Ride for the Roses Number 15 is in the books. Overall, it’s a fantastic book, as usual, but with a major plot change, and, for the first time ever, an ending. This has always been my favorite weekend of the year: Reconnecting with special people who are passionate about fighting cancer and about living…
Livestrong
Meh-dium
Not “Brilliant.” But at least I didn’t think, “well, that was unexpected.” My first CT scan on the PD-1 trial was…. medium. Hopefully. The biggest tumor looks slightly bigger (2.2 cm from 1.9 six weeks ago), as do a few others. But there are still others that are unchanged. As in not bigger. As in…
Plan B is in Play
I’m in. I didn’t get the port installed for nothing after all. On August 14 (I know, I’ve been slack), I started the PD-1 trial at Georgetown, with Dr Giaccone. I am lucky number 18 in the trial. That, of course, means that I made my Neutrophil number (1900!). Neutrophils shouldn’t be as big a…
Well, That was Unexpected.
Rarely is it good news when that thought runs through your head at your cancer doctor’s office. And this was not one of those occasional occurrences. I went to the NCI for my 3-week visit, and it will be my last one, at least for the foreseeable future. The Sutent isn’t working anymore. The tumors…
Ragbrai-e-i-e-i-o
The (Des Moines) Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Or Ragbrai, for short. It began in 1973, and every year travels the state West to East (or from coast to coast, as I keep saying). Riders traditionally dip their wheels into the Missouri River at the start and the Mississippi at the end. It’s…
Life is One Big Adventure if You Just Say Yes
Where was I? Ah, rejoining the Road to Discovery in Salt Lake City after getting great, though disturbingly and familiarly last-minute good news about my Neutrophils showing up to the party. After a quick couple of days of reintroducing myself to Emmitt Smith and Lucy, we headed off to very very hot Nevada. We average just…