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A Rare Cancer Journey: June 2014
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Sunday, June 15, 2014. Have you ever tried really hard to relax? How about concentrating on reaching a meditative state? It's impossible by definition. I've tried sending everything to my mental trash folder, and it never seems to work for me. I have terrible Monkey Mind. If only there was a drug for this affliction; I'd be the first in line. I went to Hopkins on June 2nd for a Radiofrequency Ablation. Was identified on the left side," followed by a chest tube placement. Whaaa?
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A Rare Cancer Journey: August 2014
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Sunday, August 3, 2014. On November 17, 2010, when my new bone marrow came to live with me, one of my transplant doctors wished me, "New beginnings! See December 5, 2010 post. New beginnings it certainly was - new chances, new opportunities, a new future. Now that it's been almost 5 years since my Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Adventure began, my attention for the last few years returned to my 14 year battle with metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. The radiofrequency ablation ( RFA.
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A Rare Cancer Journey: Wrecking Ball
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Monday, February 25, 2013. It was a week before I knew I had leukemia, October 2009. Michael N. and I went to the last Springsteen concert, in fact the last concert ever, to be played in Giants Stadium. We had tickets on the floor. We stood in line all day to get a good spot. And the show was outstanding. Bruce unveiled a newly written song about the stadium's demolition. Wrecking Ball. This song is personal for me, even though it's really a song about New Jersey. S) I had last sum...
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A Rare Cancer Journey: April 2014
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Saturday, April 12, 2014. No, this is not 2011. Did anyone else go back in time this morning? I was doing a little blog maintenance, and Blogspot re-published a post I wrote in June 2011. To all of you who subscribe to new posts, I apologize for the confusion. Knowing all that has happened since June 2011, that is not a time to which I would choose to return, that's for sure! CANcer HEALth = CAN HEAL. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). CANcer HEALth = CAN HEAL.
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A Rare Cancer Journey: October 2014
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Sunday, October 12, 2014. Sports, donuts and a battle against a Cone of Cancer. There seems to be an odd connection between Baltimore's sports teams making it to the playoffs and my radiation visits to this loyal, fan-driven city. In January/February 2013 I was here for a month having radiation treatments to a stubborn tumor in the hilar region of my right lung - a very dangerous area - followed by a cryoablation. To a large kidney tumor. See 2/25/13. You may remember in my last po...
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A Rare Cancer Journey: January 2014
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Saturday, January 25, 2014. Happy New Year, everyone! I find it wonderfully helpful that Bruce Springsteen unknowingly follows my ups and downs with the release of his albums. Wrecking Ball. Was timed perfectly with the wrecking ball that hit me last winter (see my Feb. 25, 2013 post. This month Bruce released High Hopes. Just as I try to manage my scan-xiety over the next set of scans at Johns Hopkins on February 7th. But for other ACC patients, this is not an option. ACCOI) - sis...
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A Rare Cancer Journey: March 2014
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Saturday, March 22, 2014. We Take Care Of Our Own. Thanks to Mary, I made it up to Boston for the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation ( ACCRF. Events. The trip was exhausting, but I'm so glad I was able to meet other patients, the founders and organizers of the Foundation and the volunteers of their sister organization, ACC Organization International ( ACCOI. Wherever this flag’s flown. We take care of our own. Again, to all of you who donated to the fundraiser. I'm lucky ...
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A Rare Cancer Journey: September 2013
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A Rare Cancer Journey. Saturday, September 14, 2013. N=1 When Science Meets Faith. I've never been good with math. Algebra and geometry were dreaded subjects. I picked my college major based on how few math and science classes I needed to graduate (sociology). When I got to graduate school, there was no avoiding statistics. I honestly thought I had gone to hell. You may recall in a recent post. I described how, after a year of bad news after bad news, an RFA. But something told me that there's more to it.
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