Friday Is Dr. Radiation Day
May 8, 2021
May 7, 2021 I. It’s humbling to have no say over your body. To not be able to
Stories of Lung Cancer
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. ~Joan Didion
Diagnosis & Treatment
Some of the more technical details of lung cancer and its treatment, plus coping with it all. The posts appear in chronological order.
“We Beat You Up Pretty Good”
May 11, 2021
Monday’s Visit with Dr. Oncology Chemo is done. Chemo is done. Chemo is done. We (family team) have pushed hard
“I Can Make You Poop” and Other Kinds of Celebration
May 13, 2021
One of My Favorite Cape Cod Beaches in January I graduated from treatment yesterday! On exiting the
They Warned Me
May 17, 2021
May 16, 2021 They warned me, they really did. Over and over, they said it would get harder before it
Switching On the Immune System
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021 I’ll tell you one thing. Cancer treatment sure takes a lot of time! Today was a
Dr. Radiology and the Sidekicks
June 18, 2021
June 18, 2021 Dr. Radiology Saw Dr. Radiology today to review the CT scan. The bottom line: things are
Dr. Oncology Is Not Here to Play
June 24, 2021
View on the way up Dog Mountain, May 2018 M & I were talking about Dog Mountain when Dr.
Ground Glass | Jul 13 2021
July 14, 2021
July 13, 2021 Here’s some new mumbo-jumbo for your medical lexicon: Geographic consolidative and groundglass opactities Who knew
Pneumonitis and the New Normal
July 20, 2021
Pneumonitis and the Prednisone Taper Today was the pneumonitis checkin with Dr. Oncology. Left to my own early
A Quick Check-In as the Pneumonitis Subsides | Jul 27 2022
July 27, 2021
Me, in and out on a steroid taper A steroid taper is slow. I started at 80 mg. per
