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Micro-spheres 25 Apr 2011 | 12:03 pm
Well we just returned from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where they inserted the Y-90 Micro-spheres into the tumors still in my liver. I want to thank Bill (see Bills Blog) for telling us...
East & West Working Together? 5 Apr 2011 | 04:03 am
Wouldn’t it be great if Western medicine would wake up and start taking advantage of Eastern medicine? That’s what we are trying to do now and with the fact that I have very limited Western options le...
Acupuncture 14 Mar 2011 | 08:50 am
It's been a couple weeks since I last updated this blog, but we have been busy searching the web for more information and options for my cancer type. And since I'm a good 10 weeks withOUT chemotherapy...
MD Anderson Trip 21 Feb 2011 | 07:48 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We just returned from a 2 week stay in Houston, running many tests and talking to a lot of MD Anderson doctors. The results from all of the above...
New Years Update 24 Jan 2011 | 05:27 am
Update: Since starting the latest treatment, I’ve made through 2 ½ treatments. This is due to such bad blood counts. Platelets are as low as I’ve ever seen at 15 – normal is 140-400 White blood cell ...
Another Year Spent 4 Jan 2011 | 05:55 am
Well I started on treatment number one again. This is the treatment that I first took back in 2008. This consists of Folfox, 5FU, Avastin … the side effects are bad in other ways from the last treatm...
Mayo Clinic Visit 4 Dec 2010 | 02:49 pm
Well we made it back from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. What an amazing place. They are very professional, efficient, and caring. We started our day at 6:30a.m. at the admissions counter, did blo...
The Blessing of Thanksgiving 22 Nov 2010 | 04:12 pm
Update on my blood work; Seems that my liver enzymes and kidney levels have improved over the past 2 weeks. I also received a call from MD Anderson (MDA), where I thought all hope of getting was lost....
The Quest Continues 8 Nov 2010 | 04:43 pm
Well I’m disappointed to say that we have no news on scheduling any appointment with MD Anderson. Seems that not only is the appointment freeze that is currently underway an issue, but the fact tha.....
You Fighting Cancer 1 Nov 2010 | 02:12 pm
MD Anderson Well it's been a rough few days. I've been running a temperature of 100+ the last 3 days, but we have been able to keep the temp below 100 for the most part with Tylenol. The fatigue of f...
