Posted by 15 years ago in Nambe New Mexico on a cold snowy day a neighbor boy knocked on our door. He told us that his family found a puppy in the snow by the side of the road. He opened his hands to show us a little furry wriggling, whining fur ball. Getting a puppy was…Read more »
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 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 Ginny and I have been in Warsaw Poland for a few months but it has not been as smooth sailing as we would have hoped, there have been a couple of bumps in the road or in keeping with the sailing analogy, a few choppy waves with the possibility of sea sickness ahead….. Christmas 2015…Read more »
Posted by I am not quite sure how to start a Blog , honestly I don’t even know what a “blog” is, having said that I just looked it up and I now know what BLOG means, I assumed it was an acronym but I was wrong, it simply means web log, lose the we and throw the B next to the log and you get a Blog! Well now that I have sorted that out off I go with my web log!
Posted by I have been back in Los Angeles for 4 months after living a year and a half in Warsaw Poland. We had planned on staying longer in Warsaw in the hopes that I could find the treatment I so desperately needed but alas it was not meant to be. After being denied treatment at…Read more »
Posted by After finishing my second round of chemotherapy for stage 4 Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma at a Los Angeles California hospital my wife and I took an elevator down to the pharmacy to stand in line so I could pick up my white blood cell booster shots. As I wandered in sporting a blue and yellow mohawk…Read more »
Posted by Christmas Eve 2015 I was diagnosed with stage 4 Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, based on this diagnosis I was prescribed 6 months of FCR based chemotherapy. Before I started my chemo treatments I was warned that we had to keep our apartment very clean and germ free and that living with pets during chemo was a potential health…Read more »
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