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)
Tagged: Health
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)
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)
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)
Identity lost & found
Other than a little bit of work with my part-time (well, very part-time) business, I don’t really have a ‘real’ job right now. I guess the tiredness and dizziness are making me hold back (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)
Nutrition Part II… Cancer Prevention
If you already have cancer, this might seem like an odd article to post on this particular blog. But I’m putting it here for two reasons: (1) these suggestions come highly recommended for cancer (Read More)
Winning is a choice
Did you just receive the news that you have leukemia? When Leuk comes into your life he can stir up all sorts of reactions. For me, the reactions changed over time. It was a (Read More)
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