Saturday, December 30, 2006

A Medical Update - My Gallbladder Cancer

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I haven't written much about my medical state since the "spot" was removed, and I've been waiting to have a little more i...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Combating the Loneliness of a Rare Cancer

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When I was first diagnosed with gallbladder cancer last May and began researching the disease, I was stunned by how rare it is. I mentioned ...
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Monday, December 25, 2006

Making Christmas Memories

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I'm pleased to say that I didn't stay in the state I was on December 22, and that I've treasured some moments with both of the k...
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Friday, December 22, 2006

Today, I Don't Want to Know

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Warning: This is not a warm and fuzzy holiday posting, but rather a grim and sad one. So, don't read on just now if you are not in the...
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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Shortest Day - Longest Night of the Year

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On this Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere, I'm still thinking about sunlight and the lack thereof. The sunlamp came a few days...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Vitamin D, UV-B Sunlight and Gallbladder Cancer

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While wandering about the internet, I discovered an article about sunshine, UV-B sunlight in particular, Vitamin D, and cancer. Not just ga...
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Monday, December 11, 2006

Expectations

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Expectations are dangerous things. We can have "good" expectations, or more accurately, expectations of good things to happen . ....
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Thursday, December 07, 2006

That damn spot was Cancerous!

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Today, I talked with the sugeon, Dr. M, who had talked this morning with the pathologist, although the written report has not yet been issue...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Feeling my anger and other feelings . . .

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Over the past two and a half weeks, as I anticipated first the CT scan and its results, and then the removal of the pesky spot, I have been ...
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Monday, December 04, 2006

Spot, Gone!

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This is a quick post, following outpatient surgery this morning using local anesthesia to remove the pesky spot referred to in several earli...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

This Pesky Little Spot

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Finally, I have news. After the news of my doctor visit last Wednesday, I didn't post over Thanksgiving weekend because I've been a...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Guardedly Optimistic

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First, the good news. There is no sign of new cancer in my abdomen (and this time the radiologist got a good look at the site of the surger...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

More waiting, not much information . . .

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I wasn't going to post anything until I meet with the oncologist, Dr. J, on Wednesday, but I know that many of you who read this are wai...
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

What to do while waiting . . .

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What is there to do while waiting to take a test, and then wait for the test results, when the test isn't even one I can study for in or...
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Monday, November 13, 2006

Love, Cancer and Vulnerability

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Lately, I've been thinking about the vulnerability of loving a person with cancer. Like many folks who are diagnosed with cancer, after...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Out of Control

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Out of control is how the life of a cancer patient often feels. I certainly know the feeling all too well. Did I do something to make my g...
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Friday, November 03, 2006

Just Under the Surface

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I lost it today. Had a phone call from the office manager for the new oncologist. (Did I mention that I HATE changing doctors?) It turns ...
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

The River Ride - Part II

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This post is Part II of my river trip story, tubing down the Virgin river outside of Zion National Park in Utah. The posting just before th...

The River Ride - Part I

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Last Sunday was Healing Service Sunday at our United Church of Christ church, and Patty and I did a "dialogue" sermon. I did the ...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

Can Cancer Cells Change?

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Let me start by saying that I have no idea of the answer to the question asked. I'm not a scientist, not a researcher, I have only a ge...