One of the few side effects of chemotherapy I haven’t yet expounded on is mouth sores. The condition is known as Stomatitis – an inflammation in the mouth, or Oral Mucositis – irritation of the mucous lining of the mouth.
The problem is that these linings aren’t replaced as frequently as needed because chemo [...]
I was sitting at my computer on Wednesday night and suddenly realized my arm was bleeding. The same thing had happened twice before in the last few days. Had the blood been on my hands, I could have claimed stigmata, of which there have been more than 500 recorded cases; the most famous involving St. [...]
This is my second day in the chair—blue recliner, actually—at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Infusion Center.
The COBE Spectra next to me is running my blood through a centrifuge to separate its various components and skim off the peripheral stem cells—2,300,000 during my 5-hour stint yesterday. Another day like that and I can go home tonight [...]
Questioning the orthodox position on morally dubious doctrines like hell is unsettling to some and heresy to others but it is a spiritually honorable practice. The OT prophets did it for a living and paid the price. Jesus did it concerning core concepts of Judaism like holiness (Mark 7:1-23) and election (John 10:14-16) and we [...]
My Christian friends are going to be troubled by a page I just posted on the doctrine of hell. Most believers who emphasize the amazing grace, love and forgiveness of God ignore the fact that these attributes are actually conditional. What negates them are death and the judgment that follows, i.e. hell.
HELL IS:
the Great Condition [...]
What I had last weekend is known as mobilization chemotherapy, even though it de-mobilized me. It’s done to increase the number of stem cells in the peripheral blood. I return to Denver on Friday and as soon as my counts are up, I will begin stem cell collection, called apheresis.
Apheresis can take several days. I’ll [...]
it’s great to be alive on a sunny Sunday, especially after what happened to me on Friday and Saturday. The RMCC is a world-class facility with top notch professionals; and don’t even get me started on their kick-ass pharmaceuticals.
Despite these advantages, this “mobilization” chemo was my worst yet as far a side effects. At [...]
I’m at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center (RMCC) in downtown Denver for my 9th round of chemo starring Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide) and Etoposide (VP-16). I’ve had them both before. The former is an alkylating agent derived from mustard gas and the latter is a topoisomerase inhibitor.
This is a three-day bout to mobilize my stem cells for [...]
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