I tried to post an update last week, but all my attempts came out too whiny — and worse, whiny in an obnoxious level of detail. Not that I don’t have good reason to whine: Last week was the worst week I’ve ever had in my life, resulting from a combination of ongoing severe pain in my leg, moderate/tolerable but nonetheless draining impacts from one of the chemo drugs, plus […]
Your long-suffering correspondent is starting to feel a bit like the Old Testament guy Job, a basically good guy that God torments ceaselessly with a series of horrible events. Yesterday I had an appointment with my oncologist, and I mentioned that my left lower leg, ankle, and foot were swollen. She set up an appointment for an ultrasound to rule out any blood clots, conducted by a very experienced and […]
Hi Everyone, for those interested here’s an update on the likely course of my treatment over the next 4 – 6 months, based on a meeting Suzie and I had on Monday with our Kaiser oncologist. To recap a bit, the condition I have is called multiple myeloma. It is caused by malignant plasma cells located in bone marrow that grow out of control. That can cause tumors (like the one […]
I’ve been overwhelmed by the responses from everyone to my post. I hope that I can in time reach out to every one of you, one by one, to express my thanks and to touch base individually. Every single note touched me, whether from friends of 45-plus years or my newest co-workers. One more reminder that in spite of everything, I’m a lucky guy. Suzie and I have our first […]
Most of you know that Suzie and I (and the boys) lost our beautiful home in the Wikiup Hills due to the Tubbs Fire, shortly after the last blog post here, in early October. Now part two: Soon after we moved into our replacement apartment in Santa Rosa, I began feeling pain and numbness in my left leg. I assumed it was from pulling a muscle while moving furniture into […]