No one wants to talk about my mortality but it’s almost all I think about. Let’s face it, kids, the odds are that the metastases in my liver are going to kill me, probably some time in these first five years after diagnosis — which means in all likelihood I have 4 years left, maybe, …
No one wants to talk about my mortality, and I’m tired of it. Let’s face it, kids, the odds are that the metastases in my liver are going to kill me, probably some time in these first five years after diagnosis — which means in all likelihood I have 4 years left, maybe. As Joseph …
Or, at least part of it. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the worst month of my life — other than the month my mother died, which actually seemed to extend into years. It was the month my colon split in two due to being occluded by a colorectal tumor. (I learned “occluded” was …
Or, at least part of it. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the worst month of my life — other than the month my mother died, which actually seemed to extend into years. It was the month my colon split in two due to being occluded by a colorectal tumor. (I learned “occluded” was …
The benefit for me — hilariously named by the inimitable and indefatigable Kate Sedgwick — went better than I expected. I feared that few people would come. People came and drank. A lot. Kate made her delicious fruity drinks. Chef Max and gf Anna turned out the tacos all night long — equally indefatigable. And …
Claire reminded me that yesterday was the first anniversary of my colon rupturing and entering the hospital for the first time. You can start reading about it here. So, I bought myself a cake and 500g of Jumbo Dulce de Lech Granizado ice cream, poured some raspberry coulis over it that was leftover from the …
I hate hospital days. (But who likes them, right?) I hate getting up in the morning. I hate riding the bus for 30 minutes. I hate waiting 45 minutes to get my blood drawn and then again going through the schtick of hearing “You have very small veins!” and then the more experienced nurses (or …
I start a 6-week cycle of radiation and chemo tomorrow and I’m worried. I’m generally wiped out after two weeks of chemo. I can only imagine what 6 weeks is going to do to my productivity. The thought of 6 weeks of doing nothing causes me more anxiety than the thought of growing tumors. The …
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