The side effect circus begins again!
The halfway mark in my radiation treatment came with the first symptoms that I could definitively say were radiation side effects. The right side of my mouth is becoming more […]
An open letter to cancer
Cancer, You suck. You’ve taken over too large of a portion of my life for the last 5 months or so. I’m really getting tired of your shit. You’ve cost […]
Mask tightness
I find it hard to get across truly how tightly the radiation mask fits, then I noticed this: Those tracks on my head? That’s where my skin is pushing through […]
The nuclear option
I’ve now had two radiation treatments, (18 to go!) and so far, I’m not glowing in the dark. For that matter, I’m not really “glowing” at all. I’m exhausted. But […]
Be careful what you wish for…
I was doing some online auto parts shopping today, looking for pinchweld. For those of you who have no idea what pinchweld is, it’s a soft-rubber-like seal that you use […]
Hairs!
So I was looking in the mirror yesterday, and realized something – I needed a shave. But something more than that. My beard is growing in. Still not quite the […]
On being Hannibal Lecter and good news
I had my first post-chemo PET scan last Friday, and got the results yesterday. It was clear. The cancer is gone. So obviously, I’m beyond thrilled at that. I’m officially […]
Some up, some down.
Now that chemo is over, I’ve started lifting heavy weights again. That low-weight high-rep stuff was getting boring, and of course, I wasn’t building any muscle. So today was the […]
Place = payment
I feel like I’ve been transported back to the 1950s lately. Why? Because I’ve been faced with several situations where I’ve been at a loss for how to pay for […]
Odd junctions
Sometimes the confluence of a need to work whenever I can to keep up, cancer treatments, and the desire to save time and a few bucks on fuel come together […]