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The Great Cancer Adventure Chapter Five - 5FU (June – September 2019) 6/7/2019 Because my platelets are so low, I need an injection of something that will boost those. The catch is that this cannot be done until I'm unhooked (from 46 hours of Folfox) which means we stayed at CTCA in Zion, Illinois until mid-afternoon Saturday, rather than being at home mid-afternoon Friday afternoon. And, until my…
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The Great Cancer Adventure Chapter Four - Fighting Back (January – May 2019) 1/8/2019 Mercy Hospital here in St. Louis, which I no longer use for treating my cancer, contends that I owe them for something I paid in February of last year. The story goes, they're quick to turn to a collection agency, so I may need an attorney soon. Any suggestions? If so, please message me. 1/9/2019 (Here's a…
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The Great Cancer Adventure Chapter Three - Spirit Animal (June – December 2018) 6/1/2018 Chasing a cure, or at least a tailored treatment plan, Betty and I have just returned from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) location in Zion, IL an hour or so north of the Chicago Loop. At the time, we were told the news of my condition is even worse than we had thought, in that I'm considered…
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The Great Cancer Adventure Chapter Two – Minimal Residual Disease 1/2/2018 For New Year's Eve, Betty and I met her brother Mike for dinner, and when I went to the toilet afterward, plodding along on my walker, I felt what turned out to be little screws in the hip brace come out and fall down the inside of my pants leg and into my shoes. Good thing for that, or otherwise these screws being so…
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The Great Cancer Adventure Chapter One - The Hammer Falls (September-December, 2017) 9/19/2017 I discovered quite by accident and coincidence just last week that I have cancer. My urologist was looking for something in my bladder that wasn’t there, but the scan showed something wrong in my chest. Having already had a routine colonoscopy scheduled, I called that Doc, who agreed to scope me on…
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I discovered quite by accident in September 2017 I have a form of cancer the oncologist described as “hard to treat and likes to come back.” Just now, I’m doing well under the circumstances, but almost certainly this is not something that I will ever get beyond. Having had two years, the next milepost is five years. While trudging this road, I’m keeping a cancer survivor’s (so far anyway!) memoir…
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