“To thy own self be true hamlet.” - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 78
I started writing this blog to give friends, family, and complete strangers insight into my cancer and treatments and hopefully providing some inspiration to those fighting their own battles in life. Also, I found it therapeutic to write about the events I’ve experienced. I needed to empty the thoughts polluting my mind for so long now.
However, it comes to my attention, there are details I purposely omitted because I felt they were too graphic or personal to divulge. These details are the ones which keep me awake at night. The details that make certain smells, TV programs, music, etcetera almost unbearable.
I will start story-telling about some of my more graphic, emotional, sad, and in some cases humorous events that occurred in and out of the hospital since my diagnosis. Be patient, stay with me, and enjoy the ride.
Cheers!
~Adam
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sitting in clinic
First and foremost, I want to say “Happy Birthday” to my brother, Beau. He is not only my best friend in this crazy thing called life, but his blood runs through my veins. Thank you for always being there for me and thank you for giving your lifeblood to save mine. I love you, bro.
So, here I am sitting at Dana Farber receiving some IVIG (explained in a prior post). My vitals and blood work on Monday looked good. Both of my doctors think things are going really well. And I must agree.
We are still tinkering with medications. Trying to make sure there is no increase in Graph vs. Host disease, increase to the pain to my back, and increase to the fluid retention. It has been one month and so far so good.
Next month, besides coming to clinic for my regular blood work and check-up, we are also going to run another CT/PET scan. It has been six months since my last scan, which showed I was in complete remission. If this scan reveals the same results, I fully intend to return to work this summer, perhaps as early as June.
I am starting to feel “normal” again. I’ve traveled to St. Louis to visit my brother. I’ve driven down to Hartford to visit friends and participate in an annual fantasy baseball auction, that I was unable to attend last year. My mind is running a mile a minute and I am impatiently waiting for my body to catch up to it.
Given everything that I’ve been though in the past 2 years, I am in good spirits and find myself being ready to step up and start living again. I have no problem traveling alone but if you want to come along for the ride, I say “the more the merrier”.
Cheers!
~Adam
So, here I am sitting at Dana Farber receiving some IVIG (explained in a prior post). My vitals and blood work on Monday looked good. Both of my doctors think things are going really well. And I must agree.
We are still tinkering with medications. Trying to make sure there is no increase in Graph vs. Host disease, increase to the pain to my back, and increase to the fluid retention. It has been one month and so far so good.
Next month, besides coming to clinic for my regular blood work and check-up, we are also going to run another CT/PET scan. It has been six months since my last scan, which showed I was in complete remission. If this scan reveals the same results, I fully intend to return to work this summer, perhaps as early as June.
I am starting to feel “normal” again. I’ve traveled to St. Louis to visit my brother. I’ve driven down to Hartford to visit friends and participate in an annual fantasy baseball auction, that I was unable to attend last year. My mind is running a mile a minute and I am impatiently waiting for my body to catch up to it.
Given everything that I’ve been though in the past 2 years, I am in good spirits and find myself being ready to step up and start living again. I have no problem traveling alone but if you want to come along for the ride, I say “the more the merrier”.
Cheers!
~Adam
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