Jan 20 2010
My mother-in-law graciously agreed to go with me on the day’s adventures as a designated driver. I was nervous about the PET CT Scan that I had scheduled for today. We headed to Fox Chapel to see my surgeon, Dr. Goldstein, for surgery follow up at 8:20 am. She said everything looked great and as […]
Jan 19 2010
Also, after speaking to Dr. Ellis on Wednesday, he did say this whole process would be easy for me after what I had been through. He said I would probably be able to work as many people do. Although, chemo effects everyone differently. Last time I was in bed a lot, to say the least. […]
Jan 17 2010
Dr. Ellis was behind on Wednesday so we finally got in to see him for our 11:00 am appointment sometime after 12:30. We spent more than the average time with him because we talked about a lot. He had not had a chance to look over any of my test reports prior to coming in […]
Jan 15 2010
Today I received a call from the hospital that will be installing my port for chemo. It is scheduled for next Friday. The port is inserted into your vein right below the collar bone and a cord will come up over the collar bone into the main artery. Everything will be under the skin. I […]
Jan 14 2010
Thanks for checking in. This site has been created to keep my family, brethren, and friends up to date on my second battle with cancer. Some of you know may not know that in 2005 I was diagnosed with a bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in my right femur. The tumor was discovered when I went to […]