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Tugging on Superman’s Cape

I was originally going to call today’s post “Cut it Out!,” a title with dual meanings. The first meaning refers to my patience level with this whole cancer bullshit (which has mostly involved talking about it endlessly) and my desire to just get on with the part where...

Vertical Expression of a Horizontal Desire

The above was the description of dance by either Robert Frost or George Bernard Shaw, depending on which attribution you choose to believe.  It was also how Shirley MacLaine described dance at last night’s Dizzy Feet Foundation benefit at the Dorothy Chandler...

Asterisk II: Revenge of the Asterisk

The short version: it’s most likely stage 1B but there is some activity in the lymph nodes near the tumor that while not specifically cancerous are enough to put an asterisk on the 1B. If you haven’t read the post about the different stages of esophageal cancer, you...

Radioactive Donuts

A donut is what I was craving after my PET scan.  You see, apparently this cutting-edge test that costs thousands of dollars, involves multi-million dollar machinery, radioactive isotopes, and advanced training to administer can be thrown off by a chocolate chip...

We Now Interrupt This Program

I’m having the PET scan tomorrow at noon.  Wednesday afternoon I am meeting with the oncologist who will, effectively, tell me if I’m going to live or die.  I know that’s overly melodramatic and the results, no matter what they are, will require a...