Monday, February 16, 2009

Good Night Saigon...

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It's very hard to go to bed, knowing this will be the last night at home for three months...knowing that tomorrow morning I say good bye...
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More nonsense from CIGNA...

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So the good news is I got a phone call saying that the procedures have been approved. This is once again inconsistent as they have also bee...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

The last weekend as a free man...

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...or, if you want to take a more optimistic view of things, the last weekend before I start killing my cancer. I've eaten very well ove...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Formal start date now set...

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Tuesday, Feb 17. Arrival in Little Rock. Wednesday, Feb 18. Get the apartment (more on this below) set up and shop for all the special thi...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Bone marrow confirmation

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Just got a call from CS (Caleb Sumthin-or-other) who is BB's Physician's Assistant. My insurance wants more tests run before they w...
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The calm before the storm...

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So we're taking a few days to spend in Northern California with family and a few friends before I move to Little Rock next week. We dro...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Film Therapy

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So here I am, after virtually no sleep, depressed, feeling sorry for myself and lying in bed trying to watch TV. I upgraded from Tums to Zan...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Another lousy day

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Worse than yesterday. I am disillusioned, disappointed and angry. If this was a diary, I would write more, but it's not. So let me ju...
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Friday, February 6, 2009

A lousy day

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They can't all be good ones, I suppose. We got all our Trust and Will stuff taken care of, and I did our taxes and am trying to get the ...
Thursday, February 5, 2009

Q&A with CS, BB's Physician's Assistant

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Upon reviewing the recording I made of the second consult with BB, he really wants to do induction, transplants AND consolidation therapy in...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

City of Hope and a first decision made...

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We went out to City of Hope and toured the place, including perhaps most importantly the hospital for stem cell transplants. It's a bea...
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Monday, February 2, 2009

A few important facts and figures from BB's data

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Based on a number of conversations and excellent questions from friends, I wanted to share a little bit of data that should give you some id...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

The second BB consult...

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I had to be relatively (for me, anyhow) brief last night because I was exhausted, but I wanted at least to post that I was low-risk for Tota...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Day 5...a major hurdle is cleared

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Okay. So after the utter horror of yesterday, I had a splendid dinner at a restaurant called Ashley's. It was about half the price of ...
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I'm very sorry about the last post...

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Because I was so angry...it was a sloppy post. I left out reason #2A that I was very proud of and forgot to include it in the list.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Day 4...hilarity and inhumanity...

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I originally titled this something far more dark, because I end this day in a mood that questions any effort I have to fight this sh*t. But ...
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BB's clinic day 3

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Sorry no update yesterday, but it was a very long day. We had a meeting with BB himself, which is evidently a rarity and reflects the effica...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Rude awakening...

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I dreamt vividly -- I wasn't sick. Life was like it was before. Then the alarm went off. And instead of laughing with my children like...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Day two at BB's clinic...

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...and it was another long one. I've got so many holes in me now I don't know what to do. First, one thing I neglected to mention f...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Day one at BB's clinic...

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We arrived last night, and had dinner with BB's very sweet but alarmist assistant, who was very kind to us and seemed to agree with me t...
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