Only 32 Like Me
Poking around the National Cancer Institute site today, I found a clever searchable chart. The one I am presently looking at breaks down by county, how many people have cancer. For example: My county...
View ArticleHow to live with Stings, Barbs and Quills
Don't be left out in the cold! It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they...
View ArticleQuitting Medical Care
I sent this message off to Palo Alto Medical Foundation Customer Service today, after not being able to get through their phone system to talk to a human being. I hope they will respond, at least...
View ArticleI Can Do Anything Better Than You Can!
I'm happy I came across this: "Dasatinib, administered once daily, as compared with imatinib, administered once daily, induced significantly higher and faster rates of complete cytogenetic response and...
View ArticleArticle 20
I am running out of veins to have my blood drawn from. With all my past medical history, the ones in my inner elbow have scar tissue in them, so it has gotten to the point where blood draws have to be...
View ArticleChemo Vs. Statins... Chemo Wins
This is what happens when you stop taking statins for the sake of taking chemo. Lipid Profile Results ComponentYour ValueStandard RangeUnitsFlag Fasting Status Total cholesterol27498 - 212mg/dLH...
View ArticleTummy Turmoil
Letter to My Primary Care Physician I don't even know how to eat a healthy diet anymore. It was a struggle before being on chemo, as I have the oral lichen planus which only permitted bland foods and...
View ArticlePrimary Response and GI
This was the response I received from my Primary Care Doc: "You need to work closely with GI regarding these issues. We can also send you to the nutritionist to help sort out the diet. Push fiber to...
View ArticleLosing Weight is Good?
Skinny me, a long time ago Today I learned that I have lost twenty four pounds since I started on Chemo. Of course, the good thing is that I lost weight. The not so good thing is what caused me to...
View ArticleThink On It
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: Uploaded by user via Jan on Pinterest
View ArticleDoing Better, More Hopeful
I'm doing better. I've gotten more accepting of the side effects of the chemo. I have no choice about it. I have to take it the rest of my life. The pill was once trialed on chondrosarcoma, didn't...
View ArticleLeukemia and Kittens
I'm hanging in here okay. One day I'm fine. The next day I'm sick. Though, I find that I'm more fine than sick, so I like that. I've been able to dig in the garden, pull weeds and plant things a bit....
View ArticleSecond Bone Marrow Biopsy
Bone marrow biopsy went like a charm. Even the novacaine didn't bother me. The Oncologist shoots some of it into the periosteum as well as surrounding tissue. Once I'm numb he goes in with his "drill"...
View ArticleLeukemia and Burning Man
Today I read an article by Joslyn Hamilton about why she would never go to Burning Man. I wanted to make a comment but, just like many things, one must sign up in order to respond and I got frustrated...
View ArticleA Little Scare
After the bone marrow biopsy the other day, the nurse placed a large and bulky pressure type bandage upon the spot where the doctor had inserted his instruments.(resembling the picture below). I didn't...
View ArticleEven Roses Have Bad Days
A visit to the clinic today for a CT scan, with contrast. No food after 1pm. Start drinking contrast fluid at 2:30 about ten ounces every twenty minutes until 4:30. I was supposed to be called in for...
View ArticleIt's Only Fat!
Test: CT Chest Abdomen Pelvis With Contrast Resulted Date: 9/19/2012 Status: Final Result REASON FOR EXAM: Left flank mass, history of CML and right pelvic chondrosarcoma After the administration...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Positive
Today is the day. Today is my "anniversary" or "birthday" if you will. Today marks one year exactly from the day I was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. (CML) Today is a day to celebrate my...
View ArticleBeaten Down By Medical Diagnoses?
I visited my Rhematologist yesterday. We had a very interesting conversation revolving around the fact that I seem to be "blessed" with a myriad of medical diagnoses. And how interesting it is that...
View ArticleHanging in There
Sometimes life gives you what you think is more than you can handle. But, try running away from it and it just follows you. Hide from it and it will find you. What we are supposed to face, will face...
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