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Day 237 - Birthday Boy
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....
joemcgeeauthor
Sep 27, 20234 min read
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Day 198 - Back in the Garden State
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...
joemcgeeauthor
Aug 16, 20235 min read
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Day 178 - Meanwhile, in Winchester City...
When last we left our hero...he was waiting for a tube-replacement date, and unsure about chemo pills, and facing so much uncertainty....
joemcgeeauthor
Jul 27, 20234 min read
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Day 168 - The times they are a' changin'...again
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...
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Jul 17, 20235 min read
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Day 36 - ...And Yet, I Smile.
Week 1 of chemotherapy is in the books and week 2 has started. Week 1 was like an old Clint Eastwood spaghetti western: The Good, the...
joemcgeeauthor
Mar 7, 20233 min read
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Day 26 - Tube Talk
Good morning boys and girls, today we're going to talk about tube feeding: the process, the procedure, the equipment. But first, a...
joemcgeeauthor
Feb 25, 20234 min read
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Day 23 - Tick Tock
It's been a relatively quiet week, which is good, because chemotherapy starts Monday. We just found out today. Even though we knew it was...
joemcgeeauthor
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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Day 8 - Tubes, Titanic, and Gamma Rays
Feeding tubes are weird. It's like a long, flexible straw right into your stomach. Four times a day I have to flush it with a big syringe...
joemcgeeauthor
Feb 7, 20233 min read
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Day 7 - Throwing Stones
One of my mentors at VCFA (the Vermont College of Fine Arts) once told me that, as a writer, you want to make your characters really earn...
joemcgeeauthor
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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Day 2 - Last Day as a Free Man
Today is my last day as an unencumbered, unfettered man. It is also, as Jess says, my last day of starving to death (the weight keeps...
joemcgeeauthor
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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