Tess surprised me and came home from SLO this weekend.  We’ve had some fun creating “cancer ice breaker” tee shirts now that my hair is going…         And the current hair situation… Other than that, all is going pretty well.  Made it through cycle 2 with moderate side effects so far and […]

What’s a good day? Being up-and-around and doing stuff (whatever stuff) while only needing a few tylenol all day.  I guess the 21 day cycle wasn’t just a guess – just enough time to get feeling human again so that you can handle another round on Thursday! About Intrathecal (spinal) chemo – we decided to […]

You might have noticed I haven’t had much to post the last few days.  Mostly, I’m just waiting for (and kind of dreading) round 2 (starts Thursday) and wondering how I’ll feel each day.  In the meantime, it seems like my life has been put on hold.  No long term plans…no travel, no consulting gigs […]

OK, do I just have chemo-brain, or is this exchange totally ambiguous?  Really, let me know what you think! With regard to whether my case seem to have enough risk of Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement to warrant the separate spinal (“intrathecal”) chemo: Doc to Cliff: After discussing your case in our conference, the conclusion […]

Thanks to all of you that have called and visited.  The fact is that despite temporarily not being the life of the party and seeming a bit tired out, it is really great to have friends over and calling.  As long as you don’t mind dealing with my tired ass, you’re welcome any time!  Slogging […]

Now that I’ve been prepped overnight and had a few tests done, we’ll start cycle #1 (of 6 total) today.  Here is how it goes: Day 1-2: infuse chemo cocktail and monoclonal anti-bodies (more details on R-CHOP), mix in some stuff to try and deal with side-effects of battle drugs. Day 3-7: hunker down and […]

Spoke to the doc today – got the full details on diagnosis and treatment…lots of info.  So, these bad guys are growing very fast inside of me and chemo was scheduled to start Monday.  Are the bad guys taking the weekend off?  No way.  So, why am I waiting until Monday? Where is the sense […]