Cancer crawl, 8 March 2025 (That’s T minus minus one) A quick and with apologies vague update. I am back in the hospital. I arrived on Thursday extremely dehydrated but also with brain inflammation. Brain was especially concerning because there is not much room for swelling in there. Both are out of their acute phase. …
Category Archives: Cancer
T-0
Cancer Crawl 4 March 2025 Yesterday I finished my radiation treatments, collected my mask (for art) and rung a bell. Now the recovery begins. Theoretically I should feel less like hell in a week, but we shall see. In the meantime it’s a LOT of sleep and not a whole lot else. My job is …
T-3
Cancer Crawl 27 Feb 25 It’s been an up and down ride on the fatigue train. (And my thumb is still numb so sorry for typos.). When it’s total, it’s total. Yesterday I was so tired for parts of the day that I had to settle down before I could fall asleep. probably a stew …
T-6
Cancer Crawl 23 Feb 2025 Sorry for the radio silence. It may go on like this for a bit. Weds (T-2) was fabulous. My talk went off very, I got lots of great feedback and questions. It was perhaps TOTALLY INSANE to give the talk on day 2 of radiation but it worked out great. …
T-10
Cancer Crawl, 18 Feb 2025 That’s “T minus ten.” I had my first dose of radiation today. Besides the better mask, they now allow you (encourage even) to crank music in the room while the procedure happens. I chose XTC Black Sea. The room is totally different from the Jewish but not fancier. Just different. …
Infusion, not like tea
14 Feb 2025 Cancer Crawl So today I woke up before 6am to get down to Mass General for my first infusion. As a bonus, I fell asleep with a stuffed animal next to me and later awoke with Carrie sleeping to my side, so that was awesome. She arrived “late” last night. I have …
Signing one’s brain away
Cancer Crawl 8 Feb 2025 It was an absolutely exhausting week but in the end it’s not so hard. There’s a three page document that lists side effects and likely outcomes, and you sign it, and then they can radiate your brain. And it was so anticlimactic because I’d been around the block twice with …