September 2018

The round 3 chemo infusion was the smoothest yet. I had a new nurse and she was great. The whole affair took about 4 hours. Now that I know what to expect I’m a fair bit more relaxed about the whole thing. Also they made an exception where I could have 2 friends (vs just…

Chemo round 3 is tomorrow morning. The past week has offered some much needed respite. I’ve been feeling strong and reasonably healthy. The G-CSF injections have been working; I’ve been able to fight a pretty significant bronchial infection on my own. There were some touch-and-go moments as I did have light fever about a week…

I’ve been taking time off work for the past few months to focus on cancer treatment. Healing is my singular goal in life. If all goes perfectly g-d willing I’ll be done with all this by end of December. That I could have such a tight timeline on something like this still blows me away.

The past two days have been awful. Much worse than the first round. Last night I didn’t sleep. I’ve been having severe headaches for the past few days. At one point I was literally sitting up in bed just punching the mattress in vain attempts to deal with the waves of pain shooting through the…

Round 2 was fairly smooth. I was less preoccupied and had more going on this time around me. It’s been a few days since the infusion and I feel pretty good. Based on the first round all this is the prednisone talking and I’ll likely start getting super fatigued in a few days. Here’s what…

I’ve been meeting with and talking to many cancer survivors lately. It’s inspiring and confidence building to speak directly with people that have gone through the fire. But as I hear more success stories I’m left with mixed emotions.