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Posted 2017-12-30T14:27:38Z

Re-Routing

Quick Update:  After my second major detour, I think I will be back on course soon and going home today.  My overall white blood counts are back in the normal range!  We are still waiting to find out where my neutrophils are and to get the okay from the oncologist.  But they have started my discharge paperwork.  Even better, I will be going home with no drains, no IVs, no PICC line and no other type of foreign tubes coming out of my body.  After that, the next step will be to reschedule my mediport placement and first chemo.  I am hopeful that will be this coming week, but again, waiting on the oncologist's office for that piece of the puzzle.[...]

Posted 2017-12-12T15:42:00Z

Pre-Chemo Brain? Or Societal Resistance To Rational Arguments?

I saw a photo of a puppy. A very cute puppy. And I started imagining how therapeutic it would be to have a cold puppy nose nuzzling up to me when I’m home feeling crappy after chemo. So I went down the Pet-Finder rabbit hole. I had no idea there were so many litters of puppies available for rescue / adoption within a 25 mile radius of my home. [...]

Posted 2017-12-04T12:44:00Z

Nurses

You know you have had good care when you say goodbye to a nurse and she asks to exchange contact information because she wants to bring you food or help you in your recovery in some way. In her free time. And she is a mother. With a deployed husband and a night shift job. [...]

Posted 2017-12-03T21:07:00Z

Part V: The Plan Disrupted

As loosely outlined in my last few posts, the weekend did not go as expected. My unplanned weekend getaway is at the luxurious Virginia Hospital Center, where the food turns out to be overrated and the best options were the first things I ordered. Here's what happened - to answer all or most of your questions, if I have the answer:[...]