Monthly Archives: May 2022

Cheap Vanilla Pudding for the Win

We’ve discovered over the past few days that generic, heavily-processed, preservative-filled, plastic-encased vanilla pudding is the ONE thing I can tolerate best.  When even water can sting, somehow the vanilla pudding doesn’t. There’s been a comical amount of effort in … Continue reading

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Finishing today!

Hi friends. Just wanted to post a quick update: I’m scheduled to have my last two radiation treatments today, then I’ll be done! I asked if they could do two on Friday, instead of the last treatment on Monday, and … Continue reading

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The radiation itself is just 69 seconds!

What’s a radiation treatment like? For me, every weekday for 6 weeks, here’s my experience: One hour before, I gather things, get in the car, and get driven to SF. Park, walk into building, do COVID screen, walk into Radiation … Continue reading

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Yowch! 4 more treatments

After today, I have 4 more radiation treatments. And how am I doing, you ask? Well, as expected, symptoms have continued to increase. Yowch! No surprise, but it sure is grueling. I didn’t lose weight last week, so that’s good…but … Continue reading

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Ouch

So, my update is pretty much the same as last time — symptoms continuing to get worse, as expected. This is a bit of a downer post, so sorry about that, y’all. But it’s real. The doctors regret putting me … Continue reading

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