zac | February 25, 2010
I, like most, had a best friend in junior high with whom I did everything. We hung out at our homes together and we shared common interests — like our Macintosh Plus games and science fiction movies. We had a saying or a motto that we said all the time and inscribed on our notebooks: [...]
zac | January 25, 2010
So I am back in the chemo ward. I am now doing a maintenance regimen to keep the tumors on my liver dormant. That involves a similar strategy as before: Leucovorin and 5FU given once a day for five days straight; repeat every month. The purpose of this is simply for the liver and has [...]
zac | December 29, 2009
As I sit here precariously close to the year 2010, I must admit there were a few days of 2009 when I did not think I would make it this far. Cancer is a beast and a pain; yet with the help of my doctors, my friends, family and colleagues, my three kids, my amazing [...]
zac | November 30, 2009
So my lovely wife Mandy had her uterus removed this morning. She is now home safe and sound. While she was in the recovery room I made my way over to the Cancer Center next door to get poisoned.
Here is a song; sung to the chorus of Oingo Boingo’s Only A Lad; written while I [...]
zac | November 18, 2009
I am sitting here getting a quick chemo boost and reflecting on the past few weeks. Since learning I have cancer again and having to face chemo again, I must say that I am encouraged about life. It seems bizarre that every time I start feeling down, I then receive the appropriate amount of encouragement [...]
zac | November 8, 2009
It has been a long, tiring week: five straight days of chemo is not something I would encourage anyone to try. But it is over now and I am feeling much better. I had fatigue like I have never experienced before; the other side-effects were minimal. The bloody noses are back as is the nasty [...]
zac | October 26, 2009
As I said last week, cancer is back. I, together with Mandy and my oncologist, have decided to resume a chemotherapy regimen. It will start next Monday.
This will be slightly different than before primarily in that I will not be using oxaliplatin, the nasty drug that causes most of my dreaded side-effects. It is also [...]
zac | September 29, 2009
It has been two weeks since I was told I am not living with cancer anymore. In two weeks I will be traveling to Charleston to visit a specialist to determine what is next. Until further notice, I get to enjoy having my PowerPort remain stuck in my jugular. The port I have in me [...]
