Saturday, June 29, 2019

June 29, 2019 — That Boulder in the Road

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So, did you hear the one about the two massive boulders that dropped from the sky onto a Colorado highway? Well, not from the sky exact...
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Sunday, May 12, 2019

May 12, 2019 — No News Is Good News

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I’ve been negligent in not keeping up with new posts to this blog. Medically speaking, that’s a good thing. “No news is good news,” as the...
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Monday, December 03, 2018

December 3, 2018 - The Recreation Floor

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Yesterday and today Claire and I have had the opportunity to explore a part of Memorial Sloan-Kettering we hadn’t encountered during my ea...
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Saturday, December 01, 2018

December 1, 2018 - Recovering

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Surgery is over: and successfully, according to Dr.Boyle. It took about three hours. Recovery is under way. None of the unfavorable side e...
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Thursday, November 29, 2018

November 29, 2018 — Back to the Operating Room

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It’s been more than a year since I’ve posted to this blog — which is a good thing. I haven’t had a lot of medical news to report. But now...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

November 8, 2017 — Alcohol and Cancer

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The latest cancer research news is likely to make a lot of people unhappy: drinking alcoholic beverages is now considered a definite risk ...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2017

August 9, 2017 — On the Back Burner

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I’m overdue posting my latest news, but I’ve been away on vacation, then was occupied with re-entry tasks after returning. On July 31st ...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017 — A Living Drug

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A hopeful news bulletin today from the New York Times : “A Food and Drug Administration panel opened a new era in medicine on Wednesday, u...
Monday, June 05, 2017

June 5, 2017 — Keep Waiting, Keep Watching

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I've just returned from Memorial Sloan-Kettering's satellite facility in Basking Ridge, New Jersey . I had a routine ultrasound fo...
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Monday, May 22, 2017

May 22, 2017 — Enough with the Battle, Already

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I’ve written before about the many reasons why the familiar military imagery as applied to cancer survivors — her “courageous battle with ...
Friday, March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017 - Moving That Fear Threshold

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Today, in the online Cure newsletter , I came across an article by a cancer survivor named Barbara Carlos, who’s noticed a change in the ...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

February 9, 2017 — Confirming What We Already Knew

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Three days ago I made the trip to Memorial Sloan-Kettering in Manhattan for a repeat of the biopsy that didn’t work out so well. That was ...
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Thursday, February 02, 2017

February 2, 2017 - Again with the Needle

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Late this afternoon, I was a the gym when my mobile phone rang. Caller ID said only "New York City." Realizing it wasn't a l...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

January 31, 2017 — Under the Needle

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I haven’t posted anything here since last summer, because not much has been happening. Which is, of course, a good thing. Yesterday, tho...
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