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.” […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Over the hump (and the lump.)
So today it was back to the oncologist, in a kind of bizarre sort of “hump day.” Today we got over the hump of diagnosis and start the slide into […]
Meatball is a growth industry
Decided to take some new pics, since the meatball is substantially larger. By my estimate based on looking at the last photos, it’s picked up at least a half-inch in […]
A photo of the meatball
Thought it might be instructive to show a picture of the meatball, including an idea of the size of the bastard. I didn’t realize how much it distorted my face […]
A change
I changed the theme and title on this blog today. I don’t want to let the gloom and doom look mess with my catharsis or dilute my message, so I […]