So over the last couple of weeks I’ve managed to get myself all worked up (and overly worried). I didn’t think much of it at first, maybe just a muscle strain under my left collar bone. No big deal. Then I noticed at the gym that I was a little weaker on the left side,…
I have been very worried the last couple of weeks. It is almost to the level of pre-occupation. I am feeling more energy, and generally feeling better than I have since the beginning of chemotherapy. I’m pretty certain my blood levels have returned to normal. But I am worried. With every ache or pain, I…
One of the questions on the survey portion of the clinical trial I’m participating in ask if cancer was a positive thing bit my life? In so many ways I wanted to say no, but I feel guilty when I am struck by the truth of yes. You see, cancer has introduced me to many people that I…
As I physically recover from chemo and surgery, I find myself back at the beginning – that is back at that place pre-treatment where I struggled to focus on any one particular task. I have a list a mile long of things I want to do, but I don’t seem to have the ability to…
I’m getting a little behind on posting pictures. I took this one of me at my tree last Friday (Feb 6). The area around the tree was a muddy mess filled with construction trucks. It appears that many of the trees in boxes are being relocated to their more permanent homes. Because we have actually…
Yesterday was my first visit to the Advanced Wound Care Center up at Stanford. Fortunately, they are at the Redwood City location, which among other things has free parking that is close to the offices – so although it is further away, it takes about 15 minutes less time for me to get to the…
One of the projects that is currently using up my limited free time is a free online course that I’m building titled “Should I blog? Everything you want to know about blogging your cancer journey“. I have always wanted to be the facilitator for a free online course, and I realized that the only thing stopping me…
On the theme of making improvements in my recovery, I went for a bike ride this afternoon. For the first time since the third week of Taxol (when I had to stop biking), I felt strong as I biked 17km (1hr10min). Looking back, I cycled that distance only once a month since September. At the beginning of…
You know you’ve turned a corner when you are finally adding things to your calendar that are not doctors appointments! Although, frankly, doctors appointments and treatments still fill my days. I’m in full time calendar management mode. Some of it is managing various doctors appointments, and recovery treatment sessions. But the real change, is that I’m…
I hate changing my dressings. At the moment, I am required to do it three times a day. The breast dressing is no big deal. It is a matter of ensuring that it is adequately moist – so adding a little ointment and slapping on a new patch of xeroform. The stomach dressing, well that…
