The biggest damn nurse you can find…
A quick recommendation for those of you going through this experience, or really any medical experience in which you end up with a port in your chest. First, find a […]
The road calls and I answer
Wednesday night, I got back on the motorcycle for the first time since diagnosis, since it’s the first time my helmet would fit over the damned tumor. I was so […]
Swedish meatball?
When my oncologist told me that the meatball would shrink dramatically after the first chemo, I really didn’t expect this! It hardly deserves the term meatball anymore. Maybe “Swedish meatball.” […]
What is quality?
I was reading through some of my lecture notes for a class I recently taught, and came across this definition of quality: how well something does what it’s supposed to do. […]
Minor bitchin’ and moanin’
First, the upside. All is right in tumor-land. Just had blood counts done, all is normal or better. My tumor is pretty much miniature, at this point. The second head […]
Celebrating normal
Got up this morning around 7, felt okay. Mild nausea, but nothing major, and the pill killed it quick. Got Annie out of bed and moving, made coffee, breakfast, checked […]
The incredible shrinking meatball
Happened to look in the mirror this morning and realized that the meatball has shrunk dramatically since I last took pictures. Even I, with my skeptic hat on, can’t deny […]
Three days after chemo…
It’s Thursday morning, three days after chemo, and a day after a Neulasta shot to boost my white cell production. Wow, I feel like ass this morning. Probably didn’t help […]
Fast bikes and marketing
I was up before the sun rose. I sucked down a couple cups of joe and two hard-boiled eggs, and hit the road. The sun rose over my head as […]
Flash frozen in the chemo suite
So, here I am blogging live from the chemo suite at Atlanta Cancer Care. If you’ve never been in one of these places before, it’s a big L-shaped room with […]