Status quo & pain management
“We do not need to change treatment plans at this time.” Music from oncologist Dr. Andorsky’s mouth to my ears this morning! What does this mean? My CT scan showed no progression of cancer, things are stable. So, we carry on! The one thing that did show up on my CT scan was the hot…
Connecting through Conferences
Throughout my scientific career, a yearly event is the Annual Conference. All professional societies gather their members once per year to network, share information and, frankly, to make money. (It’s a bit of a secret that societies use these events to help sustain their other activities.) Anyway, annual conferences happen in the breast cancer world…
Asking for your help
Hi everyone. Spring is trying to push through here in Colorado and in many places where you live as well, and it hasn’t quite happened. We keep bouncing between sunny and 60 and 35 and snow. Spring is also the time when the Federal government sets spending priorities for the fiscal year. I’m asking you…
April Update
Hello there everyone. My cancer update for April is boring. Just continuing on with the current treatment. My bloodwork tumor markers dropped a little which is very good. Otherwise, we just stay the course until I have scans again in June or July. The scans are how they determine if the cancer is progressing. Of…
No Different Information
Here we are again. Another month has passed and I’m posting. I thank you all for reading and for your interest. I hope you also learn a tad bit about this hideous disease and share with others. But it seems like, yes, another month has passed and there is not much to update. In the…
Looking for Balance
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I was at the oncologist this past week. Short version: stay the course for this month. Things look “ok”. Every 3 months I have a CT scan (neck to pelvis) to check on the cancer and see what it might be doing. The results of my CT scan…
Research For The Win
I write today not with an update about me, but about treatments for metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer (MBC). Within the past week the FDA approved two – yes two! – drugs to be used to treat MBC. This is amazing and gives such hope to so many people with this disease. A third drug…
Graduation tears
This morning was my last radiation treatment. The purpose of the radiation is to knock down any cancer that might be lingering in my hip and pelvis. The radiation does not cure my cancer. Overall the radiation experience has been pretty straightforward. I only had 10 sessions and I haven’t really noticed any side effects.…
Woah, we’re half way there
Quick check in now that I’ve got 5 of 10 radiation treatments completed (with a music nod for a title to my fellow Gen-Xers). Fortunately, things are going smoothly. The radiation staff are great. I’m literally in and out. I leave the house at 8:30 am and am back home by 9:15. (Watch me jinx…
1 ☢️ down, 9 to go
After a short delay, radiation treatment is on. I got a call late Monday (yesterday) saying my insurance approved the treatment plan, so in I went today for my first dose. As my kids would say when they were younger “easy peasy lemon squeezy”. At least this one was. 15 minutes from when I walked…
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