Maybe it was the cheese steak sandwiches and the pepperoni pizza and the spicy Buffalo cheese dip that I had at my grandson’s birthday party, or maybe it was something else. I was lying in bed thinking about the teddy bear that I have had since I have been four Read more…
November 21 Well, here we are again. It’s 8:30 Sunday night and I am waiting till the Monday morning drive to the hospital for another surgery. It’s been interesting this time. In some ways it has been rather low key, everyone says it’s not a big deal including the doctor. Read more…
I Know Where I Am Going This will probably be the final posting in my blog. In terms of my health things have settled down. No more treatments or major procedures, just blood tests every three months and periodic body scans. The other evening as I was trying to recuperate Read more…
June 12 The only thing certain is…? Well, things had been quiet for a while on the medical front. That is, no radiation, Doctors visits, or blood lettings (known as blood tests). But, things change. Today I had my one-month post radiation blood test. The results were acceptable. I also Read more…
Treatment is all over, looking forward to the rest of my life… Last Friday, the 14th of May was my final dose of radiation. They say it will continue destroying cancerous material for another month or so. It was nice to finish, but because of Covid rules it was sort Read more…
Eight is Great I approached the time for radiation therapy in a medical milieu of 3 surgeries within 9 months, radiation therapy for thyroid cancer, a bout of covid, and androgen suppression therapy which weakened me both physically and mentally. Anticipation was that the ensuing 9 weeks of radiation would Read more…
April 20 Radiation treatment this past Thursday was rough and I continued feeling bad all day. The normal pattern would indicate that Friday was going to be horrible. Instead, Friday’s session went well, and I felt good. Afterwards I went to Lowe’s for mulch. There was no one there Read more…
24 Down, my how time flies Today we have completed our 24th radiation treatment. That means there are only 20 more to go. Another way of thinking is that it is just four more weeks. As time has progressed the side effects have begun to show up more. By Wednesday, Read more…
Sorry for the gap in postings, It is 11 PM Wednesday night and I feel wide awake. On Wednesdays and Sundays I double the amount of thyroid replacement and the result is usually trouble getting to sleep on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Well, today was my 17th radiation treatment. Each Read more…
One down, 43 to go Today was the first day of radiation. Things went very smoothly end quickly. It is probably just my imagination, but I feel a little queasy down in the area of the X Ray but not any really big problem. The only disappointment that I could Read more…