Greetings to so many good and caring friends. Wednesday was the 2 week anniversary of completing the Proton Beam radiation (thus the fortnight) and as the Dr's predicted the post recovery side effects would be quite challenging which they are- mostly fatigue, inner ear pain, loss of hearing and tinnitus (ringing in the ear). However,
2 big anniversary's today: Today marks the 1st week of being home and it's so good to sleep in my own bed! Barb and I are so grateful for all of our friends who took care of our home and dogs for the 2 months we were in Boston. Also today marks the 2 week
I'm leaving in 2 hours to fly home to WI and a good friend (aka Artist) asked me what was the first thing I plan on doing when I get home after celebrating life with my family and my answer was to buy a few cords of firewood and start burning. Then my good friend
I received the green light to head home and I'm on flight to WI on Wed. Just before Barb left for Jack's graduation in Cleveland we decided to fit in one more museum and went to the Harvard Art Museum. We were so pleasantly surprised to see the works so many incredible artists in one
Many friends have e-mailed me asking how I got through this and what have I learned from posting every day. I will admit I had a thought process when I got on the Proton Beam table every day. I just ran through some simple numbers once that nasty mask was snapped on: 1. Ready? Positive
Hi everyone! All 33 Proton Beams are now complete!!! Hooray!!! It's been one heck of a journey and the Dr's are pleased. Barb has been awesome throughout the entire journey as we all knew she would be! Here are 15 things I learned from my medical journey that I would like to share with you!
Proton Beam 31 Down and the Final Beam is tomorrow. Today I wanted to share the humility of learning with a quote from Liam Vanbenthuysen who is the Dosimetrist at MGH who calculated the Proton Beam algorithms for my 33 treatments. "I value that our learning and development is forever a work in progress. With
My friend John Wisdom sent me a text this morning saying after 1 more treatment and I'll have a record of 33 to 0 - an amazing record by any measure. Now I have to admit that my automatic response was a quick poem on something about "being in the boxing ring" that could have
Greetings everyone! Proton Beam #31 done and 2 to go. I'm experiencing some inner ear bleeding which is expected at this time and I'm doing OK with the pain management component and finding there's always a solution - you just have to stay ahead of things. Final Chemo was completed last Thursday - yahoo! or
Weekend post as we prepare for the final 3 Proton Beams next week: One of my good friends, Dr. Scott Isaksen shared the following quote that has really resonated with me: "The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder" Don't you just love this! Don't you just love to wonder? Reminds
