Lots has happened in the last few weeks. Seems that my upset tummy was way more than an upset tummy. I’m back in TX & spent the last 3 days…
I completed my MD Anderson treatment last Thursday at 1PM CST. I’m not technically free of cancer yet – that will take many months & many tests to determine, but…
Radiation started May 11 & is scheduled to end on June 25th. Steve calls it my daily “zap-patuly”. It’s a very quick treatment. I check in to the front desk,…
This is a long one that explains the cancer as it applies to me & what MAY be down the road….. *High Ki-67 (70%), * lymphovascular invasion, * extensive nodal…
FINALLY started radiation yesterday. For the past several weeks, I’ve been going to PT twice a week & have been trying to get range of motion in my left arm…
The 2 weeks I spent at home feel like I was only there 2 days. But it did my soul good. I returned to Houston a week ago Monday and…
Just a quick update…… Met with both surgeons yesterday and I am still leaking. It’s called a Chyle Leak, and basically any fat/triglycerides that I consume or that are already…
Five weeks post surgery & 3 weeks post hospital stay, I’m still in limbo. Still taking antibiotics, still have a drain inserted into my chest, still in lots of pain,…
Well, the last week has been interesting. On Tuesday morning, I was admitted to the ER at MD Anderson and was just released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. I had…
Surgery is done. The surgery lasted about 5 hours long & by the doctors reports went really well. All of the lymph nodes under my left arm & some on…
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