I just reread my last post, as I always do before I write a new one. That girl was a downer. As it (almost) always does, life brightened back up significantly in the last FIVE WEEKS since I’ve posted. It’s not that I haven’t had updates or fun adventures to document here, it’s just that…
Travel
All I Want for Christmas is a Successful Appeal, A Super Successful Proton Therapy Experience, and World Peace. (Is That so Much to Ask?)
The lead in this story is that the proton therapy is working. I’m 15 days in now (5 to go!). Dr Simone said I probably wouldn’t notice improvements in breathing and heart function for two weeks, but things started getting better after five days. My heart rate used to cap out at about 117 during…
A Bit of Reality, then things got unBELIZEable (and now, I can’t Belize it, but I’m in the hospital)
“Well, your disease is stable. In a couple of places, we could say there’s a small amount of shrinkage.” Everyone stares at everyone until I say, “Well, that complicates things doesn’t it?” I’d added on one more month of the CRLX101 trial, just to keep that option open after my last CT scan showed growth,…
Polarbearland
You know when you talk about something you want to do for years and years, and then when you are finally on the brink of doing it, you’re slightly apprehensive that you may have overbuilt expectations? Yeah, that didn’t happen. The Arctic was everything I hoped it would be. My brother, Al, sister-in-law, Sheryl, and…
Elephantastic (Part two!)
I don’t know what it is about elephants that makes me love them so much. I love that they are huge and gorgeous, that they live in families and are smart, and that well, they’re just kind of magical. I was super excited to try to see them during our visit to Thailand, but encounters…
20 Days in Southeast Asia… or Noodles and Rice… AND ELEPHANTS (Part One)
The locals say Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia don’t see a huge number of American visitors because it’s such a beast of a trip to get there. My best Orlando pal, Mike, and I made the 26+ hour journey and somewhat miraculously met up within minutes at the Phuket Airport. When we got to our lovely…