Push through it
Today I’ll be running errands, unclogging a drain, processing photos for a client, sending off invoices, doing some banking, and attempting to fix an outboard motor. (see “On the High Seas – Part II“). (Read More)
Category: Me and Leuk
My oncologist the comedian
I just had a visit with my oncologist. (Geez, I never thought I’d have the words “I” and “oncologist” in the same sentence!) As my Score Card shows, my white blood cell count (WBC) (Read More)
Fight the good fight
One of my goals for this blog is to show people with CLL that they can have a somewhat normal life (see my About page). Since ‘normal’ is a relative and hard to define term, (Read More)
New Score Card
I just got my current labs. I’ve added the results to my Score Card page. You’ll see that my white blood cell count continues to rise. My family doctor says it’s serious enough that (Read More)
An old friend passes
I just heard that a childhood friend, Shelly, passed away. She had cancer. I’m not sure which kind. I haven’t seen Shelly since we were kids; her daughter wrote me with the news. I (Read More)
Frustrating, but I’ll make it work
I had lots of plans today for working on the boat. But the damn dizziness hit and I had to take the morning off. A bit of a pain. But I’m taking my own (Read More)
Leuk is not me
You know, we’re not so different from those who don’t have cancer. We’re different in that we have this crazy disease, but we’re regular people. We’re people who thought this could never happen. But (Read More)
Helping those you love
Having leukemia is not fun. In fact, let’s be honest – it’s scary. As worrisome as it is for us though, it is even more so for our family and friends. After all, those (Read More)
Know thy enemy
I forget about Leuk when I’m feeling good. He hides in the closet like an old stuffed animal long forgotten. But sometimes the animal comes to life. It always takes me by surprise when (Read More)
A wake up call
Today, a couple of hours ago, two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon finish line. Later, according to officials, a third explosion happened at the Kennedy Library (about 5 miles away). News reports (Read More)
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