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Four More Years!?! 18 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
Four years ago today, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. 1,461 days ago, a doctor walked in, sat down next to me and with sad puppy dog eyes, gave me terrible news. I was not scared. I was not worr...
SBRT Complete 5 Aug 2013 | 08:21 am
I've finished my course of SBRT, having 45 gys in 5 fractions of 9 gys each. That makes sense to somebody, I'm sure. The Space Bag has been unplugged, the air allowed back in and is ready for use by...
John K. Silberman - RIP 2 Aug 2013 | 08:44 am
December 25, 1930 - July 31, 2013 I wrote about my Dad's illness recently. Turns out I was wrong on two counts: my brother did eventually act like a man and go up to help, and none of it mattered. ...
SBRT begins today - or does it? 26 Jul 2013 | 06:55 am
This is not a real beach I went in for my first SBRT radiation treatment today. By today I mean this morning. By this morning, I mean too effing g-d early. I'd been told that they would do a dry r...
Okay, okay, I get it, I'm sick 24 Jul 2013 | 03:06 am
Thursday night, the phone rang. It was my sister, saying my 83 year old father was very sick and she wanted to let me know. He was at home but had been having bloody diarrhea for a week. She sugg...
SBRT Simulation 11 Jul 2013 | 01:40 am
The day had finally arrived - setup for my SBRT radiation. (The actual radiation is scheduled from July 25th to August 1st.) First, I met with the doctor, who allowed me to ask any questions, and t...
Butterfly Pinned to a Cork - Fiducial Marker Placement 10 Jun 2013 | 07:49 am
You've seen those butterflies pinned to corkboards, of course. Probably on some field trip or at a museum where you had no choice but to see these poor, disgusting creatures, stabbed and cataloged fo...
Sad news 9 Jun 2013 | 12:28 am
A few days ago, Kurt Lee, whom I'd written about here, here and in an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee, passed away. It was announced on facebook, and I debated whether or not to put it in this blog. The...
SBRT - Decision Made! 25 May 2013 | 04:05 am
Well, where did you stand? Did you guess "yes, she'd do it?" Or "no, she wouldn't?" Oh come on, you people know me better than that. Of course I'm going with the latest and greatest in technical a...
Stereotactic Radiation - Decisions 21 May 2013 | 02:43 am
My last oncologist appointment was interesting. We were discussing how difficult Gemzar is for me and how my blood doesn't seem to recover anymore. My doctor stood up and said, "I'm going to make a...
