Friday, July 25, 2025

I need to feed my head

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Woke up with no headache this morning. I am slowly improving physically but I'm taking a big hit mentally and emotionally from lack of i...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

no headache this morning

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I slept later than I wanted to, until 7:00AM. MonsterMustDie never wakes me up in the morning, although I would like him to. I woke up in ti...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

little headache

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Monday, I had my follow-up appointment with thoracic surgery. Had a new chest x-ray and met with an intern afterwards, who removed the stitc...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Ups and Downs

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Nearly everyone at Duke goes out of their way to be as positive as possible around all patients. Every doctor, nurse, and secretary here has...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

stay hydrated

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I had an MRI in Chapel Hill early Friday morning before my radiation treatment in Durham. All I had to eat or drink before leaving the house...
Tuesday, June 03, 2025

so... I have lung cancer

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The pulmonologist phoned to tell me the news. She only diagnoses the cancer. I still need a Thoracic team and surgeon. I need a brain MRI ...

note to self

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Maybe my left lung will hurt a bit tomorrow. It's a bit hurty at the moment because I started coughing after, quite typically, some coff...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

waiting

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The final piece of tape fell off my incision yesterday.  Today, I had lunch with Karen at San Luis restaurant.  The new humidifier I bought ...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

more bad news

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Just when I started thinking everything will be ok, I got more bad news. Got a very nervous call from the radiologist who ordered the CT sca...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

dreaming

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Last night I dreamed I was in NYC with my parents, going to Broadway plays, shopping, staying in a very nice hotel, etc. We met Alton Brown ...
Friday, May 02, 2025

more to come

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I had an appointment this morning with my chemo oncologist at Duke. My OncotypeDX labs came back very good and I will not have to go throug...
Friday, April 25, 2025

still waiting on test results

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My post-op checkups with the surgeon and radiologist this week went ok. The only bad surprise is that, during surgery, they found a much sma...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

recovery

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Someone from thedentist office called me before they opened at 7:30AM and asked if I could be there by 8:00AM. I threw myself together and t...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

falling apart

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And just like that, I broke the crown on my back of my right jaw again while snackingI guess my future is no more crunchy snacks. This makes...