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

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...

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...

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...

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...