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Mid February already? I didn't even weigh in here and wish you all a happy New Year! So...happy New Year! But here we are, the year of...

Wow, it's been a year since Jess and I sat in the doctor's office, trying to remember how to breathe, to not pass out, to not collapse...

Sometimes I feel like a laser-scorched, asteroid-dented, paint-chipped spaceship, hurtling through the stars. The ship runs, it does its...

November is here and the clocks are turned back. Most of the leaves have fallen from the trees and the sun sets way too early. It's...

Greetings, friends! When last I wrote, we were gearing up for our vacation to Bethany Beach, Delaware, courtesy of the wonderful Justin...

More changes and developments since last time! Last week I had my stomach tube removed and a port put in. One thing in, one thing out....

Hey there, friends! Figured I'd drop in and provide an update on what's been going on - it's been almost a month since my last post! Like...

Wow, it's been a while since I posted! But, to be fair, things were CRAZY hectic with having to pack, prep moving, get all of the things...

When last we left our hero...he was waiting for a tube-replacement date, and unsure about chemo pills, and facing so much uncertainty....

I'm five days in on the second batch of chemo treatments of the second cycle, but this time I have to take three additional chemo pills...

It's been almost three weeks since I posted? Chemo happened (mostly) and round two starts this week (Thursday). I say "mostly" because my...

The first treatment has been scheduled: Thursday morning at 9:00. This is a whole new set of drugs, to include immunotherapy. I have no...

I met with the Johns Hopkins oncologist on Friday, in Baltimore. He agreed with the treatment plan posited by our local oncologist,...

We met with the oncologist yesterday, here in Virginia. His plan is to enter into a new round of chemotherapy, using two different drugs...

We had our meeting with the oncology surgeon this past Friday and the determination was not what we were hoping for (but what we...

Went in for my PET scan last week but didn't realize that I wasn't supposed to even do a tube feed that morning (no food, Joe, and what...

Hey! I'm still here! Been a tough, busy, crazy couple of weeks, but here we are...100 days in since I started blogging about my...

On Tuesday evening of this past week, I was reminded of King Henry's speech in William Shakespeare's Henry V, "Once more unto the breach,...

Last week was a very rough week and that's why it's been a minute since my last post. It started off with another week of extremely low...

On Monday, the thing that Jess and I hoped wouldn't happen, happened. My chemotherapy was stopped for this week. I'd seen other patients...