normal stuff like getting new tires for the LEAF. Then around each chemo infusion that have been getting weirdly worse. I am so grateful that the painters knew about 80% of the little color distribution we wanted, and we were fine steering […]
Sorry about the delays updating here. I’ve had 2 more infusions since writing here, so at least a month of silence. Well, aren’t you glad that you can sign up to get a brief email message whenever I post something new? After the 2nd infusion on June 8, I started having real digestive issues. I […]
I can’t believe it but this is the first time I’ve ever wanted a chemo infusion and have been delighted with the immediate results. The last month I think I’ve been feeling the effect of the cancer on me directly. Up until last week I never actually felt the cancer. I only felt the treatments. […]
