Friday, November 11, 2011
No, not geek professionals, in this case. Normally, I don’t blatantly promote other people who aren’t either ultra-cool geeks or paying me money, but, in this case, I’ll make an exception. I’m really into photography. I wasn’t always, but the December after I finished chemotherapy, I bought my first digital SLR camera. It cost what [...]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
No, seriously! It seems that there’s an new, experimental, gene therapy that may cure cancer. At least, for two of three test subjects, it cured advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia. That’s a type of cancer, incidentally, very similar to the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that I was diagnosed as having back in 2007. You can read [...]
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Also tagged blood disorders, bone-marrow transplants, cancer, chills, disease, health_medical_pharma, leukemia, medicine, oncology, pathology, the New York Times
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Monday, September 12, 2011
I’m not going to die. Well, at least, I’m not going to die of cancer. Not this year, anyway. Today, the oncologist told me my lymphoma is in full remission still. In fact, the scar tissue has shrunk even more, from 14cm to 11cm, which I think is kind of amazing, but didn’t seem to [...]
Filed in About The Author
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Also tagged assistant, blood pressure, depression, developmental psychology, human development, joint pain, lymphoma, Match.com, meditation, Men's Health, physician, scar, yoga
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Monday, September 5, 2011
I may, or may not, have cancer. Now, before all my regular readers and, due to my automated update configurations, my Twitter and Facebook friends who might read this, get too excited, nothing has changed in my recent medical status. However, Wednesday, I go in for a scan. A regular scan, nothing special, nothing new. [...]
Filed in About The Author
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Also tagged actual vomiting, cancer, chemo, courage, enema, energy, exercise, favorite food, fear, health, health insurance, human development, nausea, severe nausea, Texas, weird bloating, yoga
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
IdeaNet Originally uploaded by Network Geek Do you feel ideas slipping away? I remember reading that ideas were as common as dirt and came in an endless supply. And, when I was younger, that seemed to be true. I never worried about losing an idea or not having enough ideas. But, things change. I’m not [...]