Archives for October 2008
Good Day
Published on 31 Oct 2008 at 8:00 pm.
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Today has been a good day. With the patch, I think we’ve finally gotten both the pain and the nausea under control. Yippee! Maggie had a decent-sized meal for lunch, something she hasn’t done for more than a week. And there’s been plenty of smiles to go around. We are both quite happy about this [...]
San Antonio Day 2
Published on 30 Oct 2008 at 3:44 pm.
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More of the same. No bad news. Encouraging words from the doctor. A variety of clinic trial options are ready when we are. However…..
San Antonio Day 1
Published on 28 Oct 2008 at 4:08 pm.
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Imagine this scene: I’m sitting at my laptop in Hooter’s, fingers slightly stained from hot wing sauce. My beer glass is empty and bad pop music is blaring in my left ear. I have papers covered with thick, incomprehensible medical jargon spread out all over a table that is size-appropriate for six rotund construction workers [...]
Radiation Working
Published on 24 Oct 2008 at 8:26 pm.
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First, the good news: the radiation treatments appear to be working. Next, the bad news: Maggie’s been running a fever and feels horrible. Side effect of the radiation? Nope. But we’ve got blood cultures cookin’, antibiotics workin’, and more radiation coming on Monday.
Radiation and Other Stuff
Published on 23 Oct 2008 at 12:03 am.
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Tomorrow we’ll be starting radiation treatments to hopefully alleviate the pain that has become a recent problem. Today, we got the first good close-up picture of the cause of that pain in her neck at the radiation clinic. Despite what some of you think, it was not a picture of me.
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Trials
Published on 20 Oct 2008 at 6:04 pm.
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Where to start? How about status: Maggie is in good spirits. Maggie’s pain in her shoulder has mostly subsided but the swelling remains. We’ve developed a bonus pain in her bicep that seems to be growing in intensity but at this time we don’t know if it’s just some phantom pain or worse. We’ll know soon [...]
Lighting Strikes
Published on 17 Oct 2008 at 5:57 pm.
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We met with Dr. Loukas today to discuss our situation in more detail. Things are worse than even he (and we) thought. It is very unfortunate.
Storm Clouds Ahead
Published on 15 Oct 2008 at 2:01 pm.
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Despite the rough treatments we’ve endured recently, Monday’s CT scans showed that the tumors are continuing to grow. This puts us in a rather difficult position. Remember that eye-of-the-hurricane reference I made waaaay back in June ‘07? Well, I’m fearful that the other half of the storm is about to hit.
Medicare
Published on 8 Oct 2008 at 11:38 pm.
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In February 2007 on the advice of the good people at The Spa, we applied for disability from the US Government. At the time, with our heads spinning, we weren’t even sure what that meant. Now, one year and eight months later, we still aren’t sure what it means but we’ve been approved for Medicare. [...]