Posted by I was taking a shower last night, I had my eyes closed and in my mind I imagined myself standing under the shower in Nambe NM where we once owned a magical home. I imagined myself in Santa Fe New Mexico, Marina Del Rey California, Warsaw Poland and Long Beach California. These are all places…Read more »
Posted by I am by no means a writer, I am a reader, I love a good book and have been a fairly voracious reader for most of my adult life. The fact is that reading has sometimes gotten me into trouble, I have been known to read at red lights forgetting where I am until I…Read more »
Posted by And the results are in! Drum roll please! The bad news is that I have indeed had a relapse of the Lymphoma, I am no longer in remission, the cancer has returned. The good news is that it is a fairly non aggressive form and though it is not curable it should be treatable. I…Read more »
Posted by It has been five weeks since surgery, five weeks full of anxiety, I was told it would take two to three weeks to get the results, and then four weeks, and finally I was told it sometimes takes up to five weeks. For a cancer patients time can be both a blessing and an enemy,…Read more »
Posted by Shortly after arriving in Warsaw I visited a local doctor and was told that he is 80 to 90% convinced that my cancer has returned and I am no longer in remission. At his suggestion I headed to a private Hospital, translated to Szpital in Polish, where I proceeded to make arrangements to see a…Read more »
Posted by Last week I met with a doctor at a Cancer Szpital (hospital) that had previously declined treating me due to my lack of insurance. Based on my past experience with language issues at this Szpital I arranged a friend to tag along and translate to help make the process a bit easier for both sides.…Read more »
Posted by For the past few weeks I have had a bad case of the collywobbles. The word “collywobbles” is a British word that means intense anxiety, or a feeling of fear, apprehension, or nervousness. The same word in India is defined as having severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology, characterized by severe colic, vomiting and diarrhea. I’ve been feeling…Read more »
Posted by Christmas Eve 2015 I received a gift, a gift that I was not expecting, a gift that I didn’t want, a gift that changed my life forever. This was a gift that no one would ever want to be the recipient of, a gift that simultaneously filled me with dread and fear as well as…Read more »
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