The Truth Comes Forth
Jun 24, 2010 1 Comment ›› Cabana BoyLast Wednesday night I was admitted to the hospital through the Emergency Room for treatment of pneumonia in my left lung. When the diagnosis came it was a relief, it was only pneumonia. Yes life is measured in degrees, and it has come to the point where pneumonia is the lesser of several potential evils. I ...
Continue ReadingM D Anderson MEN Conference, Saturday, June 26, 2010
Jun 18, 2010 No Comments ›› lindaHageman Foundation will have a table at the MEN Conference on Saturday, June 26, 2010. I (Linda) and Katie Kinney, Program Director and Development for Hageman Foundation will arrive on Friday morning and will also be available until Monday. We have new information on MEN and Diagnosis and Treatment. Come by our table to chat ...
Continue ReadingTruth in Advertising
Jun 16, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoyAll that stuff I wrote about working in the heat Monday. Yeah, it is all true. I have also spent the last two days feeling like if I felt twice as good the next day it would take me a week to feel like roadkill. Yesterday I was upright for about 4 hours feeling very ...
Continue ReadingChemo, hair and fingernails and PTSD
Jun 16, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoyIt has been six months since my last chemo, A lot is changing for me. My head is getting clearer. The 'chemo brain' I have known for so long is going away. In its place is a clear appreciation for life around me. Sometimes a little too clear. I get really bothered by the everyday ...
Continue ReadingWhipple Procedure
Jun 12, 2010 No Comments ›› lindaHi Denise, Before making a decision about where to have the Whipple Procedure done do your homework. Things such as how many Whipple Procedures are done at that hospital a year, how many Whipple procedures are done by the surgeon a year, what are their outcomes with the Whipple procedure. Always get a 2ndopinion and if ...
Continue ReadingMy conundrum has been solved
Jun 5, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana BoyThe reason I haven't posted lately is that I have a burning idea inside my head that has flickered into a flame. I am 60. The average early age of pancreatic cancer. I am the family genealogist so I know the ages and causes of death cf almost all my ancestors back to my great, ...
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