So as not to bury the lead, the headline is that I’m in. After two days of an ECHO test, an EKG, full-body CT scan, PET scan, a urine test, and blood tests that required 13 vials of blood, I was accepted for the clinical trials that I want at the National Cancer Center (NCI). Today,…
The Cancer Chapters
I am (kind of) an American Ninja Warrior
I am at the edge of the water by the Tarzan swing at Mount Midoriyama, and though I can almost make out the platform with the American Ninja Warrior winner button off in the distance, there’s only one path to get to there. It’s reasonably short, but if I falter, I’m out. I am on track…
Learn… Wait… Learn… Wait… Learn… Wait. (@#^*@*)
When I participated in a clinical trial the FIRST time I was diagnosed with cancer, it was so easy.
Chapter Two is not Over, and just got more Dramatic
Bad things come in threes, as you know, and when I came in from my run, there it was on my phone: 407-898-5452.
My Absolutely Definitively Very Last Ironman Distance Triathlon Report***
To quote a good friend describing a blessing that took an inordinately and impressively long time: Well, that was a lot.
The “am” in Team
This Ironman is different. Of course, they’re all different, but for this one, I’M different. In three days, I’ll be among a couple of thousand athletes launching on a 140 mile day for all kinds of reasons.